{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Graffiti, Marker \u0026 Spray Cans"],"cover":{"alt":"Above’s Street Art Philosophy","height":840,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/above-street-art-philosophy/Above-Trust-philosophy.jpg","width":1880},"credit":"","date":"2011-04-21T15:59:57Z","description":"Well-known street artist Above just hit the streets of the Australian city Melbourne, creating a new street art philosophy series which now tries to influence people!","html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhilosophy Art\u003c/em\u003e | It seems, that famous street artist Above carries on to travel through Australia. After those \u003ca href=\"/urban-flood-art-above-in-brisbane/\"\u003eflood stencil artworks in Brisbane\u003c/a\u003e, you can now find what I would call street art philosophy in Melbourne: More or less profound, large-scale fat-cap slogans on walls\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSlogans like \u003cem\u003e“Losing all of your fortune is much less painful painful than losing only half of it!!!”\u003c/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e“Academia is to knowledge what prostitution is to love”\u003c/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003e“Trust people who make a living lying down or standing up more than those who do so sitting down”\u003c/em\u003e encourage people to think, although or better because of the final sense seems to be not that clear\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNevertheless it is a nice way to communicate with people. Probably one of you can explain at least one of these slogans to me\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2400px; --image-ratio: 2400 / 1600\" data-source-width=\"2400\" data-source-height=\"1600\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1600\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/above-street-art-philosophy/Above-losing-philosophy_hu_153172b14e52e3c8.avif 480w, /above-street-art-philosophy/Above-losing-philosophy_hu_8c12d66965045196.avif 960w, /above-street-art-philosophy/Above-losing-philosophy_hu_96cc443b84d0ec3b.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/above-street-art-philosophy/Above-losing-philosophy_hu_aaf3e6605bba0d96.webp 480w, /above-street-art-philosophy/Above-losing-philosophy_hu_90f24ac7eb8663a3.webp 960w, /above-street-art-philosophy/Above-losing-philosophy_hu_597c0a95c4e6860b.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/above-street-art-philosophy/Above-losing-philosophy_hu_7a66eb4bc7f3c52d.jpg\" srcset=\"/above-street-art-philosophy/Above-losing-philosophy_hu_86d129c8bd2f8ced.jpg 480w, /above-street-art-philosophy/Above-losing-philosophy_hu_35b52b94f8266306.jpg 960w, /above-street-art-philosophy/Above-losing-philosophy_hu_7a66eb4bc7f3c52d.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" alt=\"Above losing philosophy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eAbove losing philosophy\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2400px; --image-ratio: 2400 / 1580\" data-source-width=\"2400\" data-source-height=\"1580\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1580\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/above-street-art-philosophy/Above-philosophy_hu_c2a10e89f885b35a.avif 480w, /above-street-art-philosophy/Above-philosophy_hu_97adaa8553e2ff39.avif 960w, /above-street-art-philosophy/Above-philosophy_hu_8e60e9b41347412e.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/above-street-art-philosophy/Above-philosophy_hu_bb8ff9ff4d0abf32.webp 480w, /above-street-art-philosophy/Above-philosophy_hu_ff90e408456b51bc.webp 960w, /above-street-art-philosophy/Above-philosophy_hu_4831e2e2fd1c96ec.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/above-street-art-philosophy/Above-philosophy_hu_77e2585eeadbd15a.jpg\" srcset=\"/above-street-art-philosophy/Above-philosophy_hu_8a069f7222c7852c.jpg 480w, /above-street-art-philosophy/Above-philosophy_hu_66045453706f1493.jpg 960w, /above-street-art-philosophy/Above-philosophy_hu_77e2585eeadbd15a.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"948\" alt=\"Above philosophy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eAbove philosophy\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n\nInfo via \u003ca href=\"http://blog.vandalog.com/2011/04/above-in-melbourne/\"\u003evandalog.com\u003c/a\u003e, photos by \u003ca href=\"http://goabove.com\"\u003eAbove\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\n*Philosophy Art* | It seems, that famous street artist Above carries on to travel through Australia. After those [flood stencil artworks in Brisbane](/urban-flood-art-above-in-brisbane/), you can now find what I would call street art philosophy in Melbourne: More or less profound, large-scale fat-cap slogans on walls...\n\nSlogans like *“Losing all of your fortune is much less painful painful than losing only half of it!!!”*, *“Academia is to knowledge what prostitution is to love”* or *“Trust people who make a living lying down or standing up more than those who do so sitting down”* encourage people to think, although or better because of the final sense seems to be not that clear...\n\nNevertheless it is a nice way to communicate with people. Probably one of you can explain at least one of these slogans to me...\n\n![Above losing philosophy](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/above-street-art-philosophy/Above-losing-philosophy.jpg\u003e)\n\nAbove losing philosophy ![Above philosophy](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/above-street-art-philosophy/Above-philosophy.jpg\u003e)\n\nAbove philosophy \nInfo via [vandalog.com](http://blog.vandalog.com/2011/04/above-in-melbourne/), photos by [Above](http://goabove.com).\n","tags":["Above","Australian Street Art"],"title":"Above’s Street Art Philosophy","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/above-street-art-philosophy/"}