Graffiti Australia: Street Art & Urban Culture

Australia boasts a thriving graffiti and street art scene, showcasing incredible talent and diverse styles. Explore our collection of articles covering everything from iconic Australian artists and hidden laneway murals to the legal battles and cultural impact of this dynamic art form. Discover the history, the artists, and the locations that make Australia a graffiti hotspot. Dive into the vibrant colours, powerful messages, and unique perspectives expressed through this captivating urban art. You’ll find stories about Melbourne’s renowned street art, Sydney’s evolving murals, and other hidden gems across the country.

Graffiti Architecture in Melbourne

Graffiti Architecture in Melbourne In Melbourne, Australia, a building complex called Hive combines graffiti and architecture in an exciting new way! Whereas usually graffiti is added afterwards to the facade of a building, the facade of the Hive incorporates a giant three-dimensional concrete tag! This project by ITN Architects is real graffiti architecture! Built for an architect and artist, this building has its name written right into its walls and also comes with other graphical elements like arrows giving the entire complex an urban, sci-fi dynamic… ...

Everfresh & Friends Fighting Extinction

The guys, who invented the biggest marker worldwide and created their own graffiti mobile known under the popping name Everfresh, just teamed up with a couple of friends to repaint Melbourne’s infamous ACDC Lane for charity… Zoos Victoria is fighting extinction and has committed to ensure twenty native species do not go extinct on their watch. Enlisting the help of laneway artists from Everfresh and Blender studios, the fight has taken to the streets. The murals will help to raise awareness of some of these critically endangered species, many of which live right in Melbourne’s own backyard. For more info zoo.org.au! ...

DMV Melbourne Australia

As I already told you, Europe’s finest Da Mental Vaporz (DMV) crew left France and is currently in Melbourne, Australia, exhibiting at Rtist Gallery and painting large murals as this brilliant clip by Matthew Harding shows… Nothing more to say, except: Well done boys! For more info about DMV, check out their former show in Toulouse and their great exquisite corpse mural in Brest, yo!

DMV Graffiti Show, Rtist Melbourne

As I said, French fabulous graffiti crew Da Mental Vaporz (short just DMV) left their home-country with its artic weather conditions and presidential elections delirium to enjoy sunny horizons down under and started to create one of the most prolific exhibitions Melbourne has seen so far… The trailer speaks volumes - I’m pretty sure I’ve never seen such a high-quality one for a single graffiti exhibition, although Mr Doom got some pretty nice ones - and also the artworks, popping up for just a few seconds in this new review video are convincing me. ...

Da Mental Vaporz Down Under

What happens if it’s cold and freezing in mid-Europe? Right, all the creative heads escape and seek refuge in sunnier climes! Famous Da Mental Vaporz (DMV) crew for example is heading to Melbourne… The prolific French graffiti crew Da Mental Vaporz is leaving France with its artic weather conditions and presidential elections delirium to enjoy sunny horizons down under. Armed with spraycans, the DMV crew consisting of Bom-K, Blo, Brusk, Dran, Gris1, ISO, Jaw, Kan, and Sowat are boarding the Australian continent with their individual style, from old school lettering to calligraffiti and figurative painting with a touch of dark humour. With monumental murals and exhibitions across Europe, Latin America, New York, Moscow or Hong-Kong, the Da Mental Vaporz crew members are both known collectively and individually. (via rtistgallery.com.au) ...

Sydney: McGee Wall to be Buffed!

Sydney City Council has been accused of vandalism after visiting American artist Barry McGee has controversially painted the wrong wall! As I just read on Yahoo News (thanks to Skalitzers for the link!), McGee painted a wall by mistake when he visited Sydney for the Art & About festival that takes art out of the gallery setting and into the streets: Critics are claiming Barry McGee’s artwork is glorified vandalism. The art community supports the work saying taste in art is personal. ...