Shhhhh!
I was asked recently about whether Brisbane’s murals would catch up to those in Melbourne. Melbourne has lanes like Hosier where street artists can go mad painting and repainting to their heart’s content. Apparently, because it is vibrant and constantly changing street art, it is basically acceptable for people to go in and virtually vandalise it (as they recently did) because that is the nature of street art - artists understand others will come and paint or spray over it as it is ever evolving.
Brisbane doesn’t tend to have any of those type of venues that I am aware of (except perhaps the genuinely illegal ones) but in terms of its mural art, it is up there with any of the other large cities. Brisbane has become a city of amazing murals and they are popping up everywhere. Many are done by emerging or already famous mural artists who also add their work to other cities. This can be seen in the work of Adnate whose wonderful work adorns walls in many Australian cities and towns (refer to his website below) including this 2019 work on a college building at 495 Boundary Street, Spring Hill, Brisbane on the left hand side and Sheep Chen on the right (thanks Suzie for clarifying the two artists here).
Murals and street art have become a world wide phenomena and anyone who has followed my photos on Flickr will have seen them also in tiny wheat towns (silo art) and towns like Benalla (Vic) and Portland or Eugowra (NSW) which have them throughout the town in various forms as a pull for tourists.
I am still attempting to find the title of the work but as you can see it is quite a few stories high. Within about 30 minutes on this day I was able to photograph 4 large wall canvasses within the city area which I had never seen before and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
495 Boundary Street, Spring Hill, Brisbane.
Artist : Adnate
Shhhhh!
I was asked recently about whether Brisbane’s murals would catch up to those in Melbourne. Melbourne has lanes like Hosier where street artists can go mad painting and repainting to their heart’s content. Apparently, because it is vibrant and constantly changing street art, it is basically acceptable for people to go in and virtually vandalise it (as they recently did) because that is the nature of street art - artists understand others will come and paint or spray over it as it is ever evolving.
Brisbane doesn’t tend to have any of those type of venues that I am aware of (except perhaps the genuinely illegal ones) but in terms of its mural art, it is up there with any of the other large cities. Brisbane has become a city of amazing murals and they are popping up everywhere. Many are done by emerging or already famous mural artists who also add their work to other cities. This can be seen in the work of Adnate whose wonderful work adorns walls in many Australian cities and towns (refer to his website below) including this 2019 work on a college building at 495 Boundary Street, Spring Hill, Brisbane on the left hand side and Sheep Chen on the right (thanks Suzie for clarifying the two artists here).
Murals and street art have become a world wide phenomena and anyone who has followed my photos on Flickr will have seen them also in tiny wheat towns (silo art) and towns like Benalla (Vic) and Portland or Eugowra (NSW) which have them throughout the town in various forms as a pull for tourists.
I am still attempting to find the title of the work but as you can see it is quite a few stories high. Within about 30 minutes on this day I was able to photograph 4 large wall canvasses within the city area which I had never seen before and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
495 Boundary Street, Spring Hill, Brisbane.
Artist : Adnate