This large mural by Matt Adnate was painted in support of the Melbourne Zero campaign to end homelessness. The very much larger than life portraits of mother and child can be seen on Albany Alley in Melbourne’s CBD.
Photos taken March 2025
Pasted onto a wall in Baptist Lane, Melbourne, is a woolen string of paper lights where each light bulb is a little artwork.
below: Julybubble80’s blue cat has grown wings
below: Another julybubble cat along with “Aimer”, two red and blue whale (fish?) tails that come together to form a heart by NBF Street (Sirène in the street). A little fairy holds a gold star, the work of Balaet Balaets. “Viens, on rêve… (come, let’s dream).
below: Little yellow rubber duckies – these traveling ducks (canards vagabonds) are having more adventures!
below: With her usual cat-like persona, tweet_streetart holds an Aussie flag waving koala.
below: It’s pink bandana is signed, Valcu G.
below: A cheeky little blue octopus sits on a light bulb that contains a fish (artist: o21_simplement).
below: Two images of little women by wall_lilo
below: Paddywagon is an artist who combine street art and cyanotypes (a process that creates white images on blue like the. Here, a small light bulb showcases one of her images of tiny compound leaves. To the left, “Come on baby, light my fire”, a woman with long and flowing yellow hair, by Wild Wonder Woman.
below: A second Wild Wonder Woman, this time her long yellow hair flows down her bare back and wraps around her swing. Next to her is a picture by Felfi (aka tanzt_die_orange), a Dutch artist.
below: Close by is a second set of light bulbs with art by the same artists – you might recognize some of them!
Photos taken February 2025
There is a pole, or pipe (downspout?) in Baptist Place, Melbourne, that is covered with many little drawings. They are all slogans or phrases written using music scores as a paper source. I am not sure what songs were used (or if that has any relevance?) but the lyrics are written at least two languages. At the top is “Eat the Rich” .
below: Next comes “Resist”. I was curious about what song was in the background, so I checked google translate – “qui quae-runt” is Latin for “those who run”.
below: … and then “Riots not Diets”
below: “Mad Pride”
below: “Alt Right Delete”, but now the lyrics are in English and include “the water” and “somersaults”
below: “Fat so?” with more lyrics like “averte mala” and “tu a disperde”
below: “Cats Rule” in bright colours.
below: The bottom paste-up has the number 13 written above the number 12. Is this a hint as to who the artist is?
Photos taken February 2025
Artist Lane runs parallel to Chapel Street between Green and Union streets, just north of Windsor railway station. Most of the lane is covered with street art of some sort.
below: Four hairy dudes by AEON aka Tom Gerrard
below: “I ain’t afraid of no ghost”, says the cat the skull and the devil.
below: Fresh presto phats diva!
below: A tropical scene by Skr3am (aka Skream III)
On the corner of Chapel and Johnston in Fitzroy there was once a tiger mural painted by Lauren YS (seen in December 2018). It was a tiger with sharp teeth and a long red tongue. Its tail curled around two tattooed faceless women dressed in red.
Covid is still playing havoc on travel so I am starting to work through some archives of photos. This mural was seen at Gore and Johnston in Fitzroy (Melbourne in December 2018) on the BIBA Academy building and barber shop.
The whale mural was painted in 2013 along Stewart Street near the north entrance to Richmond Station in Melbourne. It is 40 metres long and was painted by Mike Makatron and Everfresh Studios. In the past few years, some tags have been painted on top of it. This is what it looks like today (December 2018) – in sections because of its size.
Graffiti and street art seen in Baptist Lane, CBD
below: looking down the lane. On the immediate right is an old mural of the Last Supper which has been scrawled over almost to the point of making the mural indecipherable.
below: A blank eyed bride with her flowers
below: Two faced and holding up a jacket.
below: Red brick wall and a window box
below: I’m against all authority except my mother (close enough translation anyhow).
below: Studying the hole in the fence
below: Two little cats
The entrance to Strachan Place (in Melbourne CBD) is marked by a large mural by adnate.
below: I am not sure who the artist is but the white rabbit wants you to know that it’s 12:01. Is that late?
Scroll down to the next post to see more adnate in Melbourne.
On an apartment building that is 20 storeys high, there is a large mural painted by Adnate. Apparently it is the tallest mural in the southern hemisphere. Recently completed (Sept 2018), the mural consists of four faces of residents of the public housing building.
below: The top of the mural features the face of a young Vietnamese girl
below: First grader Arden
below: The face of Badria Abdo, from Ethiopia, who arrived in Australia in 2006 via a Kenyan refugee camp where she spent seven years.
below: On the bottom is a man recently arrived from West Papua (Indonesia).
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