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covering a yellow door

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In Melbourne’s Baptist Place there is/was a collection of stickers and paste-ups by a very international group of artists.

below: This is the door as seen in February 2025. It may look different now!

A double door, painted pale yellow, inset into a wall that is yellow, exterior door, covered with stickers and paste ups, graffiti by many different artists

A closer look at some of the stickers and paste-ups……

below: Mama yellow rubber ducky and her four little ones with lots of balloons – and one little ducky is wearing black swim goggles. These yellow adventurers can be found in lots of places, especially in France which is the home of their creator, Canards Vagabonds aka Sylvie Gennerat.

canards, yellow duckies, mama duck with four little ones, one has a black pair of swim goggles on, 4 bunches of balloons too

below: A Wonder Woman figure by Little Meh as well as a DJ Gumba dude holding 2 black balloons. One of the balloons says “pretty cool”. On the right, is that man really carrying a very large carrot?

stickers and slaps on a door, one is DJ Gumba with two black balloons, one is a wonder woman figure by little meh, and one is a man in a plaid shirt carrying a very large carrot also a sticker with just text that reads helping animals doesn't need to be that hard

below: A grey possum with a little pink nose and a curvy tail under “Back rolls not gender roles”.

graffiti paste up of a grey possum with a pink nose and a long curved tail

below: A collection of slaps by a variety of artists. There are two Breaking Bad yellow Lego men. The skateboarder with the black and white flowery hair is the work of Drecks. At the very bottom, a Tweet cat face with blue David Bowie style lightning bolts and a droopy eyed guy by American artist The Dtore (aka Dave)

many stickers and paste ups on a door, there is no planet B, a drecks woman on a skateboard, two breaking bad lego figures in yellow, a spatula turned into a puppet head with big red lips,

below: One very pink eyed cat and a couple of red capped mushroom people. The latter is the work of My Cute Creatures (Creaturi Dragute) – Mama Mushroom and her little mushroom tyke.

two pieces of graffiti, a cat head, black and white cat with pink eyes and pink lips, another by cute creatues, mushrooms with red caps turned into human forms, mother and child,

below: Now ET can call home whenever he wants. In the bottom right corner is a tiny sticker by Vootsak aka Camille. The green eye with the tears but under a rainbow was created by Apparan. Leave no one behind.

slaps on a yellow door, ET in a hoodie holding a smart phone, a black bomb cherry bomber, a green eye with tears under a rainbow,

below: A grey cat has found a handy perch atop the head of a ginger man with beard and mustache (by Stoeyes)

a man's head, ginger beard and mustache, with blue headphones, a mask, and a grey cat sitting on his head, other stickers too, one with the word work,

below: A white bird takes flight.

slaps on a door, a white bird in flight, a pink bunny with word box with a question mark, and ET's head and phone

below: Some Australian animals – a white ibis (by Tweet) and a kangaroo with a white rabbit in its pouch. The latter is a collaboration between Maens_hh, a German artist who draws characters like the white rabbit, and Eppendorfs_finest, an artist who often draws/paints/showcases a dog called Lounis.

slaps on a door, a white bird with long legs and long curved beak, also black head, another graffiti piece that is a kangaroo with a white rabbit in its pouch

below: Another collection of slaps, stickers and paste ups including T-bonez of the urban ninja squadron, a common sight around Toronto. TRP613 Sailor Dude is wearing an Australia T-shirt but now has the Tweet cat face.

stickers and paste ups including tweet cat, urban ninja squadron, sailor dude with an australian shirt on, and others

below: Monstrous! Now Trp613 (a Canadian from Ottawa) Sailor Dude seems to have turned green but that’s okay by MIC (Maid in Cologne). Sailor Dude may be green but that woman beside him is very red! (by Zelda Bomba from France)

Sailor Dude as a greenmonster, graffiti, Zelda bomba bright red woman's head with blue hair

below: A monster party! … With bunches of sunflowers and plenty of balloons, by Tweet

monster party graffiti by tweet, frankenstein, all with balloons

slaps, stickers, and paste ups on a laneway door, wonder woman, trp 613, monster party, breaking bad, lego, green monster, drecks,

below: “Body size is morally neutral”, “Protect queer kids”, “My cat thinks you should vote yes to the voice”. “Read books and dismantle [illegible] oppression.”

stickers on a door, all with text, body size is morally neitral, protect queer kids, my cat thinks you should vote no to the voice, and a priority mail sticker with a little white cat and the words, read books and dismantle the [illegible] of oppression

below: “Think!”, “Open your mind” and “Mutual aid is an evolutionary advantage.” Cupid’s got you in his line of sight – so beware of the balloons!

cupid with a bow and arrow, yellow rubber duckies, a woman with a rainbow scarf, open your mind, mutual aid is an evolutionary advantage, all graffiti on a door,

below: “Read boos. Be kind. Stay weird.” as well as a sleeping good vibes cat and a seahorse with a bouquet of tulips and balloons. Like many of the animal graffiti created by Industrie Tarte, this seahorse, or lippocampe, comes comes ready to divide into sections – filet, plat de cotes, bavette, flanchet – which are all cuts of meat. . The exact same pasteup was seen in Paris in 2023 (trust, live, love, all on a Paris wall).

sleeping cat says good vibes, graffiti, seahorse with balloons,

below: Hey cool, it’s a balloon burger with bones…. but that dog doesn’t look too impressed by it all.

paste ups, an orange and black dog sitting, a burger with balloons in the center and sticker that says cool

below: Almost life-sized Tweet cat with a fistful of balloons.

graffiti on a door in an alley in melbourne

below: What big eyes you’ve got!

graffiti on a door in an alley in melbourne including a grey bug with big head and eye, holding a net in its hands

below: A bright rd crab with big claws beside a prickly echidna playing with balloons. And dancing figures, le petite peuple de l’ombre, with even more balloons (by Wall-Lilo)

big red crab, graffiti paste ups, balloons, floating people, and an echidna

below: Masked smoker with Batman ears?

Photos taken February 2025