mushroom | Eyes on the Streets

….. a small narrow lane filled with street art murals, many of them by female artists.

below: A stunning blue portrait by Juzpop

street art mural in Mirka Lane, St. Kilda, blue portrait of a woman by Juzpop

below: Mirka Lane is a ‘U’ shaped lane in St. Kilda, Melbourne.

street sign for Mirka Lane, city of Port Philip

street art mural in Mirka Lane, St. Kilda, portrait in bright colours

below: Juzpop’s red woman with a hat on the left. On the right is a ‘colder’ coloured woman in purples and blues by Tayla Broekman.

street art mural in Mirka Lane, St. Kilda, two womens portraits, Juzpop's red woman with a hat on the left. On the right is a 'colder' coloured woman in purples and blues by Tayla Broekman

below: One of the walls in Mirka Lane.

One of the walls covered with street art, Mirka Lane

below: Misshapen characters, lumpy and pink, that seem to float around, by Jaz Mishap (aka Jaz Miu)

street art mural in Mirka Lane, St. Kilda,

below: Manda Lane is an artist that specializes in very realistic flowers (and other plant life).

street art mural in Mirka Lane, St. Kilda, white flowers by Manda Lane

below: Niqui Toldi has painted a woman with short pink hair that matches both the pink stripe in her top and her fingernails

below: More blue people – these pink-haired women are the work Bronik.

street art mural in Mirka Lane, St. Kilda, these pink-haired women with blue skin were painted by Bronik

below: A green and purple chair by Giovanna Da Silva.

street art mural in Mirka Lane, St. Kilda, A green and purple chair by Giovanna Da Silva

below: Another look at the wall… From the other end this time.

below: All in blue, “I’ll be back”

below: Circular calligraphy, also in blue.

large blue mural, circles of calligraphy

below: One Love with happy flowers

street art mural with flowers and grass and words that say one love

below: Bright red mushrooms in the grass

part of a larger mural,Bright red mushrooms in the grass palm trees in the background

below: Caroline Lejeune painted this wild looking over-sized eye atop a skinny naked body that even has a long tail. Naked except for the high heel shoes.

mural by Caroline Lejeune, wild looking over-sized eye atop a skinny naked body that even has a long tail. Naked except for the high heel shoes.

below: Fox, by Tayla Broekman

below: Girl with a red bandana or kerchief around her neck, by Stephman, aka Stephanie Mannerheim

Stephman mural of a young girl who is crouching, wearing shorts and a red kerchief around her neck

Photos taken March 2025

My last post, Under an Ostiense railway bridge, showed some of the graffiti and street art that I saw there a few years ago. This post includes more photos of the artwork (and scribbles) that were seen. There was a lot! Even this is only a small portion of the total.

below: Piramide

poster graffiti under a bridge, text says piramide

below: Project Qwerty’s alien in a cage

graffiti under a bridge, qwerty, blue alien-like figure with red high heels sitting in a birdcage

below: Disgusto is the name/word on this.

graffiti posters under a bridge, signed disgusto,

below: Leonardo Crudi 900 poster on the bottom and BVKA on the right .

graffiti under a bridge

below: Foto star Ostiense photo of a woman between a large yellow mushroomy fungus type guy and BVKA who puts the same black head on most of his work.

below: Closer look at Leonardo Crudi 900,

below: The angel resting her head on a trash bin, Cancelletto (aka Rizio Ticenco)

graffiti under a bridge

graffiti on a concrete wall under a bridge

below: He says “Smile!” but the croc is not interested.

below: Icarus on the bottom and a greenish crocodile face on the left. I am not sure what the woman is doing or thinking but that looks like a very long cigarette in her hand.