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Street Art Meets Aboriginal Culture in the Work of Reko Rennie
The artist challenges binaristic distinctions between “traditional” Aboriginal and contemporary art through works drawn from his expansive two-decade career.
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Working Toward a Politics of Borderlessness
Artists in Australia and South Asia highlight the atrocities of caste-based discrimination and make a statement against colonial power.
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Mural of Ukrainian and Russian Soldiers Hugging Draws Outcry
The mural, painted in Melbourne, has been called “a profound insult” that detracts from “the brutality of the Russian army.”
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Artist Skewers Inequality by Stealing Forks Used by the 1%
Greenish grime coats the prongs of a silver fork that Prince Harry used at a banquet in 2013.
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Artist Threads Angry Internet Comments into New Vaginal Knitting Project
An Australian artist who previously drew a torrent angry comments for knitting with wool inserted into her vagina will soon weave that negative feedback into a new work of art.
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Burning Suburbia With Paint and Flames
The American suburbs are already surreal places, perfectly planned roads dotted with identical homes infinitely replicated across the country. In his two-year Suburban project, Australian artist Ian Strange radically transformed these places into something even more otherworldly with paint and flame
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What the Hell Are We Going to Do With All This Junk?
MELBOURNE, Australia — Empty cans, bits of plastic, wire and wood are common sights in city streets. Some of it is very familiar, like the bottle cap embedded in the tarmac out the front of my neighbor’s house that has been there for years. Graffiti, wheat-pasting, and stencils are a common sights i
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Beware Street Artists Bearing Thought-provoking Gifts
MELBOURNE, Australia — Melbourne-based street artist CDH specializes in presenting audacious and difficult challenges to institutions that explore the illicit nature of street art. Disguised in a bright safety vest, he is well-spoken and calm and on one occasion his demeanor has even been able to co
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Melbourne Street Art From the Artists' Point of View
Alison Young is a lawyer and a professor at the University of Melbourne, Australia, but don't let that intimidate you. She has also extensively covered the Australian street art world, writing and teaching on the “intersection of law, crime and culture.” In Street|Studio: The Place of Street Art in
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From the Comments: A Banksy Rat & Banksia Coccinea
Lotus Johnson left this illuminating comment on Alison Young’s post “Art, Value & Banksy’s Rats in Melbourne,” which included an illustration of a stencil depicting a native Australian flower stabbing a Banksy signature animal, the rat. Turns out there’s more than meets the eye.
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Art, Value & Banksy’s Rats in Melbourne
It seems that Melbourne City Council just can’t get it right when it comes to street art, and especially when it comes to the work of Banksy: two weeks ago, they “accidentally” ordered a cleaning crew to remove one of Banksy’s iconic rats from a wall in Hosier Lane, in the centre of the city. The ne