Street Art meet Graffiti in Coburg
Coburg is on the edge of the donut ring of Melbourne’s inner city suburbs and the outer suburbs. For street art it is the high tide mark, the final piece on a midnight mission, the liminal zone where beautiful street art meets ugly graffiti. Coburg is different from it’s more inner neighbour, Brunswick where the aerosol is thick and fast. Coburg is where the inner city pieces run out and only bombing, tagging continues. It is not in the mainstream of Melbourne’s street art or graffiti scene but the …
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Mark Holsworth, finding art where there is none, makes the following astute observation: buffing discourages anyone to go beyond tags, throw-ups and slogans; although the occasional one can take even that to a new level.
See http://melbourneartcritic.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/dsc06778.jpg
See http://melbourneartcritic.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/dsc06778.jpg
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