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Street Art: From Vandalism to Respected Art Form

Art Lovers | 6 August 2019

Street art it seems has embedded itself in urban landscapes across the globe, and Melbourne has received international recognition for its contribution to this modern art form.

The tourists flocking to Melbourne, all leave boasting a new photo of them at Hosier Lane, Meyers Place, or AC/DC Lane. Melbourne is now regarded alongside cities like Berlin, London or New York as being home to some of the world’s greatest urban art.

AC/DC Lane in Melbourne

The perception of street art has shifted from vandalism to its own appreciated form of creative expression. It was previously lumped into the same category as graffiti, but the masterpieces that grace Melbourne’s most popular nooks and laneways bare no similarity.

Adnate’s image of an aboriginal boy looms high above Hosier Lane in Melbourne.

Many street artists incorporate social commentary, and use their art as a method of delivering a message, often political. The public accessibility of street art has assisted its success. Artists delivering a message will ensure it’s done in a place of high visibility where there is a lot of foot traffic, or on a popular train route.

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The work of Bambi, featuring Donald Trump

Banksy is a name most people are familiar with, the anonymous English based street artist finding global fame with his mystique and stencil style social commentary. UK based Bambi is leading the way with feminist street art, focusing her works around the modern female identity and its relation to patriarchal culture.

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The work of Banksy in Venice

Rone is an Australian street artist who is now a fixture in the international street art scene, famous for his haunting images of women, painted onto buildings that are in various stages of decay. Rone uses his art to find the middle ground between beauty and decay, and has decorated many dilapidated locations in New York, Paris, London, Tokyo and Christchurch.

Rone’s work in Melbourne

Fintan Magee is another Australian making waves in the street art scene, with his large scale murals depicting individuals of various demographics that stretch from the city to storage silo’s in rural Australia.

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Fintan Magee’s artwork on a silo in Patchewollock, Victoria

The urban world is now appreciating the colour, design and social depth that goes into creating street art in its varying styles. Decorating laneways and facades across cities is a new cultural component introduced to the modern society by forward-thinking, talented and socially conscious artists, and the world is paying attention.

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