CARRIAGE WORKS, 245 WILSON ST, EVELEIGH

ART IS NOT PEACE BUT WAR

New Works by BLEK LE RAT

OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, APRIL 5TH, 2008
8 – 11pm

ON EXHIBITION:
APRIL 5TH – MAY 2ND, 2008

SUBLIMINAL PROJECTS
1331 W. Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

www.subliminalprojects.com

www.ekosystem.org

Some amazing global street art

I assume you’re aware of Kill Pixie if you take even a passing interest at dustbins and seedy corners of seedy buildings, just in case…

http://www.killpixie.net/blog/

 This was snapped at the end of Riley Street close to William Street and a hop skip and a jump from The Lord Roberts which does any schooner for $3.50 on a Saturday and fish and chips for $6. It’s also got a beer garden upstairs and the staff – whilst they ain’t pretty – are brilliant. A great Saturday boozer.

http://www.thisisvandalism.com/

The Sydney Stencil Festival has been and gone. As a keen follower of street art here in Sydney and also in Melbourne and London I had high hopes for simple, yet striking work. I was disappointed.  

The ‘live spraying’ was amateur at best and the works for auction were overpriced and far from inspiring. There were a few good pieces on show but all had been sold.  The guy running it, JP, needs a run for his money. This event can be bigger, better, more accessible and provide creative work we’d actually want to hang.  

Am I being to tough on them? No, and if you visited I suspect you’ll agree. I’ll post pictures from the day and you can make your own mind up.

Scattered around the city you’ll find little pockets of creativity, some good, some poor, just as you would expect. Street/urban/contemporary art has become so fashionable off the back of the Melbourne scene and British artists like Banky or Frenchman Blek le Rat. The question I would ask myself when pouring countless hours into expertly tagging a wall is ‘who is watching? By this I don’t mean just the authorities, but who is your audience? This artistic exhibitionism goes beyond simply marking a territory, it is the artist saying, LOOK AT ME.

 If there is sufficient talent, creative execution and a touch of derring do, then these works could lead towards the fame and riches that have been thrust, I expect rather willingly, onto the likes of Banksy. What we now need is someone to step forward and carve out a new niche, taking the concept to the next level and innovating rather than immitating. If you want to live in a city that looks like Melbourne then I suggest you grab an umbrella and move there. Sydney needs its own creative explosion and I’m looking for that fuse…