Down Giannarelli Drive

There are various genres of graffiti and I have no doubt that you will have seen some of the stencil work that some graffiti artists employ. The image below is the only stencil I have happened across so far but I hope to capture and record more. 

Stencil Graffiti

This artist will have cut out the stencils at home using either paper or cardboard or perhaps even plastic. This technique makes for a quick and consistent application of spray paint with the possibility of being able to take ones time over an intricate design. Graffiti is illegal and perhaps the author of the above image viewed themselves as waging some kind of urban warfare against the way we have structured our society. I would ask for instance how the above image might be any more visually or economically offensive than the house that was recently built at the end of my street. 

The Three Heads

 
I was chatting with Kim about the above image and she told me that she had seen some variations on the theme of these three heads around North Carlton and North Fitzroy. The artist must have scrambled up these discarded chain wire fences in order to reach the target canvas. You see this a lot, a tag or a piece as in the above image, placed in a spot that is difficult to reach. The greater the danger the higher the kudos.

Images such as the one below are referred to as Pieces, which I am told is short for masterpiece. Often more complex with a larger variety of colours and the feel of a cartoon, they take longer to accomplish and therefore increase the risk of being caught.

A Graffiti "Piece"

This has been the first of the images to resemble a cock, notice the short and curly hair sprouting from the chin. Mind you there is a large contingent of Greeks in East Brunswick so this might also be a depiction of the artist's topless girlfriend {shrugs shoulders} Either way we have been adorning our caves and villages, our Colosseums and corner stores with cunts and cocks for at least 10'000 years.  










Except for a few builders, and perhaps a couple of residents, many of these pieces would go unnoticed. They are in out of the way places that would require at least some exploration in order to locate. They are obviously seen by other graffiti artists and I can't help but wonder just what message is being communicated by the various images that are left behind.