Adelaide Street Art

Adelaide Street Art

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Posted 2012-09-12 by Dave Walshfollow
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I've become increasingly supportive of street art recently.

Not the self indulgent monochromatic tags that appear overnight on your fence, but genuine attempts to produce a pleasing or other emotional visual response.

While developers, councils and government collaborate and conspire to foist their vision of serried ranks of mirrored glass and concrete across our skyline, it is easy to see why many people feel disenfranchised.

This was underlined to me recently by the decision to approve the demolition of a significant and historic building that is 147 years old. The reason? Demolishing the building will make it easier to build another new hotel next door.

At times feel I like an ant meandering a Skinner maze as I stroll the urban jungle of newer developments in the Adelaide CBD.

But I digress. Street art is everywhere around the city, and I just hadn't been in the right places to see it. After cruising around for the last couple of weeks, I have picked a selection for your perusal.

And I will hardly say a word.

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[SECTION]Around the City[/SECTION]

I spent an afternoon wandering around the city.

A number of things I saw made me pose the question in my mind - what is art?

Perhaps one of my more surprising finds was this mural on a recently built house.























At the rear of the Queens Theatre and former Supreme Court.





[SECTION]In the Suburbs[/SECTION]

Street Art can be found in surprising places in the suburbs. And it seems that some of the artists are not who you would expect either.

A wander around the southern suburbs quickly produced results in my search for something more than boring tags.

Advertising on a pizza bar.


On a barber shop.



A sleepy suburban side street.



A shock art sculpture that was found in Clarence Gardens can be seen here .

[SECTION]Industrial Site South of Adelaide[/SECTION]

This dilapidated group of buildings houses an extensive and growing collection of street art. I'm not aware how old many of them are, but a number are dated 2011.

A variety of styles are evident, and some are still in very good condition. They certainly brighten the appearance of the structures, although visitors should be particularly wary of pits, unsafe structures, asbestos and electrical wiring.

The sheer scale of some is quite impressive.









Avian visitors are plentiful at this site.















One presumably from The TSU Crew

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I like the richness of the colour, but am unable to read the message.



















Two street art practitioners at work





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Beachside Art

I discovered this vintage resident street art while researching the story of Tennyson Dunes .



Art at a disused industrial site
This run down industrial complex also appeared in an article on Urban Exploration .



The scale of some of the works is varied to suit the building size and contours.



It must be challenging to paint shapes accurately on corrugated iron.



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