Thursday

Colourful Sydney Street Art: Newtown area

Stencils, paste-ups, murals, graffiti and even tagging - I must admit I do enjoy them all. They are plentiful all over Sydney but some of the largest and most artistic can be found in the Newtown area including Camperdown, Enmore, Erskineville and St Peters where there has been street art since the 1980's.
I love to see the streets used as a canvas for something other than advertising. Streets as a gallery brings the work directly to the viewer. No more posh wine gallery opening nights needed when you can walk past the art every day.

Urban art at it's best: catch it now before it's gone.

urban art Newtown
Mural by "Big City Freaks" collective, Newtown. Sydney 2014.
 
Urban art Enmore
Beastman and Phibs Street Art, Simmons Street, Enmore
 
urban art Newtown
Chelmsford St, Newtown 2009 (photo by Tanit11)
 
Daley Lane mural (photo by Jim: visit his photographic blog on Sydney)

A Short History of the Streets of Newtown - literally what it says.

This post is linked up at Create with Joy

5 comments:

  1. Thanks for the great shot and all the great photos on your site

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    1. Thanks Oh My Heartsie, for dropping by and commenting. They are great photos of Newtown street art, which I love.

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  3. Newtown is great for walking around and getting photos of street art.

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