Wet and Aggressive Corella challenges Magpie

Wet and Aggressive Corella challenges Magpie

Sunday 20 May 2012

Sunday Selections #70






Sunday Selections, brought to us by Kim, of Frogpondsrock, is an ongoing theme where participants post previously unused photos languishing in their files. 

Anyone can join in, just post your photos under the Sunday Selections title, link back to Kim, then add your name to her Linky list at Frogpondsrock.  

This week I am continuing to put up photographs of street art.









I couldn't read any of the details around the base of this installation.  They were grimy and filled with dirt.  I may have to go back after rain as I liked this one, and wanted to know more about it.  It is quite large - the next shot I took standing inside it looking upwards.




These looked a little too 'professional' to be graffiti, but again - no artists details that I could see.
 







60 comments:

  1. Art on the street really adds atmosphere.

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    1. mybabyjohn/Delores: It does, and the quirkier the better in my book.

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  2. Beautifully colorful trees lining the streets.. but those eyes on the wall are a tad scary.
    cherrs

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    1. Pam: You are right on both counts. I love the trees which is why I include them with other art and those eyes, even early in the morning were watching me.

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  3. They are all interesting. The line of deciduous trees always makes me wonder why the councils don't plant fruit trees instead of ornamentals. Thanks for joining in :)

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    1. Kim: I suspect that fruit trees are considered a litigation hazard - someone might trip on a piece of fallen fruit. It is a shame though. Free fruit lining the streets would be great.

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  4. Gosh those liquidamber colours are gorgeous!
    I like the Big Little Man - and the upward-looking shot inside the unidentified sculpture is beautiful. The eyes are a bit creepy. The first lot look like Bob Marley's, maybe?

    Really interesting photos as always, EC! Thank you.

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  5. smashing!



    Friendly Aloha from Waikiki
    Comfort Spiral

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  6. Wonderful street art. That Big Little Man is my favourite.

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    1. LadyFi: At the moment the Little Big Man seems to be the favourite.

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  7. Bonza photos, i especially like the big little man he's certainly looks a happy chappy, the 15th photo of the most unusual pot plant stand made from a street light :-).

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    1. Windsmoke: There are pot plants hanging from a lot of the street lights in town. I think that they add some brighteness to something which is otherwise a bit utilitarian.

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  8. That Big Little Man is adorable!
    I really like the flowerpots attached to the light pole, that's a nice touch.

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    1. River: Thank you. As I said to Windsmoke they attach flowr pots to many of the light poles in the city now. I think it is a brilliant idea. Another vote to the Big Little Man.

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  9. I love the Big Little Man - he's awesome!! The colours of your autumn are just amazing. I have started on my journey to look for Townsville street art - but I got held up at the markets when I went into the city this morning!!

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    1. One Too Many: Our autumnal colours are a side benefit of the cool (some would say cold) weather. I love them, and I like the cooler weather as well. Markets are always a delight - do we get photos?

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  10. I agree: I love the Big Little Man. I had a pupil once, an unforgettable child, we called Little Big Man, because it said that on the outside label on his jersey.

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    1. Dave King: It sounds as if there is a story about your Little Big Man, waiting to be told.

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  11. Beautiful photos again! I could spend hours wandering around street art... in fact, I think I will sometime this week! Thank you!

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  12. These are wonderful!!! Thankyou!! They really build on a tradition evident when I lived in Canberra decades ago. I recognised the last one - in Garema Place. I was wondering wheher, if you get a chance, could you put up a photograph of 'Ethos' ( /)... that beautiful angel in the civic square? Next to the square pond opposite to where the Civic Library once was... Melbourne does not do street art quite as well.

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    1. Christine: I am fascinated that you think that Melbourne does not do street art as well. Quite a number of bloggers have suggested the opposite. I am happy to see street art where ever. I had forgotten Ethos. I will take a photo for you next time I am in town.

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  13. Ha, you are so right about the eyes looking too slick to be graffiti; they are stencil work by ELK, who was just in the Archibald Prize with his stencil portrait of Father Bob. His work is street art but it's very planned and leaves very little to chance, which leaves me a touch cold.

    The last statue is one I find *really* creepy, always have done. It's a weird work that just makes me think of paedophilia, because it seems to be a struggle between the older man and the young boy. I can't work out why they would put a work like that in a public space, and the actual design is really ugly. I guess you can't win them all!

    Love the tour, it's such ripe pickings in Civic these days! You should visit the ANU's sculpture garden, on the slope up from the National Museum.

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    1. Ampersand Duck: Thanks for the information about the graffiti eyes. They left me cold as well.
      You are right about the final statue. It has been there for as long as I can remember and I don't like the style, its subject or its execution. I would still rather have street art I don't like than no street art.
      I haven't been to the ANU since my father died (he had worked there). It is about time I went back. Thanks for the reminder.

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  14. What a wonderful tour. I really like the "Eternity" one, and the picture taken from inside is quite lovely. Nice group of pictures... the trees are definitely spectacular, too. I just read the other comments so I'm going to go back and see what I missed about the Little Big Man. :-)

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    1. DJan: Kath's later comment about Eternity made me laugh. It is true, but doesn't detract from the work.

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  15. The cone that you couldn't see details on looks like it would be a wonderful water fountain... Love the big little man.

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    1. Cindi: You are right - it would make a great fountain.

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  16. Is it okay that I laughed at "ETERNITY" being rusted or oxidized? That seems so perfect for meta-art.

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    1. John Wisiwell: Of course laughter is OK. I laughed myself when I read your very apt comment.

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  17. These are very cool! Thank you for sharing the view. You live in an interesting place. I would love to walk around and look at street art like what you have shared here. Love the red trees too - those, we have but not at this time of year.

    No matter what you share in your posts, Jewel and Jazz always steal the show when I scroll to the bottom of your page. I never get tired of seeing their gorgeous faces in the garden or their silly feline antics in your house. :)

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    1. Jenn June: Thank you. Jazz n Jewel think that they are pretty special as well.

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  18. Eternity needs a big bubble blown through it.

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  19. I've fallen for the big little man :-) Too cute. And the one you went in to and took a photo looking up is beautiful too. Very interesting shapes.
    Great shots!

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  20. I was a lot more taken by the fallish trees than the art. They all appear to be liquidambar. The common name for them here in America is sweet gum, but you call them by the scientific name, do you not? It's certainly prettier.

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    1. Snowbrush: The colours in the trees is most certainly street art. I have never heard the liquidambars called anything else.

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  21. These are wonderful photos. I love the way public art can just sneak up on you, both the commissioned and the outlaw. Bravo!

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    1. linda: I am all in favour of street art, whatever form it takes.

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  22. I am amazed again by the amount and variety of artwork you have. And I love the trees. It's just coming into spring here, but in October our trees will look like yours.

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    1. jenny_o: Thank you. We do Autuman pretty well. A lovely time of year.

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  23. "I have never heard the liquidambars called anything else.

    Here in the US, most people wouldn't know what you were talking about if you didn't just say sweet gum. It's only native, so far as I know, to the Southeastern states, although it grows well in some other places--here in western Oregon, for example. I've heard that the Native Americans used to brush their teeth with the inner bark. I can imagine doing that if I didn't have a regular toothbrush.

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    1. Snowbrush: It thrives here. We have three in our yard, and there are others down the street. Here in Oz I suspect that most people (until today me included) wouldn't know what you were talking about if you called them sweet gums.

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  24. I like the Big Little Man because I used to have a child (not my own) who lived with me for a while and he called himself a "little big boy" and we used to laugh at him for that.

    I do love street art.

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    1. Crack You Whip: Doesn't every small boy consider themselves 'a little big boy'. And yes, I also love street art. Lots. Even the bits I don't like.

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  25. wonderful to see your photographs
    the little big man is such a cool piece

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  26. Love those eyes peering out from the bench. :)

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    1. Lynn: With a gravatar like your own, how could you not like the eyes. I have to say I like your eye(s) better.

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  27. Oooh, I want to sit on an eyeball! Your city is fascinating and it doesn't look very busy.

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    1. CarrieBoo: Canberra isn't a busy city as cities go, and a 7.30 in the morning even less so.

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  28. Fascinating sculptures! The fountain, and the painting on the half-walls are wonderful. all of it is wonderful.

    You are getting your fall colors, while we are leaving our spring flowers.

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    1. Susan Kane: We are having a very mixed season. We are getting out autumnal (fall) colours - but there are spring bulbs out in the garden as well.

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  29. Dear EC, I just viewed--and read--your last two postings on street art down there. It's clear that somehow I need to travel to your part of the world and see such loveliness. Peace.

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    1. Dee: I would welcome you with open arms if you could make the trip.

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  30. Hello Elephant's Child, I came over to thank you for your advice on the comments function. That was very kind of you.

    I couldn't resist looking at some of your street art posts. I love graffiti and street art! The pack of dogs has to be my favourite (no surprise there!). Also the sheep lol, and the sculpture that looked like a doughnut with fancy glazing on one post, and a double-tailed rattlesnake in another.

    I've only ever been to Canberra for day trips to run errands. A bit hard to visit galleries and museums with a dog or 2 (in the old days) in tow. But seeing your street art makes me realise I missed a lot of other interesting stuff! I'll have to keep my eyes open a little better in future.

    Have a great day! :)

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    1. georgia little pea: Welcome. There is a lot more street art than there used to be - and it is a treat. We are getting more dog friendly too - there is a least one cafe that not only welcomes them, but has a menu for them as well.

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