Other Murals
Murals
I noticed many murals as I went. The focus of my research and this survey was permanent public art, imagining that as a lifespan of ten years or more. Painted murals don’t often have a long lifespan and so are not usually referred to as permanent public art. But many have been preserved - examples are: Keith Haring’s mural in Johnston Street Fitzroy and the Australian waterside workers mural which has been removed in sections from its original site, is kept by the Australian Maritime Museum in Sydney. Sometimes murals are preserved if they are perceived to have cultural value.
In being durational murals contribute to the ideology and iconography of visual space. They are powerful pedagogues, particularly through their size and colour. I imagine that because they are imagined as temporary, (like billboards) they may have more license to be more political or radical, than permanent public art. Aerosol and brush-painted murals are often more political and inclusive. they are strong and colourful and so they make an impact on public space and perhaps are more able to reflect current issues and narratives.
At first when walking through St Kilda, I had decided not to include aerosol murals in the survey, but I noted and photographed them as I walked because painted murals form a significant visual impact on the suburb of St Kilda, particularly their bright colour and size makes them a force to be reckoned with. Throughout Melbourne there has been a recent increase in mural commissions, as they are thought to prevent tagging.
Murals on the back wall of The Peanut Farm/ VEG OUT
Some of these murals are part of an Indigenous project. The Indigenous themed murals were in bad condition and were surrounded by tags and throw-ups so that they no longer stood apart as commissioned artworks. But I read recent reference to them which said they were important as they reinforce Peanut Farm Reserve as an Indigenous gathering place.
References:
Peanut Farm Reserve Upgrade Plan, viewed 2018, <http://www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/Report_4_Attachment_3_-_Phase_2_Peanut_Farm_consultation_report_.pdf.pdf>.
The Tennis Court murals at Peanut Farm Reserve
by Paul Round and Frank Maiorana
Commissioned by the City of Port Phillip, 2016
References:
'Mural signals push to raise St Kilda street art credentials', Peter Barrett 2016, The Sydney Morning Herald, 12 February 2016
Esplanade Murals
(artist unknown to author)
OTHER MURALS
Many other murals exist and those I photographed on my walks in 2017 and 2018 are shown below.
Many other murals exist and those I photographed on my walks in 2017 and 2018 are shown below.
Above: Belford Street
Above: in Talbot Reserve, on the left side of the Great Wall of Dt Kilda Mural
Bath Street, at the corner of Inkerman Street.
Above: mural in Talbot Reserve, on the right side of the Great Wall of St Kilda.
Above: corner of Mitford Street and and Barkly St St Kilda.
Above and below: 'Thirst C02 Climate Change', by DVATE, 2017
links to posts for public art and memorial in St Kilda
Home page/ Introduction
-1950 public art and memorial in St Kilda
1950 - 2000 public art and memorial in St Kilda
2000 - 2018 public art and memorial in St Kilda
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