I have seen some interesting Carlton street art recently. So I have dug out some old Carlton street art photos, dating back to 2015. Some have been replaced at least more than once such as the above 2019 artwork on Elgin Street on the side of the Clyde Hotel on the corner of Cardigan Street.
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This is the picture that is currently where the top photo used to be. It is sort of gross but the burger is quite cute. Sylvia tells me the long pink shape is his colon because it will no longer fit inside once he has stuffed that burger in.
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In the same laneway is this odd picture. The phone looks like a brick from the 1990s and the kitty cat headphones or ear muffs looks ridiculously cute. I wish I knew the faces but I don't. Please enlighten me if you do.
Also in the laneway is this cynical anime character. She is probably most displeased at being out the back with the bins.
With a tram terminus for many of Melbourne's tram lines in Swanston St, it is no surprise to find this artwork of a tram in an alley off Lygon Street between Faraday and Grattan Streets. When I took the photo in 2015 it was in better condition than it was last time I saw it.
The artworks above and below are from North Carlton - somewhere near Canning Street but 2017 is a long time ago.
I meant to post these years ago but didn't!
This artwork on a house near the Princess Hill section of the City Circle bike path was seen in 2020. Back then when we were in the midst of covid lockdowns, it was comforting to see a the writing "home is where the heart is". Recently I saw that the same house is now a blank wall.
I do not remember this street art from 2021 but it was there in my photos with the young man on a mobile phone, seemingly oblivious to the demolition of a building - the Corkman Hotel perhaps?
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Now we arrive at this year's photos (2024). This cheerful bird is on a signal box by University College on College Crescent. Those who know the area know that this is actually Parkville but I could claim it is de facto Carlton as it was originally Carlton in the days when Carlton was so full of slums that the University of Melbourne preferred a Parkville address!
In the courtyard of the North Carlton Library opposite Curtin Square is wall of artwork about sustainability.
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Off Park Street near the corner of Nicholson Street.
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I love the green hues of this street art of bicycles on the wall of Velo Cycles at the corner of Park and Nicholson Streets.
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I was surprised to see this political piece of artwork on a lane off the North Carlton shopping strip on Nicholson Street. It is a picture of former LNP conservative Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison who was voted out in 2022. Maybe it is still there because he notoriously took a lump of coal into Parliament to tell people not to fear it. Now the LNP Opposition leader is claiming that nuclear power is Australia's solution to climate change, despite Australia is a perfect place for solar energy and has a ban on nuclear power.
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These last three pieces of street art are from a small lane behind Nicholson Street. I loved how this picture had a bride with kangaroos (or wallabies) and birds, like a modern day Australian version of cinderella.
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Although no trees in the lane, there are still trees in some backyards. And love on fences. That will have to do for now!
More inner north Melbourne street art on Green Gourmet Giraffe blog:
Fantastic street art. Thanks for sharing this.
ReplyDeleteA great selection Johanna! I love how street art calls out politicians because they're often ridiculous :)
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