Other Media
Several novel street art developments have recently appeared in the Newtown area.
- Yarn bombing involves the creation of pieces of multi-coloured knitted fabrics, which are wrapped around objects such as trees and poles and stitched into place to create a colourful "sleeve". Around Newtown, this medium has typically taken the form of multi-coloured knitted piece which are stitched around the steel support poles of local road signs.
- The concrete graffiti style uses objects cast in concrete or a similar material, which are often glued into place on a footpath or against a wall. Around Newtown, many of these objects appear to have been created by the same artist, Will Coles, as a commentary on consumer culture. They have often been in the form of familiar items such as televisions and TV remote controls, and feature inscribed single-word slogans such as "fear" or "hate". These largest of these objects are the installations on King St. and on the corner of Gladstone St., Enmore; both are full-scale replicas of a medium-size CRT television mounted on top of a replica VCR. The King St. object (now defaced by marker tags) is inscribed with the slogan "life is fleeting" and the Gladstone St. object with the word "obsolescence". Other concrete graffiti objects (such as those pictured above in May St., St. Peters) are partial representations of human-like faces, which appear to be based on medieval gargoyles.
Read more about this topic: Newtown Area Graffiti And Street Art
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