Continuing with a focus on surveillance and the notion that we are being watched, the two pieces captured in this image work together to send a very ironic message. The soft blending of predominantly warm colours in the ANZAC mural, aid in a show of…

This second image demonstrates a very physical disregard for the law. Despite the government’s intentions to use the cameras to reduce illegal activity, it has unintentionally become a significant piece of street art itself. Perhaps in an attempt to…

Taking a few steps forwards leads you to this stencilled piece on the left. What comes to mind when you think of hummingbirds? Song, summer, sweet nectar. Nature. These connotations and the fact that the hummingbird chooses to perch on the young…

That's the point. Birds are everywhere. This prevalence ensures that images of our airborne friends are easy for an audience to connect to, making them as commonplace in artwork as they are in everyday life. When you walk up past the stencilled…

Perhaps it's a Saturday morning. In the adult world, that translates into “time to go food shopping”. Or maybe you're just keen to grab a quick breakfast before your seminar on a Tuesday morning. Either way, you're headed to the bustling Queen…

The most obvious advertising image in the form of street art is at the last stop. These advertisement paste ups use the same material as street art paste ups- thin newspaper like paper, with a glue substance made of wheat and polyurethane to…

This stencil artwork is a good example of how Melbourne’s street art has transformed to a mainstream culture in the last decade. In 2003 when the street artist Banksy visited Melbourne he started a major trend in the streets of Melbourne-…

An artwork which has definitely been commissioned is this Smug mural of a stereotypical Australian yobbo. A majority of people believe it was commissioned by the Nobody Clothing brand because of the advertisement billboard that sits in the top left…

Street art that occupies space on private property creates discourse about ideas of identity, territory and collaboration. This commissioned mural for a private home on the corner of George and Moor Streets in Fitzroy has allowed the building to…

In comparison to the street art slap posing as street art, this mural is a little more overt in the message it conveys. Unlike the slap, this mural is more visually appealing and looks like the typical work people picture when they think of street…