Wanganui - June 2010

Went to Wanganui for the weekend to spend some time with the family. Photos of that, can be seen here but for street art, keep strolling.

This was on the side of a building just up the road from the Saturday markets.

And these 2 just a little further up the road on a building which, as a youngin, I used to go to underage gigs at. Brilliant venue.

And, I wrote a bit about this building back last year, the owner (I believe it to be Ross Mitchell-Anyon) has stated that he is happy for people to use the building as a canvas, but since then, there have been some more additions:
This one of Michael Laws cracks me up. There were a couple of Michael Laws stencils but the other was slightly more inappropriate than I am happy to post.

Broken Hearted Bathrooms

He he. So this is stenciled onto the public toilets in the park at the K Rd end of Ponsonby Road. Its clever, but man alive did I get some strange looks taking this pic.

The Tron

I thought that this was pretty impressive, found in Hamilton East, some of the writing is written on after the fact, but otherwise, this is a stencil, which I personally think it pretty impressive. It's not ultra beautiful or anything, but good gracious, what a lot of detail.

Ponsonby Ways

So, strolling down Ponsonby last week, I found these 2:

Nice - obviously quite old, but good nonetheless, and I am glad they haven't been graff squad covered. Is Auckland a little slower off the mark than Wellington?

Whose neighbourhood am I in?

So, I only walk past this every single day, but I noticed it last week. On a little garage before Hopetoun Bridge you have one sticker:

And a very regal young lady holding a paint can.

Have I stepped into Component's turf? This sticker on a lamppost, just down the road from the lady on the garage, would suggest it is possible.

I can see you...

Right, so what I have discovered with Street Art in Auckland is that the artists are pretty sneaky and they tend to hide their work. I'm not sure if this is because there are greater consequences in Auckland, of if it is just that it is easier to get busted, but I will now be looking under every bridge, like this one:

There is a gnarly fence which means I can't get too much closer to this even if I try. I like it though, the angel is kinda looking down on all the poor commuters. Very nice.

I love Wellington, and the cute little corners things pop up.

This guy has an entire iSite billboard to himself. Clever. You know advertisers pay $3k+ for that site.
Bicycle - for some reason I think this may be PNTR? it is also on this blog here.
And more Marilyn - this one is outside Manky Chops though, and no moko this time.