perjantai 15. helmikuuta 2019

Silo and Urban Art, Australia

In the last few years some extraordinary artworks have appeared across Australia. The unlikely canvases for these works are the towering grain silos that dominate numerous small wheat-growing country towns.

AU-614183
 Ravensthorpe, Western Australia
travel time 18 days
distance travelled 14,747 km
Sent by Marge in Cornubia QLD

 "Six Stages of Banksia baxteri" is a 25 metre high wildflower inspired mural painted across three silos in Ravensthorpe, Western Australia.  Artist Amok Island  (born Amsterdam, 1983) is a multi-disciplinary artist from the Netherlands, based in Fremantle, Western Australia. Amok Island has created murals in over 25 countries worldwide and exhibited his work in Australia, the Netherlands and Japan.




AU-632194
 Thallon, Queensland, Australia
Art by Drapl and The  Zookeeper,
travel time 11 days
distance travelled 14,747 km
Sent by Jacqui in Brisbane

The Silo Art stamp issue, designed by Janet Boschen Design and released on 21 May 2018, features four examples of silo art from across the country.


Graffiti and urban art 
AU-614178
Railway Terrace, Adelaide, Australia. 
Portrait by Vans the Omega, Adelaide, 2015
travel time 23 days
distance travelled 14,890 km
Sent by Peter in  Lismore



Beautiful Australia and Gurrumul's amazing, soulful voice.
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu was a charting, award-winning singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Australia. At the time of his passing he was the best-known Aboriginal musician in Australia's history, with multi-platinum album success as proof.

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