Street Art is loosely defined as any art developed and displayed in public spaces. The term can include what we typically think of as unapproved graffiti, as well as stencil graffiti, sticker art, street poster art, video projection, art intervention, guerrilla art, flash mobbing and street installations. For this particular photo essay of Street Art Melbourne, we’ll be concentrating on traditional graffiti displays found all around the city. Hosier Lane is probably Melbourne’s most well-known street art lane. but today we walked to china town. Melbourne’s street art is internationally renowned and has become an attraction for local and overseas visitors experiencing Melbourne’s creative ambiance.

It has not always had strong community support. The proliferation of the “art form” has many strident critics. For example, Graffiti Hurts spokesman Scott Hilditch complained that funding a mobile phone app to guide users around Melbourne street art sites would glorify graffiti vandalism.

Yet there is no denying the growth of street art and the popularity of sites around inner-city Melbourne. On a sunny afternoon in the city’s lane ways, you are likely to see a range of local and international visitors, some posing for photos in front of freshly painted walls, others passing by on their way to a nearby cafe for a flat white.

You may see see local “artists” guiding groups on street art tours. You may even see newlyweds looking for that quintessentially Melbourne photo for their wedding album.

I quite like this one. it has stop sign symbol on the plate stick on the wall, and art work overlay.