Pavement Appreciation
For strollers with an open mind, the pavement is a gallery of unexpected artworks. Paving itself can be beautiful, especially where nature has made a struggling appearance. In other places there is accidental art that people have created without intending to; flaky remnants of old signs; ghostly graffiti re-emerging years after it has been painted over; and scribbly inscriptions written by council graffiti-buffing machines.
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Paw prints. Stanmore (Sydney), 2009.
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New scribble after machine has buffed advertising stencils. Sydney city, 2009.
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Pedestrian with his speech balloon painted over. Summer Hill (Sydney), 2010.
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Free … now!! Overpainted and practically indecipherable. Annandale (Sydney), 2010.
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Penis belonging to ‘Street Dawg’. Re-emerging from paint-over done years ago. Orange, New South Wales, Australia, 2010.
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Street Dawg 94. Re-emerging after being painted over many years ago. Council Chambers carpark, Orange, New South Wales, Australia, 2010.
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Obliterated and practically unreadable writing. Sandon Point, New South Wales, Australia, 2010.
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Obliterated writing. Sandon Point, New South Wales, Australia, 2010.
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Swastika overpainted. Bowraville, New South Wales, Australia, 2009.
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F— the Pigs. Overpainted but re-emerging. Marsfield (Sydney), 2008.
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‘No war’ hopscotch graffiti buffed by local council. Newtown (Sydney), 2008.
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‘No war’ hopscotch and bodies graffiti. Newtown (Sydney), 2008
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Reclaim. The obliterated remnant of a previous year’s Reclaim the Streets event. Newtown (Sydney), 1999.
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The wearing away of paint adds interest to a No Diving sign at Victoria Park pool. Camperdown (Sydney), 2010.
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Look before you cross + ghostly pedestrian. Berry, New South Wales, Australia, 2007.
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Ghostly pedestrian. Enmore (Sydney), 2003.
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Textured bicycle. Erskineville (Sydney), 2009.
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Safety pins. Petersham (Sydney), 2009.
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Poo Bear. Artist’s signature on the dot-painted bridge. Near Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia, 2004.
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Dot painting. Bridge marked for maintenance, near Boorowa, New South Wales, 2004.
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Little bus, big bus. Broadway (Sydney), 2000.
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Little bus, big bus. Broadway (Sydney), 2000.
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Texture by asphalt and rain, text by graffiti artist Phibs. Newtown (Sydney), 1999.
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Mossy map of Australia/ Aboriginal flag. Stanmore (Sydney), 2010.
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Unintentional art on a hazardous manhole cover. Randwick (Sydney), 2008.
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Nature in a manhole cover. Enmore (Sydney), 1999.
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Alignment pin with miniature garden. Enmore (Sydney), 1999.
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Concrete fossils. Stanmore (Sydney), 2009.
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Greasy seagull prints. Circular Quay, Sydney, 2007.
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Exit. Museum of Contemporary Art, Circular Quay, Sydney, 2012.
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