Love Freo

Is this an oxymoron which I see before me?

White Rabbits. Random little things… you’ll find them on Howard Street… and in drinkable format on draft at Little Creatures.

Thanks to Tomás Fogarty for passing on these photos and his observations on these new paste-ups circulating around North Freo at the moment.

The image is very striking and topical particularly as it seems to have appeared on Bob Marley’s birthday* and has a quote from one of his songs scribed onto it. It also appears to have a range of very strong political messages relevant to WA.

*6th February 1945.

He noticed 10 in total most located near the Railway hotel.

Cost of livin’ gets so high,
Rich and poor they start to cry:
Now the weak must get strong;
They say, “Oh, what a tribulation!”
Them belly full, but we hungry;

Bob Marley

In 2002, Horatio T birdbath and Joe Record collaborated on a mural wall at Gino’s. You know the one, it’s a bit of a landmark, can’t miss it. Every now and then it gets a touch up. Last Thursday I spotted Horatio doing a bit of work.

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Brightening up the wall in the car park beside Coles…

There’s some interesting new work down at the Woolstores which is part of a public artwork project involving established artists and school children. You can see a piece by Mark Welsh, one of the best artists in Western Australia, in one of the photos below.

What’s that you say? Man Jam? Make mine a sandwich.

Amidst the unfortunate tags and scrawlls on the side of The Den on South Street was this little guy.

Down @ The Den

A new stencil on Mouat Street reminds me of Thing.

Thing from The Adams Family