Fitzroyalty » deb http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty Hyperlocal news about Melbourne's first suburb: Fitzroy 3065 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:46:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 back soon to fix http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2011/06/04/back-soon-to-fix/ http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2011/06/04/back-soon-to-fix/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:12:03 +0000 brian http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/?p=9980 I like street artist Deb’s style and resilience. Despite her work being repeatedly vandalised by morons she seems to maintain a sense of dignity and professionalism. Her current work for fashion shop IDS on Brunswick St has been damaged for some time, but the other day the words ‘back soon to fix [signed] Deb’ appeared on the wall.…

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]]> http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2011/06/04/back-soon-to-fix/feed/ 0 spammy Pammy http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2011/06/01/spammy-pammy/ http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2011/06/01/spammy-pammy/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 02:04:34 +0000 brian http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/?p=9957 This is an amusing idea unfortunately badly executed on Deb’s contribution to the Rose St Markets mural. The scale is all wrong. If you’re going to add to an existing work like this please try harder next time.

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]]> http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2011/06/01/spammy-pammy/feed/ 0 new Rose St art completed http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/08/28/new-rose-st-art-completed/ http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/08/28/new-rose-st-art-completed/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:12:06 +0000 brian http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/?p=5493 The new work by Phibs, Deb and Makatron on the Rich wall on the corner of Rose St and Brunswick St was finished within days of work commencing in August and the corner is now much brighter.

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]]> http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/08/28/new-rose-st-art-completed/feed/ 0 new work by Phibs and Deb on Rose St http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/08/19/new-work-by-phibs-and-deb-on-rose-st/ http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/08/19/new-work-by-phibs-and-deb-on-rose-st/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:14:19 +0000 brian http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/?p=5440 On the afternoon of Sunday 16 August Deb and Phibs were working on a replacement for their previous work on the Rose St side wall of Rich on the corner of Brunswick St. While their previous work was still in reasonable condition for its age it had been a target for graffiti vandalism and also a satirical critique.…

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]]> http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/08/19/new-work-by-phibs-and-deb-on-rose-st/feed/ 1 new art on Melbourne Chess Club walls http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/07/19/new-art-on-melbourne-chess-club-walls/ http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/07/19/new-art-on-melbourne-chess-club-walls/#comments Sun, 19 Jul 2009 02:07:39 +0000 brian http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/?p=5183 In a major new series of works, Phibs, Deb, Ears, Makatron and Prism have painted chess characters on the Fitzroy St wall of the Melbourne Chess Club building near the corner of Leicester St. I particularly like the King as Hamlet.…

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]]> http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/07/19/new-art-on-melbourne-chess-club-walls/feed/ 0 new Deb at IDS http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/04/23/new-deb-at-ids/ http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/04/23/new-deb-at-ids/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:21:29 +0000 brian http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/?p=4489 Deb has replaced her artworks on the wall and door of IDS on Brunswick St with some fantastic sultry new characters. Hopefully the public will show them more respect than the last ones.

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]]> http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/04/23/new-deb-at-ids/feed/ 1 Deb in Fischer’s Lane http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/02/15/deb-in-fischers-lane/ http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/02/15/deb-in-fischers-lane/#comments Sun, 15 Feb 2009 01:15:30 +0000 brian http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/?p=3595 This is another of Deb’s older undated pieces at the end of Fischer’s Lane. There’s a number of works here – entry via Moor St is easier than from Bell St.

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]]> http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/02/15/deb-in-fischers-lane/feed/ 0 a conspiracy of criticism http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/01/29/a-conspiracy-of-criticism/ http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/01/29/a-conspiracy-of-criticism/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:02:04 +0000 brian http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/?p=3692 Update 24 June 2009: I should have mentioned this before but I spoke with Deb today and she asked me to update this post to say that this work was fixed very quickly! So if you’re looking at the Wizards mural on Rose St it is as good as new.…

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]]> http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/01/29/a-conspiracy-of-criticism/feed/ 8 creative destruction http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/01/27/creative-destruction/ http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/01/27/creative-destruction/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:12:18 +0000 brian http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/?p=3667 Phibs’ work outside Grilld on the corner of Kerr St and Brunswick St recently got trashed. I would not mind if it was replaced by something equally good, but this mess is disappointing.

The other parts of the mural are still fresh, but the wall is now unbalanced.…

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]]> http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/01/27/creative-destruction/feed/ 1 Fitzroy art criticism http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/01/13/fitzroy-art-criticism/ http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/01/13/fitzroy-art-criticism/#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:15:21 +0000 brian http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/?p=3663 Artist Deb has been attracting a lot of attention recently. Her commissioned work at IDS on Brunswick St has been (allegedly) critiqued, and now her famous feline on Rose St has been customised. If you bludge on unemployment benefits you get criticised.…

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]]> http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/01/13/fitzroy-art-criticism/feed/ 0 lounging around http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2008/12/31/lounging-around/ http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2008/12/31/lounging-around/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:21:25 +0000 brian http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/?p=3400 This is another of Deb’s older undated works. It’s in the laneway behind the Penang Affair restaurant.

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]]> http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2008/12/31/lounging-around/feed/ 3 I thought you were someone else http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2008/12/25/i-thought-you-were-someone-else/ http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2008/12/25/i-thought-you-were-someone-else/#comments Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:21:53 +0000 brian http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/?p=3382 While walking along Gertrude St recently I noticed that one of Deb’s characters had reincarnated. Here’s the wall on the corner of Little George St as I photographed it in Jun 2008. This design had been there since the year before.…

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]]> http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2008/12/25/i-thought-you-were-someone-else/feed/ 0 bringing colour to a grey world http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2008/12/24/bringing-colour-to-a-grey-world/ http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2008/12/24/bringing-colour-to-a-grey-world/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:10:40 +0000 brian http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/?p=3561 I recently published a story about the colourless new bottleshop on Johnston St and how disappointing it was to see the removal of their penguin ice fridge and the grey appearance of the building. I’d written the story days before and when I went out that weekend (20-21 December) I discovered Phibs and Deb and the Everfresh crew working in the Saturday sunshine on a commissioned piece to bring some colour to the dull wall.…

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]]> http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2008/12/24/bringing-colour-to-a-grey-world/feed/ 1 the evolution of Deb http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2008/12/04/the-evolution-of-deb/ http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2008/12/04/the-evolution-of-deb/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:09:32 +0000 brian http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/?p=3175 Deb is one of the most prolific street artists in Fitzroy. Her adorable feminine figures are instantly recognisable and fascinating to compare. In the laneway between Garry Owen park and Fitzroy St you can see four of her works. The artist character below is from 2008, and the three figures further below are evidently older – the first is from 2006 and the other two are undated.…

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]]> http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2008/12/04/the-evolution-of-deb/feed/ 4 skank is as skank does http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2008/11/22/skank-is-as-skank-does/ http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2008/11/22/skank-is-as-skank-does/#comments Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:20:15 +0000 brian http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/?p=2894 Brunswick St women’s fashion shop IDS commissioned artist Deb some time ago to paint some of her signature female figures on their shop door and doorway. On a recent weekend walk I noticed that someone had added to her work and I am not sure how I feel about it.…

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]]> http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2008/11/22/skank-is-as-skank-does/feed/ 3 new work by Deb and Phibs at the Fitz cafe http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2008/11/09/new-work-by-deb-and-phibs-at-the-fitz-cafe/ http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2008/11/09/new-work-by-deb-and-phibs-at-the-fitz-cafe/#comments Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:21:44 +0000 brian http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/?p=2988 In early October Deb and Phibs and other local street artists created this new mural on the side of the rear building of the Fitz cafe. The work is on Kerr St near the corner of Brunswick St. It’s light and bright and very cool!…

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]]> http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2008/11/09/new-work-by-deb-and-phibs-at-the-fitz-cafe/feed/ 1 work in progress – Phibs and Deb mural http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2008/06/12/work-in-progress/ http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2008/06/12/work-in-progress/#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:06:54 +0000 brian http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/?p=1566 Over the long weekend artists Phibs and Deb and friends (video of a previous project) started work on a massive mural on Rose St near the Rose St Markets. I went back several times over the weekend to watch the work developing.…

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]]> http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2008/06/12/work-in-progress/feed/ 3 Rose st markets http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2006/10/09/rose-st/ http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2006/10/09/rose-st/#comments Sun, 08 Oct 2006 14:07:35 +0000 brian http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/?p=173 Saturday was a bright energetic day and a visit to the Rose St Artist Markets was a pleasant part of my afternoon.

Walking down Rose St also enabled me to click away at the endless eye candy of street art.

Finally, I saw the fashionista manifesto:

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]]> http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2006/10/09/rose-st/feed/ 0 purr pussycat http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2006/08/09/purr-pussycat/ http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2006/08/09/purr-pussycat/#comments Tue, 08 Aug 2006 14:21:04 +0000 brian http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/?p=80 I sometimes muse about commissioning an artist to do a feature wall in my flat. It would have to be something bright, sexy and intrinsically positive. However, I don’t know how I could choose only one thing and live with it for years, so instead I walk around looking at all the fantastic work of Melbourne artists on local walls.…

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