Fitzroyalty » makatron http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty Hyperlocal news about Melbourne's first suburb: Fitzroy 3065 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:22:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 animal landscape http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2012/11/08/animal-landscape/ http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2012/11/08/animal-landscape/#comments Wed, 07 Nov 2012 13:36:01 +0000 brian http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/?p=11849 Another Makatron’s fantastic animal / urban landscape combinations on Johnston St on the window if the Fitzroy Legal Service.

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]]> http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2012/11/08/animal-landscape/feed/ 0 -37.7984772 144.9791107 thirsty work http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2012/10/18/thirsty-work/ http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2012/10/18/thirsty-work/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:20:27 +0000 brian http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/?p=11807 I do like a posh rhino with a cravat and a very red tongue. The artist is painting a companion to this one on the other end of the back wall of the Napier hotel off Moor St.

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]]> http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2012/10/18/thirsty-work/feed/ 2 hungry hippo http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2012/09/16/hungry-hippo/ http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2012/09/16/hungry-hippo/#comments Sat, 15 Sep 2012 14:40:22 +0000 brian http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/?p=11726 A hungry hippo by Makatron on Moor St.

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]]> http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2012/09/16/hungry-hippo/feed/ 0 vet http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2011/09/24/vet/ http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2011/09/24/vet/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:07:58 +0000 brian http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/?p=10395 The former garage or petrol station on Johnston St (between George and Eliott streets) is being redeveloped as a Vet, assuming that the sign and the animal artworks by Makatron can be taken literally.

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]]> http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2011/09/24/vet/feed/ 1 elephant http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2011/09/17/elephant/ http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2011/09/17/elephant/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:48:29 +0000 brian http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/?p=10393 A fantastic elephant by Makatron on the Chapel St side wall of the Murghal Indian restaurant.

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]]> http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2011/09/17/elephant/feed/ 0 fantastic fish http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2011/06/09/fantastic-fish/ http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2011/06/09/fantastic-fish/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:12:00 +0000 brian http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/?p=10043 A huge mural on Smith St by Makatron.

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]]> http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2011/06/09/fantastic-fish/feed/ 2 Makatron on Gore St http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2011/05/24/makatron-on-gore-st/ http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2011/05/24/makatron-on-gore-st/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 02:06:38 +0000 brian http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/?p=9926 Last week I passed along Gore St and saw an artist working on a large mural just south of Johnston St, and I made a mental note to return. It is an unusual mural by Makatron featuring nearby landlmarks like the Collingwood grain silos, perhaps in recognition that they are being redeveloped into apartments.…

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]]> http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2011/05/24/makatron-on-gore-st/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 take me to your leader http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/07/26/take-me-to-your-leader/ http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/07/26/take-me-to-your-leader/#comments Sun, 26 Jul 2009 02:12:05 +0000 brian http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/?p=5243 This is a fabulous work by Makatron on the Kerr St wall of the Ministry of Style techno clothing shop on the corner of Brunswick St. I am always impressed by how he can capture expression and emotion in a few lines of a creature’s face.…

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]]> http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/07/26/take-me-to-your-leader/feed/ 0 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 all alone http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/07/14/all-alone/ http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/07/14/all-alone/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:12:58 +0000 brian http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/?p=5036 This Makatron piece in North Fitzroy on the corner of Brunswick St and York St seems rather forlorn at being all alone.

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]]> http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/07/14/all-alone/feed/ 3 goodbye Rone, hello Makatron http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/04/30/goodbye-rone-hello-makatron/ http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/04/30/goodbye-rone-hello-makatron/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:19:22 +0000 brian http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/?p=4522 Rone’s pasteup on Kerr St was torn down recently (I saw it being done) but within a few days his Everfresh studio colleague Makatron had placed one of his quizzical characters on the same wall.

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]]> http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/04/30/goodbye-rone-hello-makatron/feed/ 0 the continuing saga of the Night Cat wall http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/04/07/the-continuing-saga-of-the-night-cat-wall/ http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/04/07/the-continuing-saga-of-the-night-cat-wall/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:15:51 +0000 brian http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/?p=4407 Update 11 April 2009: Sync has posted some pics of work on the wall.

The Night Cat mural on the wall of Young St continues to make slow progress. In mid March, only the outlines of the words ‘Fitzroy’ and ‘Everfresh’ had been made, but since then additions have been made each weekend, and each time I go past I check for updates.…

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]]> http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/04/07/the-continuing-saga-of-the-night-cat-wall/feed/ 13 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 life’s alright if your pants can fly http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/01/25/lifes-alright-if-your-pants-can-fly/ http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/01/25/lifes-alright-if-your-pants-can-fly/#comments Sun, 25 Jan 2009 01:10:14 +0000 brian http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/?p=3228

I think these works fit together though I cannot explain why. The philosophy is from a wall at the west end of Victoria St and the flying pants are in a laneway just west of and parallel to Brunswick St near Victoria St.…

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]]> http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/01/25/lifes-alright-if-your-pants-can-fly/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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