The Best Street and Public Art in Windsor, Prahran and South Yarra
The best street art is centred around Chapel Street, mostly in Windsor and Prahran and a few locations in South Yarra.
On the walls of the large National Storage building at 118 Union Street, Windsor there is a mural on the southern wall (which has been heavily tagged) with a skyline of Melbourne with iconic images such as the Skipping Girl sign, Flinders Street station, Nylex sign and off course the Windsor train station. On the western wall is a mural of Australian animals.
The fences of the house at the intersection of Union Street and Thomas Street South have large murals with an Americana theme.
Cafe wall at the corner of Chapel Street and Maddock Street.
In Maddocks Street, just north of the Windsor Station is an artwork titled "Work Eat Love Think Live Sleep".
Artwork located south east of the Windsor Station, near the corner of Chapel Street and Albert Street, Windsor.
Ben Simmons mural at 22 Chapel Street, Windsor.
Mural by Deb (2013) at the corner of Chapel Street and Mcilwrick Street, Windsor.
Mural at the corner of Mcilwrick Street and Windsor Place, Windsor which is a tribute to artist Pia Brightman (1980 - 2013) who committed suicide in March 2013. Brightman's partner, Lenny Gould, who is a street artist and hip-hop performer, painted the mural together with another artist over a weekend immediately after Brightman died.
There is a mural on the eastern side of the MARS gallery at 7 James Street based on the Colossus (after Goya) by Robert Hague (2017).
"Goya's Giant (1818) turns his head as if disturbed from thought. He sits naked within a distant landscape since lost to catastrophic environmental change (The White Terraces, Blomfield 1884). The things that shape us, our childhood and the world in which we are born, they are fragile things that so often we fail to value until they are lost. This is a deeply personal work (I am Goya's giant) about the world that I left behind."
There is a smaller version and an information board near the entrance. The other side of the gallery has a wall with a light installation.
Lincoln Place, which runs between James Street and Duke Street has a mural by Putos and a laneway of hanging painted shoes.
Corner of Chapel Street and Duke Street (south east), Windsor
Corner Chapel Street and Earl Street (north east)
Side wall of "Back of Chapel Backpackers" at 50 Green Street, Windsor
House of Hoian, corner Green Street and Artists Lane, Windsor
Artists Lane in Windsor has artwork along both sides of the lane, between Union Street and Green Street, plus an area which opens out behind some buildings. This area is full of good street art and is always worth a visit. Last time we visited there were a number of works by Heesco and the large blue mural is by Bizjak. Across the top of the lane is an area with a number of poems by Amanda Anastas, Benjamin Solah and Andy Jackson plus some stress relief advice by Jacky T.
Huge murals on the sides of the seven-storey walls of building H at Prahran PolyTechnic.
Photo realist portrait of the profoundly deaf contemporary dancer Anna Seymour by Guido van Helten (2016) on the eastern side of building H.
Stylised image of a young woman by Sofles (2016) on the western side of building H.
Paintings of birds in a flowering gum tree by Reka ONE (James Reka) (2017) on the northern side of building H.
Electrical box painted by Mike Makatron at the corner of Chapel Street and High Street (south west), Windsor.
A parrot mural by Arcy (2017) at a private car park behind St Matthews church, accessible by St Matthews Way, Prahran.
Wall at 197 Greville Street which includes a Space Invader.
A mural by Esther Rolsson at the corner of Chapel Street and Greville Street (north west), Prahran which is part of the Art in Stonnington program.
Mural by Tristan Kerr (2018) painted on the street along the King Street pedestrian area titled 'Purraran' Lands, Lives and Liberties.
Mural by Mike Makatron in a lane next to 30 Chatham Street (just west of Chapel Street)
Dinosaur mural by Bob in a lane running south of Carlton Street (just east of Chapel Street)
Images on pillars on the western side of Chapel off Chapel, 12 Little Chapel St, Prahran.
A fantastic five story tall robot monster by UK artist Phlegm above Pran Central at 321 Chapel Street, Prahran. The monster dangles a lantern over a village beneath its scalp. The artist has beautifully used a flashing yellow carpark light on the wall to create a beating heart. This is one of the best examples of street art in Melbourne.
On the ground floor of Pran Central Shopping Centre, 325 Chapel Street, Prahran are two sculptures by David Bromley. They are:
'Checking on the Patients' (2015) at the Chapel Street entrance
'Teaching the Apprentice' at the Cato Street entrance
Corner of Chapel Street and Grey Street (south east), South Yarra
Mural by Mike Makatron and Cam Scale (2016) at the Corner of Chapel Street and Barry Street (north west), South Yarra
North side of car park along Barry Street, South Yarra
Parrot by Dvate at the corner of Chapel Street and Fitzgerald Street (north west), South Yarra
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