the all new australian graffiti vol3 by rennie ellis 1985
I found a book: the all new australian graffiti vol3 by rennie ellis from 1985 (vol1 1975). I thought he would be good to interview but he died a few years ago. Mostly racist, political and crude sexual - not much street art here but a bit - in 25 years from now how much more awesome will it get? I did see some earlier volumes as a kid and it does make me wonder what early stencilers thought. There was a lot of interest in this kind of graff as indicated by international best sellers by nigel rees efforts reviwed earlier here. Two points this book does make i think are interesting. Rennie’s intro comments how refreshing it is to have unplanned campagns with no commercial motive - the act of graffiti is a social safetey valve - an act of catharsis. This isnt as true as it was but still interesting. My fave piece from a toilet a response to a question “doesnt anyone just use this as a toilet anymore?” - the response being “as well as emptying bladders and bowels people must also empty those resepticles in the mind where unwanted or exessive matter collects”.
His web page here managed after his death features many images of retro australian bogans, parades, gangs, queers, and more - let your bogan flag fly. Ive included a cover from an earlier volume.
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