Well, last weekend was, pure and simply, totally fkn epic. The inaugural Meeting Of Styles Melbourne was held across all of Melbournes most iconic laneways, as well as adding a few new ones. We were in amongst it all and it was one of the best painting events the city had ever seen – and it was entirely self orgnaised, showing the power and potential of the graffiti and street art community in Melbourne to accomplish great things.

From the press release that was sent out:

“The city of Melbourne is now awash with hundreds of new graffiti and street art murals. Over four days in April, Meeting of Styles Melbourne quietly occurred with nearly three hundred of Australia’s leading artists from Melbourne as well as other states, painting walls in various lanes across the city. The artists were not paid, yet they left hundreds of artworks for Melburnians and international tourists to enjoy anytime and at no cost. The artworks could be valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars and will surely generate revenue for the city through the countless people coming in to view the artworks. This was the first time the European event was held in Australia and all concerned have branded it a huge success paving the way for a bigger and better event next year.

The event was totally facilitated by Melbourne based individuals and businesses involved in the local street art scene with most of the locations kept under wraps until after the event – all the walls painted were legal spots and with permission.

After recent negative reports about graffiti in our city, Meeting of Styles Melbourne proved that the graffiti subculture can work harmoniously with both street artists and the public to create a safe event involving all the community.

Melbourne has played host to a variety of “street art” events in the past, but this one was different. Although street art was incorporated into the event, as a true “Meeting of Styles”, the real focus of the three days of painting was on graffiti. As such, the importance of letters and the graffiti culture was recognised, and pushed to the fore in homage to its contribution to the culture of our city – for without its graffiti history, in all its facets, street art would not be such an integral piece of Melbourne’s cultural fabric.

As an unmitigated success, Meeting of Styles Melbourne was a true celebration, and testament, of all styles of art found on our cities walls.

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Photos from the event can be found below.

Please ensure photographers are credited and watermarks maintained.

David Russell Photography:

Photos: www.dropbox.com/sh/y4rs2svt5nv1d8j/AAA9ri-SV-ogwLtaj83DtFNIa?dl=0

p1xels:

Photos: www.p1xels.pixieset.com/meetingofstyles/

For any event enquiries contact Danny on 0413 689 511

For any media enquiries
Adrian      0449 992 008
Dean         0412 350 666

Thank you

Meeting of Styles Melbourne Crew“

Heres some of the best images that David Russell captured from the event – we’ll have a bunch more awesome shots for you from p1xels pretty soon as well.

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