Posts in Watch This Space
Watch This Space: Elliot Francis Stewart 

Tāmaki Makaurau artist Elliot Francis Stewart’s mural for the inaugural Flare Street Art Festival may have been the final work produced for the event (the artist’s arrival in Ōtautahi was delayed), but it definitely proved worth the wait! The serene scene, apparently at the end of a long day of toil in the garden, is both vibrant and peaceful.

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Watch This Space: Cape of Storms 

Cape of Storms’ retro-inspired collaged paste-ups have become a common sight across central Ōtatutahi, pasted onto surfaces from brickwork to utility boxes, like winking jokes for the passing audience to overhear. Bringing a sense of humorous absurdity to the streets, the artist searches through vintage magazines and publications, snipping anything of interest with a magpie-like curiosity before compiling disparate pieces together in playful juxtapositions.

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WATCH THIS SPACE: LEVI HAWKEN

It’s amazing what you can miss when you don’t look that little bit closer! Fixed onto concrete seating in the heart of City Mall, Tāmaki Makaurau artist Levi Hawken’s small cast concrete sculpture is overlooked by the majority of oblivious passers-by, a reminder that not all street art is bright, bold, and imposing in scale.

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WATCH THIS SPACE: ADNATE

Painted for OiYOU!'s first Spectrum festival, based at the YMCA in 2015, Adnate's mural is representative of the artist's combination of realism with abstract flourishes, while diverging from his interest in portraiture (often members of marginalised and indigenous communities).

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