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Pop Art Is Dead
@popartisdead.bsky.social
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I Paint...on things
*not entirely oblivious to the ridiculousness of calling my business Pop Art Is Dead, while essentially making graffiti-infused Pop Art infused

Original Art | Murals | Workshops | Creative Supplies

www.popartisdead.com.au
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it doesn't matter which one is the most expensive because...
image of world renowned racker/shoplifter Earsnot used to create a meme about stealing trench coats. *note - this is not to infer that all people of this cultural demographic steal. Kunele has built a career based on his ability to rack/steall, as a well as graffiti and allround creativity
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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It's Friday (in Australia) - time to wash the week off!

A simple, calming, watercolour drawing of the Sydney Harbour Bridge has made its home on this special Japanese Whisky.

Drink up, cheers!
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@bsky.art #whisky #japanesewhisky
November 7, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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You want a bag of lollies?

Sure, if you can make it to the front door

#halloween #halloweendownunder #UV #blacklight #mural #melbournemurals #trickortreat
November 1, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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UV light off / UV light on

putting up a graveyard mural facade on the front of the house with a tricky moon that has a hidden skull image, only visible as the sun goes down.

#halloween #painting #halloween25 #melbourneart #melbournegraffiti @bsky.art
October 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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#Halloween was never a thing in Australia, until Covid lockdowns - then any excuse to get out of the house was gold.
Everyone buys the same shit plastic props, so every house looks the same.
IT IS BORING!

So, I painted these ply boards that cover most of the front tiny cottage I live in.
#WIP
October 28, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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In solidarity with #NoKings day, on MacDonald Island hundreds of thousands. of penguins staged their own protest march against the tariffs slapped on them by the Trump regime.

Photo by scientists aboard the RSV Nuyina visiting the Heard & McDonald Islands
October 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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The letter E, alive, in its natural habitat with double serif flat-top...not hurting anybody, just some paint on an unloved wall in #melbourne surrounded by dumped rubbish from people exiting all the highrises crushed by high prices and broken dreams.

#melbournegraffiti #streetart #streetgraffiti
it's a photo of graffiti, nothing special, just run-of-the-mill, solid but slightly rough graffiti, but not a whole word or "tag", just a cropped picture of the letter E. To be honest it's a bit roungh, maybe the painter was a little drunk...that's a likely scenario given the types of degenerates who paint graffiti at 2am and that the outline and highlights are quite wobbly
October 17, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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It's that beautiful time of year #melbourne , it's #MelbourneFringe time!

I went to "Speed Dating with Cacti" . Thought-provoking, the fun kind, not the cry into your beer kind.

☮️ to the young legends from @stmartinsyac.bsky.social for guiding our way.

www.melbournefringe.com.au/whats-on/eve...
Photo of poster with removable message tabs that is pinned to an ice cream truck
October 17, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Too old to run around doing real #graffiti - I'm a whiteboard warrior instead 🙃

"I think #Graffiti is really terrific" - #AndyWarhol

from Wahol-isms
Edited by Larry Walsh

#whiteboard #visualthinking #art #artquotes #typographicart #typography
The quote "I think graffiti is really terrific" is drawn on a whiteboard in an exaggerated typographic style with the quote attributed to Andy Warhol
September 26, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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Painted a fun illustration for a whiskey label for a special bottle in a famous Sydney steak restaurant. The bottle's worth more than my life, and drunk by people with enough money to buy an island as the world turns to shit so that's kind of nice.

@bsky.art #illustration #analogart
September 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Some graffiti in its natural habitat.
If you're wandering around the Southbank precinct of Melbourne, you may find this and some other fun art.

Is the #purplepanther funkier than the #pinkpanther ?

#graffiti #melbournegraffiti #melbourngraff #graffitiArt #burncitygraff
A painting of a cartoon character resembling the Pink Panther, but is purple and green instead of pink and holding a paintbrush that has painted a graffiti piece
September 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Childhood summer nostalgia. Where I grew up, Frosty Boy soft-serve ice cream vans were a symbol of #70's and #80's summer joy.

A little cheeky painting of the iconic character with some 80's summer fluro vibes ☀️☮️

#streetart #graffiti #frostyboy #popart
September 4, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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pop art life

#popart #popartisdead #makeartnotwar @bsky.art
September 3, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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Taking it back to the early 90's with this photo of a classic hidden letter #graffiti piece by Brisbane legend #Kasino #AllCityRenegades

#brisbanegraffiti #typography #classicgraffiti #90sgraffiti #diyculture
Kasino ACR paints a graffiti piece featuring letters hidden within elements of board games
September 3, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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the Dark Heart series is coming alongside Dreamwalker (above) and Cleverman

#Gestalt #indiecomics #newcomics #originalcomics #localcomics #australiancomics #independentcomics #comicart #comiccon #illustration
July 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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As I fumble my way into the world of online retail, I'm super stoked to add work from the #Indigiverse, as the first comics in the POP ART Is Dead shop. Will share more when they're in stock, but I was too excited to wait - here's a sneak peek.

#indiecomics #comics #comicart #aussiecomics
July 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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July 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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speak no evil

I used to do #streetart , that was actually on the street
#challenge #graffiti #streetart #ShowMeSomething

@bsky.art #melbournestreetart @withtheopticals.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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let FREEDOM reign

I used to do #streetart , that was actually on the street
#challenge #graffiti #streetart #ShowMeSomething

@bsky.art #melbournestreetart @withtheopticals.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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I used to do #streetart , that was actually on the street.

This one still exists

#challenge #graffiti #streetart #ShowMeSomething

@bsky.art #melbournestreetart @withtheopticals.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
popartisdead.bsky.social
I used to do #streetart , that was actually on the street
#challenge #graffiti #streetart #ShowMeSomething

@bsky.art #melbournestreetart @withtheopticals.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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all good, looks like I just need to be more patient.
ETA is 26 August, not many copies coming in, will try to pre-order.

In case you're curious, this is what I can see in portal where all the bookstores/booksellers find stock
July 5, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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my drawings on expensive booze

#art #watercolour #whisky #rum #booze #drinkingisfun
July 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Something for my #melbourne friends and #artlovers. I'm opening up my studio in Sth Melbourne on the afternoon of July 12.

It's a low-key event to meet a few people, share a drink and talk art.
Feel free to share with friends ☮️🎨😍

Here's the RSVP link calendly.com/mark_cowell-...

#melbourneart
July 2, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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I've been doing illustrations for whisky releases at Casa Da Vino (www.casadevinos.com.au) over the last few years.
Here's one they decided not to use for a bespoke release at a Sydney restaurant (they went with a more universal image without graffiti)

#bondi #graffiti #illustration

@bsky.art
July 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM