The Barrel Monster

Every now and again the mythical figure of Crateman appears to brighten the day of Melbourne's rail commuters.

Although having said that, I can't remember seeing or hearing about him for ages.

Over on Wooster today I discovered an American cousin of Crateman - The Barrel Monster.

He's made from the orange barrels used to fence off construction areas.
Pretty cool don't you think?

Sadly the authorities in North Carolina didn't think so. As they have arrested the artist responsible.

Bombing with Twitter

Twitter is seemingly everywhere these days.

It's on the web and mobile phones.

It's been on TV thanks to the likes of Rove and John Stewart.

It's in dozens of mags and newspapers too.

And now it's started to turn up in graffiti.

I wouldn't be surprised if we started seeing more of these graffiti tweets. They're kinda cute I reckon.

Thanx to Dave Birss for the tip.

Art goes underground in NYC

The Museum of Modern Art in New York has decided to take art underground. Literally.

For the next couple of weeks people catching a subway train at a station in Brooklyn will be treated to a display of 50 works from the MOMA collection.

Much nicer than crap buskers and scribbled graffiti tags. Don't you think?

Best of all you can download an MP3 audio tour for your iPod so you get the most out of your subway visit.

I'd love to see something simlar at stations here in Melbourne. Perhaps as part of the Melbourne or Design Festivals. What about you?