The 25 Greatest Australian Graffiti Writers
By Nick Schonberger | Dec 7, 2011 | 10:42 am | Permalink
The Australian street art scene is on the rise. We've profiled Kid Zoom, who has had triumphant shows both home and abroad, and followed the fortunes of folks like Anthony Lister. With Young & Free: Contemporary Australian Street Art, they hit San Francisco this Summer alongside powerhouses MEGGS and DMOTE, proving the breadth of Australia's bustling scene.
These are the new stars though. And, Australian writers have been bombing trains and hitting walls since the 80's.
On Topsafe's recent trip to Sydney Australia, the guys had the good fortune to meet with Ozzie legend and top bloke, DMOTE. Here he gives us his top 25 writers in the history of graffiti in Australia. In his words, ""It would be hard to make any kind of numerical placements so I'm going to just mention them in no particular order and they're respective contributions."
The 25 Greatest Australian Graffiti Writers.
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blade December 8th, 2011 at 03:31 PM
Nice choice but what about jors and RDC crew. Calvin shem trem etc..
LJ December 8th, 2011 at 07:25 PM
Plenty of nice choices, no doubt, but this list is a bit dated and seems to contradict itself by trying to cater for both tradition train bombers and more style-oriented writers. Also, it's a bit Sydney/Melbourne centric ...hasn't Dmote ever seen the incredible work of Perth's Dash & Shime? That said. I can't argue with the No.1 position. Merda is an incredibly original artist and was years ahead with 3D letterforms.
Ono December 8th, 2011 at 08:26 PM
Why isn't MISTERY on this list?? The guys is a true all-round B-Boy legend, with few who can match his funky flavours... I agree with the first comment too. JORS is another underrated writer who should easily be on this list... What about a few of our female writers to balance things out heh?? SPICE, LOTUS(RIP) and POISE?? And if you want to talk train writers who took it overseas, what about ATOME?? Good list, but not definitive...
r.j December 8th, 2011 at 08:26 PM
Pubes. Dorps.
Only Trains Matter December 9th, 2011 at 07:38 AM
Damet and Fusion grouped together and neither in the top five? No Pubes? No Dorps? Hahaha yeah cool - top 25 Aussie writers or old man Dmote lists 25 cunts who painted from the 80s to late 90s? Shit list.
triple Zeroo December 9th, 2011 at 09:07 AM
i would have had zombe and taven and unique on there aswell as shime pubes and dorps.
chats December 9th, 2011 at 04:20 PM
Adelaide's RANK should have placed in there for sure...
angrybob December 9th, 2011 at 05:45 PM
yeah agreed. Adelaide Writers RANK TDC/NA
Shinzon December 9th, 2011 at 07:10 PM
Pretty hard to come up with a list like that without missing people, props to Dmote to agreeing to it, putting himself up for critism in this game is tough. Notable exceptions for me : *Dash, *Shime, *Phibs, *MRE, *Broke&Seiz(Hype Bros.), the list could go on and on.
joke list December 10th, 2011 at 02:55 AM
no way ............ jumped over a heap of other kings more worthy ,,,,,,,,,,seems like just a list of most ''popular'' ,,,,,,,, theres genuine kings on there like merda ,kasino , hams etc theres no Dash, Shime, Phibs, MRE, Broke&Seiz ? not even get a mention ? how the HELL can phibs not get a mention ? and ironlak team members does lmao......... ridiculous,,,,,,,,, plus heaps of mid school writers not there that should have got in WAY b4 someone who just ................... i respect who did the list but dont respect the list itself ,,graff seems about paint companies and who ever can help each other out the most these days,,,,,,,,graffiti is a commercial money grabbing joke now with false histories perpetuated,,,,,theres nothing wrong with making money but not with another persons ideas or art and its not the most important thing, ( money ),,,,,,,, this is embarrassing,,,,,,,, crazy
ONO December 11th, 2011 at 05:34 PM
@joke list. Well said mate! The corporate commercial marketing machine has taken graffiti into some very murky territory and a lot of dubious 'history' is being espoused by people who should know better! Graf done sold its soul :(
rob December 12th, 2011 at 03:32 PM
Whinge, whinge fuckin whinge!!!!!!!!!!
ali December 13th, 2011 at 03:29 PM
You the joke bitch!