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November 24, 2007
I've started a set or an album on Flickr on Adelaide street artists, beginning with Store and Benzo are the ones that I currently know. They, along with Fredrock, are currently having an exhibition in the CBD:
Gary Sauer-Thompson, 22 Currie Street, Adelaide, 2007
Some of the imagery in the underground exhibition and in the studio is familiar from the street art that I have seen:
Gary Sauer-Thompson, Benzo, Flying pigs, Adelaide CBD
It is difficult for street artists to work in Adelaide.They are isolated, with little support from the art institution or patrons, and they have limited ways to earn an income so they can live. Many go to Melbourne, where there is more opportunity. The ones in Adelaide have not fully embraced a digital world, as those in Melbourne have done---such as Nice Produce--that flow into the online design scene and give something back to the community.
Is it just a lack of resources? A lack of skills?
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Gary,
I thought that they would be able to do earn money doing webdesign as opposed to comics.