A local street artist is leading a revolution in Melbourne’s west to help shake the negative connotations attached to street art.
Lukas Kasper is currently running freehand spray painting workshops at The Hunt Club Community & Arts Centre.
“These cater to both established artists looking to further their practice and the more novice painters that are interested in not only getting their hands on some fun spray paint but to learn a bit about the history of street art and graffiti that has developed to the amazing murals that we have today,” Kasper said.
“As a young creative I always craved painting at a larger scale which with a lack of facilities led me down some unfortunate pathways. As I develop into my practice I’ve taken it into my own hands to try to create opportunities that I wasn’t as fortunate to have. Along with this Melbourne is very well known for its incredible mural art scene although oddly enough there’s really not many places that you can practice this without getting in trouble especially in the west so I’ve decided to try and change this. ‘Idle hands are the devil’s playthings,’ with guidance you can really change something negative into an incredible positive.”
Kasper said watching the development take place as each session goes by has been a ‘rewarding’ process.
“Time and time again I’ve been lucky enough to see the shy, rebellious, interested, disengaged, etcetera, open up and break down barriers and most importantly this approach of painting really teaches more life lessons than you might think which seem to drift into day to day and what a better time to learn these things than when you’re young.”
The street wall project is funded by Brimbank council’s ‘Art Spaces Activation Partnership’.
Hannah Hammoud
