Year 2016 is a curious and downhearted year to the universe of Rock and Roll. In April, the world grieved the departure of its music legend Prince while trying to grapple the reshuffling shock of Axl Rose becoming the lead vocalist of AC/DC. Three months later, 66-year-old bass guitarist Cliff Williams announced his intention of leaving AC/DC, a gesture carrying with it the possible ramification of terminating the lifespan of Australia’s favourite and oldest rock band.
ACDC Lane silently mourns the royal loss of
Prince and reflects upon the uncertainties surrounding AC/DC by draping its
wall in shades of regal purple. The previous kaleidoscopic hue of colours was
replaced by street arts of a constant colour theme, transforming a highly
neglected alleyway into the most harmoniously soothing gallery in Melbourne.
The lane pays homage to Prince with an
enormous mural tribute of lilac backdrop, alongside Augus Young and his
white-magenta devil horns. A fearsome gorilla with a massive mulberry nose
gazed intently ahead, while a predator-disguised flower in bright violet gluttonously
swallows a pink-eyed beetle. Music instruments of distorted shapes, washed over
by a sea of lavender, congregated at the entry point of the lane. A
grotesque-looking foetus and a mother cow in human form sent a sweep of silent
eeriness across the place, adding a touch of mysteriousness to the enigmatic
wall of ACDC Lane.
Location:
Off Flinders
Lane, between Exhibition and Russell Street
See also my previous post on ACDC Lane:
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