Ha-Ha (street artist)
Ha-Ha is a street artist operating in Melbourne, Australia.
Work
Ha-ha is a Melbourne based stencil artist, originally from Hamilton, New Zealand. Despite his occupation, Ha-Ha has never been to art school.[1]
In his early stencilling, Ha-ha drew inspiration from a street artist known as Psalm, and later Rone and Phibs. He engages in rolling - taking buckets of paint and putting up a sign using a paint roller. These tags can be three stories high, with the year 2010 marked on all his work. His recurring themes include robots and the Australian outlaw Ned Kelly. His work centres around iconic imagery that can be found in Australia, New Zealand and the USA.[1]
Ha-Ha and his art feature in RASH, a 2005 award winning feature documentary that explores street art in Melbourne, Australia. Ha-Ha's work has been collected by the National Gallery of Australia & was also part of the Space Invaders exhibition.[2]
See also
- List of street artists
- Types of graffiti
- List of graffiti artists
- Spray paint art
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Artist Profile: tyRONE". Stencil Revolution. Retrieved 2007-02-18.
- ↑ Hansen, Nicholas (2005). "RASH". Documentary film web site. Madman Entertainment. Retrieved 2012-05-13.
Notes
- Stencil art world draws the line 8 May 2007
Further reading
- Christine Dew (2007). Uncommissoned art : Melbourne. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. ISBN 978-0-522-85375-9.
- Matthew Lunn (2006). Street Art Uncut. Melbourne. ISBN 0-500-51306-6.
- Jake Smallman; Carl Nyman (2005). Stencil graffiti capital : Melbourne. New York: Mark Batty Publisher. ISBN 0-9762245-3-4.
External links
- Ha-Ha's interview on stencilrevolution.com
- WORKHORSE VISUALS displaying pictures of Ha-Ha
- Ha-Ha's travel blog
- Ha-Ha's website
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