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Art to stop tagging

Art to stop tagging

By Tas Mavridis

The City of Port Phillip has turned to commissioned street art in an attempt to reduce illegal tagging in the Montague precinct.

Unveiled on November 16 as part of a street party event on George St, the Burgerlove Lane artwork painted by local artist Liam Vear is part of the council’s Graffiti Mitigation Street Art Program.

The street art, located on the side of local business Burger Love, features burger lovers Elvis Presley and supermodel Gigi Hadid, as well as recent royal visitors to South Melbourne beach the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

In an attempt to prevent illegal tagging City of Port Phillip Mayor Bernadene Voss said the $2000 mural investment was an economically viable way of reducing illegal tagging.

“Graffiti removal has cost council more than $330,000 over the past 12 months- and the problem is getting worse,” Cr Voss said.

“We know that taggers avoid defacing street art so we hope this quirky art work will act as a deterrent.”

The council also hopes that by providing a unique and visually appealing attraction it would draw people to Montague.

The mural can be found at 2 George St, South Melbourne.

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