URBAN INTERVENTIONS - THE WOOLLAHRA MADONNA

This stencil on Queen Street is invested with the hopes of local residents for the salvation of a nearby post office. Stencil's are often political, seeking to critique the powers that be through the appropriation of familiar tropes and imagery.

The closure of local post offices is a present threat in many villages and suburbs across Sydney and is evidence of the now steady decline of the high street in favour of homogenised shopping centers and plazas, a trend that tragically misappropriates resources resulting in increased negative environmental impact, the centralisation of wealth, and the decay of the individual character and rich tapestry of urban and suburban streetscapes.

                                                             The Woollahra Madonna

Woollahra Village - Save the Post Office

Residents Rally Over Post Office Closures - Sydney Morning Herald