Lush Sux

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Lush Sux is an Australian street artist from Melbourne .

Activities and works

Two graffiti by Lush Sux on the Falco staircase. They represent Falco in Mozart outfit and the US hip-hopper Eminem .
Graffiti on the northern pillars of Schwedenbrücke (looking towards Taborstraße to Laurenzerberg) in Vienna: Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un with their hairstyle reversed

Lush or Lush Sux is known for its sprayed works of art ( graffiti ) placed in public on streets and walls and subways . His oeuvre is primarily concerned with caricatures of world-famous personalities, namely politicians almost realistically depicted (the most important motifs are Hillary Clinton , Barack Obama , Vladimir Putin ), actors and pop stars (in Vienna Falco and Conchita Wurst ).

Lush's works are considered provocative, humorous and challenging and call for confrontation. Lush himself commented on his works as follows:

My art is nothing new really; loads of people did similar stuff before me. I just stole their ideas and ran with them. Hence the title "Graffiti Asshole".
My art is really nothing new; an infinite number of people before me did something similar. I just stole their ideas and peddled them. Hence the nickname "Graffiti Asshole".

During his stay in Vienna in the summer of 2017, he sprayed in the MuseumsQuartier , on the Falco-Stiege next to the subway station Kettenbrückengasse and under the Schwedenbrücke next to Schwedenplatz . At the Schwedenbrücke he portrayed the American President Donald Trump with the hairstyle of the North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un and vice versa. At the Falco-Stiege he portrayed Falco in Mozart outfit, alluding to his world hit Rock Me Amadeus , and the US hip hopper Eminem , in order to subtly give the viewer the choice of who really was the greatest rapper in music history.

Web links

Commons : Lush Sux  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.streetart.com
  2. ↑ www.streetart.com
  3. ↑ On the stay in Vienna see Gallery Arnold
  4. ^ Trump and Kim Jong Un on the Danube Canal in ORF News
  5. ↑ Oliver Plischek: Pop Graffiti Art in Vienna: Lushsux sprays MQ walls and the Falco stairs ; Retrieved on Aug. 21, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Sux, Lush
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lush Sux (stage name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian street artist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century