A history of Newcastle written in street art and graffiti: The evolution of an art form

By Alex Morris
Updated September 28 2020 - 10:24am, first published 10:00am
Artist at work: Askew One at Hit The Bricks in 2014. Below: Latec House graffiti. Main picture courtesy Carl Morgan @zookraft, shot by Billy Zammit
Artist at work: Askew One at Hit The Bricks in 2014. Below: Latec House graffiti. Main picture courtesy Carl Morgan @zookraft, shot by Billy Zammit

Many will remember the four black words scrawled across what was the Latec House and has now become the Pinnacle Apartments in Newcastle West. The phrase "This is Not Art" was most likely written by a risk-taking abseiler in the '90s.

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