Eight years ago stencils by ELK, a Sydney based Street Artist were often seen on and around the streets of the Inner West.
His stencils were unique and often held messages about the futility of war. In 2012 ELK, (Luke Cornish) won the Archibald for his stencil of Father Bob. He was the first Street Artist to win the Archibald.
This stencil by ELK can be found in Martin Place. City of Sydney have a zero tolerance to Street Art but ELK has managed to pull this off with the help of ANZ bank. Maybe an Archibald on his CV didn’t do any harm either.
