Claudia Gold’s graffiti career celebrated through exhibition Claw Money World

Words by Jacob McCormack Claudia Gold, who is more commonly and perhaps affectionately known as Claw Money has made a name for herself as a trailblazing graffiti artist in the New York scene. She emerged into this artistic culture amidst a time where it was dominated by men, and yet since then has achieved so much in all that she has expressed creatively. She does, however, remain an inter-disciplinary creative to her core, with forays into fashion, design, authorship and more recently the establishment of her very own consulting agency. She has collaborated with brands such as Nike and NASCAR alongside the countless murals she has painted around the world. Gold has impacted modern art and culture in frankly profound ways, and despite all of this a sense of humility and curiosity for new experiences remains.  Stay up to date with what’s happening within the region’s art scene here. In a world-first, Australian exclusive exhibition held at Warrnambool Art Gallery, artistic director Aaron Bradbrook and Gold herself have pieced together a selection of her standout handmade garments and accessories, other design works and murals. Some of the murals will be featured in the art gallery space itself as well as...