I’m living vicariously by this video – I got back to Australia a little too late to make the opening, though I did go and see the show, I had heard that it got shut down, but 12,000 people for an artist who got his start on the streets of Perth.

Damn fine, and well done man.

“Police were forced to close down the opening night of Ian Strange’s exhibition,SUBURBAN, due to the overwhelming number of people unable to get into the event that had spilled onto the streets surrounding the National Gallery of Victoria.

The popularity of the opening night was mirrored in overall attendance figures that saw visitation exceed 12,000 people over the duration of the exhibition.

“The response to the exhibition was phenomenal, ” said Strange. “To have that many people see something I dedicated such a large amount of time and effort too is truly humbling.”

At the conclusion of the exhibition, the artist’s first major museum showing, the National Gallery of Victoria acquired all eleven photographic works and the three-channel video work, Suburban, for their permanent collection.

Strange has recently commenced work on a new, site-specific project in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand and has been announced as one of only 24 artists to be included in the 2014 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art.”

Check out the video of the whole recap below, awesome.

Ian Strange ‘SUBURBAN’ Exhibition – National Gallery of Victoria from Ian Strange on Vimeo.