In amongst its pages, Chris Parkinson’s newly published Peace Of Wall presents a view of the nation of East Timor that has seldom been contemplated outside of its boundaries – that of one of its strongest social engineering methods; street art. In honesty, I just binned the editorial introduction for this interview, in which I
READ MOREI still remember, and have never returned, the very first Hype magazine I read. I’d been bumming around Cinema City in Perth with a few crew one Saturday afternoon, when someone surreptitiously pushed a copy into my hands. Strangely enough, it was seeing Australian graffiti from outside of our own little corner for the first
READ MOREWell known and long standing Melbourne artist Vexta has a new solo exhibition this month, opening tonight at Platform. Known in the past for her amazing portraiture incorporating stencil work , her latest exhibition, Extinction in Technicolour, moves into more experimental grounds for the artist – and we have to say, we’re pretty intrigued. “Extinction
READ MOREIt’s with a little sadness to have read tonight’s announcement that Collingwoods Per Square Metre gallery will be shutting up shop as of May 31st. Per Square held the first exhibition opening I went to when I first moved to Melbourne, and it was an opening that would introduce me to the awesomeness that is
READ MOREDarren Hendersons recent work is an explosive menagerie revolving around the most enigmatic of all birds of prey, yet, unlike the darkened nights in which owls usually dwell, Henderson has managed to illuminate his subjects, not only by their sheer numbers, but by colourful skill of hand and witty presentation. In his recent solo exhibition
READ MOREHe’s been featured in such publications as Wooden Toy, Juxtapoz and the Herald-Sun’s Sunday Life, and now Darren Henderson has an upcoming solo exhibition at Gorker Gallery that looks to be chock full of his explorations. “Loved, feared, celebrated and even hated, owls have a long history in many cultures throughout the world. They have
READ MOREComing up this Thursday, 29th April, Crown Heights seeks to try to put to rest some of the controversy around the “gallery vs street” argument by bringing several luminous graffiti artists out from underground and onto the walls of the Highlander Gallery. “Crown Heights is a group show – the tiresome quarrel of graffiti in
READ MORENo one fails to notice his stylistic and beautifully rendered work whenever they see it around the city, and it now looks as though Everfreshs Phibs is having his own solo exhibition at Collingwoods Hogan Gallery come 1st of May. The first solo show from this prolific artist should be something else. “Prolific Sydney based
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