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- Art, Photographs
- April 4, 2011
On Wednesday June 9th, Revolver Upstairs presents the sounds of popular DJ and street scene aficionado Hans DC playing an improvised set to the mad painting skills of Drewfunk. There need to be more of these types of events happening – lets hope that this kind of thing springboards more events like it. Really, there’s
READ MOREThere are a lot of great books on the market these days that deal with Street Art, and the past handful of years has seen upsurge in their popularity, mirroring the ever growing fascination that people have with the artists that participate. From small print runs of artist designed books, such as Dabs Myla’s recent
READ MOREIt seems the year for it. With several book launches already been and gone this year, its no surprise that there are plenty more on the way. Alongside the up coming Everfresh Black Book being released later this year, and the recent publication of Peace of Wall, another important publication is set to hit the
READ MOREWell known for her stencil and street art, Vexta is in a constant state of creative exploration. Whether it is painting her way across various far flung countries, or throughout the streets of Melbourne, her work embodies all the excitement that such exploration entails – and yet her work never seems to step across the
READ MOREAt Large plays host to its next group exhibition in early June, with the upcoming Corrosive Thoughts featuring Ryan Richter, Bradley Sheather and Ben Aitken. Get on down to the show and support fantastic emerging artists at a great gallery. Who: Ryan Richter, Bradley Sheather and Ben Aitken. What: Corrosive Thoughts group exhibition Where: At
READ MOREIn 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
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