Not so long ago, we were following Meggs on his exploits across the seas, with his show at White Walls Gallery in San Fransisco – Truth In Myth. Having seen all the photos from the opening, the work, and the walls that were painted in between and amongst it all, we really wished that we
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There are a whole load of great crews here in Melbourne, but it is without even a shred of doubt that AWOL is amongst the leaders here in our fair city. We say “can’t miss” here a lot, but this show .. man, this show … “Since forming in 2006, the AWOL crew have pushed
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Trust Backwoods Gallery to put on one of the most interesting group shows, with some of the finest artists, that we’ve seen here in Melbourne for a while. Study Of Hands collects a bunch of artists who have previously shown at the gallery, as well as some who we hope to see showing solos there
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Last week saw the opening of Living In A Glass House, a collection of 50 Australian street artists displayed in the Glasshouse at Pitt St Mall. The opening saw a murals from Deb and Bei Badgirl on the entrance of the Glasshouse, as well as a whole slew of people checking it out both at
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For the past few months, Deb has been concertedly throwing her talents and creativity into supporting numerous projects in order to raise both awareness, and well needed funding for the Australian Cancer Council. With Man Up, a brilliant collection of male artists from across the world, we believe that she has completely outdone herself, and
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Last week saw the opening of Stormie Mills latest solo show, People & Places, at Melbournes Metro Gallery. As to be expected, Stormie brought his “A game”, with a delectable array of his stylised, emotive characters spread across the walls of the gallery. Something else we loved, was the “cityscape” piece that heralded the show
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Modern illustration is an indomitable beast. Drawing from a rich history and legacy, illustration has transgressed beyond the barriers of ancient papyrus, rich pages of mediaeval Illuminations and zinc plated lithography prints and to emerge into a world of high end inks, pens, markers and, of course, digital software. Although the technology that enables the modern illustrators world has
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Last weekend a horde of Torontorians jumped onto their bikes to get a glimpse of something that they only have a very rare chance to see – Melbourne street art. Twenty four practicing artists from here in Melbourne sent a big package of pasteups over to Canada to be put up around the streets of
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Though we try to stay away from the word “contemporay”, with its association with “foyer art” and the like, we have to admit that the lowbrow/illustration/urban styles of art probably, and I can’t believe I’m saying this, could actually be defined as “contemporary” but really, fuck it, what’s in a name anyways? The Origin of
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Late last year, we heard about a great little humanitarian project put on by a group of artists – Little Lotus. Having attained their fundraising goal, the artist then headed over to the Thailand/Burmese border to teach art to a whole slew of children in need – the results of which were extraordinary, and touching.
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Two things that make us pay attention – exhibitions with graffiti artists, and new gallery launches – and Against The Grain has both of them. “Against the Grain’ is a group exhibition featuring the work of three Melbourne graffiti compadres Mr Muppetz, Dr Nox and Dirte Man. The extensive exhibition will showcase work on wood
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We caught up with Stormie Mills last weekend at the Art & About Conversation Corner – one of the things we heard whilst we were there was that he was also going to be adding his own personal touches to the Cullen Hotel. This morning we had an email through from the guys at Art
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