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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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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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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What a spectacle it was last week down at the Order Of Melbourne – the first Semi Final of Secret Walls Melbourne, between Steve Cross and Chris Hancock was a smash, the room was full to bursting and there was a massive crowd. It was a well waged battle, but in the end, Hancock came
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Once again we are in for a massive treat – Stormie Mills (who we interviewed last year) is back in Melbourne this week for his final solo show of the year, with People & Places. We recently caught up and heard Stormie talk at the Art Series Conversation Corner, and it was a rare and
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The shows over at Just Another Project Space just get better and better – and for their next one, they’ve got a great treat for us with Alex Lehours very first solo show. We’ve been following Alexs work for quite some time, and he’s one of our favourite illustrators/designers/painters at the moment – the mans
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It’s been a huge past week or so, with shows, travel and so much going on its not funny! All that said, we’re still at it – and we got some cool shots today for you. Dave Russell, our intrepid photographer down here in Melbourne, headed down to Itch’s show at RTIST Gallery post-opening to
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As you all know we a had a massive night Friday with four big openings in the one night. VS was our second stop of the evening after TwoOnes show, and both Marc Huntington and Matt Griffith of ArtBoy Gallery did a great job in helping to put these two artists together in the same
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This was a show we were all looking forward to, and Hiroyasu Tsuri ( TwoOne ) did not disappoint. TwoOne is just one of those artists who continues to push the boundaries, his work has equal street and contemporary appeal and always challenges the eye. Congratulations to Alex Mitchell and the crew down at Backwoods
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Okay, it’s been a while – I haven’t had a lot of extra time away from covering shows and shit to get around to some of the columns that I enjoy doing, but I’m going to make a start by getting back into the Press Mill. Press Mill is our regular wrap of all the
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We were lucky to get down to Blender studios to capture Trails, which is their monthly drawing night featuring some of Melbournes very talented artists, fuelled by caffeine provided by Happymaree and her amazing barrista skills. The night included drawing games, coffee, great conversations more coffee and a lot of laughs were had by all,
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