Snapshots - James Bonnici - In-between Spaces
- Illustration, Melbourne, Painting, Photographs
- September 17, 2013

Last Wednesday saw the opening of Cheeks’ solo debut, Now or Never, at The Butcher Shop in Perth. Now or Never was packed with Cheeks’ recognisable cast of weird and stylised characters using a pallet of loud colours. I particularly loved her use of pizzas and cat skulls as a reoccurring block pattern. Someone needs
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Cheeks has been on the Perth scene since around 2010, exhibiting primarily in a group exhibition setting. ‘Now or Never’ is the first solo exhibition for this young artist, and I can’t wait to see how she’s going to construct the show. Cheeks has such a weird imagination and coupled with her solid execution, ‘Now
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From beautifully rendered walls to amazing hand styles and flowing text, KAB101 is one of Australias finest graffiti artists. Published Arthouse is a new gallery on the Adelaide graffiti and street art scene, and as their motto goes – “In the heart of Adelaide’s CBD, a small rupture in the surface of the underground has
READ MOREMan, so fkn glad I saw this before it was up and on! Tomorrow night (Wednesday 4th June) Burg, whose work we’ve seen all about the place, will be having a show at The Vic for the month of June! “Burg is an emerging illustrator with a unique sense of visual and conceptual problem solving
READ MORESometimes when you’re travelling you are just in the right place at the right time – luckily for me thats happened during my visit here to NYC. Amongst that fortune was being able to catch up with The Yok and Sheryo last week in the lead up to their opening, and, of course, being able
READ MOREThere is a huge swath of talent amongst Melbournes independent comic book artists, and you can always be sure that the works that they produce are cutting edge litanies. From the daily to the macabre, the fantastical to the conspiratorial, these artists take on all the challenges of communicating the foibles and fallacies of our
READ MOREIt’s no secret that we are some of aMBUSH Gallerys biggest fans – the amount of grand shit that they have done for artists over the years is priceless in its worthiness. One thing that we have always loved about aMBUSH is the fact that they play no favourites, and promote art and artists from
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Amongst my travels over the last few months, I’ve had the pleasure of meeting and visiting with a whole bunch of artists. Last week I had the chance to catch up with two favourites, The Yok and Sheryo in their Brooklyn studio as they prepare for their upcoming exhibition “Pipe Dreams” (we posted a whole
READ MOREAucklands K Road is infamous for its street art, and this group show, gathering together some of NZs coolest and finest, looks like it’ll be a great showcase of work – live! As part of the running First Thursdays events, Alfresco will be a “rad street art festival up and down K’Rd, 10+ walls being
READ MOREWay back in October, we brought you news of a new project that I’ve been working on with Jo Jette, a brand spanking new print magazine by the name of Damn It! Well, it’s done, printed and all ready to go – and we’re having a party to celebrate!! Designer and Publisher Jo Jette has
READ MOREWhen Sean Morris put together the remarkable group show “Lets Go, Magic Weirdos” at Paper Mountain in Perth, we had no idea that it would have a sequel – but it does, and this time it will be held in London! Lets Go, Magic Weirdos is succeeded by the brilliantly curated Magic Weirdos Never Die
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