Snapshots - Heesco - Mongo Hustle
- Art, Photographs
- April 4, 2011
Without a doubt, Melbourne street art would not be what it is without the talented Drewfunks work adorning our walls. Over the past ten years, Drew has produced a massive body of work – both on the walls, and in the gallery. His style is instantly recognisable, his fusion of Western and Asian culture pervading
READ MOREAs you know, we’re big fans of seeing artists take the plunge and put on their very first show. It can be an often nerve racking experience for someone to finally take that step, but usually it is just the first of many rewarding shows that they will have throughout their lifetime. We were pretty privileged to
READ MOREBlender studios is a constantly evolving melange of talent and ambition, one of the cornerstone hubs of art in the Melbourne CBD and an icon unto itself. In my many visits there (countless, really), I’ve been privileged to meet artists from all walks, styles and creativity. From new artists, to those who are established, there’s
READ MOREThere is no other place we love in the city as much as Blender. Home to a multitude of our friends and a bastion of amazing talent, we find ourselves spending a lot of time there in the company of more than welcoming community of artists. This veritable fortress of creativity in the heart of
READ MOREIt’s only been a little over a year and a half since we ran our feature interview with Heesco, yet it feels like much longer. This may be because in that time, Heesco has pushed his work at such a rapid rate that it has now evolved into an entirely different beast from when we
READ MOREThe other week we got to a new opening of Blender artists at the Dark Horse Experiment. There was a huge range of diverse work in the show, but one thing was obvious – it was all pretty damn good. Dark Horse Experiment is a great space that constantly pushes in new directions, and Confine
READ MOREThis Friday night, a whole bunch of Blender artists will be holding an exhibition at Dark Horse Experiment to show off their latest art. “Confine – Five Melbourne artists mine the possibilities of paint and sculpture through figurative deformations and social awareness. James Bonnici’s distorted figures have been receiving a lot of attention and this
READ MORELast Saturday, we took ourselves down to Art Melbourne – like many of you probably did, if you’re here in the ‘burn. Total artgasm. There was so much work on display, of such variety, that it was almost a little overwhelming – it was as if we’d gone to twenty, thirty, or more different shows
READ MOREWe got this last week, but we got a bit delayed in putting it up – it’s about time we saw a market down at Blender, though! You should all be familiar with this bastion of Melbourne street art and other underground creativity in the CBD, Blender Studios by now, and this market will be
READ MORESo. Much. Awesome! We’ve been seeing these strips from Kieran Mangan, starring local Melbourne artist (and legend) Ha-Ha for quite some time – bits and pieces here and there, and we’ve loved them. They’re a perfect blend of Ha-Haisms, great art by both Kieran Mangan and Ha-HA, and the wonderfully … non-mainstream theories that the
READ MOREOn a sunny day just after Xmas, the Blender crew and some of the guys that paint with the Revurt project met in Union Lane to have a bit of a paint-up and refresh the street art on the walls. Absolutely mad day, everyone had a ball and the public seemed to really enjoy seeing
READ MOREWelcome to 2012 all! We’ve had a pretty restful break – lots of painting and a few ciders here and there and a hell of a lot of relaxing and doing absolutely nothing – just what we needed!! So, catching up on a bit of a backlog, we have a whole heap of snapshots to
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