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- Art, Photographs
- April 4, 2011
Since returning to Melbourne after spending some time up in Brisbane and overseas, Shida has been killing it. His street work is looking super fresh. I’m loving the bright colours and his sharp lines which are his signature style. Shida’s latest show “Ecstasy in the Abyss” is opening on Friday the 19th of April and
READ MOREOne man who continues to make us love art on a wall, is Shida. Over the years we’ve been following him, Shidas work has gone from strength to strength, and every new piece he puts up is grander than the last. Just as grand though, is when he puts on an exhibition – and, with
READ MOREEvery time I see a show from Guido Van Helten, I want a teleporter. Wanting a teleporter isn’t anything new for me, but my want tends to increase for every show of Van Heltens that I see come up, that I can’t attend. Alas, this one is no exception – but, luckily for those in
READ MORETonight brings more cool shit! As a part of Semi-Permanent in Brisbane, Benjamin Reeve has curated a side show of fairly grand proportions – taking music laden talent and combining it with visual creatives. “BACK AND FORTH is an ART exhibition that pitches a number of Australian visual artists alongside some of Australia’s most exciting
READ MOREBrisbane artists Matt Stewart is a man of many influences, from architecture to fashion, to branding, marketing and painting. His work, drawing upon areas that have had close impact on his world, and yet are often eschewed by “underground” artists, he embraces the commercial and explores the alternatives. This, all wrapped in a melange of
READ MOREWell, we have been a bit tardy with our video regularity lately, but to make up for it we have a whole swath of cool shit for your viewing. Buckle up, some good stuff ahead. Fred Fowler has his show coming up this week as well, and we loved this preview piece. Tarns did this
READ MOREThis is sure to be one of the biggest shows in Brisbane this year – well, in our eyes anyways. From the man who has worked for over twenty years on walls across the country, and who has mastered the brush with just as much finesse, Lee Harnden, aka Linz, comes “Catharsis” “Lee Harnden’s Catharsis
READ MOREI was just about to do an intro saying that Low Brow is a pretty hard thing to define these days, and then I just realised the the copy for the show says it better than I can right now in my brain dead, night before returning to work with a cramped hand from over-drawing
READ MORETheir last show together looked great, and this next one is sure to be also! Guido Van Helten and Scott Marsh are putting on another show, this time in Woollongong, nicely titled “Road To Ruin” – we like it already … “Opening this weekend is an exhibition by street art/graffiti artists Scott Marsh and Guido
READ MOREHaving not been too familiar with Sam Hillcoat before we saw this flyer, we went off and did a bit of research and look around … and, must say, pretty impressed by the small portion of what we saw. Having worked in Brisbane for ten years as a street artist and tattooist, a lot of
READ MOREBleeding Hearts Gallery has done a lot over the past few years to help promote both established and emerging artists Brisbane artists. Having been in operation now for four years, they are holding a special exhibition and party to celebrate the fact! “To celebrate this we are hosting a full day’s activities culminating in a
READ MOREFor the last six months or so, we’ve been glued to Shidas flickr account as he’s been voyaging around the world. As he’s travelled, he’s been hitting up, well, pretty much anything and everything – adorning cities with his entities as he goes. May finds Shida in Austria, where he will be opening an exhibition
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