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- Art, Photographs
- April 4, 2011
Since heading off last year to other climes, Berlin to be exactly (and across the globe in his wanderings), James Reka has produced some incredible work both on walls both outside and in, and this weekend he returns to Melbourne to show us the continuing transformation of his beautiful work. “Backwoods Gallery is pleased to
READ MOREWho doesn’t love abandoned spaces? If you don’t, then you’re probably on the wrong website – as abandos are one of our favourite things. Throughout Melbourne, there are a whole slew of UrbEx individuals, traversing the broken, forgotten corners of commerce and industry, snapping pics of the beautiful decaying detritus. This week in Melbourne, you’ll
READ MOREOnce again, Dean Sunshine sends us his top 10 of all the shit he has seen around Melbourne over the past month – again, there’s a lot more awesome around than what fits here on this page, but he is a little slice of the work thats gone up over May. Just another great selection
READ MOREWell lovers of all things street, it’s that time again where I bring you all of my favourite shots from the past month! One show that really impressed me this month, was “Passing Through” by Deams, I have always admired his work, especially after seeing how he composes his pieces – taking Graffuturism to the
READ MORELast Friday night we had the honour of attending one of the coolest shows we’ve been to in some time – the joint group exhibition by none other than Ha Ha, Sync and Dlux (aka James Dodd, who we interviewed last week). There was something really intriguing about this exhibition – walking in, you got the
READ MOREBaby Guerrilla is back with a new show opening this Friday at House of Bricks. After her successful show early last year Baby G returns with her latest instalment “Outside the Square”. Outside the Square will feature past and present work as well as some of Baby G’s outdoor work. “The exhibition will explore both
READ MOREThe other week we got down to Backwoods Gallery to check out Tom Civils latest show, Stick Folk. This was such a beautiful exhibition from Tom, and a great progression of his work we saw in his last exhibition, Long Story. David Russell got down there to get a bunch of shots of the show,
READ MOREFriday is shaping up to be a busy night, and one of the things that you can’t miss is Beastman’s latest solo show at Backwoods Gallery – Future Origins. “‘Future Origin’ will be a continued exploration of Beastman’s vision of the future. Beastman’s work depicts a latent cosmical ecosystem of hope and survival; a world
READ MOREFor the past ten years, if you’ve looked at any walls in Melbourne, chances are you have seen some of the work from three artists who were there right at the start of it all – Sync, Ha-Ha and Dlux. Stenciling and painting their way across the city, these guys were all pioneers at a
READ MOREOnce again our mate Dean Sunshine has been out and about through April, traversing Melbourne streeta rt and graffiti looking for whats good and fine – and this weeks selection is damn fine indeed! [nggallery id=370 display_type=photocrati-nextgen_pro_masonry] 1. Alexis Dias – Collingwood 2. Shida – Collingwood 3. Sirum – Brunswick 4. Bailer – Northcote 5.
READ MOREOne of our favourite Melbourne artists, Tom Civil, will be holding a solo show this Friday night in Collingwood, and it looks to be another grand show from the man. Backwoods says it all best: “The art of Tom Civil is about hidden worlds in the Australian landscape, where punk spirits dance, ordinary lives are
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