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- April 4, 2011
Holding a Mirror Up to Society with the Art of E.L.K. Don’t Shoot the Messenger is a riveting and intentionally confrontational exhibition from Sydney-based street artist and Archibald Prize finalist, Luke Cornish (aka ELK) who originally hails from Canberra. Don’t Shoot the Messenger features 54 extraordinary hand cut stencil works created over the course of
READ MOREMelbourne street art collectors Sandra Powell and Andrew King (SANDREW) have brought out the big hitters for a massive charity auction at Leonard Joel auction house this February. “Collectors, consultants and long term supporters of Melbourne’s street art culture, Sandra and Andrew have built a vast collection of artwork by local and international artists over
READ MOREAnother month rolls by, and I don’t know about you but the cold weather lately has been really making me wish for summer to come as soon as it can! The cold doesn’t stop the painting though, and this time around Dean Sunshine has ten great shots of some of the cool shit that has
READ MORENever stopped for a rest, our good friend Luke Cornish aka ELK will be heading back to Metro gallery again this year for a remarkable new show featuring work that he created after his trips to Syria in the last year or two. We’ll let the media release do a more than capable job of
READ MOREDon’t forget to get down to Blender Studios tomorrow night from 6-8pm for the Melbourne Street Art Guide book launch. Melbourne Street Art Guide Edited by Din Heagney, Allison Fogarty & Ewan McEoin Published by Thames & Hudson Australia Cover by Rone. Photo by Ben Wesley. 224 pages, colour, softcover Featured artists and interviews with: ABYSS_607,
READ MOREOne day Rachel Bentley’s curiosity got the better of her and so she became seriously enthralled by and involved in documenting street art and graffiti, the opinions and favour, legalities and people involved; the result? Cutback a one hour feature and 3-4 hour online series / conglomeration of those involved, the nature of their art, the evolution of
READ MOREHeist, an international urban and contemporary art exhibition presented by New Hunting Ground and Juddy Roller Studios will open its doors on 6pm Friday 15th of August. Coinciding with the Melbourne Art Fair, Heist will bring together some of the worlds most infamous and collectible street and contemporary artists under one roof for one weekend
READ MOREWhilst many of us sadly won’t be able to make this show, we thought we would give credit to Our good friend E.L.K (aka Luke Cornish) who is taking his Louder Than Words show to the one and only StolenSpace Gallery in London. Fuck Yeah!!! Hope the show goes well man! About the Show: “Inspired
READ MOREWe headed down to check out E.L.K.s show last week, and it was a damn fine show indeed, everything we had expected it would be an more. On a side note, there’s a great interview with E.L.K. with Alex McCulloch over at his podcast site, and if you want to know a bit more about
READ MOREIn what could be one of the most politically charged exhibitions this year, and certainly one of the highlights of our exhibition going – E.L.K. returns to Metro Gallery this week with an exhibition of real, honest and insightful works garnered from one of the most dangerous parts of the world today – Syria. “Following
READ MOREWell this is a bit of a powerhouse exhibition join-up right here – the amazing E.L.K. (Luke Cornish) and Will Coles getting together to put on a show together down at Art Equity in Sydney. Both of these guys are at the top of their game, and I know that with this show we can
READ MOREMan, has it really been three years? With a whole bunch of mad shows on this Friday night in Melbourne, we’re all spoilt – and the city wide exhibition adventure one definite stop in your evening should be Paradise Hills third birthday celebrations. It has been three years since the gallery doors opened for the
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