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- Art, Photographs
- April 4, 2011
Melbourne illustrator Hollie M Kelly will be exhibiting a bunch of works in her first solo showing later this week. Her illustrative work, “reveals the honest and sometimes dark truths of life and memory.” – and, loving illustration as we do, we figured that its something well worth checking out and writing about! “Don’t you
READ MORECinzah Merkens, aka Seekayem, is undeniably one of New Zealand’s top street artists. His combination of vibrant colours and intense line work creates an aesthetic that is nothing short of awesome. Big eyes, Goofy Grins, Skulls, Owls and little hats are just a few features of Seekayem’s signature style. As a recipient of the ‘Peoples
READ MOREA packed crowd braved the cold and rain to watch the second New Zealand heat of the Red Bull Wreckers Yard live art event in Auckland over the weekend. Cinzah AKA ‘Seekayem’ won the battle and a spot in the trans-tasman final. Cinzah joins artists Yels and Itch, along with the winners of the Aussie
READ MOREAdam Oehliers upcoming show, Into The Woods, looks beautiful. When I first saw the flyer, the preview image reminded me of a lot of the Robert Holdstock Mythago series books, and it also gave me visions of Charles De Lints urban fantasy – and that was from one image. This is the illustrative fantastical at
READ MOREThe newest collection by Swedish artist Anneli Olander will be shown at Friends of Leon Gallery this May. Girls and Ghosts will feature fourteen original works ,as well as a series of limited edition prints. Her stylish, well constructed works are a breathe of fresh air for illustration and art in general – a very
READ MOREFreshmen Mixer is a powerful collaboration exhibition group showing of photography, illustration and mixed media artists from emerging and established states. “Freshman Mixer celebrates a mish-mash of locally based emerging and established talent. There are 12 distinctly different voices with a uniquely vibrant energy running through all of their works.” L.A. born and Melbourne based,
READ MOREA talented trio of artists will unleash a body of works on Adelaide tonight, as Gary Seaman, Dan Withey and Same Evans opens their group show “We Started Something We Couldn’t Finish.” These three are at the top of their game, and we wish we were in Adelaide this week to go and see it!
READ MOREWe’ve seen a bit of McGenniskens work pop up over the past year or so, most notable when we first spotted it in last years Small Works Prize at the Brunswick street Gallery last year, and recently, at the Ending Where We Begin group show at Surface POP. Being the huge fans of illustration that
READ MOREFollowing on from last weeks grand, gorgeous (speaking of which, we even managed to procure a beautiful new Aida Sabic piece for our walls) and fun opening of the new Rancho Notorious gallery at 1000 Pound Bend, they have their first solo show coming up with none other than Cam Scale, who recently wow’ed the
READ MOREIllustration, gorgeous girls, sultry poses – these are all the trademarks of Kelly Thompsons beautiful work, and she has an opening coming up this weekend at the National Grid gallery. This kiwi born artist has everything right going, and, as total suckers for illustrated ladies, of course, we reaaallyy don’t think its such a bad
READ MOREThis is one show that we’ve been waiting for ever since we saw our first Heesco pieces in the Sweet Streets @ BSG Exhibition. Having only moved to Melbourne last year, Heesco has done some amazing work around the joint since then, and is starting to really get out there with a bunch of public
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