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- Art, Photographs
- April 4, 2011
Since moving over to the US earlier this year, Daek Williams has been hard at work refining an already beautiful style of work. Now, he will be returning to Australia to Perths Linton & Kay Galleries to show everyone why he’s one of our favourite artists about. “After complete dedication to creating a piece of
READ MORELast Wednesday saw the opening of Cheeks’ solo debut, Now or Never, at The Butcher Shop in Perth. Now or Never was packed with Cheeks’ recognisable cast of weird and stylised characters using a pallet of loud colours. I particularly loved her use of pizzas and cat skulls as a reoccurring block pattern. Someone needs
READ MORECheeks has been on the Perth scene since around 2010, exhibiting primarily in a group exhibition setting. ‘Now or Never’ is the first solo exhibition for this young artist, and I can’t wait to see how she’s going to construct the show. Cheeks has such a weird imagination and coupled with her solid execution, ‘Now
READ MOREThere is a huge swath of talent amongst Melbournes independent comic book artists, and you can always be sure that the works that they produce are cutting edge litanies. From the daily to the macabre, the fantastical to the conspiratorial, these artists take on all the challenges of communicating the foibles and fallacies of our
READ MOREAmongst my travels over the last few months, I’ve had the pleasure of meeting and visiting with a whole bunch of artists. Last week I had the chance to catch up with two favourites, The Yok and Sheryo in their Brooklyn studio as they prepare for their upcoming exhibition “Pipe Dreams” (we posted a whole
READ MOREWhen Sean Morris put together the remarkable group show “Lets Go, Magic Weirdos” at Paper Mountain in Perth, we had no idea that it would have a sequel – but it does, and this time it will be held in London! Lets Go, Magic Weirdos is succeeded by the brilliantly curated Magic Weirdos Never Die
READ MOREYou might recognise Ryans work from the innumerable shows of his that we’ve covered, as well as from the interview we did with him some time ago – now, Ryan has a new show coming up at Paradise Hills, and it looks exquisite! “In this new stunning body of work, ‘She’s the moon; Perception in
READ MOREOne of our favourite Perth lads, The Yok and Singaporean artist Sheryo both base themselves in New York City these days – which meant it was just a hop skip and a jump for then to head down to Mexico for a bit of a paint. From Sheryo – “Hello! The Yok and I just
READ MOREYou’ve probably all heard the news and seen it already, but here it is again – Dabs Myla will be returning home from their Hollywood abode next week, for a entirely new exhibition – “All Good Things …” at Metro Gallery in Armadale. If you’ve been following Dabs Myla for the last few years (like
READ MOREWe’ve been big fans of the work from QWUX (not only his own artwork – but the many shows that he has curated), for ages now. When we saw this this morning, we were pretty damn pleased to hear that he’s doing another one – this time with the crew from Lo-Fi! QWUX did a
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