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- Art, Photographs
- April 4, 2011
Last night David Russell and I journeyed over the river to Metro Gallery in Armadale to check out the opening of Matt Adnate‘s – Always Been Here. Like all of Matt’s openings at Metro last night was no exception. The Welcome to Country ceremony kicked off the show as the gallery packed full of people
READ MOREFrom his works of graff out on the streets to where he is now – Adnate has certainty had an amazing journey over the past few years, as he has taken his art from the streets of Melbourne to become one of Australias top artists, known throughout the country, and the world, for his vividly emotive portraiture. Over
READ MOREStepping into the darkened warehouse, the fresh aroma of shaved timber, resins and paint hit me immediately – nestled into an unsuspecting, near hidden laneway somewhere in North Melbourne, there is no doubt that it was a place of work; the scents prove as much. We walked to the back of the warehouse, Adnate passed
READ MOREArlene TextaQueen “Australia’s felt-tip super-heroine” is bringing her new drawn series “We Don’t Need Another Hero” to Gallerysmith in North Melbourne this month. This collection, featuring ‘people of colour’ as “outlaws of their post-apocalypse, drawn as posters for fictional movies.” This theme speaks from the artists own experience of self, being a ‘person of colour’,
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