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- Art, Photographs
- April 4, 2011
Forbidden Fruit by James Reka is online via Backwoods Gallery. “This exhibition explores the theme of desire and the underlining flawed nature of mankind, the realisation that we are not perfect now exempt from falling for temptation…” Ask yourself the question – would you have partaken in the Forbidden Fruit? James Reka is a contemporary
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 MOREFor those who missed James Reka’s show “Untold”, check out the shots I was able to get while it was on down at Backwoods Gallery in Collingwood. [nggallery id=387 display_type=photocrati-nextgen_pro_masonry gallery_width=500]
READ MOREAnother month of mad walls, not a day goes by where I don’t find something new on the streets of Melbourne, be it street art or graff. The stand out show this month for me was ‘Untold” by James Reka, I really liked the found objets covered in rust with their striking blue designs, while
READ MORESince 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 MOREThe next installment, or body part, of this ongoing series is the Eyes. With a fantastic lineup I’m really excited to see some of the work (in particular Merda, Kozy’N’Dan and Miss Van). From the Backwoods Press Release: “A Study Of” is a decade long project that aims to create a archive of anatomical and
READ MORETrust Backwoods Gallery to put on one of the most interesting group shows, with some of the finest artists, that we’ve seen here in Melbourne for a while. Study Of Hands collects a bunch of artists who have previously shown at the gallery, as well as some who we hope to see showing solos there
READ MOREWell, with all of our big move finally out of the way, we’re still playing catch up on a whole bunch of stuff – they’re a little late but first up are all of our shots from Rekas farewell “Open Studio” show at Backwoods Gallery. So many people got down to pay their respects to
READ MOREIf its one of very few gripes we have about living in Melbourne, is that we can’t go to shows in other states, especially all the LoFi shows – because every single one in the past year or so has been fkn fantastic. We’re sure the Sydneysiders have the same gripes about not being able
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