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- April 4, 2011
Melbourne 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 MOREIt may be cold in Melbourne right now but that hasn’t deterred artists like Smug who managed to smash out two amazing murals organised by Juddy Roller, one over three storeys depicting his grandparents. Roa was in town and didn’t disappoint with his show at Backwoods Gallery, featuring Australian wildlife painted on all manner of
READ MORELast time Mark Bode visited, back in 2012, we had the chance to sit down, interview him and have a great chat. His shows went great, a bunch of people got some tattoos and he generally spread his radness of work and self across the city. Now, a few years later, Mark is returning for
READ MOREBackwoods Gallery proudly presents A Study of Camouflage – a new show within the A Study of… exhibition series. This is the fourth exhibition in row in the long-term project consisting of annual shows that focus on different study subjects. After more than successful exhibitions A Study of Hands, A Study of Eyes andA Study
READ MOREThe next show in the “Study of” series, curated by Alex Mitchell at Backwoods Gallery is ‘A Study of Hair’, coming up this Friday. This series has always produced mad work, and I’m sure this one will too. With a massive line up, I can’t wait to see what’s on show. We’ll see you down at
READ MORELast week Mark Bode returned to Melbourne for a second solo show, Ned Kelly & Other Outback Stories. The Backwoods pop-up space was filled to the brim with Marks amazing and iconic work, gorgeous illustrations over maps of the Australian countryside – a great show from a masterful hand. Check out all the photos from
READ MOREReturning to Melbourne for a second time, Mark Bode has been a hell busy man since his last trip down here for his successful solo show at House Of Bricks. Now, he returns with a spin on the Australian culture, for his whimsically cool show “Ned Kelly Maps & Other Outback Stories”. “In the graffiti
READ MOREA few weeks back popular Sydney based street artist Deb curated a huge group show, collating an incredible bunch of male artists from the nation and world wide. ‘Man Up’ was a charitable showcase with 100% of proceeds going to the Cancer Council of Australia to fund prostate cancer research. Amongst the staggering array of
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 MOREDonovan Christie and the TWDL crew don’t mess around! After having only just recently opened, the Adelaide team are hosting an ambitious, mutlifaceted and chock full of goodness print show for their second outing. With a huge Adelaide contingent joined by a solid lineup from across the nation and overseas, this is the kind of
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