Snapshots - Heesco - Mongo Hustle
- Art, Photographs
- April 4, 2011
Distinctive, colorful, weird and downright gorgeous are all words that I’d attribute to the work of Ox King – and even then, they are meager words and are not able to give full justice to the pieces he does. Having worked across the years honing his style, which crosses between pop and fantastical fauna, to
READ MOREAaron Glasson is something of a wanderer, traversing the globe with a talent laden hand coupled with a message of awareness and hope for the plight of our oceans. His work often revolves around painting colourful extrapolations of surreal, psychedelia infused denizens replete with barnacled patterns, anthropodic hitchhikers and other encrusted, symbiotic bottom dwellers –
READ MOREWhilst travelling around Mexico, I was always on the lookout for anything street art or graffiti related. From murals to pieces, characters to tags, I snapped everything I saw (and continue to do so here in Eastern Europe!). Whilst I was in the city of Merida in the Mexican Yucatan, I didnt mange to get
READ MOREI actually had a bit of a chuckle when I saw this event coming up – I’m in Oaxaca, Mexico right now, and here I am wishing that I was in Melbourne and able to go to this laneway party, featuring all things great and Mexican! Ironic, I know. Its all okay though, as I
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 MOREChina Heights has another great show opening this Friday night, with a solo show from artist and illustrator Adam James Turnbull. Turnbull has over the years worked with a range of different projects and designed for a large variety of clients. Recently returned from a residency in Akmul, Mexico, Turnbull has produced a body of
READ MOREIt’s that time, people! Finally we will be able to get our hands on the next iteration of Curvy Magazine, that annual tome of gorgeous works from a selection of female artists from around the world. If you haven’t read Curvy before, you’re really missing out, its a great litmus of femme artists who are
READ MOREOkay, so we don’t catch all of them – and we don’t know how we didn’t hear about thisin time, but in the general chaos of everything that was going on last Friday night it slipped by us, alas. From all the photos up on the No Vacancy Facebook page, it looks like it would
READ MOREGifted Queensland bred artist Jae Copp has had a busy artistic career so far, from designing skatewear and starting his own brand, to exhibiting his artistic output in a wide range of shows. Having worked utilising wood for many years, producing a cool array of works in the process, Jae has branched out into new
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