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- April 4, 2011
While we are in full lock-down mode here in Melbourne, Stage 4 ain’t no joke. We have a 8pm curfew, can only be outside for 1 hour a day for exercise, must wear a mask and can’t go more than 5kms from your house (unless for essential work or doctor/medical). It’s given us a lot
READ MOREAlways an artist we love seeing hit our fair city, Fintan Magee returns with a grand new show at Backwoods Gallery this weekend, and it’s gunna be pretty damn nice to boot. “Fintan Magee first became involved in Brisbane’s thriving graffiti scene in the late 1990s. An interest in painting gradually led Fintan to break
READ MOREWell, we came across this great video just this morning, and we hadn’t seen it before. Recently Fintan Magee did some work at the Bundaberg Regional Art center, and it is a surprisingly insightful piece on the man and his work. Check it out below – Fintan is one of Australias best, and this was
READ MOREOur good mate Jak Rapmund (aka Irk) has finally returned to Melbourne! To celebrate his return, he’s decided to have a new solo show down at House Of Bricks – one would think that the man would like to actually chill and have a bit of a rest, but that’s just not how he rolls
READ MOREA great video released by Meggs and Birdman here, as they journey into the desert to an abandoned 1980s-made-to-look-like-the-1950s waterpark. Loving seeing all these updates from the Aussie expats as they make their mark across the world, and its always great to see a video from Meggs. “A water park was built in the 1980′s
READ MOREGood news, everybody! (Okay, Ive been watching way too much Futurama lately) – the guys over at The Hours have just announced the whole lineup and shebang for their annual “Wonderwalls” event up in Woolongong – and damn, it looks mighty fine!! “The festival will run from November 8 -10, including an art exhibition, artists
READ MOREOne of our all time favourite Perth artists, Kyle Hughes-Odgers (who may be familiar to you also, under an older moniker, Creepy) is back at the turner Galleries in early February with a new show, A Thousand Lights From A Hundred Skies. “Kyle’s highly stylised thick torsoed, big-headed and spider-limbed figures exist in a unique
READ MORESeasons Of Change is one of our favourite series of shows here in Melbourne, and, now with the series into their second year, it’s still going strong, bringing graff infused art in all it’s glory to the southside Couple the strength of this series with the next “Summer” iteration this Friday night, which will be
READ MORETwo things that make us pay attention – exhibitions with graffiti artists, and new gallery launches – and Against The Grain has both of them. “Against the Grain’ is a group exhibition featuring the work of three Melbourne graffiti compadres Mr Muppetz, Dr Nox and Dirte Man. The extensive exhibition will showcase work on wood
READ MOREEvery time I see a show from Guido Van Helten, I want a teleporter. Wanting a teleporter isn’t anything new for me, but my want tends to increase for every show of Van Heltens that I see come up, that I can’t attend. Alas, this one is no exception – but, luckily for those in
READ MOREAs you may have read in the interview that we did with him just last week, ApeSeven has been one busy guy. One of the projects he has been working on for some time, is a large mural residency at Sydneys Damp Store and Gallery, it’s taken him a while, but the attention to detail
READ MOREWhen we first heard word that Faith 47 and DAL East would be coming to Oz to visit, we were pretty excited. Then, we heard that they would be doing a panel at Carbon Festival, we were even more so. Then we heard that they would be painting two massive murals in the heart of
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