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- Art, Photographs
- April 4, 2011
Last Wednesday saw the opening of Cheeks’ solo debut, Now or Never, at The Butcher Shop in Perth. Now or Never was packed with Cheeks’ recognisable cast of weird and stylised characters using a pallet of loud colours. I particularly loved her use of pizzas and cat skulls as a reoccurring block pattern. Someone needs
READ MORECheeks has been on the Perth scene since around 2010, exhibiting primarily in a group exhibition setting. ‘Now or Never’ is the first solo exhibition for this young artist, and I can’t wait to see how she’s going to construct the show. Cheeks has such a weird imagination and coupled with her solid execution, ‘Now
READ MOREMan, you have no idea how much I fkn loved seeing this show pop up on my radar!!! When I first got interested and started doing graff back in the early 90s, Biz was one of the kings – and, almost two decades on from then, he is still, in my mind, still ranked as
READ MORESometimes when you’re travelling you are just in the right place at the right time – luckily for me thats happened during my visit here to NYC. Amongst that fortune was being able to catch up with The Yok and Sheryo last week in the lead up to their opening, and, of course, being able
READ MOREWhen Sean Morris put together the remarkable group show “Lets Go, Magic Weirdos” at Paper Mountain in Perth, we had no idea that it would have a sequel – but it does, and this time it will be held in London! Lets Go, Magic Weirdos is succeeded by the brilliantly curated Magic Weirdos Never Die
READ MOREWe’ve been hot on the trail of Paul Deej’s work for quite some time – we interviewed him way back in 2010 and since then he has had some damn fine shows. This time, Deej hits Kerb Gallery in Perth for what may be his best yet – Harlequins. “On Saturday the 27th of April,
READ MOREA few weeks back, we were invited to Oz Comic-Con in Perth . Having never been to a comic/fantasy/sci-fi convention, I wasn’t too sure what to expect. Comics are awesome, so why had I not been to a Oz Comic-Con before? I guess I thought this would be an event for hardcore science fiction fans
READ MOREThere aint nothing like a Seasons Of Change show down at Revolver – for the past two years this quarterly exhibition has been a stalwart favourite of ours. The most recent show saw some of Australia’s top graffiti lasses get together for a one night only expose of their work – and it was yet
READ MOREThe next instalment in Revolver’s Seasons of Change series ‘Plain Mrs’ by HKC. UGH. LMR Union is on this Friday the 1st of March at 6-9pm. Looking forward to seeing what the Autumn show has to offer! Some more from the press release! “Friday 1 March from 6-9pm for one night only. Brought to you
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 MOREWe’ve followed Perth artist Sean Morris for quite some time (we interviewed him last year, as well), as he’s tripped around the world and put his brand of magical weirdosity out into the world, loving ever bit of it we’ve seen. Be Sweet, Deadbeat will be the first time that Sean has held a solo
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