Snapshots - Heesco - Mongo Hustle
- Art, Photographs
- April 4, 2011
*****Due to the COVID-19 outbreak and strict guidelines, sadly ROA’s exhibition wasn’t seen by many people. Backwoods Gallery did open the show but by appointment only and with very limited numbers. You can check out this dope video put together by Byron Boman Kehoe, Michael Hurren and Trevor Holcomb showing off his amazing exhibition to
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 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 MOREWhilst ROA was here in Melbourne, like last time, he spent much of his time and gained much of his inspiration at Healesville Sanctuary. [nggallery id=503 display_type=photocrati-nextgen_pro_masonry gallery_width=500] For anyone not familiar with the sanctuary, Healesville Sanctuary is a not-for-profit conservation organisation dedicated to fighting wildlife extinction through breeding and recovery programs for threatened species and
READ MOREDavid Russell and I were lucky enough to spend the last 2 weeks or so watching this incredible show evolve. ROA arrived a few weeks ago now, and as soon as he did, like a Bower Bird, started collecting bits and pieces for his nest, or his canvases ;) Just like Bower Birds to a
READ MOREGood friend and one of my all time street art heroes, ROA is back in Melbourne for his latest show at Backwoods Gallery – HIC SVNT DRACONES. Myself and David Russell have been lucky enough to spend a lot of time in the studio with ROA, watching him construct his canvases, research his subjects and
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 MORETwo years ago, Dean Sunshine released his first book, Land Of Sunshine – one of the best photographic documentations of Melbourne street art that has come out over the past few years. Now, following on from the success of the first edition, comes a new book, Street Art Now – bigger, better and full of
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 MOREIt’s been a few months since Fletch, Dean and I got back from Perth for PUBLIC. What an awesome weekend it was. The guys at FORM have just shared this great video by Chad Peacock with a great wrap up of the event. It’s a great reminder of the weekend. FORM has also put together
READ MOREWith the amazing PUBLIC event already started, we’ve already got some coverage happening of all the shit thats going down over in Perth before we all arrive later in the week. A whole bunch of artists have already started making their mart on the city, with Phibs, The Yok, Sheryo, Phlegm, Roa, Maya Hayuk Stormie
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