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- April 4, 2011
It’s 2004, Melbourne, and things for the cities vibrant stencil art community are about to change. For many years the stencil was king – so much so that books were written, international websites spawned and a global movement eagerly watched the streets come alive in nooks and crannies with cut and sprayed works of art.
READ MOREFred Fowler has been bringing his own brand of creative, awesome madness to galleries across the country for many years, and yet this next show may be one of the best shows yet. Decorating the Apocalypse will show Fred in all his glory, at one of our favourite galleries in Melbourne – Backwoods Gallery. “Decorating
READ MOREAfter having interviewed Tom Civil last week, we were really keen to get down and check out his show at House Of Bricks in Collingwood. What we saw sure didn’t disappoint. Street art meets folk art meets new meets old. Somehow, Civil managed to merge the best of all forms with his own aesthetic, creating
READ MOREMelbourne is in for a treat this week, with the return of Tom Civil with his show “Long Story” at House Of Bricks in Collingwood. Tom Civil is a name known to most of those who follow the Australian street art scene, and his work across the years with social advocacy and his immediately recognisable,
READ MOREAnother awesome event within the Space Invaders banner comes this October, in conjunction with the Seniors Festival. A morning tea and live painting event hosted by TwoOne at the RMIT Gallery in Melbourne. “Drawing and crafting have been a part of his life for as long as he can remember. He gained an early interest
READ MORESpace Invaders is going strong, and the quality of interaction keeps coming, with the Street Art Seminar ‘Vandals or Vanguards?’ at RMIT Gallery in Melbourne. Moderator Jaklyn Babington, Eloise Peace, Sticky Institute and street artists Nails, Civil and Jumbo bring their expertise to us with this free event open to the public next Monday. Get
READ MOREThe upcoming Space Invaders exhibition is giving the public a chance to indulge their interests even further with a talk by the curator of the event Jaklyn Babington, Assistant Curator, International Prints, Drawings and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Australia. So book your seats, pack your lunch and get in some learning in – see
READ MOREIn something completely refreshed and promising, direct from the National Gallery of Australia, commissioned by and held at the RMIT University Gallery (Melbourne CBD), comes the travelling street art show‘Space Invaders’. After the success of its grand opening in Canberra last year, Space Invaders has been touring nationally, and now the showcase of Australian street
READ MOREWe love seeing news of any show from Vexta, and the neonic colour queen has another one coming up in Melbourne next week, and we’re all pretty excited to see what she has come up with. “Across Neon Nights captures fragments of that elusive moment when our dream world and wakeful realities collide by rendering
READ MOREOnce again its been a busy week in the lead up to the Xmas season – some last shows all over for different galleries, and a whole bunch of different events going on. This week we did a mini review of three shows, the A3 Small Art Show, that opened last week to a packed
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