Snapshots - Heesco - Mongo Hustle
- Art, Photographs
- April 4, 2011
After 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 MOREAsk a group of people to give a top ten list of Australian artists who produce the styles of art we love, and Ghostpatrol is almost guaranteed to be in each list. From his foundations as a street artist, to his remarkable gallery work and installations, Ghostpatrol is a humble, dynamic artist whose incessant creativity
READ MOREIt was almost dark by the time I found the number, the only indication of any type of habitation was in the form of a non-decrepit steel door all stickered, tagged and signed with various recognisable marks – names, logos,characters, and, of course, the stylised, almost runic arrangements of TwoOnes familiar font.
READ MOREWell, its been a pretty rough last two or three weeks here – fighting off a massive flu, followed by a super-resistant infection of plague proportions, coupled with some dodgy bastard breaking in to the office at a friends bar and stealing my laptop (privacy be damned, they have him on CCTV, give me a
READ MOREWow, what a weekend for art in Melbourne. Its a testament to both the popularity of the work coming out of here, as well as the hard work of all the artists, that several large events were able to be held on the one night with full crowds and interested fans at each. Some, like
READ MOREThere are a lot of great books on the market these days that deal with Street Art, and the past handful of years has seen upsurge in their popularity, mirroring the ever growing fascination that people have with the artists that participate. From small print runs of artist designed books, such as Dabs Myla’s recent
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