http://www.invurt.com Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:52:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.invurt.com/2012/02/10/exhibition-lluis-fuzzhound-perth/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/02/10/exhibition-lluis-fuzzhound-perth/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:41:25 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=8403
Lluis Fuzzhound is a new name for us (which isn’t surprising, we see new names of artists on a daily basis), but we just saw that he’ll be having his first show in Perth coming up next week, and it looks like it’ll be a hell of a lot of fun. "Born in Spain in [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/02/10/exhibition-lluis-fuzzhound-perth/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/02/08/international-fuck-art-lush-preview-nyc/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/02/08/international-fuck-art-lush-preview-nyc/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:19:43 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=8370
Ever the traveller, Lush has hooked up with a bunch of other artists to put on a show at the Museum Of Sex (MoSex) in NYC. He sent us a bunch of pics from over there, a bit of an taste of what those of us here at home are missing out on … nsfw, [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/02/08/international-fuck-art-lush-preview-nyc/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/02/08/exhibition-da-mental-vaporz-le-venin-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/02/08/exhibition-da-mental-vaporz-le-venin-melbourne/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:15:11 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=8354
Are you ready for this? One of the worlds most renowned graffiti crews, DMV, will be heading down our way – next week in fact. If you’re lucky enough to be in Melbourne, you’ll be able to catch what is going to be one fucking amazing show at Prahrans RTIST Gallery. "February 2012: France is [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/02/08/exhibition-da-mental-vaporz-le-venin-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/02/07/exhibition-andy-thomas-synthetic-nature-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/02/07/exhibition-andy-thomas-synthetic-nature-melbourne/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:52:15 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=8330
Well, we love stuff that’s different, that’s probably pretty obvious, and we just saw this show at Kick Gallery, full of some fantastically weird and wonderful flora, from artist Andy Thomas . "Mixed-media artist Andy Thomas presents an extraordinary collection of intricate artworks, inspired by nature.Using a combination of digital technology and water colours, plants [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/02/07/exhibition-andy-thomas-synthetic-nature-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/02/06/exhibition-pennies-for-the-ferryman-sydney/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/02/06/exhibition-pennies-for-the-ferryman-sydney/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:46:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=8325
We saw this regretful news over at the Opening Hours and a few other places today – Kind Of Gallery, who in the past year have played host to a whole slew of great exhibitions, will be closing its doors until they find another space to display out of. "We are very sad to announce [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/02/06/exhibition-pennies-for-the-ferryman-sydney/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/02/02/exhibition-espionage-gallery-first-birthday-adelaide/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/02/02/exhibition-espionage-gallery-first-birthday-adelaide/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:15:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=8274
Has it really only been a year since Espionage opened up in Adelaide? The gallery feels like it’s been such a mainstay with event in South Australia over the past year that we could swear its always been there. Josh Smith and his crew have done amazing things for the art scene over there in [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/02/02/exhibition-espionage-gallery-first-birthday-adelaide/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/02/02/intercontinental-kyle-hughes-odgers-creepy-berlin/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/02/02/intercontinental-kyle-hughes-odgers-creepy-berlin/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:36:10 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=8254
Looking like all the international shows are starting to ramp up for the year, and we’ll cover whatever we see of Oz and NZ artists doing it large out in the world! First up for the year is a new solo show from Kyle Hughes-Odgers, affectionately and better know to all of you as Creepy. [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/02/02/intercontinental-kyle-hughes-odgers-creepy-berlin/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/02/01/exhibition-cheech-sanchez-girls-got-kicks-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/02/01/exhibition-cheech-sanchez-girls-got-kicks-melbourne/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:53:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=8231
This is one of those rare times we post up something about a photographic exhibition – but we have absolutely no qualms about this one. Girls Got Kicks looks to be not only a great night of entertainment, but there will be some luscious imagery from Cheech Sanchez of kicks and chicks, oh, and there’s [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/02/01/exhibition-cheech-sanchez-girls-got-kicks-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/31/exhibition-board-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/31/exhibition-board-melbourne/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:04:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/11/exhibition-board-melbourne/
All good things must come to an end, and BOARD will be closing up this coming weekend. Toby from Just Another Agency posted: "So it’s finally here! The end is neigh! Yep you’re reading right… ‘Board‘ is finally closing and to celebrate we are having a closing party on Friday 3rd February from 6pm! Head [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/31/exhibition-board-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/31/exhibition-worship-nothing-lo-fi-sydney/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/31/exhibition-worship-nothing-lo-fi-sydney/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:40:32 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=8211
We’re definitely well and truly into 2012 now, and Lo-Fi has already swung into action. This next show has a whole bunch of familiar names in it as it and explores a theme that engenders all forms of debate and opinion.  "Freedom of religion has given way for a departure from traditional religions to more [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/31/exhibition-worship-nothing-lo-fi-sydney/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/31/exhibition-miked-dermographic-perth/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/31/exhibition-miked-dermographic-perth/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:39:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=8206
These days, there are plenty of great shows on in Perth – and this year we’re betting that there’s going to be some crazy cool shit going on, like this one we saw the other day from tattoo, graff and illustrative artist Mike*D. We contacted Mike the other day to get a bit more of [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/31/exhibition-miked-dermographic-perth/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/30/exhibition-preview-bennett-sydney/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/30/exhibition-preview-bennett-sydney/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:38:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=8183
Sydney artist Bennett has been on our radar for some time – we actually interviewed him before his last show last year. He emailed us over the weekend with news of his next show that opens up this coming Saturday, "Can We Fly". We’re big fans of Bennetts multilayered work, in his interview he said [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/30/exhibition-preview-bennett-sydney/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/27/exhibition-sk8-katie-houghton-ward-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/27/exhibition-sk8-katie-houghton-ward-melbourne/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:21:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=8151
Artist and comic book creator extraordinaire Katie Houghton-Ward will be having her first show of the year, SK8, a collection of customised skateboards. The show will be held at Tetris studio, which has been making waves since opening up last year in the music and arts scene. "You are cordially invited to the opening of [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/27/exhibition-sk8-katie-houghton-ward-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/25/interview-niels-shoe-meulman/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/25/interview-niels-shoe-meulman/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:32:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=8094
Artist Niels "Shoe" Meulman (NSM) has pursued many different variations of creativity throughout his life; graffiti artist, calligrapher, advertiser and gallery owner – yet it may be now, brush in hand, that he has truly found his niche. Growing up in the Netherlands, Shoe picked up a spray can at the dawn of the graffiti [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/25/interview-niels-shoe-meulman/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/23/exhibition-love-the-robots-brisbane/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/23/exhibition-love-the-robots-brisbane/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:33:14 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=8032
Slightly off centre, yet still completely curious to those of us here who seek out new frontiers in art, we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to let you all know about this coming show up in Brisbane (Plus, if you’ve been following us for a while, you’ll know how much we fkn love robots!) Having [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/23/exhibition-love-the-robots-brisbane/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/23/exhibition-ryan-mcgennisken-morwell/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/23/exhibition-ryan-mcgennisken-morwell/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:49:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=7913
When we interviewed him last year, Ryan McGennisken had mentioned that he was working on a solo show – and now the time has come around! We’ve been enamoured of Ryans playful illustrations for a while now, and his work has been popping up for the past few yearsin group shows across Melbourne with some [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/23/exhibition-ryan-mcgennisken-morwell/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/20/exhibition-climate-change-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/20/exhibition-climate-change-melbourne/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:21:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=7925
Metro Gallery will be back in action later this month with their first group exhibition for the year. With an all star cast of some of their artists presenting a wide range of art based on a topic that usually never fails to get everyone all riled up – climate change. "A creative response to [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/20/exhibition-climate-change-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/20/exhibition-steve-cross-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/20/exhibition-steve-cross-melbourne/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:30:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=7979
The last time we caught some of Steve Cross work was at last years Twitching group show, alongside Ken Taylor, Bec Winnel and Alex Louisa. Come Monday, this Melbourne artist, who is also well known for his work through Korpus tattoo (and some of those mad Bliss n Eso album covers, amongst many other things), [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/20/exhibition-steve-cross-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/19/exhibition-my-2-cent-rena-littleson-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/19/exhibition-my-2-cent-rena-littleson-melbourne/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:46:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=7909
  When we interviewed Rena Littleson last last year, we had a feeling that whatever she came up with next was going to be as crazily cool as her previous projects, and My 2 Cent$ doesn’t disappoint! "You may remember a time when I was the 9 to 5 Arti$t $idekick to Mr Devil himself. [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/19/exhibition-my-2-cent-rena-littleson-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/19/exhibition-5050-brisbane/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/19/exhibition-5050-brisbane/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:26:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=7707
We do love ourselves a good fundraising show, yet when it comes with a list of 50 artists, and fifty pieces of artworks, with some of Australias best on board – that especially gets us on the cheer-it-on bandwagon. "50/50 is a fundraiser exhibition bringing together emerging mid-career and developing artists. These artists donate their [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/19/exhibition-5050-brisbane/feed/ 1 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/18/exhibition-caitlin-rigby-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/18/exhibition-caitlin-rigby-melbourne/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:19:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=7852
"This Path We’re On" will be the first solo show from artist Caitlin Rigby in over five years, and we just couldn’t be happier to see it come up! "I will be exhibiting a range of my paintings from 2009, 2010 and 2011, some works have never been exhibited before." For us, having only seen [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/18/exhibition-caitlin-rigby-melbourne/feed/ 1 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/18/exhibition-the-conservatorium-project-perth/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/18/exhibition-the-conservatorium-project-perth/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:38:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=7905
There’s a new creative space in P-town, and next week they’ll be holding their very first show. As an Artist Run Initiative (ARI), Paper Mountain has set up home in the hub of creative Northbridge, and looks to have a promising future ahead of it. The first show looks pretty intriguing! "The Conservatorium is a [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/18/exhibition-the-conservatorium-project-perth/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/16/exhibition-french-brisbane-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/16/exhibition-french-brisbane-melbourne/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:32:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=7838
There are two great exhibitions coming up over the next few weeks by one great artist – French. Hitting both Nine Lives Gallery in Brisbane as well as Backwoods Gallery in Melbourne, French brings forth a world of fantastical, and at times macabre, imagery with deft and texturally inked precision. "The artist by the name [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/16/exhibition-french-brisbane-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/16/exhibition-maya-hayuk-kyle-ranson-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/16/exhibition-maya-hayuk-kyle-ranson-melbourne/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:49:59 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=7814
It seems that last weekend Sugar Mountain festival has spawned an extra special treat for Melbourne art lovers – in the form of a duo show featuring Brooklyns Maya Hayuk and San Franciscan Kyle Ranson. Having produced some work for and at the festival, they will be aiming to display a selection of their works [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/16/exhibition-maya-hayuk-kyle-ranson-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/13/exhibition-hindu-tattoo-sydney/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/13/exhibition-hindu-tattoo-sydney/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:58:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=7745
  Though we don’t usually cover too many photographic exhibitions (as we’ve said before, there are plenty of sites out there that cover photography and do it way better than we could) but every so often we do make exceptions – and Hindu Tattoo at Sydnetys Lo-Fi is one of these. "Hindu Tattoo is the [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/13/exhibition-hindu-tattoo-sydney/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/13/gallery-opening-exhibition-punk-milk-frankston/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/13/gallery-opening-exhibition-punk-milk-frankston/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:40:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=7741
There’s a new gallery opening up down in Frankston (VIC) tonight, and it looks like it’s going to be a great addition to the area. The event hails itself as a "A Community Exhibition of Artists from all over Melbourne coming together for a special event the official opening of the new kid in town [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/13/gallery-opening-exhibition-punk-milk-frankston/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/12/exhibition-urban-scrawl-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/12/exhibition-urban-scrawl-melbourne/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:23:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=7749
It’s been a while since Kaff-eine and Precious Littles last large scale outing at the Fibre Femmes group show and this time around not only teamed up together again, but they have combined forces with two heavy weights in Melbournes burgeoning light art world, Blacklodge and Tigtab. A part of Melbournes Midsumma Festival, Urban Scrawl [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/12/exhibition-urban-scrawl-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/11/exhibition-betwixt-beyond-adelaide/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/11/exhibition-betwixt-beyond-adelaide/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:52:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=7751
Espionage Gallery in Adelaide had a great first year last year, and we are really excited to see what they have in store for 2012 – and after having received news of their first group show this year, Betwixt & Beyond, in the mail yesterday we’re doubly excited. "Join 6 local artists on Thursday the [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/11/exhibition-betwixt-beyond-adelaide/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/10/exhibition-owen-dippie-nz/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/10/exhibition-owen-dippie-nz/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:14:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=7703
Some of the more stunning aerosol portraits we’ve seen over the years have been those done by kiwi artist Owen Dippie – there is no doubt in our mind that he is totally up there with the best of the best. Having travelled the world painting up figures such as KRS 1, Nas, Tupac, Jean-Michel [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/10/exhibition-owen-dippie-nz/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/09/exhibition-underway-is-the-only-way-gold-coast/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/09/exhibition-underway-is-the-only-way-gold-coast/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:14:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/09/exhibition-underway-is-the-only-way-gold-coast/
What better way to start off the New Year than with a massive bulkload of great artists from across Australia, all wrapped up neatly in a sunny locale, surrounded by some of the best Australian and international tattoo artists? Well, that’s what Surf’n'Ink promises and the accompanying exhibition, Underway is the Only Way, curated by [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/09/exhibition-underway-is-the-only-way-gold-coast/feed/ 2 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/09/exhibition-toonarama-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/09/exhibition-toonarama-melbourne/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:12:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/09/exhibition-toonarama-melbourne/
The annual Melbourne Midsumma festival is coming up fast, and alongside this twenty four year old annual celebration of gay, lesbian, bi, trans, intersex and queer arts, we’ve come to expect an amazing array of creative shows and events across its program. This year is jam packed full of great displays, not least of which [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/09/exhibition-toonarama-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/09/exhibition-marvel-street-art-event-rtist-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/09/exhibition-marvel-street-art-event-rtist-melbourne/#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:41:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/09/exhibition-marvel-street-art-event-rtist-melbourne/
Can we get a fuck yeah!? Really, the language is justified, even given this is an all ages event, it’s pretty much what we said when we first heard about it, and then said again when we saw the flyer for it. Marvel vs street art, all at RTIST Gallery? As massive comic fans and [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/09/exhibition-marvel-street-art-event-rtist-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/08/snapshots-blender-xmas-party-exhibition/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/08/snapshots-blender-xmas-party-exhibition/#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 11:21:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/08/snapshots-blender-xmas-party-exhibition/
Welcome to 2012 all! We’ve had a pretty restful break – lots of painting and a few ciders here and there and a hell of a lot of relaxing and doing absolutely nothing – just what we needed!! So, catching up on a bit of a backlog, we have a whole heap of snapshots to [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/08/snapshots-blender-xmas-party-exhibition/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/15/exhibition-pop-up-migrants-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/15/exhibition-pop-up-migrants-melbourne/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:42:11 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/15/exhibition-pop-up-migrants-melbourne/
Every so often we see an exhibition that doesn’t fit into out "yes that fits" category, but its too appealing and intriguing to not mention – and that what we thought when we saw the email about "Pop Up Migrants" Complete with its own manifesto, the Pop Up Migrants exhibition will showcase a whole slew [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/15/exhibition-pop-up-migrants-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/15/exhibition-allusive-collections-goldcoast/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/15/exhibition-allusive-collections-goldcoast/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:19:59 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/15/exhibition-allusive-collections-goldcoast/
This looks like a great group show! Allusive Collections is "a collaborative project featuring a variety of artists using clothing as a canvas. Our vision is to promote new artists and the capacity for creative genius. Allusive collections designs have T- shirt ranges that are offering both commercial cut T-shirts as well as scoop neck [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/15/exhibition-allusive-collections-goldcoast/feed/ 0