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- Digital, Graphic Design, Illustration, Melbourne, Mixed Media, Painting, Photographs, Prints, Stencil Art, Toys
- December 5, 2011
MARCH RADNESS STRIKES THIS IS NOT A TOY STORE! AUSTRALIA’S TOY-ART COMMUNITY UNITES FOR FOUR EPIC GROUP SHOWS World-first toy-art retail concept This is Not a Toy Store is going all out this March with four consecutive group shows kicking off each Friday of the month. Dubbed ‘March Radness’, the series of group shows sees
READ MOREFrom the collective behind This Is Not A Toy Scene get ready for the ultimate new venture .. This Is Not A Toy Store!! For 3 years This Is Not A Toy Scene has been working with local creators to showcase a burgeoning designer toy scene, as seen in some of the most creative cities
READ MOREIts been a long lockdown for everyone, but finally the clouds are clearing and everything here in Melbourne is opening up! What better way to celebrate it all than to check out all the new pieces that some of Australias finest designer toy makers have been creating whilst hidden away in their workshops? These are
READ MORESo for some time now I’ve been documenting some of my toy methods and practices over at my YouTube channel – its been a fun thing to do, as I’ve always believed that knowledge shared is knowledge used. This time around, I decided to grab some of my friends at one of our regular “toy
READ MORE‘KAWS: Companionship in the Age of Loneliness’ comes to the NGV International this September for 6 months. New Jersey-born pop artist Brian Donnelly, a.k.a KAWS, is one of the most prolific artists of our generation. He is best known for his paintings, murals, large-scale sculptures, street art, and graphic and product design. Many people would
READ MOREGoodGuysNeverWin toy co. brings together their second installment of ‘This Is Not A Toy Scene’ to BSIDE Gallery this Aug / Sept. “The purpose of this exhibit is to kick-start a community of sculptors, toymakers, custom-bashers and other creators who might not have considered themselves artists until now. In a city that is the centre
READ MOREOur good mate E.L.K. (Luke Cornish) has been doing a hell of a lot of work in the last few years to advocate the plight of Syria’s children throughout the devastating civil war that’s been going on for way too long. Now,gathering together fiends and some of Australia’s finest street artists and others of that
READ MORENext Friday be sure to get along to “Never Ending” an amazing show put together by Creature Creature, I helped launch these guys in Melbourne by curating their first solo show “Bruiser” at Chaotic Gallery over two years ago, its been a pleasure to work with and watch these guys on their journey with their
READ MORETuesday night I headed down to ArtBoy Gallery in Prahran to check out Toy To The World – an annual fundraiser for the Victorian AIDS Council where a bundle of artists (so, so many this year) customise vinyl toys with their indubitable talents. There were more people at ArtBoy this year than I’ve ever see
READ MORETuesday night, 21st January 2014 sees the return of one of our favourite fund raising events – Toy To The World – an opportunity for artists from across Australia to customise a bunch of vinyl toys, and then submit them to to an auction for charity in order to raise funds for AIDS research. Last
READ MOREMan, I love custom toys and I love any kind of show that involves vinyl – the first show over at Espionage Gallery was a huge success, and they’re back at it again with Unboxed #2 tomorrow night!! “Following on from the highly popular Custom Munny exhibition Unboxed from 2012Espionage-Gallery Adelaide is proud to present
READ MORESo Chaotic Gallery in Prahran had their 1st show open last Friday, Creature Creature’s ‘BRUISER’, and it was a cracker! A great turnout and show. Curated by our resident photographer David Russell, shots by him too. Thanks Dave. Check out some shots of the work below. [nggallery id=286 display_type=photocrati-nextgen_pro_masonry]
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