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At Large Gallery continue their run of great shows, and next up is the duo-show from Melbourne artists ADi and Craig Poore.

“In their upcoming show “Beautiful Strange’, artists Craig Poore and ADiexamine the beautiful as strange and the strange as beautiful. Our thoughts of the visual world are blurred by our perceptions. ‘Beautiful Strange’ invites us to challenge these ideas.

Through his emotive and engaging oil paintings, Craig Poore captures the startling ‘beauty’ found within the female form.The narrative is alluring, dreamy and at times melancholic. Clown fish appear from the tangled trestles of an underwater goddess, the heart’s despair from a girl’s deep and longing stare.

In contrast, ADi invents opposing ideas of beauty with his imaginative and hypnotic illustrative style. He embraces the uniquely ’strange’ by creating a world enchanted by mystery. The imagery is unexpected, intriguing and symbolic and the technique executed with exacting precision.”

Both artists produce strikingly beautiful work in defined, recognisable styles – and its great to see them teaming up to present a juxtaposed show that manages to adhere to a cohesive, beautifully strange theme.

Check the At Large website for more information, as well as Adi’s website and blog.

Who: Craig Poore & ADi
What: Beautiful Strange – Duo show
Where: At Large Gallery, 208 High Street, Northcote
When: Opens Friday 6th August, 6pm – 9pm. Show runs until August 19th.

Well, 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 photo of the fucker!) with a hell of a lot of stuff that hadn’t (stupid, stupid I should know so much better) been backed up … so, forgive me for having been a bit light on updates and such here, but hopefully after this weekend things will be  back on track again …

Coming up tonight, don’t forget that Meggs has his solo exhibition at the new Backwoods gallery, which, incidental, is also the opening show for itself – looks funky.

New week, Wooden Foundations will be opening, and the show is shaping up to look amazing – I was hoping to get up a great feature last week with Twoone to couple with this show, but, alas, thats correct – its being re-written (did I mention how much I hate thieves?) – at least I still have all the notes and photos! Don’t forget to check out the Wooden Foundations blog (which has some pretty amazing stuff on it) to keep up on what they’re doing in the next week.

At Large Gallery is currently also running the Northern Exposure Group Exhibition – I managed to drag my pestilent carcass out to that last Friday for a little while, and the quality of the work there is second to none – a wide range of styles and a high degree of talent on show. Theres some awesome photos of the show and the opening up as well – this is running until next weekend.

We also saw that Reka has a new exhibition in the works, no details yet, but make sure you keep up both here and on his blog for more details coming on that.

Don’t forget also to pick up a copy of Street|Studio, I had plenty of time whilst on the couch the past two weeks to read it cover to cover, and I have to say that not only was it informative, but all kinds of inspirational. They’re actually launching it in London (And Brissy, Adelaide and Sydney), over the next month), and I know theres a few of you that read this blog from those spots, so go and check it out if you’re keen.

Thats pretty much whats going on at the moment, but stay tuned for more events, interviews and general other shit – and hopefully the plague has now passed and I can get on with giving you regular news and shit on whats going on.

Ez.

With Corrosive Thoughts closing up this Thursday (Go see it while its still up – great show), the At Large crew will then be hastily setting up their second huge group exhibition this Friday.

Anyone who was at the first opening group show know that this will be just another repeat of an awesome night, and those who didn’t, this is your chance to get down and check it out and be a part of the revelry. Its in conjunction with the Northern Exposure festival in Northcote, so there will be a bunch of other openings on the night, great chance to see a wide range of different stuff.

“In a similar fashion to our first opening show, the small gallery will be jampacked with affordable and awesome new works from local, interstate and international artists. Our biggest show yet with well over 20 artists, work will range from prints, paintings, illustrations, stencils, photographic, sculptural andaerosol pieces!! With the opening of other art shows along High St on the same night, Northern Exposure is a unique art feast for anyone who loves being immersed in art!”

Who: Adnate, Amy Eating Apples, Andy Mai Mai, Adi, Ben Aitken, Bradley Sheather, Dilly, Drab, Floh, Guz, Jest, Jak Rapmund, Jason Howe(Syd), KA’a(Paris), Lucy, Makatron, Milf, Mishap, Nicole Tattersall, Phillipa Crisp, Poise, Rachee Renee, Rena Littleson, Sear, Sparcs, Sim2, Tod Walker photography and heaps more!!!
What: Northern Exposure Group Show
Where: At Large Gallery, 208 High Street, Northcote
When: Opening Friday 18th June @ 6pm, show runs until 2nd July

Check out the At Large website for more info on this and other upcoming shows.

Wow, 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 myself, with a bit of liquid assistance, managed to make it to all several events – so heres a bit of a recap – I’m no photographer, but we did manage to capture some good ones here and there!

Warning – contains cool art, great crowds and obligatory blood spattered zombies …

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At Large plays host to its next group exhibition in early June, with the upcoming Corrosive Thoughts featuring Ryan Richter, Bradley Sheather and Ben Aitken.

Get on down to the show and support fantastic emerging artists at a great gallery.

Who: Ryan Richter, Bradley Sheather and Ben Aitken.
What: Corrosive Thoughts group exhibition
Where: At Large Gallery, 108 High Street, Northcote
When: Opening Friday June 4th 6pm til 10pm, show runs until June 18th

Check out the facebook event page and the At Large website for more details.

There’s already a beer in my hand by the time I catch sight of him – it’s Friday afternoon and the bar I’m in, e55, is near-full, and the crowd is drinking their shit away in preparation of the night to come. He’s sitting down in the back corner, and I notice that he already has a jug in front of him, notebook out, writing away – plotting and listing whatever number of things an artist needs to get done in the week before their second solo exhibition.

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Having already held his first solo exhibition last year, as well as having contributed to an ever growing number of group exhibitions, Melbourne artist Simz is set to release his second solo Show at the At Large gallery in Northcote

With Mecha Graffical, Simz once again delves into his “gloomy, mecha, cyber [art] with a dark outlook for the future” and will be presenting pieces containing all the gritty futurism that he is well known for. Having followed Simz work for some time, we’re betting safe money on a stack of great work being shown come April 23rd.

Who: Simz
What: Mecha Graffical – Solo Exhibition
Where: At Large Gallery, 208 High St Northcote 3070
When: Opening 6pm – 9pm, Friday April 23rd. Show runs until 7th May.

Ever with the innovation, At Large gallery are presenting a new show in the form of SLAPSTICK. With a bit of a difference, art will be produced on the day, and placed on to panels, wherein afterwards people can win pieces of the panels created – great idea, and sounds like a lot of fun.

In the words of the At Large crew:

“Join us on a Saturday afternoon for a few hours of chilling and jamming!! BYO stencils and paint, pasties and brushes, markers, stickers. We are inviting everyone to come and cover panels inside our gallery for two hours between 2-4pm with whatever they want.

Basic materials like glue and brushes will be provided but pre-prep anything that can’t be done on the spot.

The Opening Reception will be that evening from 7-9pm. Drinks available and raffle run to win parts of the created wall.

This is a profit free event, intended as a culture jam for all interested so come down and support the growing wheat-paste, sticker, stencil revolution.. No throw ups or big spray pieces as we are a small space and do not have proper ventilation to allow for this, also we want to focus on other elements of street art for this particular show.

Entry to both the day jam and opening reception are FREE and all are welcome!!!”

When:  Saturday 20th March, Indoor Jam 2pm, Exhibition 7pm

Where: At Large Gallery, 208 High Street, Northcote

See the At Large Website for more details on this event!

Also check out the facebook page for the event and the At Large website for more info.

Its ladies month in the Burn-city scene, and next up on the ranks after this weeks My Girls exhibition is a tie in event from the crew over at Sketch City, Ladys Love Sketch City. Looks to be an awesome-fun gig.

“Sketch city is a regular event celebrating Melbourne’s amazing creativity, where we invite the public to our warehouse in Northcote where you can meet other artists, network and paint, draw and collaborate on any surface in the place. We invite feature street artists to come paint up the walls and demo their styles, alongside bands, DJs, dancers and any other creative concepts we find happening in this great city.

We will be celebrating Melbourne’s female creatives by bringing them together for a day of music, art, dance and film. See live painting by Melbourne’s best female artists and musicians with their unique blend of interactive live art and hip hop. For the funnest creative experience ever check out the film by Joske and theFemale Breakers, while loading up on comps, giveaways and all the art materials and wall space you’ll ever need!! This event is all ages until 7PM with big kids only after that to party on all night.”

Who: Poise, Joske, Isis, Sear, Inkle, Mishap, Miss Riz, Nicole Tattersall, Maria Rozalia Finna, Snookie and Montassj
Music: Mz Rizk, Cutluce, Taka Co, MC Pash, Toasters Boutique, Lotus, Muma Doesa and Joske
What: ‘Ladies Luv’ Sketch City
Where: Dazzleland Studios, 25 Eastment St, Northcote
When: 13 March @ 4pm onwards

Also, keep an eye out in the next week or so for an interview with the Sketch City crew …  and why not take a look at the event page on facebook and Sketch Citys website whilst you’re waiting ..

Via We Make Stuff Good

Sounds like the girls from over at We Make Stuff Good (who are totally rad), are putting together an event to celebrate the opening of their new online store – these girls have done some very cool stuff recently,  so get down and support them in their endeavours if you can

“The girls from We Make Stuff Good have been behind recent street art and cultural events such as Don’t Ban the Can, We Make Stuff Good Street Art and Bar Tours,  Sketch City and street art exhibitions at the We Make Stuff Good Gallery in Berlin.

Who: Rachee Stuff, Krystal Stuff, Cammy Stuff, Verona Stuff, Ania Stuff
What: Gallery Opening Night of ‘My Girls’
Where: Dazzleland Studios 25 Eastment St, Northcote. Tram line 86, stop 31.
When: March 5 2010, 6pm. Works also on display at the ‘Ladies Luv’ Sketch City March 13, 4pm.”

Via We Make Stuff Good

The guys from At Large Gallery have another exhibition coming up this Friday the 19th of February in the form of 3rd Degree, A group show of new works by three of Melbourne’s upcoming artists: Sink, Ikin and Mupz.

Opening Reception from 8-10pm, and it will be sponsored by Holgate so get down early for a free brew and what’s sure to be an exciting art collaboration!

At Large is located at 208 High Street in Northcote.

Exhibition Runs Until the 4th March if you can’t make it to the opening,  theres some great shows being put on by this relatively new gallery, so go check it out.

Some friends of mine, Brian Simms and Jaz Miu are opening a gallery in Northcote this Saturday, so please feel free to come and check it out – the following is from their facebook invitation:

“AFTER MONTHS OF SLAVERY HARD WORK AND HELP FROM SOME OF YOU BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE, OUR PROJECT, AT LARGE GALLERY IS FINALLY OPENING ITS DOORS TO THE PUBLIC!
Kicks off with a huge group show of 25 street and illustrative melbourne artists, 4 live graffers painting our massive brick wall outside, dope dj’s spinning dub, hiphop and specially crafted beats, and a visual montage projection of the city we know and love from 6-9.

Official Opening 6-9pm Saturday 20th June.
After party closed to public.
The group show is up for 3 weeks till 11 JULY.

free wine and nibblies, and cupcakes courtesy of anita and cheap beer at the bar.

come git. it. on. and help us celebrate this awesome thing to support beats and art.”

… yes, I will be showing a piece in the exhibition and theres some really amazing work in it from a diverse range of street artists