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Sydney-siders beware as China Heights Gallery has come well prepared tonight! Chris Town’s new solo show ‘Randy Credit Ruins Daily Contrast’ will be in full swing!

“My latest body of work is made up of two parts. The first are works that combine found object assemblage with painting in gouache. In doing so, I am attempting to illustrate the contrast between a natural world, comprised of the pure, joyous hues of an organic landscape and the urban world, dominated by the grey grime of pollution, where rubbish skirts our ankles at every turn. The seed for these works germinated during two visits to China in 2010. It was in Beijing that I was struck by a city so incredibly polluted and seemingly steeped in an eternal ‘overcast’ state. In stark contrast to this, was the advertising, where packaging was soaked with such intense colours; perhaps a bizarre attempt to fool people into thinking they do not live in this intensely polluted world.

The second are works derived from my daily observations of printed media. Imbued with humour and irony, these works poke fun at, mock, and revel in the daily servings of manipulation the media expels. By choosing an image and placing a seemingly unrelated, hand-painted, headline against it, each works assemblage creates a new, singular narrative; intended to entice, inflame and repel.

These two bodies of work, when placed side-by-side in all their aesthetic contrast, form a visual commentary on what my world has become…" – Says Chris

Come see the show and get into this astutely observant, progressive art that is both pleasing to the eye as it is to the mind.

Heaps of cool stuff posted up everywhere this week, hard to know where to start, but we’ll just put it out as it comes … hope you are enjoying your Saturday morning off work (and for those who are working, commiserations!)

Safehouse Studio Opening @ Dangerfork

We got down a bit late, but the Safehouse Studio Opening show was complete win – we can’t wait to see what these guys come up with next! Saw these over at Dangerfork …

Check out all the pics on the Dangerfork website, and theres some over at Dean Sunshines site too.

Twist & Amaze @ The Opening Hours

That purveyor of cool, and one of our favourite blogs, The Opening Hours, posted up some great pics of the new Twist and Amaze pieces in Sydney – totally dope.

Check out all the pics on The Opening Hours website.

Sirum @ Prahran & Swan Hill

We were leaving our studios the other day and were stoked to see a new piece by Sirum adorning the recently opened Smith, on High street in Prahran. Absolutely fkn gorgeous.

Check more pics here.

Sirum also recently hit the country recently, and did a bunch of workshops and a revitalisation of the Swan Hill George Lay Park – heaps of awesome photos from this, and some really great work.

Two sets of pics of both the workshops and the George Lay Park wall were posted up – here, and here. Also check out the Komplex Graphix website for info if you need any walls painted for your business.

Phibs @ The Standard

LoFis space transformed into The Standard, and they posted up a bunch of pics of Phibs doing some work, as well as their opening night.

Head to the LoFi website to see all the pics from the opening night!

Phibs @ The Opening Hours

The Opening Hours also posted up a heap of photos from Phibs latest show “Journey” – like them, we absolutely love the installation – looks like it was a great show!

Check out all the pics from the show over at The Opening Hours

Young & Free @ Ironlak @ Everfresh @ 941Geary

Probably the biggest slew of photos to come out this week were those from over in San Francisco, where a huge contingent of Australian street artists converged for the Young & Free exhibition. It was an important show, and one of the biggest Oz contingent ever to hit an overseas location, and was an amazing showcase of some great artists from across the Australian street art scene. …

New2, Mike Giant, and SleazyMcCheesy sent these pics to Ironlak who posted them up, you can see all of those here.

Everfresh threw a whooooleeee bunch of images and such up on their Tumblr (they unfortunately had a couple of issues with images in the past week, all seems to be fixed now though). Some absolutely mad work in it.

You can see all of the images over at Everfresh’s Tumblr site.

Lastly, the gallery where Young & Free was held, 941Geary, have been following the artists since they arrived, and have not only put up several posts of the installation process, but also a bunch of images from the street.

Part 1 of the install, and Part 2 of the install are at 941Geary.com.

That pretty much caps off this weeks roundup of pics from across the blogosphere, enjoy the rest of your weekend, and, if you have anything you’d like for us to cover in this section, just send us through the deets!

Next Sunday, Leichardt, New South Wales will be home to a rare event , the open house of the newly named Higher Ground (formerly Stupidkrap) studio! Fans will have the chance to take a look at the inner sanctum of street artists at work.

“After 12 months in operation, the newly named Higher Ground Studio will be opening it’s door to the public for one day only. You are invited to come and explore the studios and view current works in progress by some of Sydney’s finest low brow artists. Join us for an afternoon drink, play some pool and possibly jump at the chance to purchase unseen works directly from the artists."

Beast Man, Max Berry, Numskull, Phibs, Birdhat, Bennet, Tom Ferson, Mark Alsweiler and Ears, will be sharing their space with the public and we couldn’t be more excited!

 
Who: Beastman, Max Berry, Numskull, Bennet, Phibs, Birdhat, Mark Alsweiler, Tom Ferson,  and Ears
What: Street art collective open studio
Where: 251 Parramatta Rd, Annandale, Sydney, NSW
When: Sunday 28th August, 12pm til 4pm

Check out the new Higher Ground Studios website and the Facebook event page for more info.

This Thursday, at Global Gallery, a Gala Art Auction will be held.
This exciting event comprising of almost 150 works by top-shelf local and international artists from a wide range of mediums and styles including street and urban art!

With artist listing including; Banksy, Shepard Fairely, STATIC, Charles Blackman, Ben Frost and Jasper Knight, this auction is the perfect opportunity to swing a few bargains of the highest quality!
Weather you’re just a beginner aficionado, or an experienced art collector, there is something for everyone.

“This concept of fusing of an auction into a more relaxed gallery atmosphere gets away from the stuffiness of the traditional auction house, putting some fun and excitement into buying art at a more accessible hour.

The evening will also be raising funds and awareness for Mission Australia’s Youth Initiative scheme and live painting on the night by local artist Justin Feuerring with the results being auctioned off and proceeds donated to this great cause.”

A wicked night for all, get down and take a look or put up a paddle and get your favourite piece under the hammer just for you!

Who: Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Matt Toomey, Marsha 2026, STATIC, 069 and Pure Evil, Martin Sharp, Ben Frost, Ha Ha, Simon Lovelace, Adam Cullen, Charles Blackman, Ears, Doug Bartlett, Anthony Lister, David Bromley, Phil James, Dennis Ropar, Leunig, Jasper Knight, Will Coles, Nick Morris, Justin Feuerring, Zhong Chen, China de la Vega and many more.
What: Gala Art Auction
Where: Global Gallery – 5 Comber St, Paddington, NSW
When: Thursday 18th August reviews from 10.00am, drinks and registration from 5:00pm, and the auction kicks off at 7:00pm sharp.

For more information on the auction and a preview of the pieces check out the auctioneers site and Gallery site!

Japanese street and sportswear brand Onitsuka Tiger have dropped their 2011 Australian Spring/Summer collection nation wide.
In celebration, this Friday, The Lightbulb Lounge Room will be hosting a ‘one night only’ exhibition of “Australian Creatives” presented by Onitsuka Tiger!

“This special exhibition of works by Australian creatives currently based in Japan, aims to showcase Australia’s unique cultural and creative ties with Onitsuka Tiger’s home-nation of Japan.”

With showing artists including; Angelina Fong Lim, Mark Drew, Oliver Georgiou, Hello Sandwich and Denny Stocks, this exciting show will coincide with the launch of the brand itself in the form of an installation.

If dwelling in Sydney have a gander at this awesome exhibition, and if you are interesting in purchasing some wicked wears to strut the street, check out the Onituska Tiger website!

Who: Angelina Fong Lim, Mark Drew, Oliver Georgiou, Hello Sandwich and Denny Stocks.
What: Onitsuka Tiger Presents: Gaikokujin
Where: The Lightbulb Loungeroom: 58 Wallis Parade, North Bondi, NSW
When: Show opens 19th August from 6pm til 9pm, for one night only.

Check out this great interview over at Acclaim Mag with Oliver Georgiou, one of the artists, as well as the Onituska Tiger website.

We just saw this great show over at the fantastic Opening Hours site – Max Berry and Ears will both be opening shows at the Harrison Gallery in Paddington, Sydney next month – and this is just another time we wish we had a teleporter – serious, Kurzweil, get someone on to that, yeah?

“’Passenger’ – Max Berry’s latest exhibition ‘Passenger’ presents a series of paintings, jewellery and toys that reveals an imaginary world in flux.  Caught in moments of introverted retrospection and transcendence Berry’s figures consider the relationship between, the actual and the spiritual, agency and fate, life and death, and the passage between these states.

‘The Grid’  – The latest exhibition by Daniel O’Toole, otherwise known as ‘Ears’, investigates and deconstructs the formalist approach to portrait painting. With a background in graffiti Ears has been making a transition to studio artist that has allowed for an engaging body of large canvas works.  ‘The Grid” is a study of the uniform, identity and the conditions in which they exist.”

Two great artists, two great shows, one great roof.

Who: Max Berry & Ears
What: Passenger & The Grid solo shows
Where: HArrison GAlleries, 294 Glenmore Road, Paddington, NSW
When: Shows open 5pm til 7pm, Saturday June 18th

Check out our interviews with Max Berry and Ears, their websites, and the Harrison Gallery website for more info.

Okay, so this looks cool – I remember a great exhibition that was done with vinyl back at Per Square Metre, and that one was amazing. This show will be held over two galleries, which just goes to show how many pieces that are in it, so if you’re in Sydney and want to see a great collection of work on this much loved musical medium check it out.

“Medium: Vinyl is Hardware Gallery’s annual celebration of art, music and the vinyl record. Artists have been invited to paint, etch, print, sculpt onto a vinyl record, transforming a much loved and familiar disc of music into something visually wonderful.

2011 is the biggest year so far, with 180 artworks in the exhibition and over 50 more showing across the road at Plump Gallery. Artists from every state in Australia and right across the globe have heard the call and embraced the vinyl. The medium is a modern icon, an antique,a collectable, an object to be recycled and a piece of art itself creating many considerations for the artists to respond to, visually and symbolically. As usual, the challenge of working outside the comfort zone has pushed artists to deliver their best.”

Who: Between 150-200 artists, and way too many to list (okay, so theres no list just yet!)
What: Medium: Vinyl group show (Vinyl based exhibition)
Where: Hardware Gallery, 263 Enmore Road, Enmore, NSW & Plump Gallery, 240 Enmore Road, Enmore
When: Show opens 20th May 6pm til 10pm, and runs until 11th June

Check out the Medium: Vinyl blog here for more details on the show and artists involved, as well as sneak peeks! Also check out the Hardware gallery website – oh, and Plump gallery!

We love work with a difference, and this one grabbed us instantly. With an intriguing take on the ancient art of puppetry, injecting it with a modern dose of creative and urbanity, Gemma Lark brings us the opening of her new solo show at Oh Really Gallery, [Strings Attached].

“A twisted tango into the world of knotted heart-strings, counterpoints and co-dependency, [Strings Attached] is a solo exhibition of the latest works by Sydney born, Melbourne based, visual storyteller, Gemma Lark.

Playing with the duality and inherent fragility of the relationship between puppet and puppeteer, [Strings Attached] invites the audience into the sometimes sweet, often sordid, reality of a critter caught between the roles of creator and the characters created. Without the puppeteer the puppet is rendered a lifeless doll, without the puppet the puppeteer is….

Drawing from her background in theatre design and puppetry, Gemma Lark’s sculptures and paintings are laced with the tattered nostalgia of a Grimm style fairytale; syrupy and poetic, whilst revelling in the bleakness that sits just below the last layer of varnish.”

Who: Gemma Lark
What: [Strings Attached] solo exhibition
Where: Oh Really Gallery, 55 Enmore Road, Newtown
When: Show opens Thursday 28th April, 6pm til 9pm, and runs til 9th May.

Check out Gemma’s amazing website here, and the Oh Really gallery website can be found here.

We had some good feedback on our last Press Wrap, so we’re going to keep it running for a little while and see how it goes … so, once again, we’re rounding up the past fortnights media news about street art, graffiti and all that ilk – so read on …

• Theres an interesting new web site that is using crowd sourcing to track “vandalism” here in Australia – Vandaltrak “asks the community to submit photos of graffiti and to pinpoint the location of the incident on a map. It then uses the location data to determine under whose jurisdiction the clean-up falls and forwards the report to the appropriate group.” – check the article here and on the SMH.
• Theres a little article up on the Adelaide Now site on the recent opening of the Indelible exhibition.
• This is just perplexing – the new NSW Attorney-General also wants to suspend a graffiti “vandals” license – does this strike anyone as odd? Some would wonder what exactly graff has to do with driving a car, and others would like to throw the book at them …
• Stonnington Leader had a cool article on stencil artist Ralph Kempken – trams rule.
• A whole bunch of Australian news outlets just picked up on French artists OakOaks challenging work … always great to see mainstream media so fast on the uptake when it comes to these kinds of things!
• It was pretty amazing to see an Australian art critic pick up this years Pulitzer – kudos to Sebastian Smee. Like them, hate them, agree with them, disagree with them, critics are an essential part of art culture, and its great to see that one of the worlds most prestigious awards has reflected this.

Thats about all we’ve seen in the past two weeks – if you spot any media pieces that you’d like us to link to, just contact us and we’ll be happy cover it …

This is Press-Mill Wednesdays (we were going to call it WTF Wednesdays but thought this title was maybe a little less abrupt) .

Press Mill Wednesdays is a new fortnightly column where we’ll be summarising all the crap, cool, scary, delightful, misguided, spot on, angry and supportive articles that have run through the more “mainstream” press week in and week out. We thought it would be a cool way to keep you all up to date on what is happening in media-land, and what the current opinions and issues are out there … and, maybe even spotlight a few artists along the way, who have been showcased in the press – if we can do that as much as possible, we’ll be happy…

This is an experimental column, and if we feel it doesn’t work or if anyone has rational issues as to why we shouldn’t link to news articles, we’ll discontinue it. Also, if anyone has issue with any specific links to public domain articles, just let us know and we’ll remove them. We will admit that this column will show a little pro-bias towards graffiti, street and urban art (that said, we don’t condone illegal activities – we just understand that it is a part of the culture, and that it is being combated incorrectly), but we’ll attempt to keep it as neutral as possible, as always, where we can. There is a lot of goodness out there in “mainstreamland”, so don’t let all the negative media get to you – we’ll do our best to weed through it all, and find the good, as well as the bad …

• The big one for the past week, is that new NSW Attorney General feels that the government should “emphasise more the anger that society feels toward the damage done by graffiti.” with his new plan to toughen of NSW graffiti laws, he also thinks that artists should go to jail for it – apparently painting pretty pictures more than once is a “serious offence”, so much so that the artists who do it should be thrown into jail with all the murderers and rapists, because, allegedly, street art and graffiti are gateway crimes. There’s a great blog entry on the ABC showing the other side of the argument as well – have a listen to it.
• Cairns artists are apparently running out of space to get up on the walls – they’ve been working really hard to get the back lanes and uglier spots looking beautiful again, but they really need more spots, and more support from local businesses (ed. having gone to high school and lived in Cairns for many years, I love seeing this shit happening up there). If you know anyone up there that has a business and could use a lick of cool paint, let them know.
• We don’t hear too much news from up in the NT, but this show looked like it was pretty cool – it included an urban street art laser exhibition, and the comment from the curator, Carol Phayer,  was pretty cool – “Street Art seeks to connect the everyday viewing audience with the streetscape and in doing so link the community back to the creative, cultural and natural landscape.”
• Strathmore Secondary College is encouraging their students to brighten up the environment by painting colourful and rad murals – its nice to see councils and educational institutions teaching the up and coming artists of tomorrow that street art can be beautiful.
• Skaters & artists honoured a fallen mate as a part of Mannings Youth Week Celebration, where “youths learnt the finer points of professional graffiti art during a session at Manning Regional Art Gallery, and came up with their own concepts and designs for the mural to adorn the skate park.” – grand.
• Apparently Graffiti is on the rise in Ballarat and the police there are “working hard to tackle the city’s growing graffiti problem” – if you’re in Ballarat, you might want to go and check out Eureka street, because apparently its “just become a big billboard for everyone else to spray tags on there.” – they should just get someone to paint the wall up – maybe someone should give Ballarat City Council a call or something …
• It’s a little older, but we liked this article of a piece that was done down in Tasmania by Hobart artists Trent Fischer and Lukan Smith on the MyState Financial building – cool stuff, dudes!

There’s so much more – but that’s enough for this first round. If you see something in the news and general media thats interesting, and relevant, and want to send us the link to include in this column, then please feel free to contact us and we’ll put it up for you …

Empty Magazine has been a staple diet of ours for a long time now, its filled with some of the best art around and is an inspiration to flick through – over the past twenty issues, they have featured a whole slew of talented artists from far and wide, and its one of those magazine that just begs to be put on a coffee table for all to see.

So, to celebrate their 20th issue, they’ve decided to take some of their favourites and put on a pair of shows for their fans – and the lineup, and venues, looks grand.

“Australia’s cult art magazine announces The Empty Exhibition, a group show to celebrate the launch of the 20th Issue of Empty magazine.

The artists selected reflect the diversity of styles that are published in the magazine. From photo realistic paintings, to surrealism, street art and documentary photography.  The Empty Exhibition will showcase a broad range of works from Erik Sandberg, Meggs, Nic Plowman, Beastman, Aaron Nagel, Andrew Quilty, Karim Hamid, Tamara Dean, Christian Rex Van Minnen and David Kassan

The Empty Exhibition kicks off on 14 April at aMBUSH Gallery and then moves north to open at the National Grid Gallery on 29 April.  Two exciting openings at galleries well known for their support of young and talented artists and collectives.”

Who: Meggs, Erik Sandberg, Nic Plowman, Beastman, Aaron Nagel, Andrew Quilty, Karim Hamid, Tamara Dean, Christian Rex van Minnen
What: The Empty Exhibition – group show of Empty Artists
Where & When:

Ambush Gallery – 4A James St, Waterloo, NSW – 15th April @ 6:30pm runs til 17th April.
The National Grid – 24 Chard Road, Brookvale, NSW – opens 29th April @ 6:30pm

Via aMBUSH Gallery. Also check out the facebook event page for more info, and the Empty Magazine website.

What a cute and funky cool idea – we love shows that re-vamp common items into something new and deliciously creative, and This Little Teapot looks to be a gorgeous display of just such a thing!

“Fifty fist-sized teapots have met their fate at the skilled hands of a select group of established and emerging artists. With the fabulously diverse line-up consisting of painters, print makers, photographers, graphic designers, typographers, digital, textile, and street artists, there’s sure to be eye candy to satisfy any sweet tooth.” Such a great line up, looks like it’ll be fun as, so if you’re in Sydney go and check it all out.

Who: Alex Louisa, A.West, Andros, Anna Mae Marquez, Aramas Ridge, Bec Winnel, Bel Johnstone, Ben Zen, Beth Josey, Bronek Kozka, Burntfeather, Caitlin Rigby, Caitlin Shearer, Eirian Chapman, Ellen Stapleton, Emma Kidd, Gimiks Born, Gloz, Hannah Fenton, I & The Others, Ian Mutch, Jacque Prior, Jessica Klingelfuss, Jessica Singh, Jordan Clark, Kaitlin Beckett, Kat White, Kirbee Lawler, Kirsten O’Rourke, Laura Carey, Lauren Carney, Lizzie Hall, Matthew Roland, Michelle Dawson, Mz Katii, Nicole Tattersall, OKAY, Qwux, Rebecca Murphy, Sam Octigan, Sarah Holmes, Tabitha Emma, TEZ, The Bold Italics, Tiger, Tony Curran, Yasemin Sabuncu
What: This Little Teapot group show
Where: Paper Plane Gallery, 727 Darling St, Rozelle – Sydney – NSW
When: Show opens Wednesday April 13th, 6-8pm, and runs til Sunday 1st of May
Check out Rebecca Murphys website for more details of the show, as well as the Paper Plane Gallery website

Wow. We’ve been looking over all the photos that the guys from aMBUSH Gallery sent through to us on flickr, and, we have to say, what an amazing event the live painting must have been last weekend – and now, these artworks could be yours, with the charity auction coming up this Thursday night at aMBUSH.

Get down there if you want to check out, or purchase any of the amazing artwork produced on the day – the only catch is that you have to RSVP by today if you want to attend!

Four defining artists, Four incredible artworks, One opportunity to own it …

“aMBUSH Gallery together with Cockle Bay Wharf and Leonard Joel Auctioneers invite you to the Project 5 Art Auction Event for Charity at aMBUSH Gallery. Four rare and one-off artworks created at the Project 5 Live Art Event by international and home grown contemporary street artists KID ZOOM, GHOSTPATROL, JAMES JIRAT PATRADOON and DEB will go under the hammer.

All proceeds will go to charitable arts and media organisation Information and Cultural Exchange (ICE). Purchases are 100% tax deductable. This is a rare investment opportunity and a special evening event.

MC – Tom Tilley, from Triple J Hack
Special Guest – Andrew Johnstone, Co-founder Semi-Permanent, and Founder of Empty Magazine
Auctioneer – Anne Phillips, Head of Art, Leonard Joel Auctioneers

RSVP by TUESDAY 1 MARCH 2011 to Amber Forrest-Bisley, Cardinal Spin
EMAIL | amber@cardinalspin.com.au TEL | 02 8065 3504”

(click the flyer image for a larger version)

Who: Kid Zoom, James Jirat Patradoon, Deb, Ghostpatrol
What: Project 5 Charity Auction
Where: aMBUSH Gallery, 4A James Street Waterloo NSW 2017
When: Thursday 3rd March, 6pm til 9pm

Check out the Project 5 and the aMBUSH Gallery website for more info on the auction. Also check out the full set of Project 5 photos here.

The wonderful work of Perth artist Jodee Knowles will be on display again at Friends Of Leon Gallery in Sydney in a fortnight, and if you are familiar with her work you’ll love this new collection of twelve pieces. Since her show at FOL last year, Jodee has done a whole bunch of work around traps, with murals and pieces springing up all over the place.

Independent of Time looks amazing, and follows on from her highly successful show at Friends of Leon last year and, well, we’ll let the flyer do the rest of the talking …

 
Who: Jodee Knowles
What: Independent Of Time solo show
Where: 82 Marlborough Street, Surry Hills, NSW
When: Show opens Thursday 17th March @ 6pm til 8pm and runs til April 3rd

Check out the Friends Of Leon Gallery as well as Jodee Knowles website for more details.

Looks like the details are out for the next instalment of Project 5, and damn it looks like a doozy – Kid Zoom, Ghostpatrol, Deb & James Jirat Patradoon are all involved in this next one, and damn thats a grand lineup!

“Project 5 is an urban arts initiative presented by Cockle Bay Wharf, designed and curated by aMBUSH Gallery to support the arts through pop-up live art, music and auction events held each year.

Each Project 5 event commissions four (4) artists to paint large scale artworks in a pop-up live art and music event, which artworks are then auctioned in a high profile auction event to raise money for charity (the fifth member of Project 5). 100% of the proceeds are donated to charity to support creative programs for young people.

After the success of the first Project 5 pop-up live art event held in December 2009 with leading artists Ben Frost, Shannon Crees, Beastman and Phibs and the first auction event held in May 2010, which raised a groundbreaking $10,000 for Information and Cultural Exchange, Project 5 is now established as an ongoing arts initiative.

In 2010, Project 5 raised $25,000.00 from a total of 8 artwork sales – a record breaking result. The second Project 5 live art event in August featured Anthony Lister, Meggs, Ears and WeBuyYourKids which auction event raised a phenomenal $15,000.00 for our nominated charity.

Project 5 is proudly supported with the positive and innovative partnerships and collaborations of Cockle Bay Wharf, Darling Park, aMBUSH Gallery, Bay East Auctions and the artists.”

 
Who: Kid Zoom, Ghostpatrol, Deb & James Jirat Patradoon
What: Project 5 live art and Charity Auction event
Where: Promenade level, Cockle Warf (live art) & Ambush Gallery (Auction), 4a James Street, Waterloo.
When: Live art -  Friday 25 February, 6pm til 9pm, Saturday  26th & Sunday 27th February, 12pm til 3pm.

Auction @ aMBUSH Gallery, Thursday March 3rd, 6pm til 9pm

Check out the Project 5 website, as well as the aMBUSH Gallery website.

Well, its a big forth night for the guys at Secret Wars Australia, with their first round of the next Sydney battles starting up, and another semi-final round here in Melbourne.

The first Sydney round will see Kon vs Alex Lehours on Thursday 3rd of Feb, and the Melbourne show will see the first semi-final with Pierre Lloga and Scale skirmishing for a place in the next round.

If you read these pages, these are must attend events – some of Oz’s most creative, talented and battle-worthy artists are involved, and the work they all create during the shows is awesome, to say the least.

Melbourne

Pierre Lloga vs Scale – Semi final
1000 Pound Bend, 361 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne
Wednedday 9th February, doors open 6:30pm
Check out the event on Facebook and check out the leaderboard.

Sydney

Kon vs Alex Lehours
Oxford Art Factory, 38 – 46 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney
Thursday 3rd February, doors open 6:30pm
Check out the event on the new Secret Wars Sydney site.

Good times – the crew from Lo-Fi are back for a little while, and are about to put on a variety of shows before the space they’ve been using gets renovated.

“Last year Sydney was treated to a concentrated program of week to week showcases of both local and international artists from the lowbrow visual arts movement. Highlights from the 6 month project including Meggs, Yone, Two one & TJ, Paste modernism II, Numskull, Beastman, Phibs, Creepy, Max Berry, Sofles, Josh Roelink’s Morte, Yimmy Yayo, Curvy 7 and Go Font Ur Self Ch 5.

After the intended 6 month programming of Lo-Fi Collective, The unique attic space is still awaiting some green lights to be transformed into a space that will showcase not only visual arts, but live music & performing arts. Therefore in the mean time, over here at Lo-Fi C Head Quarters, we thought we would treat Sydney to a few more shows to brighten up the calendar for the start of 2011.”

Its good to see them back for a couple more, and what a cool run they have lined up – first up, is the Well Dressed Vandals with “A collection of rap sprays and garments by the Well Dressed Vandals & friends.”

Who: Well Dressed Vandals (and friends)
What: WDV group show
Where: Lo-Fi Collective, 383 Bourke St, Darlinghurst, NSW
When: Show opens Thursday 10th February @ 6pm

… but wait, theres more! Following on from the first show, they will also be showcasing Roland DG, Above and Does. Yep, pretty fkn cool –  we’ll keep you updated on these as they come.

Check out the Lofo collective site for more info, as well as the Well Dressed Vandals site for some cool threads and such!