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You can’t swing a stick around this country lately without there being some kind of live art on display – it seems as if everyones doing it, and we fkn love it. Not only that, but the works produced at this one (there are also a whole range of pieces on exhibit) are up for auction alongside all of the live madness.

"Featuring live art by Bathcat, Skulk, Birdhat, Rebecca Murphy,
Andros, Cheung ha Lim,Ox,Vars, Bunkwaa, Dirt, Pete Strong, Shanta,Sokei, Resan, Terrible Horrible, WOLVES&OWLS and Many More
Painting Grounds is a live art collaboration by various street artists.

Gathering at one of Sydney’s largest artist-run spaces, Tortuga Studios in St Peters, on Saturday 26th November mob of graff, stencil, paste- up and illustration artists share panels and wallspace.
The old brick factory provides a distinctly urban, industrial backdrop
to the edgy relevance of a live art show and auction."

Mark our words, this will be a fun night! We can see live art love avalanche as being 2012s big thing, more and more events like this please!

Who: Bathcat, Skulk, Birdhat, Rebecca Murphy,
Andros, Cheung ha Lim,Ox,Vars, Bunkwaa, Dirt, Pete Strong,
WOLVES&OWLS and Many Many More
What: Painting Grounds, Exhibition, Live art & Auction
Where: Tortuga Studios, 31 Princes Highway, St Peters, Sydney, NSW
When: Saturday 26th November, from

Check out the facebook event page for more info on this event, theres also a pretty mad preview of some of the work in the show over at flickr.

The show runs til the 25th of September so if you didn’t make the opening night there is still plenty of time to get down and get immersed!

Check out James Dodds website and the Lindberg Gallery website for more info.

This Thursday it’s back baby! Melbourne will be hit with ILL-Logic once again – the versatile and refreshing style of open space exhibition is comprised of local and international artists including Itch, Flake, Sex Panther, Rick Sweden, Taylor White and Paul Rogers.

Bringing together each of their specialties; graffiti, stencil, paint, video and illustration, the artists themselves, along with the finished products, are sure to entertain and educate.

 
“After a successful debut last year, the team behind ILL-Logic welcome the diverse styles of five new artists. Artists will be provided large timber boards and Ironlak paint for their large scale pieces which will be cut out and mounted to the walls of Chapel Street, open to public viewing and a unique way of showcasing street art.”

If that wasn’t awesome sounding enough, the event will be coinciding with the opening of Fitzroy’s newest ‘back alley cafe’, Juddy Roller and there will be some wicked beats pumping with live DJs, and the drinks will be flowing – so GET ON DOWN!

Who: Itch, Flake, Sex Panther, Rick Sweden, Taylor White and Paul Rogers and with featured works by Misery, Phibs, Sunc, Prizm and Sam Smith
What: ILL Logic – live art and group show
Where: Corner of Chapel St & Johnston St, Fitzroy, VIC
When: Thursday 25th August 6-9pm

For all the info on the artists and the exhibition check out the event website and the facebook event page.

We get more excited than Rebecca Black [ed –who??] on a Friday whenever we hear of something fresh in the world of stencil art. A relatively new medium of artistic expression, stencils have created a new and significant niche within the urban arts culture, and in our opinion, have paved the way for some of the most expressive and influential craftspeople to dominate this industry yet.

A CUT ABOVE, hosted by Joshua Smiths Espionage gallery, will showcase the carved out creations of international talents such as; David Soukup and Scotch Willington from the USA, PISA 73 from Berlin, as well as local stencil celebs. E.L.K., Joshua Smith, and Fletch.

This Exhibition will play host to what could be regarded as some of the best stencil work in the world today, and, considering the added bonus of free wine on the night from Bird In Hand (because we know you just can’t appreciate amazing art without it, right?), this is definitely not an event that you would want to miss out on if you’re in Adelaide.

Who: Joshua Smith (Adelaide), E.L.K. (Melbourne), PISA 73 (Berlin), 23rd Key (Melbourne), David Soukuo (Chicago), Scotch Willington (USA), Artestenciva (Brazil), Phil Bungle (UK),
Ian Walker (UK), Fletch (Adelaide).
What: A Cut Above, international stencil art exhibition
Where: Espionage Gallery, Suite 1, Level 2, 93 Rundle Mall.
When: Opens Thursday 21st July at 6pm sharp, running until the end of August.

A little bit more info and some pretty pictures at the: Facebook event page, and Espionage Gallery webpage.

Surface POP has a brand new space in Prahran and this female-super-group of a show is the first exhibition coming at us!

Kaff-eine, Doctor, Fresh Chop, Baby Guerilla, Suki, Be Free and Precious Little, all well known on the streets of Melbourne, are sure to wow us with their own incredible styles of street art.

”There will be Original works and limited edition prints available for sale by all artists as well as a gallery full of Paste up and stencils!” 

Who: Kaff-eine, Doctor, Fresh Chop, Baby Guerilla, Suki, Be Free, Precious Little
What: Fibre Femme
Where: Surface Pop – 20-28 Chatham Street, Prahran, 3181
When: Opening night – Friday 27th May 6-9pm. Exhibition runs til  Sunday June 5th

Check out the Facebook event for more info and Surface POP site for upcoming brilliance – and more details on this soon!

The goodness hits Sydney next month with a new solo show, Oranges & Lemons, from the colourful and talented hands of Bennett.

“Sydney based artist BENNETT, currently working out of StupidKrap studios, uses aerosol, acrylic and mixed media to create works influenced and inspired by the ever changing urban surroundings.  His thought provoking, sometimes controversial  and shocking statements are achieved by taking mundane, everyday imagery and twisting it to suggest an alternative meaning. The use of textural and layered backgrounds juxtaposed with bold foreground images further extended this contrast created within these mash-up styled works.

Re-contextualising common and mass produced objects and themes is a major characteristic within BENNETTS’ works, these alternative narratives and scenarios are created to both entertain and challenge the audience to explore each piece in the search for their own meaning or conclusion.”

Check out this video preview for his up and coming show -

BENNETT – Oranges & Lemons from Brent Quincy Buchanan on Vimeo.

Very nice!

Who: Bennet
What: Oranges & Lemons Solo Show
Where: Oh Really Gallery, 55 Enmore Road, Newtown, NSW
When: Show opens Thursday 19th May, 6pm til 9pm, and runs til Sundays 29th May.

Check our Bennetts website for more news, and a whole slew of cool art – also check out the Oh Really Gallery website.

When it comes to doing duo shows, Megan Dell and Nicole Tattersall, are, ioho, right up there. Their individual styles are superb, and when combined in a show together they produce a swath of subtle pizzazz that emanates from the walls. Both have a great following of fans, and both are great artists – this is yet another great addition to the For Walls gallery line up for 2011, and it’ll be a fun night at the opening, that’s for sure.

We had a great interview with Nicole Tattersall last year, and we’re really looking forward to catching up with Megan Dell as well …

“Following on from their successful duo exhibition at No Vacancy Gallery last year, Megan Dell and Nicole Tattersall have once again teamed up to bring you DRIP, which will see both artists exploring spray-paint drips, runny water-colours, and wash painting.
Both Megan and Nicole have a street-art background, and are influenced by surfing and skateboarding, which is visible in the unique pieces they create.

The artworks in the exhibition will be in a variety of mediums and methods from stenciling to illustrations, as well as the materials being painted on. Megan often recycles skateboards and pieces of wood found in hard-rubbish piles, turning them into her canvas and working with their ingrained, weather-beaten character. Nicole often paints on broken surfboards, as well as salvaged timber, creating unique pieces with an environmentally-conscious theme.”

Who: Megan Dell & Nicole Tattersall
What: DRIP duo show
Where: For Walls Gallery. Upstairs Miss Libertines, 34 Franklin Street, Melbourne, VIC
When: Show opens Wednesday 4th of May from 6pm til 8pm, and runs until Friday 27th May

Check out Megan Dells website, Nicole Tattersall’s site, the facebook event page as well as the For Walls Gallery page for more details.

Wows, what a week in videoland ..

This new video just came out on Tuesday – its the video feature from Kami and Sasus Omni show here in Melbourne … this is one of my favourites this week!

HITOTZUKI KAMI & SASU ‘OMNI’ from Louis Mitchell on Vimeo.

Have a look at the new Lush video that came out last week – fkn awesome and hilarious ..

There is also this really cool video of E.L.K. doing a feature with JJJ – great piece this one, expect to hear more from us on this talented dude soon …

Another pre-exhibition process Video from Above, who is on his Australian tour right now, has been posted up … burn baby burn!

HERE TODAY GONE TOMORROW (PART 3) from ABOVE on Vimeo.

This short on Grand Schemes Jimmy Bliggs is pretty inspiring and a great story – I’m really looking forward to seeing the entire documentary feature that this is a part of – check out more at nb574. Also take a look at the other videos they have posted from the project, featuring Meggs, Raph Rashid, Vinci Andanar and Tristan Ceddia.

NB574.com | Jimmy Bliggs | Part 1 from NB 574 on Vimeo.

Not sure when this came out,sometime in the last few days, but its Kid Zooms mini-vid on his adventures in the US – lots of great shots.

KID ZOOM – This City Will Eat Me Alive from kidzoom on Vimeo.

… and, just to finish up, and because I missed it the other week, you have to watch this shit from the hilarious c#nts at Zonk Vision … bahaha.

How To Do a Graffiti Masterpiece from Zonk Vision on Vimeo.

Yeah, I’m pretty sure that finishes it up for the week haha .. have to say though, that I’m constantly surprised by all the video coming out down here, and the quality of the production behind it – now, I’m off to bed … ez.

Well known Canberra stencil artist E.L.K. is having a solo show come March, at Oh Really gallery. “This Is Why We Cant Have Nice Things” will be running with the theme of “exploring sacrifice in the new millennium … maybe.”

Checkout this great writeup on E.L.K. on his website, done by Art Monthly Australia – he was also the winner of the 2010 Australian Stencil art prize.

If you’re in Sydney, and at all interested in Oz stencil art and the like, you can’t miss this.

Who: E.L.K.
What: This Is Why We Cant Have Nice Things … solo show.
Where: Oh Really Gallery, Enmore Road, Newtown, NSW
When: Show opens Thursday 3rd March, 6pm til late. There will be an afterparty at Westsyde Connection from 10pm – 441 Canterbury Rd, Dulwich Hill. He will also be performing some live art from 1pm on both Saturday 5th March and Sunday the 6th of March.

Check out the Facebook event page and E.L.K..s website for more details.

KA’a are no strangers to these pages, having just caught up with them last week for an awesome interview. They have also been very active in the streets and throughout the street art community in the past year, so getting a chance to see any of their work in a gallery setting is a real treat.

I saw their flyer for their upcoming show at Carbon Black this week, which just happens to be a few blocks from my house, and I know what my plan is for this coming Wednesday afternoon!

Who: KA’a
What: The Other Side – Carbon Black solo show
Where: Space 1, Carbon Black Gallery, 188 High Street, Prahran
When: Opening and artist talks Wednesday 27th October @ 5:30pm til 7:30pm

Check out more info on the Carbon Black blog and the KA’a website.

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!