Snapshots - Michael Peck 'The Landing' - Metro Gallery
- Art, Melbourne, Painting, Photographs
- November 22, 2011
Blender studios is a constantly evolving melange of talent and ambition, one of the cornerstone hubs of art in the Melbourne CBD and an icon unto itself. In my many visits there (countless, really), I’ve been privileged to meet artists from all walks, styles and creativity. From new artists, to those who are established, there’s
READ MORESydney powerhouse Numskull brought the heat for his latest solo show ‘Survival Tactics’ at the Tate last week. The show follows on from a previous exhibition the artist had in Brooklyn NYC earlier this year, as part of a collaboration he did with Brooklyn based streetwear label MNWKA. With one of the best looking shows
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This is the one that we’ve been looking forward to for years. After having discovered Roa a few years ago, we have been avidly following his work across the globe. Having had a chance to meet and watch the man paint up at Outpost Festival last year, we had always hoped that he would head
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The guys that brought you Lo-Fi, Self Est, The Tate, The Opening Hours and Go Font Ur Self are at it again with another round of mad shows. It’s no secret here that we’re big fans – these guys put on a really great bunch of shows with whatever they do, and in this series,
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Higher Ground studios has been around since 2010, and we’ve covered them, and the artists that make their home there, a hell of a lot over that period. Coming up at Kind Of Gallery, this group show, with all of the artists putting forth examples of their work, is nothing short of awesome. Beastman, Bennett, Ears, Mark Alsweiler, Max Berry, Neil
READ MOREMike Makatrons had a pretty damn busy year, with shows, walls and painting across the globe, like this spot he did with a bunch of other in Brazil. This Thursday, he’ll be presenting his latest show, Cycles, and it promises to be grand. “After returning from an extended walkabout in Brazil and Africa, Mike
READ MOREWay back in 2010, we had the chance to chat to Numskull about what he’d been up to – fast forward to now, and we have to say, this man has been doing some great shit over the past two years. Coming up this week at The Tate, he will be presenting his new solo
READ MOREDamn, this looks grand! We’re huge fans of Secret Walls, so when we saw this we wondered why the hell we hadn’t seen it done before – so much talent, so much battle, so much great art going up on the walls of aMBUSH Gallery again. “Considered the premiere live art event the world over,
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Returning to Melbourne for a second time, Mark Bode has been a hell busy man since his last trip down here for his successful solo show at House Of Bricks. Now, he returns with a spin on the Australian culture, for his whimsically cool show “Ned Kelly Maps & Other Outback Stories”. “In the graffiti
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Last Thursday night we headed down to Just Another Project Space to check out Kaff-eines first solo show, Boneyard. What can we say? It was everything we had hoped it would be – fanfuckingtastic shit! Check out all the photos below from our man Dave Russell, bringing the goods again! [nggallery id=189 display_type=photocrati-nextgen_pro_masonry]
READ MOREOur mate Hancock put us on to this one, and we’re glad he did – always great to see a cool show at one of our favourite inner city Galleries, No Vacancy – and what a show! “New links between audience and artist will be created through interpretations of this very concept; Half. The initial
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Man, was that a fkn battle or what!! Mike Eleven and Jack Douglas faced off last Wednesday night at Secret Walls Melbourne, and paint was definitely spilt. Vying for a place in the grand final, the two faced off and painted hard til the very finish. Jack came out as the winner of the battle,
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