Snapshots - Michael Peck 'The Landing' - Metro Gallery
- Art, Melbourne, Painting, Photographs
- November 22, 2011
We’ve been back in Perth visiting family for the past few days, and things have been pretty hectic (as always, we’re running behind on a bunch of stuff and our trip hasn’t helped – if only we could clone ourselves!) – but today we briefly met one of the passionate people behind the latest and
READ MOREWe have been waiting in anticipation for this show for a very long time now. Our good friend, and one of the most inspirational individuals we know, Heesco, will be opening his latest body of work at Prahrans RTIST Gallery next week. Read on for the full overview of this exciting show, Manifest, and what
READ MORESince leaving Melbourne to head up to Sydney a couple of months ago, Takie has been painting up a whole mass of work in preparation for her solo show at The Tate in Sydney. “The Tate Gallery enthusiastically presents resident artist Takie and her first solo show, IT’S ALL YOURS. Takie returns from a two
READ MOREThe other week we got to a new opening of Blender artists at the Dark Horse Experiment. There was a huge range of diverse work in the show, but one thing was obvious – it was all pretty damn good. Dark Horse Experiment is a great space that constantly pushes in new directions, and Confine
READ MOREBen Brown, master illustrator (in our eyes anyways!) will be having a new solo show coming up at Gallery: 5 Crown Lane in Woolongong this week, with the opening happening this Saturday night. “Verb Syndicate are proud to present ‘Cease to Exist’ the solo exhibition from influential Sydney illustrator Ben Brown. Ben Brown is a
READ MOREWe’ve been following Cameron Brideoak since before he moved over here to Melbourne from Adelaide recently, and since arriving he has already started showing some work. Now, he teams up with friends Creature Creature for a showing of work at the Brunswick Street Gallery, and it looks pretty cool. “Cameron Brideoake and CREATURE CREATURE Illustration
READ MOREUpcoming Melbourne artist Toggles will be holding his very first solo show at Nice Cat Gallery in Northcote this Friday, and we’re sure its going to be the first of many. We’ve been seeing more and more of Toggles work popping up on the streets here over the past year, and he has a pretty
READ MOREThere’s been a couple of lowbrow group shows across the country lately – diverse artists banding together to show work that doesn’t follow the trends of the contemporary. Next up in this vein, is a group show from a bunch of Melbourne artists (and two from Perth!) who will be displaying their work at the
READ MORELast Friday night we helped to put on a show with a whole bunch of amazing artists, Paperápe, and we had a hell of a lot of fun! All the works were done on paper, and we wanted to imbue the walls with a little bit of each of us, and impart some of the
READ MOREThis week, Ears will be presenting a whole new body of work in his next solo show, False Freedoms. “Tackling the figure, abstraction and colour play, the uniform acts as a vessel for a shift into loose figuration. The uniform represents security and the comfort zone. New steps into uncharted territory, although frightening at first,quickly,
READ MOREApologies for so few updates this week, between starting a new job and organising our show tomorrow night, things have been absolutely crazy – but the shows keep on rolling in, not least of which is the next solo show from Lisa King. We first saw Lisas work a year or so ago, and fell
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