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I recently spent a month in New York City and managed to paint some rooftops, street walls and also a few public mural projects for the City Reliquary Museum in Williamsburg, Crest Fest and The Bushwick Collective in Brooklyn. I ate heaps of food now I’m fat. More pics after the jump. more pics on my instagram here
Potts Point local lady has recently been pasting up re-written World War II love letters. Some of the letters were originally written in German and have been translated into English for Sydney’s reading pleasure. It’s a great project which hits the love bone pretty hard, it’s quite amazing the poetic language that was used back then.
Alex’s website.
“We are both human and have our imperfections, but that is the joy of it. I love you for all.”
- Love letter number three #linesoflove
Sydney psychologist, artist and hopeful romantic Alexandra Ehrenberg has collated and transcribed a series of love letters from the war times of old in the hope that it will spark a shift in how we address and express love. Each featuring unique handwriting and authentic vintage stationery, the eight letters have been blown up into posters which will soon be seen lining the streets of Surry Hills, Darlinghurst and Potts Point.
Luke Taaffe is a former resident of Australia and one of the many artists to take to the United States to tackle a new crowd.
Luke was a former resident artist at the infamous World’s End studios in Surry Hills, and has since been busy creating a whole new body and style of work in California. It’s obvious to see the influence these new surroundings have had on his work, and it’s interesting to see him using these Cali style beach themes in more object/sculptural work, like below in his jigsaw puzzled wetsuit blanket.
See more of Luke’s work here.
As part of The Hours involvement in the soon to be opened The 4217 in Surfers Paradise, Marty Routledge was commissioned to paint two large font murals on the exterior of the building, establishing The 4217 as a strong supporter of hand painted signage and helping to grow the local art scene on the Gold Coast. Once again the local guys from Digital Cinematix were there to capture it all on video, and also convinced Marty to talk on camera about his artistic background and his passion for sign painting.
For more information on The 4217 please visit their website – www.the4217.com
Tomorrow night in Sydney, The Hours presents for the first time in Australia, an exhibition of new paintings by Spanish artist Skount.
“Dreams are not just messages (coded messages, at that), but are also an aesthetic activity, a game of the imagination that has its own value. Dreams are proof that fantasies – emotional immersion in the visualization of events that have never and may never occur – are one of the profoundest necessities for human life. The characters that come from my imagination are my own possibilities, those that never came to bear, or those still on my horizon.” – Skount
Inspired by the classical Spanish theatre of his hometown, Skount’s oneiric masked characters beckon the viewer from the urban environment into their mysterious and playful dreamscapes. The great playwrights of Skount’s youth formed a lasting impression, where he regards life as a wonderful play, in which everyone has a role. Driven by the fundamental desire to free his own mind, Skount’s creativity knows no bounds. With a background in graffiti, his artistic expression spans paint, paper, music and performance, to video art, sculpture, and installation. Skount’s irrepressible curiosity for other cultures has inspired him to travel and study different forms of creativity and traditions around the world. Currently based in Amsterdam, Skount has worked and exhibited throughout Spain, Europe, China, Mexico, Israel and the United States.
Now for the first time in Australia, The Hours presents ‘Fragments of Mythological Dreams’, an exhibition of new paintings and installation by Skount. In this exhibition, inspired by Ancient Greek myths and legends, Skount presents a reality, drawing a relatively cohesive oneiric spectrum with mythology. Recounting a pictorial discourse by which we enter into a world of dreams, created to explain the universe, the origin of the world, natural phenomena and anything for which there is no simple explanation. Through this new body of work on canvas and paper, Skount investigates this complex philosophical world full of arguments about the nature, properties, causes and effects of natural things, especially the human being and the universe.
Opening Night – Wednesday 15th May 2013 – 6pm to 9pm
Exhibition continues until Sunday 19th May
The Tate Gallery – 345 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe (Sydney)
Here is sneak preview…
For an Exhibition Catalogue please email us at – info@thehours.com.au
Whilst in Sydney for his exhibition opening at The Tate Gallery in Sydney this week, Skount painted the Hours curated Project Ugly Billboard in Annandale. Here are some pics of the progress and the amazing result which he titled ‘Looking Through A Fake Identity That Projects a Black Hole’.
Spanish artist Skount has officially made it to our shores today, and we will be hosting a number of projects throughout his stay. First off will be Project Ugly, which (weather permitting) will be happening tomorrow, and second will be his debut Australian solo show at The Tate. Stay tuned for updates. More info here.
Ok. So after this, we’ll stop it with the Joel Birch stuff. Promise…
Joel was in town recently for his show “Hopeless & Romantic” and got busy on a number of projects. His exhibition, a handful of walls and finally, the 3rd installament of our “The Hours” Limited Edition T-Shirt Series.
The Hours Limited Edition T-Shirt Series is an ongoing collaboration project between The Hours, Element Skateboards and Aisle6ix Industries. Artists are invited by The Hours to design their own The Hours shirt graphic, the artwork is then hand screen printed in Sydney by Aisle6ix Industries onto an edition of 50 t-shirts made by Element Skateboards.
Joel’s tee was for sale at the opening, and we only have a bunch left. If you’d like one of them, I’d suggest getting in quick.
Purchase a Joel birch t-shirt here.
