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Apparently this event is already booked out, HOWEVER we’ve been told that maybe if you turn up on the night there could be a few extra sneaky spots if you’re lucky. Any chance to see Phibs talk is a chance worth taking.
More info here.
So, we thought as a little surprise to add to our Semi Permanent experience, we’d host a day at The Projects in Marrickville.
That’s TOMORROW. In association with Semi Permanent and One Day Crew, tomorrow (26th May) we’ll be hosting a day of music, drinks and live painting by some of Sydney’s best. Numskull, Beastman, Jumbo, Scott Marsh, Phibs and Skount (all the way from Amsterdam) will be collaborating on the carpark wall all day from 11am. Come down, say hi and enjoy the Autmun sunshine!
It’s events like this that sometimes make Melbourne a superior city to any other. Couple one of the city’s leading art galleries with three of the city’s finest spray paint artists and you’ve got this:
Metro Gallery present Adnate, Shida and Dvate paint a collaborative canvas at their gallery. More info here.
“Live Painting” by Adnate, Shida & Dvate
Opening Night: Saturday, May 4
Metro Gallery – Melbourne
State of the Art returns to Sydney this ANZAC Day eve for its second instalment. The live event, presented by Contempo – Art Gallery of NSW in conjunction with Kluster and blackandwhite creative, pulls art beyond the canvas and into an interactive space.
State of the Art features works by a carefully curated group of Sydney artists, including Numskull, Blak Douglas (aka Adam Hill), Hollie Martin and Damon Williams. Inside the industrial space, Project 107, their work will be screen printed live onto objects, alongside a large-scale gold, inflatable installation space by Urban Future Organisation, installation artwork by Alice Jones & Teresa Gay and live performances by Chico Monks and Sydney musician, Oscar Wuts.
State of the Art questions the concept of culture, asking guests to respond and react to this questioning. To get amongst the art, become involved and actively challenge the ways in which personal identity, environment and the act of participation influence the process of creating a contemporary work.
Catch Beastman and Jae Copp painting a collaboration on a huge three storey high lift-shaft in Surfers Paradise this Easter weekend. This will be the first in an ongoing series of collaborative murals curated by The Hours on the lift-shaft at The 4217 in Surfers Paradise.
You may also catch a glimpse of the elusive Marty Routledge up there, who is painting some big type walls at the same location over the weekend.
Higher Ground Studio is home to some of Sydney’s most notable street, graffiti and fine artists. BEASTMAN, BENNETT, EARS, MARK ALSWEILER, MAX BERRY, NEIL THOMKINS, NUMSKULL, PHIBS, TOM FERSON.
Every year Higher Ground participates in Leichhardt councils open studio tour. Which will, this year, be a two day event. The public will get to look inside the the studios and even purchase unseen and rare work, directly from the artists.
Open 23rd & 24th March 2013
10am to 4pm both days
251 Parramatta Road, Annandale (Sydney)
More information here. For more information and images, download the press release here.
Last week, we were lucky enough to check out a series of events in Melbourne that made up the launch of the Futura x Hennessy limited edition bottle.
Futura is one of those names that resonates with every single person that’s been a part of the graffiti and street art culture. He is an innovator, a pioneer of the abstract graffiti movement and a true living legend.
To celebrate the Hennessy bottle, the day was packed full of all things Futura. We walked the streets, taking in Melbourne’s thriving street art and graff scene, fans then got to meet Futura for a signing and a lecture at Story Hall (RMIT). To round the night off, Hennessy hosted a party where there were artworks on show and the man himself painting live in front of a small crowd. Very rare to see this man in action AND to hear speak live and uncut, so needless to say we were excited to witness it all.
Click here for more info on the project.
It looks like this week, Melbourne is in for a treat…
The godfather of abstract graffiti, one of the pioneers of the graffiti movement and icon of the New York scene, Futura will be in Melbourne to help launch the artist bottle he has created with Hennessy (more info on their facebook page here).
Amongst other things, he will be appearing at the Someday store to paint live, and personally sign bottles. Don’t sleep on this one…
In March 2013 The Vic will be hosting Gent 48 exhibition “Some art what I did”.
Gent 48 is an underground English graffiti writer and budding illustrator travelling through Melbourne.
Since his arrival in September he has left his mark on the city by painting regularly and becoming the newest member of the legendary Melbourne crew SDM.
Gent 48 is constantly striving to evolve his style and techniques in the rare skill set of both characters and letters and although his characters are fictitious he finds inspiration in the people and world around him.
His latest work draws influences from the sites of Melbourne, in particular St Kilda where he currently resides.
48 / Forty Eight is an anagram of Toy Fighter, a crew started by Gent about ten years ago in Birmingham, the birth place of heavy metal and also of Gent.
281 Victoria St, Abbotsford 3067
http://gentfortyeight.blogspot.com.au/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/agent_48_tgf/
