Archive for the ‘Openings’ Category

Recent walls by RONE

Monday, May 14th, 2012

RONE has just come home from a recent trip to London and Paris where he was painting a couple of walls and exhibiting with Zero Cool, alongside Tom French. Check out some photos of the walls below, and see more photos from his trip here and here.

Rone - The Opening Hours

Rone - The Opening Hours

Rone - The Opening Hours

Rone - The Opening Hours



Ghostpatrol at Backwoods

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

Backwoods Gallery is thrilled to announce the latest exhibition of iconic Melbourne artist Ghostpatrol. Cosmic Scale and the Super Future runs from Friday 18 May to Wednesday 13 June and will comprise of five large scale acrylic paintings on linen.

Across this new series of paintings, the artist imagines shapes and forms created in the super future, beyond human kind in the great transformations of matter and dark matter in the cosmos. Far from intense in nature, with Ghostpatrol’s highly stylised worlds are inhabited by characters as curious about their place on the canvas as their artist is about his in the cosmos.

Ghostpatrol: Cosmic Scale and the Super Future
Friday 18 May (opening night) ~ Wednesday June, 2012

Backwoods Gallery
25 Easey Street, Collingwood, Victoria

Ghostpatrol - The Opening Hours

Ghostpatrol - The Opening Hours

Ghostpatrol - The Opening Hours

Ghostpatrol - The Opening Hours



Head On Festival at kind of — periodical

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

This year for Sydney’s Head On Photo Festival kind of — periodical will be hosting 4 photographic exhibitions.

To begin with, opening Thursday May 3rd, 6pm is “Ingrained”. The show will run till Sunday the 13th May.
A joint show with Andrew Peters, Daniel Farrell, Garry Trinh and Sam Stephenson.

Kind of Gallery - The Opening Hours

Followed by “100 Bedrooms” by Ellen Disaster, opening Thursday 17th May, 6pm and running till Sunday 27th, 6pm.

Kind of Gallery - The Opening Hours

Finally a group show — “15″, opening Thursday 31st May, 6pm up until Sunday 3rd June, 6pm.

Kind of Gallery - The Opening Hours



Aus InFront presents the Visual Response 06 Exhibit

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

The good folk at Aus Infront present Visual Response 06 Exhibit at The Standard. An exhibition of printed work, and also the re-launch of their website! More details here and below:

“Join us for an exhibition of 10 works submitted by the Australian Infront community on the theme of ‘Native’ in the latest Visual Response competition.

The beers are on Asahi, the works are looking great and it will be our website relaunch too.”



Kid Zoom – Melbourne

Monday, April 30th, 2012

Kid Zoom was recently back in the country for a short residency at Backwoods Gallery. Prepping for this show, working with Reka on a big wall, and installing some bus shelter posters. More from Kid Zoom here.



Beastman & Phibs setup preview

Friday, April 27th, 2012

Tonight in Melbourne is the opening of “Natural Progression” by Beastman (at House of Bricks) and “Perfectly Imperfect” by Phibs (at Backwoods Gallery). These two shows are guaranteed to be amazing, and only around the corner from each other. Get there from 6pm…

Beastman - The Opening Hours
Beastman - The Opening Hours
Beastman - The Opening Hours
Beastman - The Opening Hours
Beastman - The Opening Hours
Beastman - The Opening Hours
Beastman - The Opening Hours
Beastman - The Opening Hours

Phibs - The Opening Hours
Phibs - The Opening Hours
Phibs - The Opening Hours
Phibs - The Opening Hours
Phibs - The Opening Hours
Phibs - The Opening Hours



Beastman & Phibs – House of Bricks & Backwoods – Melbourne

Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

Melbourne is getting Christmas early this year. With all the Carbon festival activities going on, coupled with the news that Beastman AND Phibs are BOTH having shows in Melbourne this Friday… I’d be jumping on the first flight down Friday morning to witness these two equally amazing shows. Stay tuned for some exclusive preview photos of the setup…

Beastman - The Opening Hours

Phibs - The Opening Hours



Comb Gallery presents “Whole”

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

Comb Gallery on the Gold Coast have put together an awesome lineup of Australian talent for a group show opening the 20th April. More details below or on their website here.

Reka, Jae Copp, Max Berry, Phibs, Yelz, Drypnz, William Harden, Seekayem, Bennett, Daniel Foothead, Megan Cope, Lexi Land, Mica Still, Sascha Bravery, Kathryn Dolby, Dick Fineman, Walter Gethrey Peach, Angella Connell, Stabs, Siana Butterfield, Eek, Evan Lole, Yoannah Elyse Dieudonne, Robert Wallace + Rory Harnden, Gunter Muller, Christie Wright, Keegan Davis, Daniel Loorparg, Benji Bradley + Liz Bird

The circle is a powerful symbolic form that holds a vast array of different associations throughout visual culture. This universal shape embodies our physical reality, from minute microscopic structures like the atom to the grandiose scale of the planetary giants. The circle has also been utilized to help understand and define our inner worlds as a symbol of balance and wholeness in psychological and spiritual practices. For ëWholeí we have asked a variety of artists from different backgrounds and stylistic approaches to create a work using this motif.

Opening Night 20th of April, 6pm
show runs till 2nd of May 2012

Comb Gallery
23 McLean st
Coolangatta, QLD



Vexta – “In Between Worlds”

Tuesday, April 17th, 2012

Current Sydney resident Vexta has been busy creating a new body of work she’s called “In Between Worlds”. It opens this Thursday night at Edwina Corlette Gallery in Brisbane. This new series has us excited, so if you’re in QLD get down and check out the show before it dissapears…

Vexta sent us some exclusive photos of the setup and a few of the artworks being shown at the gallery (the animal skulls are amazing). See below for some of the magic.

vexta the opening hours

Vexta - The Opening Hours

Vexta - The Opening Hours

Vexta - The Opening Hours

Vexta - The Opening Hours

Vexta - The Opening Hours

Vexta - The Opening Hours

Vexta - The Opening Hours



Bennett & Tom Ferson “Double Take”

Sunday, April 15th, 2012

This Thursday night is the opening of “Double Take”, a joint show by local Sydney artists Bennett and Tom Ferson (also residents of Higher Ground Studio). More info below, an awesome video and a selection of preview shots.

Kind of Gallery
6pm, 118 Oxford St, Darlinghurst

‘Double Take’ is the latest collection of artworks & installations from Sydney based artists BENNETT & TOM FERSON. Within this new collection the artists explore both the similarities and differences between their works and practices.
The artists have created two stylistically disparate bodies of work, but through a penchant for abstraction and nostalgic imagery have created an evidently tactile series of artworks that encourage a ‘double take’ – the alteration of the surface mirroring the alternative concept that lays behind.

The Opening Hours - Sydney
The Opening Hours - Sydney
The Opening Hours - Sydney
The Opening Hours - Sydney
The Opening Hours - Sydney
The Opening Hours - Sydney
The Opening Hours - Sydney
The Opening Hours - Sydney
The Opening Hours - Sydney
The Opening Hours - Sydney
The Opening Hours - Sydney