Pow Wow Hawaii has kicked off for 2012 and the lineup this year is even more impressive than the last. Three of Australia’s finest; RONE, MEGGS & PHIBS are some of the participating talent. Check out this massive wall from RONE. No stencils, no projector, all hand painted. So awesome. Get more updates from Pow Wow here.
It seems alot of our local artists are slowly heading overseas to get some foreign eyes on their work and one such artist is Perth’s own Kyle Hughes-Odgers. One of Australia’s best.
The show titled “If we can’t control the boat, let’s control the ocean” opened recently in Berlin at Okazi Gallery. Check out more photos here.
Shida is currently travelling around the world painting and he just posted this amazing large scale piece he painted outside of Chicago. Unfortunately the rain took over and washed away the final piece. HOWEVER, he managed to get a great shot of the wall almost finished. See more on Shida’s flickr page here.
It will be a sad day tomorrow in Brisbane when Nine Lives Gallery closes its doors in their current space. The team is taking a break from the full time gallery world and focusing on project based exhibitions. So stay tuned…
From the Nine Lives family:
“Want to take this opportunity to thank you all for the ongoing support over the last few years. We’re very happy that we’ve been able to contribute to ol’ Brisbane towns cultural landscape in some way or shape. For a long time this city’s been seen as the little sibling to its southern counterparts but we really do think that is changing. Brisbane has plenty going on and there’s a bunch of young creatives making that happen.
Come along Thursday, have a beer. We’d love to see you.”
Below is the flyer for their last show by none other than FRENCH from the UK. Get down…
Gallery AS never ceases to amaze. And this print for Mark Whalen is no different. Previously known as Kill Pixie, Mark Whalen has definitely hit a stride with his work and has made a name for himself throughout the world, having solo shows in Los Angeles, London, Berlin and Australia. We’d suggest getting in quick as an edition of 50 will go before you’ve had time to size up the spot on your wall.
This 3-colour offset lithograph editioned art print explores the relationships between nature and humans, or perhaps more correctly, human-like beings. This new edition produced by Gallery A.S. appears as otherworldly botanical print and reflects his current body of work.
So, we’ve been a bit slack on updates lately so we are trying to get out all the content we have that hasn’t yet surfaced. One of the main events we were excited about was Selfest. A four day art event curated by Marty Routledge and Joseph Allen Shea, which saw the likes of international artists; Horfe, Roid, Jeff Canham, Dmote and Ben Barretto. There we so may events going on, we only managed to photograph the mural and 2nd exhibition. Check out some of the photos below. (Notice the sneaky appearance of Sofles at the mural…)
We are getting super excited for the opening of Selfest this Thursday in Sydney at Kind Of Gallery. Check out this video of Horfe & Roid in London. This wall is amazing and was done last year. BOTH of their work have developed and advanced into equally as ground breaking directions.
For two of the most well known graffiti artists in the world, it’s funny they both don’t have a website. See more of Horfe here and here, and more of Roid here and here.
“GIVE A WALL ST. BANKER ENOUGH ROPE AND HE WILL HANG HIMSELF.”
255 foot / 75 metre long word play painting in Miami, Florida. This controversial piece was aired nationally on CBS, NBC, and FOX nightly news. Click these media links to see their responses to the artwork.