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Hiroyasu Tsuri (TwoOne) has just announced his next show at Backwoods.
Define Nothing.
Opening July 12th.
If you’d like to be one of the first to receive the catalogue, email us.
Here is a sneak at some of the pieces from the show. More news soon.
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
After seeing their recent show in Sydney, we were excited to hear that the duo are prepping for their next show in Melbourne at No Vacancy. Cat Rabbit & The Seven Seas went to Tokyo for 2 weeks in Winter, 2012. They still think about it all the time. Ai-Ai Gasa is an exhibition of collaborative and individual works including soft sculpture, embroidery, painting and installation reflecting their two week stint in an amazing city.
“Ai-Ai Gasa” by Cat Rabbit & Seven Seas
Opening Night: Thursday, May 9
No Vacancy Gallery – Melbourne
Joel Birch is a member of the Hours family and is one of the most talented typographers around. His latest show “Hopeless & Romantic” demonstrates why he’s known for his bold and unique type pieces. This new body of work is a step up for Joel, having treated these pieces with intense detail and line work. Get down tomorrow night and check it out, and STAY TUNED for the announcement of a few projects we are doing with Joel this week in Sydney.
“Hopeless & Romantic” new work by Joel Birch
Opening Night: Wednesday, Apr 23
The Tate Gallery – Sydney
Shida has recently made the move to Melbourne, where he has already made a mark on one of the world’s most cluttered street art scenes. In the lead up to his solo show at Backwoods Gallery, Shida has been painting a series of small to large scale walls around town, all the while spending his remaining time in the studio painting what looks like an amazing new body of work. Stay tuned for more.
“Extacy in the Abyss”
Opening Night: 19th April
Backwoods Gallery – Melbourne
Ecstasy in the Abyss from Shida ZRF on Vimeo.
Local Sydney artist Takie is opening her show “More is Never Enough” at Kind of Gallery‘s temporary space on Oxford Street tomorrow night. We snuck in this morning and took some photos while Takie was putting the finishing touches on the install and were super impressed by the new body of work, which in some pieces has made a distinct leap forward for the artist. See more below.
“More is Never Enough” opens 3rd April from 6pm. More details here.
Fintan Magee has recently made the move to Sydney where he’s been busy painting a series of small to large, to really large scale walls. He’s also been busy creating his latest body of work, called “Storm Water”. This is Fintans first Sydney solo exhibition and will be a show not to miss. We dropped by as he was setting up the feature installation and took some shots of the man at work. See below for a full set of photos.
Storm Water by Fintan Magee
Opens 26th March at The Tate, Glebe
More info on the show here.
Tonight is the opening of “In Our Nature”. A duo show by Beastman & Phibs. Two of Sydney’s most recognized street artists.
If you’re a fan of either of these guys, we’d advise getting there early tonight. Ambush is hosting the show and no doubt it will be a full house, with artworks on view, a large scale mural and a sound installation by Ears.
Click below for full set of photos. More info here and here.
kind of — gallery will be opening its doors again on Wednesday March 6 at yet another location. The new spot is 70 Oxford Street, aka: He Made x She Made Gallery. We’ll be doing a six-week residency at the HMSM spot, which, by chance, is right next door to where kind of — started in the first place.
To kick off the new year (finally) one of the founders/owners and the man behind all the design work – Wing Lau – will have his first solo show. If you know kind of — you would recognise the very minimal and clean aesthetic in our branding. Some of the posters have won Wing an AGDA and have also been exhibited in the Moscow Global Biennale of Graphic Design.
His debut solo show is called “altitude / attitude” and opens Wednesday March 6 at 6.00pm at 70 Oxford Street.
Check what he has to say about Taiwanese woman and weird mountain people:
