Sign of the Times – Marty Routledge

Posted by Bob | Posted on May 16, 2013 by Bob

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

Skount – Fragments of Mythological Dreams

Posted by Bob | Posted on May 14, 2013 by Bob

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

Skount – Project Ugly

Posted by Bob | Posted on May 14, 2013 by Bob

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’.

Video: The Opening Hours at Carbon Festival 2013

Posted by Bob | Posted on April 28, 2013 by Bob

Continuing on with our gradual coverage of Carbon Festival, we are happy to present a video of our time down in Melbourne. We interviewed some of the key speakers, got a few tags, did a few tags, checked out some parties and enjoyed everything else Melbourne had for us that weekend. Big thanks to Acclaim, Diamond Dozen and the whole Carbon team. Bring on next year!!!

Barry McGee

Photos: Beastman & Phibs “In Our Nature” – Sydney

Posted by Bob | Posted on April 4, 2013 by Bob

Beastman & Phibs are both artists that are synonymous with each other. Both share the same birthday, both have lived together, both have a similar approach and style to their work, both have exhibited together and both have painted numerous walls together over the years.

Recently the duo teamed up again for an exhibition titled “In our nature” at Ambush Gallery in Sydney. The show was comprised of a series of the same size paintings, a large scale mural installation (coupled with sound designed by Daniel O’Toole aka Ears) and a spontaneous live painting of two cars outside the gallery during the weekend. The artwork on show was a typical glimpse into their overall bodies of work, however this time instead of completely filling the spacious gallery, only small 7 paintings were displayed by each artist.

If you missed out, you might be lucky to see the mural at the next Ambush Gallery show, which has become a permanent fixture. Click below for a full set of photos. More on Beastman here. More on Phibs here.

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The Hours Tower Mural Project

Posted by Bob | Posted on March 26, 2013 by Bob

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.

In Our Nature – Beastman & Phibs

Posted by Bob | Posted on March 14, 2013 by Bob

We will have more sneak previews of the Beastman & Phibs exhibition soon…

Sneak peek: Roach & Retro at The Tate – Sydney

Posted by Bob | Posted on January 23, 2013 by Bob

Tonight is the opening event for our next “The Hours” Limited Edition t-shirt release. This time featuring local legends Roach & Retro. Both of which have come together to design a limited run of black & white t-shirts, in association with Aisle6ix and Element Australia. During today’s setup, we took a few snaps of the install. Check it out.

There will be 50 T-Shirts available at $30 a piece (Only available in M,L,XL), along side a series of original illustrations and an indoor mural. Don’t sleep on this one, the tees will go quick!

The event opens tonight, Wed 23rd January 6pm.

345 Glebe Pt Rd Glebe, 2037
www.thetate.com.au
www.thehours.com.au

Roach Retro - The Hours

The Hours - Roach Retro t-shirt

2012 – Thanks for everything

Posted by Bob | Posted on January 6, 2013 by Bob

So. We are finally back in the land of computers and we’d like to thank our contributors, our supporters and of course you guys, our readers for a great 2012. It was a big year of change for us. Expanding from just The Opening Hours, into The Hours Network, which comprises of this blog, The Closing Hours, Boring Walls and of course The Hours itself, which creates unique art events and projects.

It’s now 2013 and we have big plans for both the website and The Hours projects that are currently in the works. We’ll be releasing the first couple of projects in mid-January. One for The Hours, and one for The Closing Hours. So stay tuned…

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STORE FRONT: recap

Posted by jdfanning | Posted on December 8, 2012 by jdfanning

A bunch of swell photos from a stellar night at Magazine Gallery last week in Adelaide for Tristan Kerr‘s STORE FRONT exhibition. Images courtesy of Ben McPherson.

Hand screened tiles

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