Higher Ground – Open Studio Weekend

Posted by Bob | Posted on March 19, 2013 by Bob

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.

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Higher Ground Studio

BENNETT x Have Skateboards x Halfsleeve Collab Graphic

Posted by kindofgallery | Posted on December 14, 2012 by kindofgallery

Halfsleeve recently celebrated their 4th birthday by collaborating with 4 different brands. One of those was local skateboard company Have Skateboards with artist BENNETT. The collection consisted of a t-shirt, limited run of screen printed decks and a super limited run of laser etched decks. The graphic is freeeeeesh, BENNETT always holds it down. Everything is available from Halfsleeve right now so go check it!

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‘Cardboard City’ Group show at Soldiers Rd Gallery

Posted by Bob | Posted on December 11, 2012 by Bob

This Thursday, Soldier’s Rd Gallery brings you ‘Cardboard City’ a giant group show featuring a collection of 25 Aussie artists working across a multitude of genres.

With each of the artists contributing 10 pieces priced at $100 a pop, Soldiers Rd will be awash with cardboard (and talent) so head in early and scoop up a piece by your favourite artist before the crowds get going. Doors open at 6.

WHO: Ears, Bennett, Mark Alsweiler, Max Berry, Numskull, Phibs, Jumbo, Bridge Stehli, Tom Ferson, SMC, Houl, Bafcat, Birdhat, Joe Wilson, Chanelle Collier, Ella Condon, Syke, Benjamin Reeve, Claire Nakazawa, Choq, Tim Andrew, Kaffeine, Michael Hazel, Mih Fluhrer and Sid Tapia

More info here.

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Water For Water Limited Edition Christmas Cards

Posted by beastman | Posted on December 11, 2012 by beastman

After a successful run last year, Water For Water are bringing back their Limited Edition Artist designed Christmas Cards. This year The Hours has partnered with Water For Water to curate the limited edition Christmas Card packs, resulting in 5 new designs by Ghostpatrol, Kyle Hughes-Odgers, Bennett, Kareena Zerefos and Sid Tapia.

By purchasing a pack of these Christmas Cards you’ll be spreading Christmas joy further than you think with 100% of the profits from the sale of the cards going directly into Water For Water’s clean water projects, providing communities with access to clean drinking water.

The Limited Edition Christmas Cards are now available in packs of 10 (2 of each design in each pack) from the Water For Water online store – www.waterforwater.com

http://store.waterforwater.com.au/merch/christmascards

Sneak Peek: “Don’t Shoot the Messenger” by Bennett at Soldiers Rd

Posted by Bob | Posted on October 29, 2012 by Bob

We dropped by Higher Ground the other day to check out how Bennett was going with his show “Don’t shoot the messenger”, which opens this week at Soldiers Rd Gallery in Sydney. Click below for the full set of photos.

‘DONT SHOOT THE MESSENGER’ is the latest collection of works from Sydney based painter BENNETT. These new abstractions explore the importance of balance and content and composition. Thematically the series hinges on the appropriation of found materials in order to give new meanings and contexts to everyday objects and scenarios

Opens Thursday,1st November, 6-9pm
Continues friday and Sat from 1pm-4pm
Soldiers Rd. Gallery – Suite 405, No 342 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills, Sydney.

Bennett Sneak Peek

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Sneak Peek: Bennett ‘Don’t shoot the messenger’ at Soldiers Rd

Posted by Bob | Posted on October 23, 2012 by Bob

More info to come this week, along with some preview shots. For the moment, check out this preview video of ‘Don’t shoot the messenger’ by Bennett.

BENNETT – ‘DONT SHOOT THE MESSENGER’ from Salt in the Snow on Vimeo.

“Fuck You / I Am” — Exhibition 1

Posted by kindofgallery | Posted on October 9, 2012 by kindofgallery

kind of — gallery is proud to announce the debut exhibition at the new 80 Oxford St venue.

“DON’T GROW OLD IT’S A TRAP”

This event will be open to the public Friday 19th – Sunday 21st October, 12pm – 6pm.

An eclectic mix of Sydney based artists, new and known, representing generational change through an expressive collection of art. The artists have all been supplied furniture from the 50?s up to the 70?s to “deface”.

Ania / BENNETT / Bridge Stehli / Chris Yee / David Cragg / Dboe / Deb / Faz / Jarryd Z / Nathan Brindle / Nuss / Onshow / Pigeon Boy / Qwux / Skel / Sophie Holvast / Tessa Curren / Tine Nedbo / Wing Lau / YMT

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Knock Knock Issue 3

Posted by Bob | Posted on September 19, 2012 by Bob

I’m not sure how we missed this. With such a great lineup of artists, it’s actually quite hard to miss…

Knock Knock is an online magazine dedicated to profiling Australian artists and musicians. Issue 3 features C215, Phibs, Bennett, Beastman, Kaff, Nelio and many more.

Click here to view the entire issue online.

Photo recap 2: The Hours Launch Exhibition Sydney

Posted by Bob | Posted on September 10, 2012 by Bob

See below for a full view of the gallery and also ALL of the artworks that were on display.
Download a copy of the catalogue here.

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Edward Woodley

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Sean Morris

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Jumbo

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Manman

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Ben Frost

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Ghostpatrol

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Roach

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Jae Copp

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Beastman

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Mark Alsweiler

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Trent Whitehead

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Joel Birch

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Kyle Hughes-Odgers

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Two One

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Thomas Jackson

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Vans the Omega

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Max Berry

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Numskull

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Kyle Montgomery

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Phibs

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Miso

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Slug

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Ears

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Photo recap 1: The Hours Launch Exhibition Sydney

Posted by Bob | Posted on September 10, 2012 by Bob

As the dust settles from Friday night, we can now show you some of what went down for the opening of
The Hours Launch Exhibition in Sydney.

All we can say is, thank you so much. Thanks to our artists and thanks to everyone who came to The Tate to see the show. It was a full house and a super fun night. For those who missed it, unfortunately the show ended yesterday…

We will be posting a view of the show plus individual artworks that were on show soon. In the meantime, check out the photos from the opening night (Courtesy of Ears and Mishy. Thanks guys!).
More photos from Mishy here.

The Hours Launch Exhibition Sydney