Paper Thin

If you are in Sydney around this time make sure you head down to Newtown and check out this group show.

New Prints

I just picked up today a few Gicleé prints of recent illustrations. Some of them will be in the Bricks, Beats & Pockets fundraiser which is on this friday (click the link for details). The others I will be selling online in a very limited edition.

The Big show

Photo by Dean Sunshine

Thanks to everyone that made it down last night.

More photos over at the LAND OF SUNSHINE

The Big Show

Make sure if you are in Melbourne on the 5th of April to come along and check this out.

Pastemodernism2

Check out images from the festival here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidkrap/

Paste Modernism 2

Stupidkrap.com presents:
Paste-Modernism 2.
Re-Taste The Paste

Curated by Ben Frost and Bridge Stehli.

In August 2008, the first Paste-Modernism event hit Sydney with a resounding, wheat-paste splodge onto the derelict walls of Hibernian House in Surry Hills.
see article about Paste Modernism 1 here:
http://www.juxtapoz.com/Features/paste-modernism-goes-down-in-sydney-australia
http://www.pastemodernism.com
Paste Modernism returns in it’s second incarnation with a list of local and international paste-up artists such as:
SMC, JUMBO, ZAP, PURE EVIL, COPYRIGHT, ROYAL, DRYPNZ, OLIVE47, BUNKWAA, RICO, KONSUMTERROR, FELIX, APESEVEN, MAX BERRY, BEN FROST, BRIDGE STEHLI, NUMSKULL, ANTHONY LISTER, HA-HA, DRAB, VEXTA, MINI-GRAFF, ESJAY, HOUL, CREON, JOHN DOE + MANY MANY MORE

Over 40 artists have entered the space over 4 days before the opening, to transform the walls of Lo-Fi into a visual mash-up of pasted up creations, that is normally
only ever seen on the streets. From hand painted colour to black and white photocopies, from screenprints to large scale drawings – the only restriction is that the work
must be on paper and must be able to be wheat-pasted to the walls of the gallery.

In the same way that street art is a movement available to everybody, the concept of Paste-Modernism is not defined by any ‘artist heirachy’ or exclusivity and so the call-out to artists was open to everybody who wanted to particpate. In doing so we hope to generate not only a further appreciation for the artform but innovation by the artists as they work beside each other in the space.

The exhibition will only be up for 4 days and will evolve over the duration of the opening as artists contiue to add and modify the walls as they see fit.
Because of Pastemodernism’s ephemeral nature, none of the artwork will be for sale, and will rely heavily on documentation to be uploaded to the internet for it to continue on..

Curated by Ben Frost and Bridge Stehli.

Venue: Lo-Fi Collective, 383 Bourke St, Darlinghurst, Sydney. (above Kinsellas on Taylor Square)
http://www.wearelofi.com.au/collective/

Opening: Thursday October 7th, 2010 – 6pm – 9pm
exhibition continues until Monday morning 11th October -

pastemodernism will be open from 5.30pm – 8pm friday, saturday and sunday
extra opening hours will be detailed on the pastemodernism 2 facebook page ::
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=115948448457693

presented by www.stupidkrap.com

SAM MARTIN @ ARCONE

A good friend of mine has an opening next week Tuesday at ARCONE gallery in melbourne. Anyone in the area should really check this guy out. Amazing painter.

SAM MARTIN
OVERLOADED MAN
PROJECT SPACE

24 AUGUST – 18 SEPTEMBER

PREVIEW TUESDAY 24TH AUGUST, 6-8PM

Drawing from a J.G. Ballard short story, Sam Martin’s Overloaded Man is
censored by those who encircle him. His bright yet amorphous characters are
rendered as almost indistinguishable in his expressive mise-en-scene.
Amidst the chaos on the canvas Sam’s subjects provoke an examination
of conscience as dystopian fiction, charting our potential alienation from reality.

Sourcing his imagery from the Internet, newspapers and his own photographic archives,
Sam’s paintings hinge on the relationship between an overcrowded urban landscape
and the excess of cerebral pollutants that define our movements within our chosen living spaces.
Sam’s compositions narrate the dreary, repetitive motion of everyday tasks, becoming
colourful noise and bleeding life out of the characters.

Overloaded Man is Sam’s debut exhibition at Arc One Gallery. He was the
recipient of the 2009 Arc One Gallery/Monash Award for High Achievement.

ARC ONE GALLERY
45 FLINDERS LANE
MELBOURNE VIC 3000

T: (03) 96500589
E: MAIL@ARC1GALLERY.COM
W: ARCONE.COM.AU

MUral at Irene’s

Here is the mural I completed for the IRENE UNDERGROUND ARTS FESTIVAL that you can see in the post below. This was my first attempt at a hand painted mural and I think I am pretty happy with the finished product.
The painting is above and through a kitchen that is used by the non-profit organization ‘FOOD not BOMBS’. FOOD not BOMBS are an organisation who cook and prepare food donated by the public for the homeless people of Melbourne. For more information on them you can view there website here.

IRENE UNDERGROUND ARTS FESTIVAL

A month ago was the IRENE UNDERGROUND ARTS FEST in Brunswick, Melbourne. IRENE attracted artists from all over Australia with some international guests as well. I worked on a hand painted mural which I will post some images of later but I thought you all might like to see what else there was on show. Special mention to the Lister and HaHa who have been a big inspiration of mine and turned out to be pretty nice guys and of course Junkie, Mike and the rest of the IRENE crew for putting on an amazing festival.

The festival also got a mention on the World Graffiti website. you can check out the article here.

Check out images from the festival here

GROUP SHOW – AT LARGE GALLERY

Tonight is the opening of a group show at ‘AT LARGE GALLERY‘ in Northcote. I have these two prints up so if you are in the area make sure you check it out. Show runs until the 2nd of July.