08/09/2008 / SOME TYPE OF WONDERFUL
LIFELOUNGE HAVE INVITED 12 OF THEIR FAVOURITE ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE TO JOIN THEM IN A TYPOGRAPHIC PROJECT THEY’VE CALLED SOME TYPE OF WONDERFUL WHERE EACH ARTIST HAS BEEN ASKED TO RESPOND TYPOGRAPHICALLY TO A DESIGN BRIEF RELATED TO A DESIGNATED MONTH OF THE YEAR. EACH OF THE UNIQUE DESIGNS WILL BE OFFERED THROUGH LIFELOUNGE.COM AS SIGNED, LIMITED EDITION A1 GICLEE PRINTS. THEY WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE ALL TOGETHER AS A LIMITED EDITION, BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED 2009 WALL CALENDAR TO ENJOY FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

SOME TYPE OF WONDERFUL WILL ALSO BE HOLDING AN EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS AT MELBOURNE'S MCCULLOCH GALLERY WITH A LAUNCH PARTY IN LATE OCTOBER. STAY TUNED TO THE SOME TYPE OF WONDERFUL WEBSITEFOR MORE INFO.
08/09/2008 / THE SNEAKY SIX
GORKER GALLERY IS CURRENTLY RUNNING “THE SNEAKY 6” EXHIBITION BY SANTHA KING - A CREATIVE AND DIVERSE MELBOURNE BASED SHOE ARTIST. THE SNEAKY 6 SERIES FEATURES COLLABORATIVE LIMITED SETS OF ORIGINAL HAND MADE SNEAKERS WITH 5 OF MELBOURNE’S LEADING EMERGING STREET AND ILLUSTRATIVE ARTISTS. KING’S GOAL IS TO SUPPORT AND CREATE EXPOSURE FOR LOCAL AND UP AND COMING ARTISTS WHILST TAKING ART ORIGINALLY BORN FROM THE STREETS AND GIVING IT A NEW AUDIENCE AMONGST THE FASHION AND ART INDUSTRIES.

FEATURING COLLABORATIONS WITH MELBOURNE ARTISTS: NIOR • SNUF • NATE HOLMES TRAPNELL • TIMBA & TWOONE
29/06/2008 / THE FINE LINE

AFTER A HUGE OPENING NIGHT AT GORKER GALLERY, WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE IT'S NEXT EVENT.... 'THE FINE LINE' A SOLID COLLECTION OF WORKS BY EMERGING AUSTRALIAN ARTIST NATE HOLMES TRAPNELL. IN A STYLISTIC BODY OF DETAILED RENDERINGS CREATED SOLELY FROM 0.5 FINE-LINERS, NATE SHOWCASES HIS UNIQUE CROSS-POLLINATED STYLE OF ILLUSTRATION ENCOMPASSING HOT ROD, GRAFFITI AND COMIC BOOK ART INFLUENCES.

‘THE FINE LINE’ OPENS ON THURSDAY 3RD OF JULY 6-9PM AT GORKER GALLERY, CORNER OF GORE STREET AND KERR STREET IN FITZROY, MELBOURNE
23/06/2008 / LET'S START A FIRE

'LET'S START A FIRE' IS PERTH ARTIST CREEPY'S FIRST SOLO SHOW SINCE 2006 WITH A COLLECTION OF CHARACTER AND FOLK BASED ARTWORKS. HIS CHARACTERS ARE TWISTED AND EXAGGERATED; PEACEFUL CREATURES CONTRASTED AGAINST TOTOOED BEASTS AND DEMONS, DEPECTING A WORLD VERY SIMILAR TO OUR OWN.

OPENING: WEDNESDAY 25TH JUNE FROM 6PM
'LETS START A FIRE' RUNS UNTIL 11TH JULY AT
KEITH AND LOTTIE GALLERY
276 WILLIAM STREET, NORTHBRIDGE WA
WWW.KEITHANDLOTTIE.COM
17/06/2008 / THE FORTY THIEVES

CURATED BY TIMBA (WOODEN TOY QUARTERLY) AND NATE HOLMES TRAPNELL (THE SOUTHPAW) COMES ‘THE FORTY THIEVES’ (GROUP SHOW) FOR GORKER GALLERY THIS THURSDAY 19 JUNE (FROM 6PM) CELEBRATING THE OPENING OF THIS BRAND NEW ARTIST SPACE WITH A COLLECTION OF 15X15INCH ARTWORKS BY SOME OF THE BEST LEADING INTERNATIONAL STREET AND FINE ARTISTS.

ACORN (CAN) • AKINA • BECK WHEELER
BEC WINNEL • BEN FROST • BENZO • BIDDY MARONEY (WBYK) • BONSAI • BOZ MCCORMACK
CHRISTOPHER NIELSEN • CREEPY • DARREN HENDERSON • DEB • DREWSTER • EAMO
GHOSTPATROL • JAE COPP • JUNIOR • KARL KWASNY • KID ZOOM • MEGGS • MEL STRINGER
MEPHISTO JONES (NZ) • MISO • NAILS • NANAMI COWDROY • NATE HOLMES TRAPNELL • PHIBS
REUBEN RUDE (USA) • SEAN KELLY • SIDE PROJECT • SONNY DAY (WBYK) • STEPHANIE WILSON • TAI SNAITH • TIMBA • TOBIAS J
TRISTAN JALLEH • TWOONE • WADE BURKITT
AND THE YOK

OPENING NIGHT THURSDAY 19 JUNE, 6-9PM
SHOW RUNS UNTIL WEDNESDAY 2 JULY
GORKER GALLERY OPENING HOURS:
11:00AM - 7:00PM TUESDAY - SUNDAY
10/06/2008 / ANIMALS ON THE UNDERGROUND

THE ANIMALS, CREATED USING THE TUBE LINES, STATIONS AND JUNCTIONS OF THE LONDON UNDERGROUND MAP WERE FIRST SPOTTED BY PAUL MIDDLEWICK IN 1988. THE ORIGINAL ANIMAL, THE ELEPHANT WAS DISCOVERED WHILE PAUL WAS STARING AT THE TUBE MAP DURING HIS DAILY JOURNEY HOME FROM WORK. SINCE THEN, THE ELEPHANT HAS BEEN JOINED BY MANY OTHERS FROM BATS TO BOTTLENOSE WHALES .

ANIMALS ON THE UNDERGROUND SUPPORT THE WORK IFAW DOES TO PROMOTE ANIMAL WELFARE AROUND THE WORLD. YOU CAN SHOW YOUR SUPPORT BY BUYING A SPECIAL EDITION ANIMALS AND IFAW CAMPAIGN T SHIRT. I’M TOTALLY DIGGING THIS!
04/06/2008 / CALLING ALL BUDDING STREET AND VINYL TOY ARTISTS

MELBOURNE STENCIL FESTIVAL IS CALLING FOR STENCIL, STREET & VINYL TOY ARTISTS TO SUBMIT WORK FOR “MSF2008” & “DEVINYL08”.

FOR SUBMISSION DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT ADI@STENCILFESTIVAL.COM
19/05/2008 / WHAT YOU CAN SEE FROM HERE BY REBECCA BLADEN

AN EXHIBITION FEATURING CHICA'S EDITION ARTIST REBECCA BLADEN OPENS NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT AT FIRST SITE RMIT UNION GALLERY

OPENING NIGHT
TUESDAY MAY 27 5.30 – 7.30PM
(EXHIBITION FROM MAY 28 – JUNE 7)
TUESDAY TO FRIDAY 11.00AM – 5.00PM
SATURDAY 1.00PM – 5.00PM

FIRST SITE (RMIT UNION GALLERY)
STOREY HALL BASEMENT
344 SWANSTON ST
MELBOURNE
19/05/2008 / NO VACANCY

BRAND NEW MELBOURNE ART GALLERY NO VACANCY IS HAVING ITS FIRST EVER EXHIBITION THIS FRIDAY NIGHT 23 MAY. ALL ARTISTS HAVE BEEN BUSY PAINTING UP THEIR 'HUGE' 3M X 2M WOOD PANELS IN WHAT IS SET TO BE A JAW DROPPING SHOW.

FEATURING ARTWORK BY PHIBS / NAILS / REKAONE / TAI SNAITH / MISO / JUSTIN LEE WILLIAMS / GHOSTPATROL / TWO / JUNIOR / BONSAI

NO VACANCY GALLERY
FRIDAY 23 MAY UNTIL TBC
27-33 RED CAPE LANE, MELBOURNE CBD 3000
(QV BUILDING, OPP STUSSY STORE)
19/05/2008 / RON VAN DER ENDE

RON VAN DER ENDE IS AN AMAZING SCULPTOR BASED IN ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS WHO MAKES PERSPECTIVE BAS-RELIEF ARTWORKS OF CARS AND INDUSTRIAL-AGE IMAGERY USING RECYCLED TIMBER. AND AS YOU'RE PROBABLY ALREADY AWARE WE LOVE WOOD HERE AT WOODEN TOY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S RECYCLED. VIEW HIS WORK AT HTTP://WWW.ARTBBQ.NL/RON (WARNING: THE SITES A LITTLE HARD TO NAVIGATE) BUT THE WORK IS BULLSHIT GOOD!!!
14/05/2008 / TALL OAKS

TALL OAKS IS AN EXHIBITION OF NEW ARTWORKS AND LIMITED EDITION PRINTS BY REKA ONE. HIS CORE FOCUS IS ON THE FRAGILE RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH NATURE. THEMES SUCH AS LOVE, HATE, LIFE, DEATH, GREED AND CHARITY HAVE BEEN EXPLORED WITH INFLUENCE FROM FOLK-LORE AND FANTASY STYLED ILLUSTRATION.

NO VACANCY GALLERY
6PM - 9PM, THURSDAY 29TH MAY 2008
ARTWORK ON DISPLAY UNTIL 13TH JUNE
27-33 RED CAPE LANE, MELBOURNE CBD 3000
(LOCATED IN THE QV BUILDING, OPP STUSSY STORE)
08/05/2008 / ANOTHER RED BALLOON

EXHIBITION OF LIMITED EDITION PRINTS AND FRAMED ORIGINALS AT FAMOUS WHEN DEAD GALLERY, OPENS TONIGHT!!! INCLUDING WORKS BY BANKSY (UK), BTOY (SP), FAFI (FR) KENJI NAKAYAMA (USA), MEPHISTO JONES (NZ), PURE EVIL (UK) AND AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS APESEVEN (SYD), BEASTMAN (SYD), BEN FROST (SYD), ANDY HARWOOD (BRIS), KIDZOOM (PERTH), KILLPIXIE (SYD), RALF KEMPKEN (MELB) AND REKA (MELB).

ANOTHER RED BALLOON
FRAMED GROUP SHOW
9TH MAY -25TH MAY 2008
(OPENING NIGHT FRIDAY 9TH MAY 6PM)
24/04/2008 /1000 CANS BY TWOONE

AFTER 2 MASSIVE SHOWS IN MELBOURNE AND SYDNEY, HIRO (AKA TWOONE) IS FINALLY BACK IN HIS MELBOURNE STUDIO GETTING BUSY WORKING ON HIS NEXT MONUMENTAL PROJECT. 1000 CANS IS A HUGE SERIES OF WORKS AND THE FLICKER GALLERY IS NOW ONLINE SO YOU CAN SPEND A FEW HOURS WETTING YOUR EYES AT SOME PURE GENIUS!

20/04/2008 / DRAWING MACHINE EXHIBITION

CURATED BY MELBOURNE ARTISTS GHOSTPATROL AND MISO FOR GREENWOOD GALLERY, 'THE DRAWING MACHINE' EXHIBITION IS SET AROUND DRAWN, PAINTED, PRINTED AND BUILT WORKS BY SOME OF MELBOURNE'S BEST STREET AND FINE ARTISTS.

FEATURING WORKS BY: AL STARK / BONSAI / DEAM / DREW / GHOSTPATROL / DYLAN MARTORELL / JUNIOR / LACHLAN CONN / MP FIKARIS / MISO / NATHAN GRAY / SIDE PROJECT / TAI SNAITH / TIMBA / TOM O'HERN / TRISTAN JALLEH / TWO

OPENING NIGHT MAY 1ST 6-8PM
GREEN-WOOD GALLERY
1 HOTHAM STREET SOUTH MELBOURNE
OPEN UNTIL MAY 18 WED-SUN 10AM-4PM
20/04/2008 / BRIAN VALLESTEROS

AMAZING CHILDRENS BOOK ILLUSTRATOR BRIAN VALLESTEROS HAS SOME GREAT WORK ON SHOW AT HIS DEVIANT ART GALLERY. HIS WORK SHOWS HIS OWN DETAILED (AND MODERN) INTERPRETATIONS OF POPULAR CHILDRENS STORIES SUCH AS LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD, THE WIZARD OF OZ AND POSEIDON ADVENTURE. MAKE SURE TO CHECK HIM OUT.

14/04/2008 / FINALLY A USE FOR 'SPAM'

WE ALL HATE SPAM! WHO DOESN'T? WELL THIS MIGHT CHANGE YOUR MIND TO THE THOUGHT OF THERE ACTUALLY BEING A USE FOR IT... SPAM ONE-LINERS BY LINZIE HUNTER IS A PROJECT SERIES OF TYPOGRAPHIC EXPERIMENTS INSPIRED BY THE SUBJECT OF JUNK (SPAM) EMAILS.

14/04/2008 / BEARDED MAN FONT

SOMETIMES YOU CAN LOOK AT THINGS AND SAY I'M GONNA MAKE A FONT OUT OF THAT! AND OTHER TIMES YOU JUST GO NYEAH... SO IN THIS SAME SPIRIT I CAN HONESTLY SAY I'VE NEVER LOOKED AT A BEARDED MAN AND SAID 'I'LL MAKE A ALPHABET FONT OUT OF THAT' BUT TIM YARHZOMBECK HAS! CHECK IT OUT
13/04/2008 / JESSE LEFKOWITZ ILLUSTRATION

AMERICAN ARTIST/ ILLUSTRATOR JESSE LEFKOWITZ WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE HILLS OF RURAL VIRGINIA. HIS FIRST CHOICE OF VOCATION WAS THAT OF COWBOY / FRONTIERSMAN BUT, IN 2001, HE PUT THOSE DREAMS ASIDE TO BECOME AN ARTIST/ILLUSTRATOR. GOOD CHOICE! AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM HIS WORK... THE RIGHT CHOICE! NOT THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH BEING A COWBOY!
13/04/2008 / ALEXEI VELLA ILLUSTRATIONS

CANADIAN ILLUSTRATOR ALEXEI VELLA SPECIALIZES IN CREATING IMAGES THAT ARE BOTH STRIKING AND COMPLEX, SENSUAL YET UNDENIABLY INTELLECTUALLY INVOLVING. IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THIS UNIQUE LOOK, VELLA EMPLOYS A COMPLEX COLOUR PALETTE, AN ECLECTIC APPLICATION OF GRAPHICS AND TEXTURE, AND A SOPHISTICATED USE OF ANTIQUATED SURFACES.

APPROPRIATING THE COLLOQUIAL ICONOGRAPHY OF POPULAR RETRO FORMS TO AN EMBOLDENED MODERN SENSIBILITY, VELLA’S WORK HAS ACHIEVED INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION APPEARING IN A VARIETY OF EXHIBITIONS AND PRINT. WE LIKE RETRO!
13/04/2008 / KIM JOON

KOREAN ARTIST KIM JOON DOES SOME PRETTY AMAZING WORK USING THE HUMAN BODY AS HIS CANVAS. MAKE SURE YOU CHECK OUT THE 'WE-BRAND' SERIES. PRETTY INTERESTING WORK.

08/04/2008 / URBAN TEXTILES EXHIBITION

''URBAN TEXTILES'' EXHIBITION AT 696 GALLERY THIS THURSDAY 10 APRIL FROM 7PM UNTIL 9PM. IT'S A FASHION vs ART EXTRAVAGANZA. 696 SYDNEY ROAD BRUNSWICK, MELBOURNE TOWN.
06/04/2008 / ALEX TROCHUT

SERIOUSLY.... I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER BEEN SO INSPIRED AFTER A SEMI-PERMANENT CONFERENCE AFTER SEEING THE WORK AND PURE ENJOYMENT OF LISTENING TO THE PROCESS OF SPANISH DESIGNER ALEX TROCHUT'S CREATIVE. WHAT AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE IT WAS AND IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN HIS WORK, THEN MAKE SURE YOU DO! THIS BOY CAN DESIGN!
02/04/2008 / KINETIC SCULPTURES

OK... SO I THOUGHT I'D SEEN SOME PRETTY AMAZING THINGS WITH THESE TWO EYES AND THEN THEO JANSEN COMES ALONG AND TOTALLY BLOWS THE LID OFF THAT! HOW DO YOU POSSIBLY GET SO GENIUS? I CAN'T DESCRIBE IT, JUST DO YOURSELVES A FAVOUR AND CHECK THIS DUTCHIES SKILL SET OUT... IN FINE PREPARATION FOR THE EMINENT RELEASE OF OUR HAND MADE EDITION THIS IS  A FINE EXAMPLE OF TRADITIONAL DESIGN AND ART.
01/04/2008 / MATTHIEU BESSUDO aka MCBESS

THE ART OF MATTHIEU BESSUDO IS SOMETHING PRETTY SPECIAL. MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF WORK ON HIS SITE. IT'S WELL WORTH THE TIME. BUT... BETTER GET BACK TO WORK. IT'S ALMOST BEEN 2 HOURS!
01/04/2008 / RECYCLED WALLETS

IF YOU'RE INTO RECYCLING, SKATEBOARDS AND OLD VINYL RECORD COVERS THEN YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE THE PRODUCT AT GORILLA VINYL. USING USED PRE-LOVED RECORDS AND SKATEBOARDS THIS CREW SETS TO WORK CUTTING THEM UP AND CHANGING THEM INTO ONE-OFF 'HAND MADE' WALLETS TO HIDE YOUR LOOT IN! SERIOUSLY RAD!

01/04/2008 / JAMES JEAN

CALIFORNIAN ARTIST/ILLUSTRATOR JAMES JEAN PRODUCES SOME PRETTY AMAZING WORK. I MEAN THIS KID JUST GETS BETTER AND BETTER EVERYTIME I LOOK AROUND. A GREAT EXAMPLE OF MIXING OLD AND NEW. KEEP IT UP BOY... YOU HAD ME AT CRAYONS! AND MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT HIS SKETCHBOOKS FOR SOME GREAT LIFE DRAWING EXAMPLES. LONG FLIGHTS SUDDENLY JUST GOT A BIT MORE INTERESTING IN MY MIND!