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Wonderwalls Festival – Port Kembla
Wonderwalls Festival wrapped up for another year in a brand new location at Port Kembla, NSW. This years line-up featured a myriad of national and international street artists & muralists.
The festival saw the community come together to embrace the refreshing splash of colour on the massive walls around town. The community spirit and proud sense of ownership was overwhelming throughout the course of the three day festival.
Artists who were a part of Wonderwalls Festival 2019.
Bronte Naylor
Case Maclaim
Charles & Janine Williams
Gus Eagleton
Loretta Lizzio
Poncho Army
Sarah McCloskey
Siguel
Trav MSK
Will GatesShot/cut: Mitch Jones for Verb Syndicate
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Back and Forward – An exhibition by Unwell Bunny
OPENING FRIDAY FEB 8th – 6-9pm
Unwell Bunny / Ed Bechervaise presents a retrospective back catalog of older and recent work in ‘back and forward’ showing a progression from street to gallery setting over a number of years.Emerging from the Adelaide 90’s graffiti, Ed has chipped away making a name for himself in the urban contemporary art scene in Melbourne and further abroad showing work in Amsterdam, New York and Paris.
Ed studied studio arts in Adelaide and graphic and conceptual study in Melbourne. Over the years of practice his work has moved into a figurative and abstract sensibility, observing and deconstructing still life, figurative and facial portraiture, landscapes, and subconscious memory. Through bold striking and juxtaposing colour, Ed captures his observations with emotive feeling, creating compositions that generate a sense of nostalgia, and fluid memory.
In this body of work Ed hopes to recreate these memories through installation, and spacial curation. Showing works from multiple themed shows over the years, that link together to become one longer broader narrative. Ed demonstrates influence, observation, and change through time. A collection of experiences that are a summery of seeing the world through fragments of passion about place, person, environment, and feeling.
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Flip the Script: a lesson in modern calligraphy
‘Flip the Script’ brings together a stellar line up of artists both local and international specialising in the medium of modern calligraphy, or ‘calligraffiti’ as it is known in the realms of urban art. Curated by BSIDE Gallery’s managing owner Ariana Leane, the exhibition seeks to educate and inform the gallery’s audience on the current movement of modern calligraphy, whilst acknowledging each artist’s particular style of lettering.
Featuring works by Said Dokins, Chaz Bojorquez, Mayonaize, Froskeyo, Hegira Scriptures, Sicoer, Creepy Mouse, Siege One, Chamula Cruz & Kmis3
Opening of ‘Flip the Script: a lesson in modern calligraphy’ from 6pm Friday 14th of December, proudly supported by the legends at Young Henrys!
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Tuyuloveme Debut Australian Solo Exhibition
NOTHING BUT LOVE
“Passion, devotion and unbridled attraction; Tuyuloveme talks about the nature of his love and relationship with the streets. The late nights, long quiet strolls through the thoroughfare. Appreciating, learning and getting to know each other, day after day, year after year, time after time. Born not out of the need for the destruction but out of a deep-seated curiosity and need to express. From Yogyakarta, to Moscow to Melbourne and many streets more, Tuyuloveme looks back on the constant in his journey of life, both personally and artistically. Intrinsically connected and intimately informed by his kinship with the streets, alluring and delicate at times, tumultuous and boisterous otherwise, Tuyuloveme looks back into this journey through his art framed with ‘Nothing But Love’. Unrestrained and unchecked.”
ZERO
Founder of RSCLS Art Collective————————————————————————
Tuyuloveme is an Indonesian artist who began his artistic practice on the streets of Yogyakarta creating work in between the art and graffiti aesthetic.Although not a native of Yogyakarta, he has been a resident for couple of years as a base for him to do creative work while working with his national and international network.
Tuyuloveme has been painting his unique style religiously on the streets for over 10 years. His paintings represent an alter-ego, a self-portrait of sorts, popping up on walls and street corners all over the world. His visual style is a juxtaposition of organised, expressive and chaotic expulsion; a contrast to his personality in real life.
You may find this artistic works in the walls or corner of streets in major cities all over Indonesia, Asia, Europe and Australia. His career has been nourished and influenced by extensive travels and an ability to work and collaborate with other artists. Tuyuloveme has been featured in a number of national and international group exhibitions, and is proud to present his first solo exhibition outside of Indonesia, ‘Nothing But Love’ at BSIDE Gallery in Melbourne, Australia.
Join us for the opening of ‘Nothing But Love’ from 6-9pm on Friday 26th October at BSIDE Gallery proudly supported Ironlak, Young Henrys, Royal Jamaican Ginger Beer, Mortimers Orchard at Taste London, Easey’s, Fazzari Multimedia, Nathan Ctc, Dodgy Paper & Arterior Australia!
The exhibition will be available to view from the 24th October – the 4th November 2018, for all enquiries or to receive a digital catalogue please contact info@bsidegallery.com
Get to know Tuyuloveme below. He shot and edited this video on his iPhone 5s.
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No Sleep Till Bali
No Fixed Address Gallery’s first ever international exhibition is coming to Canggu (Bali) this April!
We’re bringing a little slice of Melbourne to a tropical paradise with over 40 graffiti writers, stencils artists, illustrators and painters working on a custom blend of Melways x Dodgy Paper, featuring:
A. Kinninmont, Askem, Callum Preston, Calm, Caper, Chehehe, Chris Costa, Chuck Mayfield, Creature Creature, Crisis, Dnart, Dosey, DPDPDPR, Drewfunk, Dvate, Evil Keanevil, Facter, Frosk, Heesco, Jack Douglas, Juan Rodriguez, Junky Projects, Kenz, Keo Match, Kid Silk, Kirpy, Kmode, Knock, Le Grizz, Ling, Maha, Makatron, Michael Caine, Mike Eleven, Mike Tea, Mitch Walder, Ohnoes, Osemrs, Poise, Presto, Ruskidd, Steve Cross, Stopem, Sugar, Tayla Broekman, Tom Gerrard, Unwell Bunny, Zena
Join us for the opening night at All Caps Store and Gallery in Canggu from 8-10pm on Saturday the 28th of April for beers, beats and good vibes!
The exhibition runs from Wednesday 25th April – Tuesday 8th May 2018, for further information or to sign up for the presale catalogue please contact Curator Ariana Leane – ariana@nfa.gallery
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Art of the Mill Recap Video
Video recap from ‘Art of the Mill’ please share and enjoy.
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Art of the Mill
No Fixed Address Gallery is proudly presenting their inaugural group exhibition at the Macedon Ranges Sustainability Festival on the 27th – 28th Feb.
Nfa.gallery has some of Australia’s biggest street artists on board and a once in a life time space to boot. They will be donating some proceeds to the Macedon Ranges Wildlife Network to help with all the local animals that have been injured in the recent fires.
Get down and grab yourself an amazing piece of not just art but history. You won’t want to miss this one.
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First Coat 2015
Shot / Cut: Tim Caraco / Brandon Els
Music: Hermitude – The Buzz (feat. Mataya & Young Tapz) -
5 Pointz NYC In Danger of Demolition
The 5 Pointz Aerosol Art Center of Long Island City, Queens is under threat of demolition.
In 2002, Jonathan “Meres One” Cohen began curating the 5 Pointz Aerosol Art Center in an effort to provide a place where artists from around the city could come together to exhibit their work outdoors for the public—and to do it legally.
5 Pointz, an old abandoned warehouse just off the 7 subway line, the “Institute of Higher Burning,” has been an epicenter of graffiti, street art, and Hip Hop culture since its establishment by Cohen over 10 years ago. Owner of the building Jerry Wolkoff and his son David Walkoff have expressed plans to demolish the structure and erect high-rise residential towers.
Do your part and help save the graffiti and cultural icon. Download the form here, fill it out, and email it to Landmark5pointz@gmail.com (and be sure to include the address: 45-46 Davis St, Long Island City, NY 11101).
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Wall Writers: Graffiti In Its Innocence
Check out this amazing project by Roger Gastman happening right now. It will only be funded if at least $60,000 is pledged by Friday Aug 24, 5:52pm EDT.
“If you are a fan of graffiti, street art or subculture in general this is an educational film you must see. Please help make it a reality. It’s so close!”
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REVOK / GILGAMESH & SABER
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Lush – Graffiti Asshole
Controversial Australian graffiti artist and all round nice guy Lush is taking his latest show “You Become What You Hate” to London this weekend. Get down there if your about!
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Banksy – Child Labour in the UK
A new Banksy piece has popped up on the side of Poundland, Whymark Avenue, London.
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Blek le Rat – 60/30
Between November 19, 2011 – January 7, 2012 Blek le Rat, the Godfather of stencil art marked the 30th anniversary since the birth of his truly inspiring art with the 60/30 Exhibition. At the ripe age of 60, Blek le Rat has never stopped creating amazing street art and is a true pioneer of the scene. His innovative spirit paved the way for all subsequent street artists who have, and continue to, follow in his path.
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Pavel 183
Russian Street Artist Pavel 183 has been terrorising urban landscapes around Moscow for around 13 years. His artistic philosophy is “First, I think, then I see and then I show what I see.” He has been dubbed the next Banksy because of his political message he displays in some of his art.
One of his latest works was carried out on the snow, lens frame completed with a light pole. You can identify work with his signature “183”.
I’m really digging one of his works, entitled “Arsonists bridges” with the image of a rebel with a torch. At night, they lit a real fire here to add realism. Pavel said ”Many of us can not achieve any success, no glory, no money, no relationship, and this work is dedicated to those who burn old bridges to create a new world.”
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unurth
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The Rise – OBEY
Nice little vid with Shepard Fairey OBEY talking about the influence graffiti, skateboarding and punk rock had on his life and the ways it shaped his art career.
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Blek Le Rat
Blek le Rat, born Xavier Prou in Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris in 1951, was one of the first graffiti artists in Paris, and the originator of stencil graffiti art. Today his work gets mistaken for Banksy, but in true fact he is the true pioneer. In the recent documentary Graffiti Wars, Blek has said “when you have a style and you see that someone else is taking your style and reproducing it, you don’t like that”.
Even though the two have been said to have collaborated, with Banksy starting a mural in the Mission District, San Francisco and Blek seen in 2011 adding to it. Today Banksy acknowledges Blek’s influence stating “every time I think I’ve painted something slightly original, I find out that Blek Le Rat has done it as well, only twenty years earlier.”
Blek had his first solo U.K. exhibition in London at the Leonard Street Gallery in October 2006. He has since been placed back on the street art scene and finally getting the recognition he truly deserves. Cool fact: his name originates from a childhood cartoon “Blek le Roc”, using “rat” as an anagram for “art”.
“1981 to 1983 the beginning of the stencil graffiti art .I had the idea to use stencils to make graffiti for one reason. I did not want to imitate the American graffiti that I had seen in NYC in 1971 during a journey I had done over there.I wanted to have my own style in the street… I began to spray some small rats in the streets of Paris because rats are the only wild living animals in cities and only rats will survive when the human race will have disappeared and died out”Check out his work HERE.
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Outpost Project
Outpost Project has some of the worlds best street artists rocking down under. More than 150 have transformed the grimey industrial spaces on Cockatoo Island, Sydney Harbour into a street art mecca.
“Renowned international and local artists such us ROA (Belgium), Ethos (Brazil), Kid Zoom (USA/Australia), Anthony Lister (USA/Australia) and the Everfresh Collective (Australia) will illuminate the island with large-scale installations, live art creations including aerosol art, stencilling, paste-ups, sticker art, cup rocking, sculpture, murals and billboards.”
Check it out HERE
One of my boys from Byron, Kent made this little ditty. Peep it and if your in Sydney between now and 11th Dec get your ass there, with the weather heating up it’s making me home sick. Oh yeah and it’s FREE!
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ROA – Transit Exhibition Berlin
I caught up with a couple of friends (Jess & Terissa), who were helping out at Skalitzers Contemporary Art for the first solo show in Berlin by internationally acclaimed Belgian artist ROA.
“ROA is famous for his large-scale depictions of animals on city walls around the world, ROA brings the creatures which inhabit the fringes of human society back to the metropolis to expose the natural beauty in the cycle of life and death.”
ROA is a brilliant street artist from Ghent, Belgium and is renowned for his giant black and white animal pieces around the city streets and buildings of the world. Today, Roa’s artwork is seen from New York to Berlin and Warsaw to Paris. His style is well suited to the semi derilict buildings and structures you can see his ‘bigger than life’ work on and I’m really impressed with him pushing the envelope in the street art scene.
The night before we hit up my mates Restaurant / Bar Maria Peligro in Kreuzberg for a double denim party. Was a great evening and ended up in McDonalds drinking beers and eating cheeseburgers in the wee hours of the morning.
Fazzari Multimedia
