New paste ups

It was great to get out on the streets of Fitzroy & the CBD this week, on a warm balmy night (which seem to be few and far between these days) and paste some new work with my ever reliable and enthusiastic pasting pal Christy. Here's a taste below, more images and locations on Facebook

Christmas approaches: Street Advent!

"What!?" I hear you say "An Advent Calendar on the streets? Crazy!"

Yes, a little crazy, but what a fun way to play with the city in the lead up to Christmas! My good mate Matt and I are rounding up 25 artists to partake in this calendar project. Each day in December, until the 25th we will be revealing a fresh new piece of street art to the world, just as those little perforated doors revealed Rudolph, candy canes or maybe it was just Santa's shiny red face. No red faces here though, just talented artists!

Head to our website for the full brief and to register interest in getting involved. Of course we are on Facebook too. Spread the word!

Outpost & Paste Modernism 3

Tonight is the opening night of Outpost on Cockatoo Island in Sydney. This festival is set to be the biggest celebration of street art Australia has seen. Running for 5 weeks and involving over 100 artists, both Aussie and international it's going to be an event not to be missed.

As part of Outpost, Paste Modernism 3 celebrates the humble paste up. Running for it's third year and curated by Ben Frost, Paste Modernism 3 involves over 250 artists and countless paste up art.

I sent my package of paste ups north to Sydney a couple of weeks back and am hoping to make it up there between now and the 11th of December to check out the amazing display of work.

More images can be seen via the PM3 Facebook page

Charge Group

Last Friday night here in wet and cold Melbourne town, Sydney band Charge Group had a single launch at Gasometer in Collingwood. The gig was great and as well as selling their brand spankin' new single Run, they were also selling T's designed by yours truly. 

I'm loving the new tunes from these guys, the clip for Run is also pretty damn awesome. Looking forward to the album in March!

Why We Fight

I've started working on a new body of work for a solo show, but recently got side tracked after watching the video clip for This is Why We Fight by the Decmberists.

 

This clip inspired me to create a couple of new pieces. The first of which is currently showing at Egg Gallery on Johnston St, Collingwood.

 

 

And the "sister" piece to this, just finished today:

Paper cut paste ups

I have been reading a book that refers to wolves a lot, which is conjuring up lots of wolf related imagery. Combine this with the view of St Mark's church out my kitchen window and some patterns inspired by old crochet patterns and the below paste up is the result!

Hello, goodbye

The next two group shows I'm involved in are the opening show for Egg Gallery and the closing show for For Walls Gallery.

Egg is a bright, creative, affordable, no hassle space in the heart of Collingwood dedicated to supporting emerging & established artists across a range of mediums. Egg believes artists should be able to profit from their work, therefore, we are working on a NO COMMISSION basis. Their goal is to facilitate an open, fun & supportive space for artists & friends to create & exhibit freely. Their opening show is a group show entitled Egg and opens on Friday September 23 at 66a Johnston St Collingwood. Check their website out for more details.

Next up will be the closing show for For Walls Gallery.

Over one year and a half For Walls has hosted over 20 shows with hundreds of artworks on display and beers consumed. Sadly it’s time for the gallery to close it’s doors - which means a massive group show with the artists who did a solo show as well as a few other specials.

I will be doing a bit of a collaboration with my good friend Matt who curated the A3 Small Art Show last year.


The show opens on Wednesday October 5, 6pm at Miss Libertine, 34 Franklin St, Melbourne. Show your love on their Facebook page.