What an incredible Launch of ELKE KRAMER’s Revolte sunglasses. The rain held off; The mood was set by the abstract cello stylings of Mary Rapp; Asahi and Batlow provided liquid merriment; and you know it went off coz the cops showed up. Shots by Rafaela Pandolfini (rafaelapandolfini.com) Check out the full gallery on our Facebook page here.
Can’t help but chuckle at this hate mail project by London based artist Mr Bingo.
It all began on one drunken night back in 2011 when he tweeted “I will send an offensive postcard to the first person to reply to this message,” and a new Internet art project emerged. Hate Mail invites strangers to pay for a one off piece of art in the form of an offensive postcard addressed to them (or whoever they ordered it for). GENIUS!
Brett: What are you up to this arvo?
Kilian: Might freebalance on top of 3 skateboards in an art gallery.
Brett: Ummm, Yeah! Me too… isn’t eveybody these days?
Anthony Lister rocking his Colab ‘Flippas’ in this short film from Endoftheline. This sneak peak gives an awesome look at Listers process on a piece from start to finish – RAD x 1000!
We’re stoked to see one of our favourite Sydney based artists Elke Kramer rocking her latest Colab release – the ‘Revoltes’ – in grey tort in the latest issue of Oyster mag!
We’re stoked to hear that COLAB artist Mark Whalen (aka. Kill Pixie) will be back in Australia for his solo show Maze Walkers at the Chalk Horse Gallery in Sydney next month. Heres a sneak peak of Mark prepping in his studio (thanks to the guys at Monster Children Mag)
Opening 4 April, 6-8pm Chalk Horse. 8 Lacey Street. Surry Hills NSW. Get it in the calendar now!
Geoff Mcfetridge is one of 18 designers and illustrators who have collaborated with Node (a non-profit social business) to create a collection of beautiful rugs, handmade by a fair trade group of traditional Nepalese carpet makers. These signed rugs are limited to editions of 10. Above is a sneak peak of rugs by Geoff McFetridge and Neasden Control Centre!
We’re excited to see that Neasden Control Centre (Stephen Smith) is speaking at this years upcoming Semi-Permanent event in Portland. If you’re in the States its a must to head along – and while you’re at it, check out their limited edition COLABS!
Got a spare 29 seconds? – then you can’t go past this LEGO stop motion animation by berlin based animator Annette Jung. MJ’s got moves!
We’re in LOVE with this imagery for Romance Was Born’s new 2013 collection shot by Samuel Hodge. The collection – inspired by the Johnston Collection, Staffordshire porcelain figurines and Frances Hodgson Burnett’s heartwarming rags to riches tale of the innocent Little Lord Fauntleroy – is out of this world awesome.
The Duke Of Lancaster is an abandoned ship off the North Wales coast which has been brought back to life after being covered in intricate street art. The hull of the rusting ship has been used as a blank canvas by a host of international graffiti artists. Turning the ship into a floating art installation was the brainchild of former street artist Maurice Blunt, who spotted the Duke Of Lancaster from a train. Seeing its potential Maurice tracked down the owners and proposed her unique idea for transforming the forgotten vessel. Check out the rad film of it being painted below.
Mark Whalen (aka Kill Pixie) was invited to present a painting for Michael Jordan’s surprise 50th birthday party at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Such an awesome opportunity and a rad piece of art!
What’s a better way to celebrate hump day – and one of our fantastic artists Timba Smits birthday – then with this illustrated piece from the man himself. With two amazing sunglass releases from the collaboration, the ‘Wooden Toy‘ (now at its 1000 piece limit!) and the ‘Xrays‘, we’re anticipating exciting things ahead!
If you’ve been living in Sydney over the last six months you would by now know who Reko Rennie is – and if you don’t, then you would most certainly have seen his contribution to Art & About 2012 – perhaps after a few (too many) beverages on Oxford St. Now an urban landmark and featured ever so prominently on Taylor Square (trust me you can’t miss it!) Reko’s art explores what it means to be an urban Aboriginal in contemporary Australian society.
Super cool work from Diane Meyer whose process includes obscuring photographs by combining cross-stich embroidery to her photography. In doing so she forms a pixelated version of the underlying image. Digital meets tradition.
