The exhibition went well, the show looked good and i sold one piece with another looking like it might sell. Considering I only had five works in the show, a pretty good saturday arvo. Thanks to all those people who dropped in!
NF
Posted in Exhibition, News, tagged alleyway arts, geelong, geelong art, glen smith, oxide gallery on February 20, 2011| Leave a Comment »
The exhibition went well, the show looked good and i sold one piece with another looking like it might sell. Considering I only had five works in the show, a pretty good saturday arvo. Thanks to all those people who dropped in!
NF
Posted in News, Street Art, tagged Drab, haha, hosier lane, melbourne, no frills, paste up, Street Art, street art in Melbourne, Swoon, swoon art, swoon street art, Wheat paste, wheatpaste, wood cut on February 17, 2011| 5 Comments »
A night on the town…
If you haven’t already heard the buzz new york based street art star Swoon is in Melbourne for an exhibition at Metro Gallery. I was lucky enough to meet her this week and got to go on a little run around melb on thursday night with her and a few others.
No Frills Toxic Mickey meet Swoon – Hosier Lane
This one above was the first one i came across before i got to meet her. Looks like Mickey has seen better days!
Swoon unrolling the goodness…massive woodcuts with intricate handcut backgrounds designed to really make the pieces become one with the environment.
Getting messy wheatpaste style.
On the wall…AC/DC lane Melbourne
There were a few people getting up or helping out including HAHA, Vexta, Drab, Junky and Tonez.
HAHA getting down with the wheatpaste.
Drab doing what he does so well – Tatterstalls Lane
And finally a small one of mine going up in AC/DC lane…
Thanks Ms Tonez for the above pic.
Subtle Stealth Bomber pasted to the wall.
All up it was a really good session, Swoon was really nice btw…and we all got to change the walls of melbourne for a little while. And if your in melbs drop in to Until Never Gallery and see Shida’s first Melb Exhibition…it is awesome and well worth visiting.
Until next time….enjoy!
NF
Posted in Exhibition, tagged exhibition opening, geelong, oxide gallery on February 17, 2011| Leave a Comment »
A bit of late notice on this one, but on Monday i was asked to patch a hole and throw together enough work to take part in an exhibition. It opens this saturday, and i have no idea how long its on for or what the other work in the show is going to be.
….but if your about saturday arvo drop in and say hello!
The show is part of the alleyway arts festival in Gtown, so there should be a bunch of stuff on.
Anywho, the press release from the gallery is below…
Oxide Contemporary Arts is proud to present an exhibition of paintings and prints by well renowned local artists Glen Smith, Glen Fry and Kerry Russell. These artists each have over 20 years experience exhibiting in Sydney, Melbourne and Geelong. This exciting and diverse exhibition has been organised to coincide with the Alleyway Arts Festival 2011 which takes place this Saturday in Little Malop Street and surrounding alleyways.
Date: | 19 February 2011 |
Time: | 12noon to 6.00pm |
Venue: | Oxide Contemporary Arts, 3 McLarty Place, Geelong |
Cost: | Free |
Contact: | 0422 527 302 |
Email: | oxidegallery@gmail.com |
Posted in books, News, tagged artist books, melbourne, monash university, no frills art, precious books, rare books, zines on February 16, 2011| Leave a Comment »
I just recieved news confirming that i have my artist books/zines being included in an exhibition this September at Monash University in Melbourne. The exhibition and and the accompanying publication is going to be called, The Silent Scream: political and social comment in books by artists. The exhibition is a joint project between Monash University Rare Books Library (http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/rare/) and the Bibliotheca Librorum apud Artificem (http://www.bibliotheca.org.au) a private collection of precious books based in New South Wales by Monica Oppen.
It’s pretty exciting news, and it feels good to have the books considered within a conceptual context…so stay tuned for further information later in the year.
ps- Below is my latest artist book just out.
Posted in books, News, tagged 2011, alternative press, badges, I am typewriter, melbourne, small press, stickers, sticky, sticky institute, zine fair, zines on February 14, 2011| 2 Comments »
This weekend was the “I am Typewriter” festival and zine fair. The fair presented by Sticky Institute was in the degraves street underground and saw a large number of both stall holders(Over 40 tables!) and audience. I shared a table with David of Field Study, and combined we moved a descent amount of alternative and small press publications. The day saw the first outing for my new sticker packs, Sample/New World Order/Dismay zines and a bunch of new badge designs. The audience were great, i met a bunch of great new crew and overall the day was a huge success.