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Inherent Vice

Posted in News, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on July 23, 2011| Leave a Comment »

I just found out some of my images have kindly been added to the assemblage wall down at the National Gallery of Victoria’s installation/project space at the moment for the project ‘Inherent Vice’. Put together by M P Fikaris of Silent Army fame…and in collaberoration with Pat Grant, Michael Hawkins, Rebecca Clements, Sarah Howell, Mandy Ord, Simon Haselman and Ben Hutchings. So if your in Melbourne and you have an appreciation for good illustration, comic art and all things small press related, then get on over to the exhibition space and show the artists some love.

The group of 8 artists have taken over the space where everfresh were last month(directly opposite Hosier Lane), and will transform the area into their studio spaces and a group exhibition from July 16 – August 14.

It will be open from 10am – 5pm Sun-Wed and 10am – 10pm Thurs-Sat.

It’s well worth a look!

(Sorry about the crappy images, but I only had point and click cam and no flash was allowed.)

Below is the wall where some of my stuff made it! From my zine ‘Seeing Red’.

Flyer below:

In other news the ‘Light Up Geelong’ exhibition that I have a painting in is on for another week or so upstairs in Market Square in Geelong. So go check it out. Peace Out! NF

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The Silent Scream gets closer!

Posted in books, News, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on June 20, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Well, I was pretty excited recently when I picked up a copy of Imprint, an Australian printmaking magazine to find an advert for the exihition The Silent Scream, the political and social comment in books by artists exhibition that I have a few zines in later this year. It’s kinda humbling to see your name in the company of Norman Lindsay, George Grosz and Gerhard Richter to name just a few.

So if your in Melbourne between the 26th September and 25th November …and artist’s books with social comments are your thing, get on over to the Sir Louis Matheson Library at the clayton campus of Monash University to have a look at the exhibition.

Imprint Magazine >>

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White Noise – Artist Book

Posted in books, Street Art, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on June 18, 2011| Leave a Comment »

A new little book…

White Noise, 8pgs – 200 x 200 mm, No Frills Art Publications. 2011 (Ed. of 20)

Plus some Think Tank stencil paste ups in the making, so keep your eyes peeled and stay tuned!

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Mind Control – Zine

Posted in books, tagged , , , , , , on April 5, 2011| Leave a Comment »

I have been handing these new zines out for free lately. They are basically taking a dig at consumerism. So keep you eyes peeled round town for one!

 

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Interior Walls – Three new Paintings

Posted in Artworks, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 5, 2011| Leave a Comment »

I have been stuck indoors a lot lately so i haven’t got out to do much outside…so i have been doing some new works for walls of the inside variety. Heading towards an exhibion at some point.

Anyway, here are a few i have been working on.

enjoy!

NF

Remote Control (Frame by Frame) after Duchamp – Mixed Media on Canvas, 2011 – 650 x 900 mm

 

Life is not Black and White – Mixed Media on Canvas, 600 x 600 mm – 2011

 

Cassette Mouse – Mixed Media on Canvas, 650 x 750 mm – 2011

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Paintings – March 2011

Posted in Artworks, tagged , , , , , , , , on March 14, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Here are a couple of new paintings that i have been working on. I think they are finished now…

Golden Handshake, Mixed Media on Paper – 60 x 80 cm – 2011

Sexy Scissors, Mixed Media on Paper – 60 x 80 cm – 2011

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New Book – No Frills Art by Glen Smith

Posted in books, News, tagged , , , , , on March 14, 2011| 2 Comments »

Coming VERY soon…

I got the proof copy of my new publication recently. If i do say so myself…I think it looks awesome! It’s really nice to see a whole bunch of your artwork in one place slickly presented. It covers my canvases, street art, t shirts and more.

The specs are as follows:

No Frills Art : Glen Smith

176 pgs Full Colour – Illustrated

Perfect Bound Paperback

210 x 295 mm

So stay tuned as it will be available from here soon and should be around about $45 USD.

NF

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Art in Geelong

Posted in Exhibition, News, tagged , , , , , , , , , on March 6, 2011| Leave a Comment »

My recent group show at Oxide Gallery with Glen Fry and Kerry Russell has been given a bit of a review over at the Art in Geelong blog. So if you wish to have a look at a few of the works from the show get on over to the blog. While your there be sure to have a browse around the site as Deirdre Carmichael has been putting in some serious effort to document exhibitions and the work of Geelong Artists. (Thanks Deirdre!)

So go visit: artingeelong.com

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The Silent Scream

Posted in books, News, tagged , , , , , , 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.


 

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Some recent paste ups…

Posted in Street Art, tagged , , , , , , , , on January 21, 2011| Leave a Comment »

I have been a bit quiet of late due to an injury slowing me down and a serious illness in the family being a focus of my time. Anyway, here are a few pasters up in Melbourne…generally round Hosier. Enjoy!

Toxic Mickey

Small Terrorist

Brumby…this one actually went up round the time of the election.

The Raven

Words are Weapons Mash up

We are the real Pests

I also threw a few of these Terrorists mugshots up for Prefab 77, a collective from US now living in the UK…while i was out and about to give  them a presence in melbs. So if you don’t know there stuff go look em up…they do massive paste ups on the whole side of buildings!

and finally here are a few of my new stickers…

  



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Click Clack Project update

Posted in News, tagged , , , , , , , , on December 12, 2010| Leave a Comment »

I got my hands on one of the CD’s recently that they used my artwork on for the Click Clack Project. Below is a few pix of it…and further down are some photos of the posters for The Mountain which is a part of the click clack project. BTW…if your into your experimental and found sound get along to The Mountain at 45 downstairs next week (15-18 Dec 2010). Further info available here>>

Above: Click Clack Cd         

Below: The poster i designed for The Mountain (Spencer Street Melbourne)

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Some recent art…

Posted in Artworks, tagged , , , , , on December 12, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Here are a couple of pieces i have thrown together lately. Kinda just experimenting at the moment with a few techniques.

NF branded can – Paster on canvas(60x70cm). Thinking i might hit this one with some resin next!

NF Skull Logo – stencil on canvas (60x60cm). Trying to sand this one back to give it an aged look.

USB skull – Stencil on Canvas (40x60cm). Just another variation on this stencil that i have had on here a few times.

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Fit to Print – Exhibition @ No Vacancy, Melbourne

Posted in Exhibition, print, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on November 28, 2010| Leave a Comment »

I have a bunch of archival digital pigment prints for sale in a group show titled  Fit to Print, coming up on Thurs 9th Dec. (Opening Night) through to the 23rd Dec. at No Vacancy Gallery in Melb(QV building). There should be five of my prints on display including my ‘Horseplay – print’ which is on sale for the first time…In an edition of 25.

So if your keen get along to the show and have a look or buy some art… there will also be a bunch of other really cool artists on show including Beastman, Braddock, Ghostpatrol, Miso and Twoone to name just a few. So don’t miss it! 

 

Horseplay – 40 x 55 cm – Archival Pigment Print on 300gsm Rives Paper – Edition of 25


For every print sold over $20 the gallery will donate $2 to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre.

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The Click Clack Project

Posted in News, tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 12, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Recently i did some graphic design for Melbourne sound company JOLT. They create experimental and found sound combined with orchestral music. There recent project over the weekend at Footscray Community Arts Centre was a free gig where the sound was made with Jolt artists as well as the Amplified Elephants, a disability sound group from melb as well as Noise Scavengers a youth based group founded at the Cloverdale Community Centre in Geelong. Those who follow my work may recognise my elephant in the gas mask…as i was told to do my thing and use my artwork within the design…which is always the best kind of graphic design!

So if your out and about in melb keep your eyes peeled for my elephant billposters, there should be 500 round town. There will also be a cool poster coming out soon with a vulture on a pile of electrical and white goods…also featuring a TV with a mash up of Charles Manson and a Buddha! So keep your eyes peeled!

There is also another gig coming up in december at 45 downstairs, in Melbourne.

Visit there site for further details on times, dates and prices >>

Above is one of the A5 catalogue/books that folds out into a poster.

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National Gallery showcases street art – ABC Canberra – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Posted in Exhibition, News, Street Art, tagged , , , , , , , , on November 10, 2010| 3 Comments »

Space Invaders is an exhibition now open at the NGA in Canberra. It is probably one of the most important exhibitions relating to street art that has been seen in Australia. It gives the artform some real respect and places it into a serious art context. So if this is your thing and you can get up there it will be well worth the effort.

Below is a link to a story about the exhibition off the ABC…in it you can see one of my ‘Think Tank’ stickers on display up there.

National Gallery showcases street art – ABC Canberra – Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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