Saturday February 6, 2010
So I’m taking part in an exhibition this Feb, and it’s at China Heights gallery (Feb 12-14th), which is really exciting. Somewhere I’ve always wanted to see my works one day. It’s called This Little Piggy and is organised by the uber-lovely and talented Sydney artist Rebecca Murphy. 25 piggy banks meet their demise at the hands of 25 artists! We’re also showing some of our artworks alongside our piggies.
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Thursday October 1, 2009
I recently got commissioned to paint a mural for the band room at Mona Vale Hotel, aka The Attic. The room has a new vibe and the mural certainly brightens the place up. Coincidentally, it was also rather cool to have Tame Impala break in my artwork on it’s first night with a sold out gig. I was pretty curious to see how the crowd would react to my work – would they like it? Spill their drinks on it?
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Sunday August 16, 2009
Since his early drawings, Chinese artist Xia Xiaowan has restlessly been pushing the boundaries of Western traditional realistic painting. His goal, in all of this, has been to explore, by means of expanded and diffracted viewpoints, a new and ‘true vision’ which goes beyond the principles of physics.
Using special pencils, paints and glass panes, he creates 3D, spatial artworks which often feel to me like a trip to the anatomy museum. They remind me of Damien Hirst’s pickled animals, or that horse scene from the movie The Cell – but there’s something more ethereal or spiritual about them.
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Sunday July 19, 2009
I had my first ‘real’ art show the other day, which was a pretty fun, exhausting experience – who could know just how much hard work really goes into setting up a show – not just creating the artworks, but finding the right materials to display them, being able to transport and store the artworks, as well as protect them from the public viewing them!
Especially when working with some unconventional materials. The show in question was for the listening party for the new Dappled Cities album, l was interpreting a track called KID. I thought I would work outside my usual illustrative box and create works using materials and activities based on the childhood theme.
The end results relate to ideas of youth and the inner/outer child, what it really means to be young. I was pretty happy with how it turned out. See for yourself…
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Monday June 15, 2009
A well designed one, that is. You might have seen this blogged around but couldn’t help posting it, these popper/juice boxes by Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa are rather awesome.
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