Here is a private balcony i painted not long ago that i would like to share with y’all. Its in a  little apartment somewhere near Brunswick St.

Enjoy.

To give you an idea of the level of excellence that the fine NC artists in this lineup are dragging up onto the stage here is a preview of a dope piece by Monk and Benzo.

Killer Bee Prototype 001. Laser Cut Skateboard, Grip tape and awesomeness

Incase you didn’t already know, here are some further details about the show.
170 individual pieces by 80 artists representing key cultural and artistic scenes
from around the world.

The Melbourne exhibition will be held at No Vacancy Gallery, Red Cape Lane
in QV, Melbourne.

Launch party, Friday the 7th of November, 7pm until 10pm.

The collection will be on display for 3 weeks, 10am until 7pm, Tuesdays to
Sunday, until the 23rd of November.

We’re also touring to Sydney on the 12th of December at Red Bull Gallery. More news about this later.

I moved into “the blender” studio not so long ago, there most of the time painting artworks. Drop by for a visit if you’re anywhere around that area.

Drewfunk.com is finally updated! chh-ch-check it out!!

On Saturday, Grottaglii, Italy, a town traditionally famous for its ceramics, gained notoriety for arts as the site of The Fame Festival.

Essentially, the premise of the festival is a douzen dope, sleep deprived artists from around the world, painting on everything they can get their hands on in the leading months while hanging out with the locals, enjoying the cultural landscape of the city. This is all followed up by a show summarizing the work at Studiocromie gallery.

DAVE KINSEY (USA) /CONOR HARRINGTON (IRELAND) / BLU (ITALY) / ETHOS (BRAZIL) / JR (FRANCE) / EINE (U.K / ABOVE (USA) / ERICA IL CANE (ITALY) / MANTIS (U.K.) / MICROBO (ITALY) / BO130 (ITALY) / LUCY MCLAUCHLAN (U.K.) / SICKBOY (U.K) / WILL BARRAS (U.K.).

Here are some of the results of the Festival, check the Fame Festivals blog for the stories behind each of these pieces.
Blu
JR

Erica il Cane

Dave Kinsey

Animation sinc with turntables. Itch, me & many more artist around the world are a part of this.
Do drop by to check it out…

Heard he is coming to OZ/NZ later this year so a bit of a heads up for those that might not be familiar with what he does.

DJ Baku (Bio lifted from Hearjapan.com)

“An ever prolific indie/alternative DJ and track-maker, DJ BAKU’s foundation is Hip Hop with a healthy dose of turntablism. His highly-acclaimed mix series released on his own label, DIS-DEFENSE DISC, has become something of a collector’s item. In June 2006, he released his long-awaited first album, “SPINHEDDZ” on POPGROUP Recordings, which reached No. 1 on the Tower Records Indie chart. Later in the same year, he performed with D-Style, Kid Koala and Q-Bert. In December that year, DJ BAKU joined forces with the legendary Guitar Wolf, releasing the single, “ULTRA CROSS Vol. 3”, on Sony Music. In 2007, BAKU embarked on a new project, assuming the alias, “Noizd Phank”, incorporating a variety of artists like Bug (ex Techno Animal) to do remixes.
Lastly, in 2008 will see the release of DJ BAKU’s second album, “Dharma Dance”. Along with his forte, sampling, BAKU has introduced the usage of guitar, bass, drums, and Chinese stringed instruments like the er hu, as well as a diverse range other natural/acoustic instruments in his new album”

Spin Headz is somewhat of a masterpiece:

http://www.hearjapan.com/store/album_info/Spinheddz

and his second recently released album “Dharma Dance” is a lot rockier but has some fine tunes no doubt.

http://www.disdefensedisc.com
http://www.myspace.com/djbakujapan

I´ve been working a lot, trying to keep up with everything that´s going on, working on a few posts, but I just saw some photos from one of my ultimate favorite artists here in Brazil that I just got to show you, a guy from Jundiai/SP, known as Insane. Not without a reason !

A wall…

…an insane wall !!! Much much better, for my taste!

His style is unique and his technique is pure talent, amazes me everytime I see a new wall, a new sketch or any drawing form this guy.

Keep the insanity positive!

Justin Lee Williams & Andrew Gordon: I never said that I was brave!    [20th August 2008]
2 Amazing artists come together and create one amazing exhibition, with similiar concepts and creations both artists have produced some incredible pieces for the show.

Justin and Andrew spent the days leading up to the show’s opening painting No Vacancy’s never ending white walls with a sort of adlib combination of both their styles. Both artists drove in each night from their respective far away homes, country and beach, and spent their hours with paint, cans, wine and brushes preparing a background to host the 40 odd pieces they have collectively created.

“I never said that I was brave!” is an exhibition of work by Justin Lee Williams and Andrew Gordon. Both artists gain inspiration from the solitude of their surrounds, Justin in the mountains outside of Melbourne and Andrew on the coast of Southern Victoria.

Justin combines areas of great detail with bold colour to express his thoughts on the relationship between living creatures and the earth. While Andrew uses childhood memories to create candid ideas about human interaction.

“I never said that I was brave!” will feature acrylic and water colour paintings, drawings and animations by both artists as well as limited edition prints and zines.

Is fairly darn inspiring. The prolific illustrator is art director of Pop Group recordings and half of the duo “Dark Funk Spot”

mo’ info/work:

http://www.pop-group.net/epr/

Beastman, from WATIM is having a show THIS FRIDAY, Oxford Street, Sydney at Ruby Rabbit, Art, Film, Music and Booze.