So Far, the second solo show by Two One, one of Melbourne’s leading artist will be officially launching tomorrow night at No Vacancy.

And seeing as collectors and fans alike gearing up for what will no doubt be another awesome collection, I shot a short interview at Two so as to catch up with the Japanese/Melbourne artists and get some information on what to expect.

People still talk about your debut show, The 1000 Can show, which was nearly 2 years ago, what have you been working in the time between.

Just after the 1000 can show I was invited to the No Vacancy gallery opening show and after that I was involved in even more group shows while working on few murals, installations and commission paintings.

I’ve also been working on performance project Lo2’s Fleet with Elf Tranzpoter. I did live paint, destroy, recreating, and sound performance. Painted some walls in Thailand as well with some locals.   It has been very busy.

How does “So Far” relate to the “1000 Can Show”?

I’m not sure how it’s relating, but I know I couldn’t do “So Far” if I didn’t do “1000 Can show”. The first show made me able to think bigger scale, and to think that it is possible to get better if you put mind in to it.

As you’ve said before allot of the inspiration for your work come from dreams, are there any particular dreams of images that are represented in your latest show?

Yes there are some pieces based on dream image, but lately I have been trying to change my painting process. I used to paint based more on story of the dream. now I’m more concentrating on capture moment, object, or feel that I felt in dream.

So like rusty metal piece next to moon or a dice which include numbers, sand timer, and Indian bull. These are harder things to explain in words

What projects do you have planned after this show?

Probably, I should not tell plans before they start to be formed clearly. So that I not became a liar.

Two and Meggs stop to check out the show during installation.

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Also tomorrow night, Freshly Baked Gallery has a launch about a block away at 1,000 pound. Well worth checking out. Click here for more info.

I’ve been meaning to post a photo of this truly epic wall by the Everfresh crew but havn’t had a chance to photograph it.

Luckily Wonderlust is on the case. Click the join up below to view the details or go to the Everfresh blog for the full story behind it.

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Completing his month long residency at All Over Gallery, Mr Stark is ready to exhibit the results of his labors in the form of Future City Eaters, an exhibition of new work and installations at All Over in Lyons Franch.

From the 17th of September to the 17th of October.
Galerie ALL OVER
41 rue des Tables Claudiennes – 69001 LYON – FRANCE

More news soon.

Love Letter is a project by Stephen Powers (Espo) reclaiming the buffed rail side rooftops and walls of Philadelphia with messages that connect with commuters bringing them closer to the aesthetic of graffiti by focusing on a message other than the artists name, an aspect which is lost to people outside of the graffiti community. Replacing them with love notes which of course retain Powers strong vintage signage style.

“I find it interesting that no one noticed that a hundred full color walls suddenly went brown. That was always the problem with graffiti, for all it’s efforts to communicate, most people don’t understand it and if people don’t understand, they don’t take ownership, and your  name gets taken down like a campaign poster in December. In our fame-addled America it’s easy to understand the motivation to write your name,  a lot harder to appreciate the unreadable result.”

Check more here….
www.aloveletterforyou.com
www.muralarts.org

Graduating from the Royal Collage of the Arts in 1968. Roger Dean’s designed the first album cover for Yes in 1971.

The subsequent work of his career, both in logo design and fantasy art set the standard for music and fantasy art, his publishing companies, Paper Tiger and Dragons Dream have in the years released some of the dopest art books across any genre, such as The Flights of Icarus. Here is a collections of highlights from his logo work but I strongly recommend spending some time on Roger Deans website and doing a Google image for his work at highest resolution.

On Deans site there is also some promising information about a sustainable village that he is designing and a film based around the album work he did with yes which looks pretty cool. Rogerdean.com

Fuck I look forward to the day when i can dedicate myself to something as cool as designing a self contained village.

Enjoy.

The classic Psygnosis logo, Roger also went on to design some classic game cover art for the company, including the dope Shadow of the Beast series, during the 8bit period when in game graphics were so basic that the cover art played such an important part of the gameplay experience.

Proof that gradients can be cool.

Sao Paulo artist Dante Horoiwa recently finished his 20 meter materpiece in the Netherlands.

Horoiwa’s blog

Reunite and Transmute a dou show between Sean E. Whelan and Ghost Patrol.

Sean Edward Whelan currently resides in Niigata Japan piloting giant robots, he spent his formative years with Ghost Patrol in the south of Tasmania.

Reunite and Transmute was the first collection and exhibition of their collaborative watercolor and pencil works and launched last Friday at No Vacancy Gallery. The exhibition will remain on display for the next few weeks to be replaced by TwoOne’s second solo show. Get down and check it out.

TwoOne’s second solo show will be launching on the 10th of September.
I’ll be bringing you an interview as well as previews from the show closer to the date.

Living from 1831 to 1889, Kyōsai witnessed a great transitional period in Japans history and along with many of the traditions that gave wave to European influences, Kyosai represents a fringe, as one of the last great traditional Japanese painters. Still his fine and macabre supernatural style remains incredibly modern. Enjoy.

Bake-Bake Gakkō, or “School for Spooks” August 1872

Enma, the King of Hell and a Courtesan


Ghost Paintings