Melbourne, Australia: Monday 20 April 2009 – Internationally renowned sculpture and stencil artist, D*Face, is in Melbourne this week to launch the Big Mouth Project – a collaboration between some of the world’s most talented artists and WorkSafe Victoria to spread the word about speaking up and being safe at work.

Known for his commitment to the individual having a voice, D*Face has spoken up about issues of social and political significance through his work for the past 10 years – cutting, pasting and drawing his way through the streets of London, using subversive images that challenge the orthodox, while sticking two fingers up at the establishment.

As part of the Big Mouth Project, D*Face today enlisted the help of Melbourne’s biggest mouth – Luna Park – to make his statement about speaking up on work safety.  He has created a giant sculpture of a loudhailer and placed it directly out the front of Luna Park, to show his approach to getting his voice heard and encourage others to do the same.

D*Face’s thinking behind the design was to construct an image that would represent how people can get their voices heard the loudest.  Speaking up and asking questions in the workplace is the best way to stay safe.
Having worked in lots of different jobs over the years, D*Face has experienced firsthand what it’s like to be the new kid on the block, and unsure about safety when first starting out.

He got involved with the project because he believes it is a worthwhile cause as well as the opportunity it’s giving him to collaborate with some of the world’s best artists, writers and typographers such as Luke Lucas to bring the Big Mouth Project to life.
The trip is D*Face’s first to Australia and is he is planning to dive head-first into the Melbourne street art scene this week, and record a visual diary which will be broadcast on the Big Mouth Project web site.

Young people aged between 15 and 24 are more likely to get injured at work than any other age group, so it’s important to know that speaking up doesn’t make you a big mouth, it means you’ll be here to tell the story.

D*Face’s loudhailer sculpture is on show at the entrance of Luna Park, St Kilda all week from Monday 20 April to Friday 24 April 2009.  For further information, please visit www.bigmouthproject.com.

WHEN WE THINK OF AN ACORN WE THINK OF A SMALL NUT, A SMALL NUT WITH ENORMOUS POTENTIAL, THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME AN OAK TREE, A MAJESTIC TREE OF GIGANTIC PROPORTIONS. SO, WE FEEL THAT THE NAME ACORN IS THE PERFECT FIT TO THIS EXTREMELY TALENTED YOUNG ARTIST. ACORN IS ORIGINALLY FROM CANADA BUT HAS SPENT HIS LAST SIX MONTHS WORKING IN MELBOURNE ON A BODY OF  WORK THAT MUST BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED.

GORKER GALLERY IS PROUD TO PRESENT “MY KINGDOM, NOT YOURS”  A COLLECTION OF WORK FROM CANADIAN BORN ARTIST ACORN. HIS WORK IS DESCRIBED AS A SELF NARRATIVE BASED UPON A WORLD OF COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS, DEPICTING NO SPECIFIC CULTURE OR RELIGION. HE WORKS IN WATER COLOUR AND INKS CREATING EXTREMELY INTIMATE ILLUSTRATIONS THAT WE KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE. RECENTLY ACORN HAS SPENT TIME FORGING AN ALLIANCE WITH MELBOURNE ARTISTS NIOR AND GHOST PATROL AS THE ‘TRIFORCE ADVANCE’ SO IF HIS ASSOCIATES ARE ANYTHING TO GO BY HE IS GOING TO BE A SERIOUS HIT WITH THE NATIVES. DONT MISS THE CHANCE TO COME AND SEE THIS AMAZING BODY OF WORK WITH A LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT WILL LEAVE YOU GORKING FOR HOURS.

LAUNCH NIGHT THURSDAY 30 APRIL, 6:00PM – 9:00PM
EXHIBITION RUNS UNTIL SUNDAY 17 MAY
GORKER GALLERY OPENING HOURS:
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11AM – 7:00PM SATURDAY & SUNDAY
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Last year, RVCA collaborated with Italian Bicycle maker Cinelli in a project consisting of 13 artists reworking their track bikes. Amongst the artists featured in the show was Barry McGee, whose work ended up going into a limited production run of 50 replica’s.

One of the 50 replicas will be on display at the Heist store in Melbourne this Friday, celebrating the event will be the launch of 50 Kaws X RVCA T-shirts and free beer. If your around head down to check it out.

Paul is apparently from Melbourne, has been busy working on various animation and game project and don’t know much else about him, outside of that which can can be ascertained from his animation and pixels. And that is that he’s pretty fucked up / awesome.  I figure that’s more than enough.

Check out more of his work here on his live journal. or at the Mecha Fetus VisualBlog

can’t stop progress…

can’t put a price on memories…

The Melbourne art world converged last Friday for the the opening of KR’s debut Australian show. A modern abstract expressionist and man behind KRINK,  KR’s show witnessed the unveiling of the world exclusive the KRINK fire extinguishers, strictly limited.

Love it when a plan comes together. check out the KRink X Nice Produce T-shirt.

Underway right now.

Nice is making moves to bring Brazilian artists Yusk and Horoiwa, along with Miss G to Australia for 6 months to take part in and contribute to the Melbourne art scene.

Details are still shakey at this point, but until more is locked in, enjoy some of this stunning work by Sao Paulo artist Horoiwa.

At the age of fifteen the young Dante Horoiwa began his career as a commercial illustrator.

Being from a city with such a strong and unique graffiti movement as Sao Paulo, it wasn’t long before Horoiwa, under the name Musta, started becoming actively involved in street art.

The rawness and innovation of the Brazilian street art scene has since become one of the main influences on his work, both on and off the streets.
His other main influence comes from the culture, philosophy, history and art of his Japanese ancestry.

Drawing from his heritage, Horoiwa tries to follow the samurai philosophy and the pursuit of enlightenment. The difficulty and loneliness of which, given the state of the modern world, is a predominant theme in his artwork.

Comprising mainly of Syndey artists, the Go Font Yourself show launched last night at Dont Come gallery on show for the next week.

A new print by Malasian / Melbourne artist Drew, other wise knows as the beer downing rasta has gone up on Niceproduce.com. Limited 1/20, signed and numbered only $100aus. Here to buy and for details.