Lister will be coming home for another no doubt sucessfull show at Metro 5 Gallery on 10 September until 28 September 2008. 1214 High Street, Armadale.

Here’s a sneaky preview of the show courtesy of the good folks at Metro 5.

Me (left & Right) mixed media on canvas, 50.0 x 50.0 cm

Don’t hang my dress there (left & Right) mixed media on canvas, 170.0 x 170.0 cm

Give me Hulk (left & right) mixed media on canvas, 170.0 x 170.0 cm

All Dolled Up (right & right) mixed media on canvas, 120.0 x 120.0 cm

She had a Dream (left & right) mixed media on canvas, 120.0 x 120.0 cm

3rd Cup of Fiasko (left & right) mixed media on canvas, 120.0 x 120.0 cm

TV Guide Spells (left & right) mixed media on canvas, 120.0 x 120.0 cm

Two Birds One Stone (left & right), mixed media on canvas, 120.0 x 120.0 cm

Photo by Lucas Chan.

Can you believe it’s been 3 years already?

From a little idea to a big world, thanks to everyone past and present who have been involved in the “Nice way of life”.
Shouts to our immediate families and crews who keep us strong.
Shouts to our loyal supporters and customers who got taste.
Shouts to Melbourne city…

… and never forgetting the most important shout of all — to the artists and contributors, we’ve seen you grow in leaps and bounds. From the suburbs to the globe, don’t stop. The world is yours for the taking!

We’ve got plans as long as our rubber arms, Nice V2 is coming close, our range is expanding and the world is taking notice. There couldn’t be a better time to be feeling Nice.

PEACE & LONG LIVE THE NEW FRESH!

 I found this odd piece of installation art near grilled burger on Brunswick street and thought you all might get a kick out of it. A solid cement mobile phone with the message ‘I miss You’. It can only mean 2 things, this phone model is so old that it finally turned to stone or there is man made from cement who’s lost his mobile.

My man Meat Katie smashed Brown Alley here in Melbourne last night. Thanks to you, I’ve got the worst hangover known to man, I’ve locked my girlfriend out of the house for 2 hours while I was passed out, I’m on my first meal in 24 hours, I’m also on my second bottle of red in as many minutes and things are looking up for a lazy Saturday night.

Meat Katie, thanks for a rocking show! Enjoy the T.

 Last night at NO VACANCY gallery.

Andrew puts th hing moves on an installation

As the crowd begins to rock up

needs more cowbell

check it: (Nior’s shoes pictured)

GORKER GALLERY PRESENTS THE SNEAKY 6: 28 AUGUST – 14 SEPTEMBER 2008
EXHIBITION BY SANTHA KING – A CREATIVE AND DIVERSE MELBOURNE BASED SHOE ARTIST. THE SNEAKY 6 SERIES FEATURES COLLABORATIVE LIMITED SETS OF ORIGINAL HAND MADE SNEAKERS WITH 5 OF MELBOURNE’S LEADING EMERGING STREET AND ILLUSTRATIVE ARTISTS. KING’S GOAL IS TO SUPPORT AND CREATE EXPOSURE FOR LOCAL AND UP AND COMING ARTISTS WHILST TAKING ART ORIGINALLY BORN FROM THE STREETS AND GIVING IT A NEW AUDIENCE AMONGST THE FASHION AND ART INDUSTRIES.

FEATURING COLLABORATIONS WITH MELBOURNE ARTISTS:
NIOR • SNUF • NATE HOLMES TRAPNELL • TIMBA & TWOONE

WWW.SANTHAKING.COM

OPENING NIGHT THURSDAY 28 AUGUST, 6:00PM – 9:00PM
SHOW RUNS UNTIL SUNDAY 14 SEPTEMBER
GORKER GALLERY OPENING HOURS:
3PM – 7:00PM WEDNESDAY – FRIDAY
11AM – 7:00PM SATURDAY & SUNDAY
WINE TASTING EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT 6:00PM – 7:00PM
(BROUGHT TO YOU BY AUSTINS WINE) 

Not going to be at St Jeromes tonight due to rain so the breakers are heading to NO VACANCY at 9 to shoot the first of the Melbourne scenes for BCONE.

Head down and heres what to expect.

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Just want to share with you guys some tattoo commissions i got for the past few weeks.
The Monkey-King & Tiger one is gonna be done on a whole back.
Have a great week.

In the past i’ve always put B-Boying in the boot next to the spare tyre on the cultural road trip, being put off by wak demonstrations at piss poor hip hop events. I mean its cool, but it’s never really registered as innovative for me.

THAT IS UNTIL… All this changed when i caught up with Mason, who along with a huge list of other achievements has, in the past 5 years become without contest the man of bboy documentation world wide with his Seven Shadows series.

What i realized, my assumption that B-Boys we all about the classic moves is the equivalent of thinking that graffiti is all about classic letter form, very wrong.

In truth, B-Boy’s today are pushing boundaries in ways you literally couldn’t imagine, defying the mechanics of the human body and expressing a style more akin to Mortal Combat than the classic breakers circle’s that sit in most our minds.

The 7 top breakers landed in Melbs today as part of the Red Bull BC ONE tour and will be holding demonstrations around Melbs.

Its worth heading down to at least one of these events. I’d recommend the espy show on Friday, cause i cant see how St Jeromes is going to work in that small space with the uneven floor and Boutique will be chock full of the very last of the metro’s bugging the DJ for sneaky sound system and stinking up the place with flouro t-shirts.

That said, I’ll probably be at all of them.

Here’s an exclusive review of the Print Show exhibitions which launched at No Vacancy Gallery Melbourne, tonight (13th). A permanent exhibition of limited edition giclee prints, 1/20 signed by a group of Australias finest artists and international guest Acorn. $180 each.

Click for closeup. Titles will be updated later today. Enjoy.

ACORNAL STARKBENZOBONSAITAJGHOST PATROLJUSTIN WILLIAMSLOVE CHARMSMISOJAY COPPNIORTWO ONETRISTAN JALLEH