Phibs and David Walley for Fringe Furniture 2008, running from September 20 to October 12 at the Melbourne Museum as part of the Fringe Festival.

You Are Here, by Dave Kinsey is currently showing at Alice Gallery in Brussels. In my humblest of opinion, Kinsey is one of our generations greatest artists whose development has been too often overlooked in the blog-o-spherical white noise of our culture. I mean, just look at that shit, its so mad.

Kinseys newest show is a collection of striking paintings with strong movement complimented by a contrasting pallet of reds and blue. So dope.

“In this series of paintings I explore the chaos and consequence of modern culture and its effects on the human population in terms of personal voids, balance and the uniformity of the individual. I’m specifically interested in cultural adaptation and in perceptions of the necessities of survival, real and magined. I present the figure in a fragmented form to put emphasis on the disembodiment of our true identities using compositions in red to convey a sense of tension and blue to evoke a feeling of balance — in this context, I especially enjoy the fact that these are complementary colors.”

Dave Kinsey, Los Angeles 2008

More shots on Herr_E’s flicker page.

FAR AND AWAY.
No Vacancy Gallery Presents: Far & Away.
New Works by Melbourne Artists Nior.

Nior has been working as an artist for 4 years, and no Vacancy would like to present his first ever solo show.

Nior (formaly known as Junior) has been creating art ever since he can remember.
Born in the hills of Melbourne, Nior‘s characters are influenced by the native creatures he sees everyday and what he finds in his imagination. He began putting his artwork around the streets in 2004 and since then he has refined his characters and transformed them into many hairy shapes and sizes.

As his first show, Far and Away will be an introduction to the styles that he has developed working on the streets and for numerous group shows over the past 4 years.

Thanks to Red Bull, the U.K artist, designer, graffer,  famous for his highly stylized letter form SheOne will be coming to Australia for the No Comply Melbourne exhibition, so we’ve teamed him up with local lad Meggs for a live painting show the night after the launch.

SheOne and Meggs will be  live painting at the yet to be named new venue near Victoria market in Melbourne city, for what will be a dope exhibition of the two artists styles and a huge party.

More news, NSW show, ect, later.

I caught our homeboy Meggs preparing for his show Own Worst Enemy which opens this Thursday at Don’t Come Gallery here in Melbourne.

Thanks for having us down Everfresh. Lots of juicy photos to come.

Keep it locked.

There’s been allot going on with ths show since we first posted the line-up a few months ago, including some last minute additions to the show. With the deadline a couple of weeks away, its safe to say this is the final massive lineup of our show this year. Additions include, InsaneOne from Brazil, Monk from Adelaide and a certain Steve Gourlay.

ACORN (CAN) // AL STARK (AUS) // ANDY SARGENT (AUS) // ARTLESS (JAP) // ASHLEY WOOD (AUS) // B.BOT DEFENCE SYS INC (AUS) // BEASTMAN (AUS) // BEN BROWN (AUS) // BEN TOTTY (AUS) // BENZO (AUS) // BONSAI (AUS) // BUGRE (BRZL) // CEY ADAMS (USA) // CLAUDIO MANTUANO (AUS) // COPE 2 (USA) // CYCLE (USA) // DION (BRZL) // DREW (AUS) // EAMO (AUS) // EMAR (JAP) // ENIVO (BRZL) // FILUR (BRZL) // GHOST PATROL (AUS) // GLENNO (AUS) // GREG “SP.ONE” LAMARCHE (USA) // HOROIWA (BRZL) // HUGO ATKIN (AUS) // INDY (USA) // INOUE JUN (JAP) // ITCH (AUS) // JAE COPP (AUS) // JAGI (AUS) // JAHAN LOH (SINGAPORE) // JAZ LOH (SINGAPORE) // JEE (USA) // JUSTIN LEE WILLIAMS (AUS) // KAB101 (AUS) // KANO (AUS) // KEITH CIARMELLO (USA) // KENGEE (USA) // KIKI HITOMI (EURO) // KRINK (USA) // LESSLY REPETTAUX (USA) // LUCA IONESCU (AUS) // MADSAKI (JAP) // MARTY SCHNEIDER (AUS) // MEGGS (AUS) // MEPHISTO JONES (NZ) // MERRY (JAP) // MHAK (JAP) // MISO (AUS) // MONK (AUS) // MR. 44 (USA) // NAILS (AUS) // NATE TRAPNELL (AUS) // NERO (JAP) // NIOR (AUS) // NUROCK (AUS) // OEIL (JAP) // PHIBS (AUS) // PHUNK STUDIO (SINGAPORE) // PRAKRTI (BRZL) // PUZZLE (AUS) // RADIO (AUS) // REKA (AUS) // RETOS (BRZL) // RONE (AUS) // SEAN KELLY (AUS) // SENSES (AUS) // SHAUNNA PETERSON (USA) // SHEONE (EURO) // STEVE GOURLAY (AUS) // STR (JAP) // SUIKO (JAP) // SUTU (AUS) // SYNC (AUS) // TENGA (JAP) // THE YOK (AUS) // TIMBA SMITS (AUS) // TWO ONE (AUS) // WENIKI HESKE (AUS) // WILL MURAI (BRZL) // WONDERLUST (AUS).

MORE NEWS SOON.

Seeing as Krinks in this years No Comply lineup i thought i’d post a recent video from the his Site. Enjoy.

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Long time legend of the Melbourne art community and beard enthusiast, Nails is launching solo show at Lamington Drive  Gallery this Thursday.

“It’s called ‘Making~doo’ and is a follow-up to last year’s ‘Making~do’. I’ll be showing some paintings from that show, as well as a few more that were never completed, and some new ones. Plus there is a special piece by my mum.”~ Nails.

Brazilian Street artist, Insane is a last minute addition to the No Comply lineup. The new lineup will be posted pretty soon so keep your eyes out.

Check his dope work.

Barry Mcgee, aka Twister, aka Ray Fong donned yet another persona along with a dress to host a surprise show in Ratio 3 Gallery San Fran.

A Moment of reflection, new work by Lydia Fong launched on the 5th, composed of pieces from recent shows, the collection offers a summary of the artists work and styles over the last few years.

More shots are up on Supertouch