Part-time Melbornian Ex-pat from Brisbane Anthony Lister is having a show at the Metro 5 Gallery, opens this Thursday.
It may be on the wrong side of the river, but go along anyway and drink fancy wine.
More from Lister here.
I just got this email from Alstark about a show he’s putting on in what appears to be the Curtin House lift. The lift has a capacity of roughly 5 people, curious to find out how this is going to work, guessing an art ride up the rusty of elevator and drinks on the rooftop. Either way its Al so it’ll be dope
17/10/07 at Curtin House, Melbourne.
Went down to the grand opening of the new Nike SB skate vid on Monday and was greeted by this..
The queue extended further around to the better part of the block. As i stood in line talking shit with K-moto and I weighed up the maths behind waiting an hour and a half in line to watch an hour long skate video on a Monday night and decided to piss off to have a quick beer then get back to work at the studio. So much for the red carpet.
Still, heard it was a good vid and i scored a neat SB pin, so i guess i can’t complain.
Shiny Space Junk – The First Solo show by Jagi.
Launches 6pm 19th of october at Paper Shadow Gallery. Franklin Street Melbourne.
I’ve worked with Jagi for as far back as I can remember and I’m extremely proud to be hosting his first ever solo show at our gallery.
James has build up a serious following around Australia, both from his Shadow (RIP) t-shirt and having always brought the most mind-blowing artwork to group shows.
James Greenaway’s (or Jagi..) illustrative imagery is best described as pop-fantasy art, taking inspiration from manga, retro videogames, art nouveau and surrealism.
Portrayed with these stylistic influences and within Jagi’s worlds live giant, childlike, bionic samurai creatures, sometimes riddled with grief or floating around blissfully daydreaming, but always trapped and inseparable from their biomechanical armor. Bored and melancholic adventurers are found sitting a top floating platform game islands with rubix cubes and power-ups gathering dust nearby. These characters and landscapes are a reflection Jagi’s youth, introvertedly spent drawing and designing platform and adventure video games in his sketchbooks.
For better or for worse, he never really grew out of this habit of drawing, and now after decades of scribbling in sketchbooks, its time to make money!
This show, the first solo exhibition by Jagi, contains a collection of limited edition giclee prints, original canvases and installations. Without sticking to any specific theme, these works simply reflect the emotion & imagination of Jagi while paying tribute to his predecessors & sources of inspiration.
I really am so proud to see this show come to fruition, Jagi has come along way and based on the talent and vision that he has I can’t help but feel that its just the beginning.
Make sure you head down to the gallery on the 19th of October the check out the show,
Below are some pieces from previous shows.
And below we have a sneak peek at segments of the pieces in Shiny Space Junk.
Samurai Pizza Cat
Rainbow Elemental Warlack
Treeman Sanctuary.
To see the rest you’ll have to come down on the 19th for the show.
My brother Caine’s launching his retail space on Friday the 5th of OCT at little Latrobe Melbourne.
The party promises to be next level, girls, drinks and Melbournes finest capped off with DJ Dexter performing his award winning DMC finals set (i was there and im hanging to hear it again).
The Shop itself will be add a much needed landmark to Melburn city, stocking Crooks and Castles, Reason, Married ot the Mob, Hellz Bells, LRG, Oriso and a host of other dope brands.
A place to shop, a new place ot hang out and drink some brews on a Friday afternoon. What more could you ask for.
Yo im not sure on the invite situation with this party, word on the street is that it’ll be packed to the gills, so incase things get crazy and the boys need to draw a line in the sand email Caine@niceproduce.com and RSVP.
Nice
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Shot and edited by Stuart Simpson
Last Friday was the launch of “The Colour of Munny” show at the Villain Store, here are some pics of the event and some of the awesome custom toys that will be on display for another 2 weeks. Well worth getting out to the Bruswick side of town to check it out..
Jorzz, Mat White, Zode
Itch and Ben Lander
Sean Kelly
Lounge Kat
Sear
Poise and Pore
Drew
Jason Jacenko
Jason Jacenko
Deviate
Claudio Mantuano
Tim Murtagh
Phibs
Nick Kocsis
Agnieszka
Katherine Dretzke
Heres a sneak preview of some of the 3d breaker action show at Wooden Shadow last tuesday. 0ff hook you say? Well yes, i agree.
We can’t wait to see the other 100 or so takes.
Last Fridays launch of Doze Green at Paper Shadow.
Upstairs in the gallery things were mellow, it was just chillers enjoying the killer art in all its glory. At the end of its tour from NZ to Sydney and then the mighty PSG. Stands for Pogo Sex Girls.
And Speaking of which… Shit, i’m not going to open the upstairs bar during future launches. How much nicer is it when its not a gallery mosh pit?
The only excitement occurred when some strange hippy came out of no-where and tried to shake Jagi down for his stash of Tofu and Sandlewood. Shit almost got hectic.
Meanwhile downstairs, hundreds watch as Doze paints live. Photos below are courtesy of Bonsai. Luckily at least one of us knows how to use a camera.
Interplanetary, no actually more like cosmological.
I got the feeling that while Doze was working he was painting the audience that was watching him. I forgot to ask if that was true, but if it was, heres an shot of the crowd for comparison. I love this guy with the camera phone, and theres that hippy again.
Wait, thats no hippy it’s Bonsai with Mason (7 Shadows fame) and Jagi to the Right. While Masons boy in the back is shows off his impressive butterfly hand puppetry. Tight.
You see how well we treat our guests at Paper Shadow? Buxom servant girls, now thats service.
My brothers at Libertine, Jerry Poon and Master Steve, the proud owner of the live painted piece from the night. The lucky bastard.
You see her sparking me up? I tell you guys… That Remy is a bad influence.
Jagi does the worlds first gay Ninja Turtle impression…..
And we loose our shit, which thats about the last memory i have of the night, the rest is a blur of laugher, karaoke and kabuki.
Doze mate, when you get back in March we’re picking the party up where it left off. Until then Peace.
AND! Big ups to Andrew Chew and his crew from Sydney for making this all possible, i look forward to working with you guys in the future.
Cognitive Dissident.