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.

Floating Garden

Level 14 Warrior Pimp

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.

I just got my first play with the iPhone. Sometimes it’s hard being so far down under, these things aren’t even supposed to be in the country until sometime next year.

When there’s a will, there’s a way.

Anyone in the US wanna hook up the Nice crew with some purchase and shipping? There’s proddy in it for ya!!

We like, nay, we love.

This awesome piece of work was just added to the site by Bonsai and Two (the beans). Last time i saw this piece, a pair of Belgium art buyers were cracking a major fat over it at the Beans studio, i guess they didn’t get there hands on it. To our good fortune, cause here it is.

Acrylic on wood, the wood has a wide backing frame behind it and features alternating elephant characters by the two artists, click on the image to get a closeup, the textures need to be appreciated properly.

Its the same design that the two painted outside of Until Never for Nail’s bandana show, and featured at the King Brown issue 3 launch at China Heights in Sydney.

Just saw this on Hiroshi Fujiwara’s Honeyee blog, an addition to a conversation started by Plain Gravy ‘Pharrel can’t skate’ that was continued by our ‘Neither can Lupe’ T (here).

In 40-50 years from now, where we’re all elderly street wear skeletons, pinching nurses on the ass, complaining about the youth while blissfully defecating in our pants these T-shirts and the subsequent street culture commentary that they highlight will surly to be an obscure in-joke that the kids just wont get. A day i eagerly look forward to.

Until then, mines going on ice.

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If you dig the above clip, check the inventors talk at the TED talks here,

How nuts is this, not only does he look like Robert Duvall from the Godfather got cast as a wacky Belgium scientist but he’s also come up with the coolest use yet for use cable ties.

I struggle a little with his use of the word “life”, but really, this is off the hook. What blows me away the most, more than this incredible feat in engineering and more than the mesmerizing organic way that the creatures move is the fact that, if this guy found himself born in or transported one thousand years into the past, with-out too much effort he could re-create the whole project. And based on his progress i doubt the lack of modern technology would hamper him one bit.

And then we’re would be today? Some kind of science fantasy wind and steam driven super world, thats where.

Also, his “brain”, if it were developed with this application in mind before computers had been created would more than likely result in an Azimov style Positronic brain being around today, there may not even be computers, just a world of highly developed engineering customized to each applications, merged with fine artistry.

Just think, no more loading time….

Props to Sam for the link

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

GRAFFITI will become a specific offence and people under 18 will need to prove spray paint cans are needed for work when they are purchased, under new laws introduced into the Victorian Parliament yesterday.

But the proposed laws have been branded “heavy handed” by Liberty Victoria for reversing the long-held legal principle of the presumption of innocence.

“The presumption of innocence has a very long and honourable history and I don’t think it is a good idea for politicians to jump in on the spur of the moment and reverse it just because there is public irritation about a particular form of conduct,” Liberty Victoria president Julian Burnside, QC, said.

What bullshit.

Read the entire article and put in your two cents. Tell em what we think!

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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

Can’t stop the rock!

Here are some picks from the globe trotting members of the EverFresh Posse, check the EVERFRESH SITE for more. So far, Japan, Germany, Barcelona and Amsterdam. Lucky, Lucky, Bastards.

Decorate Barcelona Ole



Synk and London Police