Engraving by Twoone

At the Gorker Gallery: 25 february - 14 March, 2010
Twoone is an artist who’s work commands a certain kind of intrigue from it’s audience. His craftsmanship, patience and instantly recognizable decorative style resonates a flowing narrative, portraying a world of spiritual tranquility that you can’t help but wish to be a part [...]

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Sam Weber
Extra Life, Made Flesh, Sam Weber
Sam Weber was born in Alaska, and grew up in Deep River Ontario, Canada. After attending the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary, he moved to
New York to pursue illustration and attend graduate school at The School of Visual Arts. He now works in his studio in [...]

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Michael Steele, at Gorker Gallery
Phone Home, Michael Steele
Gorker Gallery is proud to present ‘Accumulating’ by Michael Steele, Michael’s work has been making serious waves in the USA leading up to the end of last year with features on Juxtapoze.com and NotCot.org, his work in the HE-MAN show at gallery 1988 in LA flew off the [...]

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Alyssa Monks
Soft 2009, 16×24, oil on panel
Alyssa’s paintings are of a representational narrative genre. She portrays a specific place and time with simultaneous empathy and detachment. Monks is part of the Continuing Education Faculty at the New York Academy of Art, where she teaches Flesh Painting. She currently is also an instructor at the Montclair [...]

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Lisa Congdon
Day 1, A Collection A Day 2010, Lisa Congdon, www.collectionaday2010.blogspot.com, www.lisacongdon.com
San Francisco illustrator and fine artist Lisa Congdon was born and raised in both upstate New York and Northern California where she grew to love the trees and animals that surrounded her. That love is now expressed most intensely through her paintings and drawings. [...]

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carriageARTworks 2010
From 25 March to 24 April, as part of Art Month Sydney, CarriageWorks presents carriageARTworks – a free annual event celebrating the most original and evocative works of art from Sydney’s city fringe. A cultural Mecca for contemporary art and design, CarriageWorks features artists from select galleries and Artist Run Initiatives around Sydney, curated [...]

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Michael Johansson
Strövtåg i tid och rum, 2009, (Strolls through time and space), Armchair, books, bags, boxes, radio, clock, etc. Dimensions: 0.55 x 0.85 x 0,6 m
After studies at the Art Academy in Trondheim, Norway, and Kunsthochschule Berlin Weissensee, Germany, Michael Johansson took his masters degree at Malmö Art Academy, Sweden, 2005. After that he has [...]

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Semi-Permanent, Melbourne 2009

Semi-Permanent Melbourne 2009 Montage from Semi Permanent on Vimeo.
Missed Semi-Permanent this year? See the video montage from Melbourne above, and click here for Sydney.
Via Semi-Permanent

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NGV - Ron Mueck

Ron Mueck, Born Australia 1958, Two women 2005 (detail), polyester resin, fibreglass, silicone, wool, cotton, nylon, synthetic hair, plastic, aluminium wire, steel, 82.6 x 48.7 x 41.5cm (variable), National Gallery of Victoria, Purchased by the Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2007 © Ron Mueck courtesy Anthony d’Offay, London
Ron Mueck, Born Australia [...]

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James Hopkins
Design for Life, 2006, Mixed media, 230 x 180 x 35 cm, Private collection
Born in Stockport, Cheshire, UK, 1976, James Hopkins lives and works in Guernsey and London. After completion of studies: MA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, University of London, 2001–2002, Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, University of London, 2000–2001, BA (Hons) [...]

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SUPERFLEX - FREE SHOP
FREE SHOP, FamilyMart, Tokyo, Any merchandise the customer will purchase is free. Free shop takes place occasionally.
PORK SALAD PRESS, NILS STÆRK AND SUPERFLEX PRESENT:
FREE SHOP - ANYTHING THE CUSTOMER WANTS TO PURCHASE IS FREE
Thursday August 26th November 4-6 PM at Gallery Nils Stærk, Ny Carlsberg vej 68, DK-1760 Copenhagen
It is a [...]

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VENI VIDI VICI
VENI VIDI VICI is an exhibition of art questioning ideas of patriotism and environmentalism by illustrating a macabre and uniquely Australian banquet. Artists Rohani Osman, Katie Jacobs and Brittany Veitch use uniquely Australian native species to illustrate a traditional British dinner with a dark twist. Through research of historical representation of cultural practices [...]

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Kenji Hirata
‘The Way Out is the Way In’, acrylic on canvas, 24 inch x 18 inch, 2009
“Kenji hirata is a New York based painter from Nagasaki, Japan. His work engages in the world and attempts to reveal something deep within the spirit of things. In his paintings, he fuses an evolving complex narrative out of [...]

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Ben Brown ‘Kill Your Idols’

Opens 6pm Friday 23rd October
The National Grid Gallery, 24 Chard Road, Brookvale NSW 2100
Exhibition runs from 23.10.2009 – 19.11.2009
Gallery is open Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm & Saturdays 12pm – 3pm
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Ben Brown was born with super thermo x-ray vision which, naturally enough, lead to an obsessive relationship with skulls & bones. He has worked [...]

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Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) - Dennis Hopper and the New Hollywood
Thursday 12 November 2009 – Sunday 7 February 2010
Dennis Hopper and the New Hollywood is “an expansive exhibition showcasing an extraordinary man’s life’s work, his collaborations and personal art collection, and an amazing insight into a formative era of Hollywood”.
Known for [...]

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