By Celeste Hawkins Melbourne was alive on Thursday night, as is most nights of the week in Melbourne. On my way from an opening at Edmund Pearce Gallery to see some great glass art in the opening of Kirra Galleries– I was stopped in my tracks at the presence of the stunning Helix tree in Fed Square. In the atrium …
New film on Melbourne’s Graffiti Art Movement
By Celeste Hawkins Children of the Iron Snake 2012, 51 min., English Charting the development of the Melbourne street art scene, Children of the Iron Snake looks at the last thirty years and tracks the journey of graffiti from railway junctions at night to festivals, abandoned factories, rooftops, drains and galleries. Comprising interviews with over 15 artists, as well as …
Making work because you love it….
By Celeste Hawkins American journalist and author Patrick Ness said in an interview with RRR radio last week that when he tried to create a novel that was a popular style and genre at the time-he failed. However, when he wrote from the heart-where the issues were more dear and personal to him he succedded and his novels are loved …
What’s on for April/May
For a look at some great talent of the illustrative kind…. The raw artistic talent of thirty international artists is the focus of a new exhibition, “Draw”, on show at Auguste Clown Gallery from 19th April to 2nd May 2013. Primarily works on paper, “Draw” explores illustration in its natural state and the transformation it takes as it turns into …
What’s on for Julie Shiels
You may or may not recall Julie and her beautiful Platform installation in the Vitrine last year. Anyway, you can read about it again here if you missed it. You can visit her here too: Ballarat Regional Art Gallery Got the message? 50 years of political posters Until Sunday, April 14, 2013 (My past life as a political poster maker) …