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Runaway and Things Fall Down, Sometimes We Look Up - Chalkhorse Gallery

By Freya • Feb 23rd, 2009 • Category: Art

Sanne` Mestrom Things Fall Down, Sometimes We Look up
Brown Council Runaway
Chalkhorse
94 Cooper St, Surry Hills, NSW, Australia
5-21 February 2009
On at Chalkhorse this month is, what at first glance appear to be, two extremely dissimilar bodies of work. Brown Council’s Video installation Runaway, 2008, a videoed performance of women, running, but not getting anywhere, is reminiscent [...]



Little Art Book? They’ve got you tagged…

By Cara Tobin • Feb 23rd, 2009 • Category: Art, Design

While the debate about ‘street art’ versus ‘graffiti’ continues to rage on in modern society, some savvy street-art lovers with an entrepreneurial spirit have decided to promote certain artists rather than castigate. One such purveyor of fine street art is Jason Kinsella, co-director of Little Art Book (LAB). Soon to be launched in Australia, this [...]



Toys R Art…

By Cara Tobin • Dec 29th, 2008 • Category: Art, Design, Features, Grown Up Stuff

Where do grown-ups go if they love playing with toys but believe they will be doomed to a life of raised eyebrows and the sad shaking of heads if they publicly display their wares? Have no fear; Thunderdog Studios have your toy-loving derriere covered.
ThunderMutts, ZuluQueen, BillyBananas and KidRobot figurines will look very hip and cute [...]



NY Tattoo Part 2

By Maki • Dec 8th, 2008 • Category: Art, Design, Lead Story

More on Tattoo in NYC…
CHRIS O DONNELL・NY ADORNED
Chris O Donnell, a tattoo artist with 15 years experience, is a leading light in the tattoo world renowned for Eastern religious iconography, old skool Americana, and a distinct talent for Japanese styles.
NY Adorned actually opened during the days of tattooing when what we consider now an [...]



Horimyo - Beauty, Spirituality, and the Ethics of Tradition

By Maki • Nov 30th, 2008 • Category: Art

We are in the studio of artist Horimyo - a space in a set of innocuous apartment blocks in the middle of Saitama city,  on the outskirts of the sprawling metropolis that is  Tokyo. While the studio seems regular enough, it is evident that we are witnessing an esoteric ritual whereby the process is of as [...]



NY Tattoo Part 1

By Maki • Nov 29th, 2008 • Category: Art, Fashion

The Good Ink
In a city of over 19 million people, and being a global hub of the arts world,  it’s a given that much of the world’s top tattoo talent would be concentrated in NY. Shops such as Last Rites, Flyrite, Invisible, Saved, Funcity, Fineline and Daredevil house some of the world’s top artists, often [...]



Yinka Shonibare - Beauty is in the eye of the Beheader

By Cara Tobin • Oct 21st, 2008 • Category: Art, Event, Exhibition

Mosey on down (or up or across) to Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art to check out artworks of great intent, including some that may make you twitter with excitement, blush or even gush… 
There are plenty of fabulous things to tickle your inner creativity and quell your cultural conscience at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) [...]