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You still checking over here?
I’ll be back over here soon enough.

an aquatic home movie. from shaun freeman on Vimeo.

My man Shaun makes great flicks

…for Disorder Disorder

If you look at this blog regularly you’d have seen that I have been way slack lately. Busy times (see last post) have kept me away. But I am gonna be away over HERE for a fortnight for my biggest art project to date.
Disorder Disorder – Ulterior Motives in Contemporary Art is an exhibition I have curated for Penrith Regional Gallery and The Lewers Bequest. There are 20 artists from Australia, USA, Germany, Britain and Japan.

Artists included are:
Jacob Ciocci (Paper Rad) (USA)
French (UK)
Tomoo Gokita (Japan)
Mark Gonzales (USA)
David Griggs (Australia)
Misha Hollenbach (Australia)
Brendan Huntley (Australia)
Chris Johanson (USA)
Anthony Lister (Australia)
Stefan Marx (Germany)
Marcus Oakley (UK)
Mike Giant (USA)
Conor O’Brien (Australia)
Shannon Peel (DMOTE) (Australia)
Stephen Powers (USA)
Ricky Swallow (Australia)
Ed Templeton (USA)
Mark Whalen / Kill Pixie (Australia)
Oscar Wright (Australia)
Jonathan Zawada (Australia)

Stephen Powers (ESPO) will be artist in residency creating site-specific works in the community in St Mary’s not unlike his Coney Island Dreamland Artist’s Club This project will be engaging the community of Western Sydney and remain on Queen St after Stephen’s departure.

Izrock Pressings is co-publishing the exquisite catalogue designed by Jonathan Zawad.

I am hoping you can make the opening with me.

OPENING
Saturday 14 August 2010, 5-7pm
To be opened by founding director
of the MCA Leon Paroissien AM
Drinks and light refreshments will be served

RSVP Monday 9 August on 02 4735 1100

Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest
86 River Road, Emu Plains NSW 2750
P: 02 4735 1100

A free bus will leave Monster Children Gallery,
20 Burton Street, Darlinghurst at 1pm
to take people to Stephen Powers’ artist talk and then onto the exhibition opening at Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest.
At 7pm the bus will depart for the city.
Bookings essential. Telephone 02 47351100

Stephen Powers artist’s talk. 2.30-4pm.
Illustrated talk and viewing of Stephen Powers’ ‘working art’ made specifically for St Marys. St Mary’s Community Centre, St Marys Corner Community and Cultural Development Precinct, Cnr Great Western Hwy & Mamre Rd, St Marys (access via Collins or Swanston Sts), St Marys.

So head over to the Disorder Disorder blog to keep up to date
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Sinead and I have been building this little guy for a while. This weekend we met him face to face.

Woody Irving Allen Shea!

Mark’s new work is looking amazing, he is having a show at Nine Lives this week. Details below.

Mark Alsweiler is an emerging artist from New Zealand currently living and working out of Sydney. He has been involved in several group shows throughout Australia and New Zealand. ‘Living with the Living, Dying with the Dead’ is Alsweiler’s fourth solo show. After showing at China Heights and Palmer Projects Gallery’s in Sydney, Alsweiler is showcasing his work for the first time in Brisbane at Nine Lives Gallery, in Fortitude Valley.

The work is influenced by many things of personal interest including American Indian, Mexican and Western type imagery in particular for this show. Ideas are often generated from an affinity with the objects and imagery associated with the ways of old, most often sourced from old books. Music is a constant during the day and various references to song lyrics, titles or visual interpretations of songs all contribute to source ideas for the work. Alsweiler’s instantly recognizable characters are evident in his new work however to a lesser degree as he starts to reference various elements of the natural world.

‘Living with the Living, Dying with the Dead’ is a broad term to represent the ideas of past and present, old and new, alive and dead.

The show opens August 5th at 6pm. Nine Lives Gallery, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. More information

www.markalsweiler.com
www.wehaveninelives.com

Angus and Zolton came round the other day and let me rap on about my fave record sleeves.

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Our man French is heading back to Summer Bay - check him here strolling in the background last time round.
But then again, he’s such a westie /bogan he’ll probably just end up in Yabbie Creek.

Found this dope little book in a charity the other day.

I thought with the hand gesture and hat, that this would be the better title.

trent whitehead’s solo shows ‘the thinnest of betweens’ from trent whitehead on Vimeo.

Video for Trent Whitehead’s new show.
Thursday 22nd July 6.00pm

Monster Children Gallery
20 Burton St Monster Children