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Oi You! Urban Art Festival is bringing Banksy to town – Adelaide

Lizzy Nice

This week sees the opening of Oi You! an Urban Art Festival which is bringing 22 of Banksy‘s art works to the Adelaide Festival Centre’s Artspace Gallery, alongside a multitude of works from some of the worlds leading urban artists and loads of free events from the 20th of April til the 2nd of June. For 6 full weeks, alongside Banksy‘s works will be pieces by Faile(USA), Swoon (USA), David Choe (USA), Antony Micallef (UK), Paul Insect (UK) and Milton Springsteen (NZ) all the way from curator George Shaw’s collection. There will be art installations, art giveaways and new walls across the city by Rone, … Continue reading Oi You! Urban Art Festival is bringing Banksy to town – Adelaide

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Young & Free – San Francisco

Jim Steps

Some call Australia the ‘lucky country’, but we’ve always made our own fate. From a rebellious past we’ve forged an identity steeped in cunning ingenuity, creative discontent and unorthodox flair.  We’ve staged rebellions over rum, gained notoriety and won Nobels. We invented cask wine and Wi-Fi and we’ve won countless world titles. There may not be a lot of us, but we’ve always packed a punch. So it is no surprise that with nothing more than a can of paint and a glint in their eye Australians are taking the street art scene by storm. It’s time for the rest … Continue reading Young & Free – San Francisco

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Banksy’s works heading to Sydney as part of the ‘Outpost Project’

Jim Steps

A private collection of 23 of Banksy’s works is heading to Sydney’s Cockatoo Island for the biggest street art festival in the southern hemisphere, Outpost Project. The Banksy works’ journey to Cockatoo island will be the first time that the Oi You! Collection (which houses the Banksy works) will have been seen outside of New Zealand. “People are fascinated by Banksy’s art and by his identity, which has never been revealed. This is a private collection, showcasing an art movement that has become a global phenomenon,” says Geoff Bailey, Sydney Harbour Federation trust executive director. The festival, presented by the Sydney Harbour … Continue reading Banksy’s works heading to Sydney as part of the ‘Outpost Project’

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Space Invaders – National Gallery Of Australia

Jim Steps

Drawn entirely from the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, the first Australian institution to have collected this type of work, Space invaders. Australian, street, stencils, posters, paste-ups, zines and stickers surveys the past 10 years of Australian street art. Featuring 150 works by over 40 Australian artists, this exhibition celebrates the energy of street-based creativity and recognises street stencils, posters, paste-ups, zines and stickers as comprising a recent chapter in the development of Australian prints and drawings. Space Invaders: This is a stick up – A Saturday of street art at the National Gallery of Australia. All free. … Continue reading Space Invaders – National Gallery Of Australia

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Sofles Exhibition: Adelaide Oct 7

Jim Steps

Ironlak and Bull and Bear are proud to present the South Australian debut of Russell Fenn aka Sofles, with a four-day exhibition in the heart of Adelaide city. Notorious graffiti figure. Prodigious talent. Sofles has been both reviled and embraced by the media over his ten-year career, which began as a graffiti artist in Brisbane, Australia. After a well-publicized conviction in 2009, Sofles burst onto the scene with various sold-out exhibitions, collaborations with artists such as Anthony Lister, Ben Frost and Revok, and contracts with the likes of Red Bull, Myer, Adidas, and Toohey’s. Returning from a tour of New … Continue reading Sofles Exhibition: Adelaide Oct 7