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Sometimes films are gentle because people they portray are gentle (and you wish you could share them - the films, not the people - with other gentle people).

North Circular, Luke McManus, 2022 (image from the internet)

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New Post has been published on http://www.invurt.com/2014/10/21/exhibition-rone-lumen-collins-st-melbourne/

Exhibition - Rone - Lumen - Collins St - Melbourne 

Rone is back with his latest show this Friday “Lumen” which is sure to live up to his usual standard. About the show? The press release says it best: “Lumen will include eleven large-scale portraits inside and outside of the gallery and a twelve metre high mural on the building’s adjoining ventilation tower. The space itself – an abandoned office building slated for demolition – has been transformed into a black (and blank) canvas. The artworks will be brought spectacularly to life by lighting designer, John McKissock”. 

RONE Teaser from Robot Army on Vimeo.

Rone has been a busy man lately, with his and Wonderlust’s Art tram rolling around town (as part of Melbourne International Arts Festival), his new murals at the NGV for The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk. 

Who: Rone (lighting by John McKissock).

What: Lumen.

When: Friday 24th October, 6-9PM. Runs to 9th November.

Where: 80 Collins St, Melbourne.

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New Post has been published on http://www.invurt.com/2014/10/07/exhibition-the-outsiders-twoone-backwoods-gallery-collingwood/

Exhibition - The Outsiders - TwoOne - Backwoods Gallery - Collingwood 

Coming up this Friday is Backwoods Gallery’s latest show, featuring TwoOne, back from Berlin with his latest show ’The Outsiders’. We’re used to Two’s consistent quality on the streets and on canvas so we’re sure this show will be no exception.

From the Press Release: “With a vivid pink nimbus surrounding its head, Hiroyasu Tsuri’s (TWOONE) ‘X-ray of a preying mind’ prompt us to reflect upon the sun-god of the Egyptian pantheon, Ra. Ra, a man with the head of a hawk, was the King of the Gods and patron to the pharaohs, and considered by many as the universal creator. As with modern civilisations, prehistoric cultures linked animals with aspects of humanity. The hawk, a bird of prey, ruled the air and therefore became a symbol for the sun. Important too were the lion, whose mane held the colours of solar rays, and the ram, whose spiraling horns represented the waxing of the sun’s strength.

That there is religious iconography present in his work at all is somewhat of a misnomer as TWOONE has long considered his hybrid creatures to be ‘psychological portraits’, a reflection of the inner characteristics of a particular being, rather than a direct mythological or religious position. Yet the very nature of his portraits, with their spherical halos, their sun discs and their triumphant postures, recalls the emotionally charged art of The Renaissance and Baroque periods.

In his formative years in Japan, reference material came by the way of National Geographic magazines, which perhaps accounts for the ties to these deities, but what has shaped TWOONE’s immediately recognisable figures over the course of his career is his commitment to understanding the limits of the materials with which he works in order to progress his mark-making. His compulsion to push a medium – any medium – sets him apart from the majority of his contemporaries. He had to establish himself after moving from Japan to Australia in 2004, and reestablish himself again since relocating to Germany at the end of 2013. As an outsider in each of these countries, where language has always been an obstacle, TWOONE has turned to his art practice into his voice.

With the introduction of Perspex and fluorescent light in this series, TWOONE has again discovered a new process by which to define his subjects. His treatment of paint on the Perspex surface is in stark contrast to that on his canvases. Working in reverse, TWOONE builds up the paint before pushing, pulling and wiping it away to reveal the image. It has required him to be more physically instinctive and responsive than ever before. It has also left a lot to chance, particularly the tonal range left by a smudge or a scrape that could never be completely controlled and is only revealed in full under the fluorescent lighting. As they glow beyond the outer edges of the frame, these paintings appear to not only to mimic an x-ray in their skeletal framework, but to again fortify the ties to sun gods of light and warmth as radiating beings.

Be it through his large-scale wall works, his deftly crafted ceramic busts or his prolific painting practice, TWOONE’s distinctive take on humanity and the animal kingdom is profound. It is conceivable that TWOONE is intentionally recording these figures as creatures to be worshipped, much like the deities of ancient civilisations. It is also possible that these works are in fact a subconscious, spiritual belief played out through his art practice. Whatever the case may be, TWOONE is an artist resisting categorisation.” 

Who: TwoOne.  

What: The Outsiders. 

When: Opens 10th October 6-9PM and runs until the 19th.  

Where: Backwoods Gallery. 25 Easey St, Collingwood. 

Facebook event page here. 

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New Post has been published on http://www.invurt.com/2014/09/03/event-everfresh-studios-open-studio-collingwood/

Event - Everfresh Studios - Open Studio - Collingwood

When the infamous Everfresh Studios closed suddenly last year we were in shock. The place was a true institution, like a museum, and soooo many good memories were lost, but not forever.

The guys have found a new space, and for the first and only time ever, they would like to invite you this Saturday to check out the new studio.

The studios will be open from 12 to 5 this Saturday and artists Rone, Wonderlust, Tooth, Tom Civil, Mayo and Makatron will all be there to show you around.

Everfresh Studios

Everfresh Studios

Everfresh Studios

Everfresh Studios

Everfresh Studios

Everfresh Studios

As well as the open studio the guys are selling a limited edition sketchbook to raise funds for the new space. There will only be 60 books available on the day (some have sold online already) so its 1st in best dressed.

Everfresh Sketchbook

Full sequence with titles from Everfresh Studio on Vimeo.

Who: Everfresh .

What: Open Studios.

When: Saturday 6th September 12 – 5.

Where: 5 Perry st, Collingwood.

Facebook event page here.

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New Post has been published on http://www.invurt.com/2014/08/05/video-bombing-with-lush/

Video - Bombing with LUSH

This video has been doing the rounds lately. Check it out if you haven’t seen it. LUSH in his native habitat doing what he does best. David Husselhoff of Tags and Throws follows LUSH around the streets of Copenhagen, Denmark for a couple of days. Good times!

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Exhibition - That Was Now, This Is Then - New 2 and Adnate - WOW Gallery - Heidelberg Germany

http://www.invurt.com/2013/07/17/exhibition-that-was-now-this-is-then-new-2-and-adnate-wow-gallery-heidelberg-germany/

2 of Melbourne’s finest writers are having a show over in Heidelberg Germany, opening this Friday the 19th. Wish I could be there. Featuring 2 stars from different eras and styles of Melbourne’s graffiti history, this should be a great show. Hopefully we can pinch some flicks of the...

http://www.invurt.com/2013/07/17/exhibition-that-was-now-this-is-then-new-2-and-adnate-wow-gallery-heidelberg-germany/

Hit the links for the full article over at Invurt.com