Bootlegger
What:
Bootlegger
Where:
Until Never, Lvl 2, 3-5 Hosier Lane, Melbourne
When:
June 6 - 30, Wed-Sat 12-6pm
Opening Wed June 6, 6-8pm
How much:
free
Whether it's showing your colours as the Crips or the Bloods; a Gypsy Rose hairnet taming your tresses like Axl Rose or Willie Nelson; or simply tethered to your thigh like Punky "My dog Brandon grew up to star as Jason Priestley in Beverly Hills 90210" Brewster, you can forget yo' do-rag, toe rag, cos nothing says "bad ass" quite like a bandanna. And, after almost two decades* of languishing at the Davy Jones' Locker end of laundry bags all over, that paisley-print sucker is seriously BACK, and, thankfully, sans paisley print.
Like MC Hammer (another purveyor of that-square-of-fabric-otherwise-known-as-a-kerchief) kinda sang, it's BANDANNA TIME at Bootlegger, an exhibition featuring the work of Australian and international artists. The bandanna's visual, historical, and cultural associations are explored, with each artist's piece printed as a limited-run bandanna up for grabs. Curated by Nails, the show features a range of Melbourne artists plus special guests Krsn (France) DCIDE (Germany) and Vitche (Brazil).
By Mess + Noise
*Sure, many may remember 1988 as Australia's Bicentennial year of the tall ship and the World Expo, but for me it will always be the Year of the Bandanna. Inspired by Dolly fashion spreads featuring model Alison Brahe (who went on to become Mrs Cameron Daddo), I got myself a three-pack of bandannas from Sportsgirl, sported one as an Alice band, another as a neckerchief, and the third dangling from the pocket of my Cherry Lane culottes ever-ready for use as an impromptu 'teen runaway' knapsack in which I could bundle my worldly goods – an Akai double-tape deck and LP of Push by Bros, as I rode the railroad out west to... er... Geelong.
Medium: Design
Drink: Long neck in a paper bag
Keywords: Until Never Gallery, Bootlegger, Art
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