Mark Drew, C-90
What:
Mark Drew, C-90
Where:
Don't Come Gallery, Lvl 2, 314 Lt Collins St, Melbourne
When:
Opening Thurs June 25, 6-8pm
Win:
Thanks to Mark Drew, we have 3 artist prints to give away! To enter, email win@threethousand.com.au with the subject line 'Gangsta fairies ain't nothin to puck with"
I've often wondered how NWA's Straight Outta Compton found its way into the Millicent public library in the first place. Gangsta fairies, perhaps? Needless to say, I was drawn to it like a moth to the flame. And even more needless to say, the tape was hella overdue when I returned it. You think I paid the late fees? Hell no!
Those of us for whom tapes like this played a central, formative role will find a lot to smile about in this new collection of works by Mark Drew, he of China Heights and man-about-Sydney fame.
The large-scale prints seem to reflect the large scale impact such small things had on our young minds. And what a huge pain in the ass it was when they chewed up and you had to wind them back in with a biro, and how every time you hear certain songs to this day, you expect them to end where your dubbed copy changed sides.
The work on display at Don't Come is a further development on the theme Drew has explored for the past year or so referencing his own teenage tape collection, including a mural on the wall of Sydney's Oxford Art Factory.
Medium: Mixed
Drink: Anything, as long as you look good holding it
Keywords: Don't Come, China Heights
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