Painting - Look - Melbourne Art Galleries
People who say that there is no such thing as bad art are lying. LOOK takes an objective view of the subjective world and, with a free drink in our hand, guides you through Melbourne's best galleries and art exhibitions. From institutions to artist-run initiatives, installation to illustration, photography to painting, LOOK is an ongoing document of Melbourne's ever engaging and growing arts culture.
Jon Campbell, 'Folk Songs'
Artist and musician Jon Campbell has a delicate constitution and a nose for the important things in life. First felony: prima facie and to wit, commenting on his new painting Cheap Perfume and Fried Dim Sims Mr Campbell says, "At Flinders Street Station you can buy take-away food from a little kiosk on the platform.
New works by Craig Dermody
Craig Dermody is one of these cross-over talents (I'm looking at you Darren Sylvester) who should never be forced to decide between art and music. Apart from his sometimes commendably bright track-suited work in Spider Vomit, Lindsey Low Hand and Scott and Charlene's Wedding, he is a maker of necromantic paintings.
Steven Black
Regardless of whether it's fashionable or not, portraiture is the form of visual art that makes the most sense to me. Art is, after all, the expression of what it is to be human, so what better way to articulate that? Geodesic domes?
Steven Black is an Australian born artist living in Berlin. His cohorts in the New Leipzig school make beautifully detailed figurative pictures about the wall crumbling and war and stuff, but Steven's from Australia, so what does he care about all that business? He just wants to paint his mates.
Audrey Kawasaki
All those agoraphobics out there who wish to bypass the hysteria created by artist Audrey Kawasaki should probably avoid Outre Gallery this week.
It isn't often that an individual, let alone a visual artist, can cause such a stir without even setting foot in the country. But such is the hype surrounding this Los Angeles-based visual artist, whose work is coveted by teenage girls and pervy men the world over, that editions consistently sell out online within seconds.
Double Disaster
Apart from his amazing art and design Todd James is best known, to my mind, for the brilliant work he did on the TV series Crankyankers. It's a show about puppets making prank phone calls and Todd developed the puppets.
Unfortunately I've never seen Crankyankers because I absolutely detest puppets.
Louis Wain (1860 - 1939) curated by Nick Cave
Louis Wain invented LOL Cats. All the way back in 1886. Then he went crazy and had to be shipped off to an institution... A full century later, his ground-breaking work in the field of ‘cat illustrations' is finally being recognised by the international art community. Also, some scruffy old hipsters have gotten in on the action, such as Nick Cave and the All Tomorrow's Parties crowd.
Meggs, ...OWN WORST ENEMY
Super heroes are a dark, twisted lot. The blessing of their powers is also a curse, forever alienating them from the rest of Earth and opening up a world of moral ambiguity unknown to us mere mortals. I never would have thought as much when I was six, playing Superman for hours on end, lost in the dizzy fantasy of being able to fly, do whatever I want and return home to an ice palace.
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