Gifted Queensland bred artist Jae Copp has had a busy artistic career so far, from designing skatewear and starting his own brand, to exhibiting his artistic output in a wide range of shows. Having worked utilising wood for many years, producing a cool array of works in the process, Jae has branched out into new directions [...]
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Fantastic illustration, experimental stitching and paper treatments, cool post-apocalyptic themes and surrealistic excursion? Such is the work of Jae Copp, a man who has been featured in various publications, sites and has already had work in a huge range of shows. His upcoming solo exhibition at Gorker Gallery, My Illusions Architect, looks to be a wonderfully [...]
Almost missed this one! Opening tonight at Gorker Gallery, there is a touring exhibition from the guys who do the Ala Champfest magazine. With pieces from D*Face, French, Gary Seaman, Nior, Jacob Knill, Kate Gagliardi, Jesse Olsen, Word To MJother and Ronzo – as well as a bunch of photographs from the mag, including Sanna [...]
In light of his upcoming exhibition, Infinite Nature, at Gorker Gallery, there was no question in our minds that Beastman was someone we wanted to touch base with. Having followed his work the last few years, the progression of his artistic expression into a fully fledged, stylistically manifested world of strange creatures and infinite evolved [...]
More great shows coming up at Gorker Gallery this month – this time in the shape of a solo exhibition by Sydney based artists Beastman. His upcoming show "Infinite Nature" is "Influenced by the beauty and symbolism behind nature’s repetitive geometric patterns and its eternal struggle against man-made adversities, Beastman’s tightly detailed, symmetrical paintings depict [...]
Well, with Monday comes the first day that I’ve felt 100% healthy in weeks, so its back with the all rolling on blog updates and some more interviews – so we’re back to it with news of the third installation of Gorker Gallerys Forty Thieves, an annual group exhibition of forty artists from Melbourne, Australia [...]
Opening Night Thursday 17 June, 6:30pm – 8:30pm Following the success of her debut solo exhibition Where the Dry Leaves Fall at Gorker Gallery in 2008, Leah Bartholomew presents her new body of work These are the Days in her second solo exhibition. These are the Days is an intimate exploration of the small, special moments that binds us together in friendship and create a sense of place. The prints, collages and paper sculptures delicately handcrafted by Bartholomew tell the story of a protracted coming of age, anchored in the landscapes of both experience and imagination. From poetic scenes such as the group ...
Darren Hendersons recent work is an explosive menagerie revolving around the most enigmatic of all birds of prey, yet, unlike the darkened nights in which owls usually dwell, Henderson has managed to illuminate his subjects, not only by their sheer numbers, but by colourful skill of hand and witty presentation. In his recent solo exhibition “Get [...]
He’s been featured in such publications as Wooden Toy, Juxtapoz and the Herald-Sun’s Sunday Life, and now Darren Henderson has an upcoming solo exhibition at Gorker Gallery that looks to be chock full of his explorations. “Loved, feared, celebrated and even hated, owls have a long history in many cultures throughout the world. They have been [...]
- HYPEMUCH.COM has taken it’s first significant step into Superstardom with Pete’s photo from Michael Steele’s ‘Accumulating’ exhibition at Gorker Gallery in February making the cut for the Viewfinder section of the April edition of Desktop Magazine . (Props to Lauren @GorkerGallery) - [Posted By Niall]
Sydney artist Ben Frost is putting on an exhibition at Gorker Gallery in April under the title “Confessions of a Modern Citizen”, The man has exhibited all around the world, and his colourful pop inspired urbanish pieces have garnered him fans far and wide. With this exhibition he delves a bit deeper, asking the nominally [...]
Coming up next week in Collingwood, Gorker Gallery has the third solo show by Melbourne artist TWO ONE on display. You can also find more information, pics and graphics by TWO ONE him at his website. Via Gorker Gallery
Last thursday night HYPEMUCH attended the opening of Michael Steele‘s solo show “Accumulating”, which is being held at the always awesome exhibition space, Gorker Gallery. - Michael Steele’s latest “cluster” series is like an acid-induced-brain-explosion, where all your child hood memories flood back to your frontal lobe in an instant. Using iconic characters/stuff from video games, movies, commercials and everything in between, while all being executed using a huge variety of mediums… there’s definitely a little bit of everything in this series. The Exhibition runs until Sunday 21 February… Gorker Gallery Opening Hours: 3PM – 7PM Wednesay – Friday 11AM – 7PM Saturday & Sunday http://www.gorkergallery.com - Taken from ...
Just Got Home from The Opening of Nate Holmes Trapnell’s Second Solo Exhibition “The King Pin” at Gorker Gallery in fitzroy. The attention to detail in his art is utterly amazing and his imagination is pretty wild too. All ilustrated with Fine Liner’s. Running with a Rockabilly/Bowling Ally Theme Through out the Exhibit, it’s Running through From November 12th till the 29th. Anyway enough crap from me ill let the pros give you a run down….. “The King Pin’ is a figment of the imagination of gifted emerging Melbourne based artist Nate Holmes Trapnell. It’s the second installment in solo shows ...
Today I checked out a seriously amazing exhibition at my local gallery – Gorker Gallery. ‘My kingdom, not yours’ features the incredibly detailed and beautiful works by Acorn. Acron is originally from Canada but has spent the last six months in Melbourne working on this collection. Get down there and check it out for yourselves people. The exhibition runs until the 17th of May. For those partial to a tipple, head down on Wednesday night for the special wine tasting session.
The long anticipated release of Wooden Toy Quarterly Hand Made Edition is at at the printers, and to officially launch the Mag, it's kicking off with an exhibition of the featured artists. I love this publication and the creator behind it, Timba Smits. He has been a huge inspiration (and friend) to me! Not to mention, last year he was crowned Designer of the year and Wooden Toy was awarded Print Publication of the year. Oh, and did I mention he is a guest speaker at Semi Permanent this year? So do read on and if you can, make sure ...
If you haven’t heard already (from here, here or here), a new gallery’s opened in Fitzroy and they’ve got together a great bunch of artists for their first show. The gallery is Gorker, the show is 40 Thieves, the pieces are all 15×15 inches and the artists are many and varied – see here for a full list. Be ready for some familiar names like Miso, Tai Snaith, Bec Wheeler and many more. I must be having a back-to-nature moment (year?), because my bird obsession is extending to trees and wood, and I’m having weird cravings to be surrounded by woodgrain. ...
