Design Federation

The Likher Pussy Portraits @ 696

What started as a joke about our shop cat Likher… The Likher Pussy Portraits will being hosting works from over 50 local, national and international artists for this now annual event!

With each artist placing as much emphasis as they like on the pun…
The range of work is not only diverse in style and medium, but also in interpretation.

This year’s playful event will feature work from artists such as
I Like Things, Luke Ryan, Jon Beinart, Aida Sabic, Scarlett, Girly Pains, Plump Oyster, Happy, Baz, Matthew Dunn, Clancy Anne from Klanky Toys, Kitty Horton, Gala House, Aramas, Eirik Aswang, Pierre Lloga, Nom, Empty, Caitlin Rigby, Bridget, Rabbit and Many More…

Live music to be performed on the night, courtesy of local musician
“The Anoushka.” As well as raffles, refreshments and other pussy related fun.

Exhibition runs from August 1st till 13th.
Opening night Friday 1st from 7pm - 9pm.

Sideshow is an exhibition put together by a group of illustration students from NMIT.

The aim of the show is to raise funds for their combined end of year exhibition in August. The exhibition will showcase a diverse and innovative range of talent, at affordable prices. There will be raffles for show bags containing donated artworks, toys, badges and live painting performed by participating artists. The resulting piece will be included in the raffle draw. There will also be tasty tunes provided by DJ Little Cake, alcohol and cupcakes will be available for a gold coin donation. Exhibition Runs from 1st till 14th of June - Opening night 1st June 6-9pm. Hope to see you there.

696 Gallery
696 Sydney Road, Brunswick VIC
http://www.696.com.au/

There are few ghostpatrol and miso events coming up, so click the pdf link and check them out

http://www.ghostpatrol.net/

There are some interesting events happening at the Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest that you’d be a damned fool to miss.

Tony Lennon

Tony Lennon grafts orchids onto shaped sandstone forms, paying homage to Gerald Lewers’ sculptures and the influence of the Chinese garden form Penjing on Margo Lewers’ garden.

Peter Upward - Frozen Gestures

Australian modernist Peter Upward’s calculated gestures and considered processes contradict the idea that Abstract Expressionism was an art of spontaneous self-expression.

Frozen Gestures will be the first retrospective of this important yet sadly forgotten artist. Often described as the purest of Australia’s abstractionists, this exhibition celebrates Upward as a great artist. The exhibition will feature more than fifty works including paintings, screen prints and posters from the late 1950s through to the early 1980s.

20 October through to 2 December
Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest
86 River Road, Emu Plains NSW 2750

The City of Sydney has over 100 small laneways, wedged between high rise buildings and busy streets. At present functioning mostly as shortcuts, the City believes they could become enticing places for outdoor dining, entertainment and art displays - places to escape to at lunch-time or relax after work. As a test run, three lanes will be rejuvenated during Art & About. At night-time, Bulletin Place will become a buzzing laneway bar. Take a walk to the other end of town to check out the art at Albion Place where 30 works by cutting edge artists will line the walls. On your way there, have a look at Temperance Lane which will be awash with coloured lighting

for more information on this and other events coming up, click here

25 September - 26 October 2007

Urban Myths & Modern Fables is an exhibition of new work in contemporary art by artists of Indian and Pakistani background, working in Australia and the international diaspora. The exhibition has been curated by Haema Sivanesan and is hosted by the UTS:Gallery.
For more information click here

Image: Hitesh Natalwala, It suddenly struck her, fate had taken a turn for the worse, 2007