Luke Cornish – Dissimulation
August 17, 2023
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Sydney-based artist Luke Cornish, aka ELK, showcases his latest body of work, ‘Dissimulation’, at Melbourne’s Oshi Gallery. A collection of over 150 hand-sprayed stencils incorporating international currency into the paper, this is an examination of freedom, power, and a world forever changed by the fallout from Covid. As a passionate traveller, Cornish collected banknotes from…
BLUE PERIOD – HIROYASU TSURI / TWOONE
June 22, 2023
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Hiroyasu Tsuri is a Japanese (b. 1985 Yokohama) contemporary artist whose work stands out for its embodiment of hybridity. It blurs polarities such as East and West, studio practice and street art, representation and abstraction. He is also well known as TWOONE for his public mural practice. BLUE PERIOD – HIROYASU TSURI / TWOONE Since…
BACKW12DS – 12 Year Anniversary Group Exhibition
November 25, 2022
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Melbourne’s premier urban contemporary art gallery Backwoods welcomes you to celebrate the end of their 12th year in Collingwood, with a group exhibition featuring over 40 Australian and International artists, across multiple mediums of painting, drawing and sculpture. DAVID ‘MEGGS’ HOOKE Over the past 12 years, Backwoods has fostered bold and recognisable voices in contemporary…
Forbidden Fruit – James Reka
October 2, 2021
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Reka’s latest body of work peels back the layers of what it is to be human, questioning the viewer’s moral fibre and substance, teasing at notions of desire and sexuality. The Malta-based, Australian artist penned the following statement as a written exploration to accompany his finest work to-date, digging deep to ask himself, and more…
RAIN TO RUST – David ‘MEGGS’ Hooke
July 16, 2021
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RAIN TO RUST is a fresh direction and important new body of work from David ‘MEGGS’ Hooke, opening at Backwoods Gallery, 25 Easey St, Collingwood, VIC, Australia. Due to the Melbourne lockdown, the opening has been postponed, and a new date will be announced as soon as restrictions ease, in the meantime, You can view…
SOS – Dscreet
May 18, 2021
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SOS is a new body of work from Australian artist, Dscreet. The well-toured owl lover previously painted extensively in London, as part of the infamous Burning candy Crew, a collective that included artists such as Cept, Pegs, Sweet Toof, Cyclops, Tek33, and occasionally SickBoy. Now repatriated in his home country and forced to spend hours…
Ben Frost – Open Studio & New Artwork
April 8, 2021
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Australian pop artist Ben Frost is throwing open the doors to his Melbourne studio this week. With over 100 new artworks on display, this is the first time his new workshop has been open to the public. This Saturday April 10, the studio will be open from 12 -6pm, there is no need RSVP, but…
FINTAN MAGEE : NOTHING MAKES SENSE ANYMORE
December 5, 2020
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“One thing I have learnt is that sometimes life doesn’t have or even need to have greater meaning it is just a series of random events. Sometimes embracing that and working with that is just as fulfilling as finding high concepts or high art or higher meaning.” – Fintan Magee www.instagram.com/fintan_magee www.fintanmagee.com Fintan Magee is…
Hiroyasu Tsuri aka Twoone – RAW MARK MAKING
October 15, 2020
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RAW MARK MAKING – Hiroyasu Tsuri (b. 1983) Hiroyasu Tsuri aka Twoone – RAW MARK MAKING “Raw Mark Making is quite a simple idea. It’s literally the meaning of the words. Mark making. In my context, it is making marks that are not commonly used in traditional art practice. Unusual movements, using any kind of…
“CONSTRUCT” by Brad Eastman @ Backwoods Gallery
August 31, 2020
12 min read
Brad Eastman (Beastman) born 1980, is a multidisciplinary artist from Sydney, Australia, who currently lives and works in Bali, Indonesia. Influenced by the biodiversity, symbolism and design aesthetics behind nature’s growth patterns and organic landscapes, Eastman’s paintings, digital illustration, commercial projects and public murals explore a unique visual language, depicting future environments of abstracted geometric…

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