A place to see a few photos and a few words about Sydney art exhibitions when you can't get there yourself. Or when you want to see photos of yourself on the internet.
when: Opening night Wednesday 28 July 2010, from 8pm.
cost: Free.
where: The Wall @ World Bar, 24 Bayswater Road, Kings Cross.
From The Wall:
WoesOne and Giels Fish are two young artists springing from Sydney‟s underground graffiti scene. Along with their graffiti-fuelled youths came the influence of drugs and alcohol. “Not to glorify this,” says Giels, “but the name of this exhibition, Frontal Lobe Def, derives from the notion that excessive marijuana and various other substance abuse affects and stunts the growth of the frontal lobe.” But instead of causing mental “death”, it has made their style “Def,” a common term used in graffiti to define a wild or extravagant look.
From the couch of Woes’ garage, to the trains and tracks of the greater Sydney region, WoesOne and Giels Fish bring the gritty and raw influence of Sydney‟s graffiti culture to their artworks and into the gallery of The World Bar.
Giels Fish: At only 19 years old, Giels is also a practising tattoo artist and beat-maker. His work has been featured in the publications Dirty Deeds, Clouded Thoughts, Illegal Fame and Street Art of the Inner West.
WoesOne: WoesOne has been writing graffiti in and around sydney for ten years. He’s collaborated with artists from all over Australia and abroad. He’s run various workshops for councils and private organisations, teaching children and intellectually disabled adults about graffiti as an artform. He’s appeared in magazines such as: Straight and Narrow, Illegal Fame, Clouded Thoughts, A Day in the Life among other publications. In the past two years, he’s transferred his art from walls to canvas, and has developed an interest in urban photography, capturing images from the bowels of Sydney.
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