DARREN WARDLE: LOST WEEKEND

more images >> http://www.ssfa.com.au/exhibitions/110/

Paradise Hills Has a New Website!!!

For all the latest going ons at Paradise Hills check out the new website

 http://paradisehills.com.au/

Nick Cave

Andrew Goodman’s MOMO Explodes at the Hills

Theand .

The work of Andrew Goodman treks its way into the crazy worlds of Anime through installations that are both ambitious and confronting. MOMO is one such installation that will be typical of Goodman’s interactive soft sculpture oeuvre. We look forward to his quirky blend of craft, mechanics and technology, through a fully immersive environment, which he is currently in the process of perfecting.
OPENING TOMORROW NIGHT FRIDAY 26/6, 6-8PM

Antony Micallef

check out more works by Antony on his website http://www.antonymicallef.com/index.php

Design by Morten Lassen for casicasi.dk

Yoshihiko Satoh

Yoshihiko Satoh takes mass-produced goods that have become part of our every day life, enlarges and/or multiplies them, creating sculptures that unleash the energy residing in their function and shape. In 2002, he won the KIRIN ART AWARD Grand Prix for "Present Arms", a 12-neck guitar conceived as a challenge to a rock guitarist he idolizes. In 2005 he placed second at the 6th Spiral Independent Creators Festival. Born in 1968, Satoh lives in Saitama, Japan and has a Masters degree from the Tokyo National University of Fine Art & Music.

find more work by Yoshihiko on his website http://www2.tbb.t-com.ne.jp/hipopo-art/index.html

Adam Cullen Independent Judiciary (Mother's Milk)

18th August - 24th September
Independent Judiciary (Mother's Milk)
Adam Cullen, Curated by Andre de Borde & Jasper Knight
http://chalkhorse.com.au
review by The Age
http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/cullen-aims-for-the-brutal-beauty-of-ballistics-20110816-1iw8t.html

BOOM!

THE BIGGEST EVENT OF THE PARADISE HILLS YEAR

The time has come to celebrate the 1^st Birthday of Paradise Hills. Can you believe it has already been a year! And what a year it has been with some amazing exhibitions, artist, bands and events. We hope to keep this momentum going into the future. In order to keep this momentum rolling, we are hosting a fundraiser for the gallery with proceeds aiming to fund live music equipment, a publication celebrating the beginnings of Paradise Hills and the artists involved, as well as funding the day to day grind of the behind the scenes.

$100.00 GUARANTEES YOU A WORK BY SOME OF AUSTRALIA’S MOST TALENTED AND COLLECTABLE EMERGING AND ESTABLISHED ARTISTS

For every work there is a ticket. You are guaranteed a work if you buy a ticket. However, it is a lottery so you will not know which work until the night of the birthday.

To purchase a ticket, you must come by the gallery and pay in person (cash only please) where you will receive you ticket on payment. You may buy more than one but there is a limit. Only 50 tickets have been released so get down here quick. You may email us expressions of interest but it will be first in first served.

A big thanks to all artist involved that have dug deep to donate a work to raise funds to keep the gallery pumping as much life into the Melbourne art community as possible.

This will be a one night, not to be missed event. So if you haven’t been down to party at the Hills, this will be your ultimate chance to do so.

latest edition of Inside out magazine

Justin Lee Williams is in the latest edition of Inside out magazine, their are some amazing studio snaps shots of his space, also there is a bit of a interview, also some amazing paintings by rhys lee, worth getting just for that.
www.armellehabib.com
www.homelife.com.au/magazine/inside+out/

Hamishi rocking fecal face dot com

Check out Our good friend Hamishi awesome work and review on fecal face dot com !! http://bit.ly/oWWl6M. Hamishi was part of the Hand Drawn Boom exhibition at Paradise Hills which just closed a few weeks age. See more from Hamishi Farah flickr.com/photos/bottomlesspoose

Keep Saturday night September 17 free in your diary!!!

September 17 marks the first birthday of Paradise Hills as a gallery and to welcome this momentous occasion, we are having the biggest birthday bash ever, and will run from 7 til late (an actual party not opening)!!! As a small token of our appreciation to all of the wonderful people that have been supporting the gallery over the past year, we will be having a fantastic line up of DJs and bands, as well as a one night opportunity to pick up an amazing artwork for the average price of a night out on the town! More about that one soon...

Saturday night, September 17 = Party Party Party!

Be there!

I haven't laughed this hard at a Youtube video for ages!

This video is clever and very weird at the same time but I lost my shit when I watched this. Watch the whole thing, it's hilarious...

Georg Whelan at 1000 pound bend

Georg Whelan has a solo show of drawings at 1000 pound bend opens 5th august a must see show
check out more of Georg's work on his blog http://georgart.blogspot.com/

Australian Street Artists

“I like renegades – there’s something so attractive about their natural instinct to defy convention.” Anon.
Some call Australia the ‘lucky country’, but we’ve always made our own fate. From a rebellious past we’ve forged an identity steeped in cunning ingenuity, creative discontent and unorthodox flair. We’ve staged rebellions over rum, gained notoriety and won Nobels. We invented cask wine and Wi-Fi and we’ve won countless world titles. There may not be a lot of us, but we’ve always packed a punch.
So it is no surprise that with nothing more than a can of paint and a glint in their eye Australians are taking the street art scene by storm. It’s time for the rest of the world to sit up and take notice.
Young & Free will be the most significant exhibition by Australian street artists ever seen in the United States. The show will feature fresh work by thirteen of Australia’s finest urban art guerrillas – from the already internationally acclaimed to the burgeoning up-and-comers.
This tribe of artists comes from a variety of backgrounds: brilliant new work by notorious 80’s train painters through to the sublime subtlety of a modern day Rembrandt armed with a spray can.
Young & Free is a reflection of Australia’s thriving street culture with a strong grounding in the past and a firm focus on the future. These artists are modern day bushrangers, patrolling the lane from Melbourne to Manhattan.
This show features a mix of direct sprays, stencils and paste-ups, representing the rich and varied groundings from which these artists have grown. No matter their age, medium or style, the Young & Free artists all share one thing in common: they want to give the urban landscape a fresh coat of paint.
There are many similarities between Australia and San Francisco. Both have famous bridges, internationally established street art cultures and, of course, trams. What is different is our beginnings. Australia’s criminal foundations have seeped into our national persona – Aussies are born with a spirit of rebellion. As the opening lines from our national anthem proclaim, ‘Australians all let us rejoice, for we are Young & Free.’
The cans have been capped, the wheat paste stirred, and the stencils packed: this is the most important Australian street art exhibition ever, mate.
more informatin >> http://www.youngandfreeart.com/

Kristin McIver: Statement Pieces

Kristin McIver: Statement Pieces

James Makin Gallery

67 Cambridge St, Collingwood

August 4th — August 27th

Kristin McIver's Statement Pieces changes the meaning of words and phrases collected from advertising through context within her artworks. The text-based neon pieces and multi-facteted installations break down the illusionistic constructs of the media and advertising, through her skilful manipulation of meaning and message.

Your Shining Star seduces, inspires, instructs, and while on further contemplation, presents simply a neon sign, shining in fluorescent luminescence. The decadence proposed by The Good Life is rendered meaningless when placed upon a pile of chains and shipping pallets. Wishlist presents an indeterminate list of ideals, which in themselves are simply representational “wishes” eager to be satiated and replaced by the next desire.

www.jamesmakingallery.com

from http://www.broadsheet.com.au/melbourne/arts

Margarita Cabrera

http://www.margaritacabrera.com/

Justin Lee Williams

"My skitsofrantic art practice at the moment, reflecting my personality." 
Justin Lee Williams  2011
Check out more amazing work by Justin on his website and blog !!
http://www.justinleewilliams.net/
http://justinleewilliams.blogspot.com/

i cant deny..i did wonder..but at last..the paradise came..thankyou

you little pewty mate!

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hir3d..fir3d..& r3t1r3D!!!

where is my golden gaytime?

Carmel Seymour

'Near death at action park' watercolour (73 x 53cm)
http://carmelseymour.blogspot.com/

What a BAD work swap!!

Michael Peck shows off possibly one of the best work swaps I've seen: a ten metre long testing piece by HAHA from Blender studios! Just gotta get a house with a ten metre high ceiling!!

Zoy Xoy's Born to Be Wild

http://zoyxoy.blogspot.com/

Paradise Hills causing a stir!!

Well it seems that we have offended te new Google+ somehow! Weather it be the crazy highway signage, or maybe the local art community enjoying themselves and the exhibitions, or just the general porn content, something is bugging the Googlians! Let's hope they bring it back because the international Google+ community was responding well to the gallery as a whole! And I see plenty of other gallery and business profiles on there!! Naughty naughty!

this has nothing to do with art ...but the guy has a jet pack ....

Yue Minjun

Yue Minjun: The Road
June 11 — September 3, 2011

The Beijing branch of Pace Gallery is currently showing a selection of new works from Chinese contemporary artist Yue Minjun. Exhibiting in his home city, the painter famous for his smiling self-portraits has included Christian iconography in this latest set of canvases as well as recent work leading the viewer to think about the role of Western influence in China. Is the ubiquitous grin pervading these works laughing at or laughing with the religious symbolism or is it just the Minjun’s signature imagery innocently translated into a new setting? Even more interesting, rounding out the works for The Road are a series of pieces re-appropriating classical Christian paintings like The Annunciation except the main characters are missing leaving empty structures and buildings.

Nicholas Ives at Paradise Hills

We are proud to announce our second solo show of the year 2011.

I AM FLYING THROUGH BOUNDLESS SPACE
Nicholas Ives

OPENING NIGHT FRI 29/7, 6-8PM

Floating around a loose spatial theme, this body of paintings by Nicholas Ives incorporates diverse elements of figuration, landscape, non-objective abstraction, portraiture, architecture, the meta-physical and minimalism.

"‘I am Flying through Boundless Space’ is a disparate visual collection of spatial experiments and imaginary forms which flow from Ives’ unstructured studio method of experimentation - trying to find new methods for painting and working to create limitless spaces, new forms and painterly possibilities."

- Nicholas Ives

Be the first to see this beautiful exhibition. Come down to celebrate, enjoy a drink and meet with the artist at the opening of this fantastic array of bizarre, mysterious and technically proficient paintings.

On til August 20. Check our website for more detail on this and any other exhibitions we have had!

check out more pic on Nicholas Ives website

 http://nicholasives.wordpress.com/

Painting Trip

Beau and I took a little trip En Plein Air into the hills a week or so ago - I've posted the journey up on my blog here:

http://haustraliaer.com/?p=455

Check it out!

- Dave.