IMAGES: Courtesy of Joint Hassles

After recently getting back from Berlin, Rob McKenzie has made the most of his time in his home town. Currently exhibiting Blind Man Sees UFO with Kain Picken (ffiXXed) at Uplands, he also opened GARAGE SALE at Joint Hassles on Saturday. McKenzie is cleansing himself of memorable possessions before he heads O.S. on another creative adventure, this time to New York. As well as a collection of interesting objects and items, there are also artworks for sale including paintings and screen-printed t-shirts. Visit the gallery to ‘catch a bargain’, and to stop his Mum from hassling him about hogging the spare room.

Until the 31st May
Thurs-Sat 12-5pm
Joint Hassles
2A Mitchell St
Northcote

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selected pages from… 

WON Magazine – Vol. 1. Issue 02.

featuring…

Daniel Wang, Will Sweeney, Aaron Rose, Ken Werner, Mårten Lange, The Changes, Nienke Klunder, Robert Cook, Thobias Fäldt, Amanda Maxwell, Linus Bill, Jeremie Egry, Andrew Long, Thomas Baldischwyler, Ben Barretto, Holger Czukay, Vernon Treweeke, Deanna Templeton, Matt Wolf, Rosemary Scanlon, Sarah Larnach, Martin Bell

soon to be available for online purchase…

IMAGE: Shortlisted entry by Sarah McNeil

Rise And Fall, with entries from over 200 artists have put together the International Skull Drawing Competition and an accompanying exhibition which opens tonight.

The comp has attracted an eclectic collection of interpretations of an age-old icon and all the skulls will be shown in the stairwell of Curtin House. Although the subject is a symbol of death and piracy (of the seas not dvds) the whole feeling of the project is that of spontaneity. Along with the winner being announced, tonight’s festivities will also include a live skull drawing by Melbourne artist Al Stark, projections on the Rooftop Cinema screen and skull-drawing free-for-all in the lift itself.

ISDC Skull Crowning
April 30 (Tonight), 6pm - 9pm
Lift/Stairwell/Rooftop
Curtin House
252 Swanston St, city

Remember how good colouring-in books were? And there was usually two types of kids, those who meticulously filled between the lines with a rainbow of colours, and those who just scribbled all over the page.

Either way you drew/draw, VA Editions has just published SHORT, a limited edition colouring book for little and big kids alike. The publication features contributions from an amazing line up of established local and international artists, including Stefan Marx, Genevieve Gauckler, Misha Hollenbach, Mike Giant, Josh Petherick, Dylan Martorell and Will Sweeney.

With only 1000 copies worldwide and distribution backing from Japanese high-end fashion and design retailer BEAMS, it’d be a smart move to come to the launch at Utopian Slumps this Sunday (27.04) from 3pm and get a copy of this black and white gem before they disappear.

Crayons not included.