Next Show is GOOD SAUCE by Micheal P Fikaris

From 6pm on Monday February the 1st its time
to start getting on the:
"GOOD SAUCE"
Recent illustrations, comic pages and more
by M P FIKARIS.
Some new stuff, a bunch of comic stories and
illustrations about working in kitchens.

Ever worked in a kitchen?
Ever thought you were an artist?
Ever enjoyed telling a story?
Ever tried to illustrate the story?
Ever been caught doing something drunk and stupid?
Ever stood on top of a building with a drink with friends?

Record breaking heat on rooftops..a joy!!

Thank you for sweating with and spraying mist on all those in attendance of the grrrls opening. Thank you also to Erin Templeton, Queenie Fletcher and Tania Price for a great show and also enduring stiff wood from way too much heat!

MODEL CITIZEN opens Monday 11th of January 6pm

3 women investigate ideas of position, scale + identity

using mixed messages + media

The Rooftop skyline and our city environment, fresh to the eyes of these three Trans-Tasman observers, have been remodeled, rescaled and renewed to fit captive in nine on seven. Using a wide range of materials, found and up-cycled, Erin, Queenie and Tania illustrate the diverse elements and inspirations making up our city: Its physicality and its populace. They aim to over-haul the former into the future in their quest to be that m0del citizen. Beware the Walrus observer!

Objects and Art by Erin Templeton, Queenie Fletcher and Tania Price

Upcoming shows at nine on seven

nine on seven proudly shouts from a mountain top shows coming up in 2010!

Micheal P Fikaris: Comic Guru of Froth Industries
Kasia Rose Tons: RMIT Textiles Graduate and darling of the thread, stitch and pencil
and
An Arts Project Australia curated group show featuring Artists with Intellectual Disabilities.

HOORAY!
More details to come.
Enjoy your day.

LITTLE BOXES paintings by Kat Weir

The title and theme of Kat’s show references Malvina Reynolds’ 1962 folk tune of the same name. Malvina was an activist/housewife facing a dichotomous struggle between domestic bliss and domestic sameness. Kat’s fascination with the 1950’s and 60’s and all things kitsch, has nurtured her love/hate relationship with domesticity and suburban life. Her obsession with the aesthetic of these eras certainly doesn’t match the opportunistic ideal of the 'fulfilling' suburban lifestyle. It seems the trap of modern suburbia is easy to fall into!

With ‘Little Boxes’ Kat offers a fantastic solution. She intends to have her cupcakes and eat them too! She has made eight paintings: Four bachelors and four exotic pets, one to match every season. With corresponding colours and matching décor they offer this advice:

No matter what the season,
there will always be a man and a pet to match your outfit.
You'll never get bored!

Kat Weir has been drawing since she could hold a pencil.
She hails from New Zealand, where she completed her Fine Arts degree
in 2005. Kat has travelled the world and now lives in Melbourne.
She is currently working in North Fitzroy at Advanced Art (361 St Geroges Rd, North Fitzroy) where she has been tattooing for one year.
More of her work can be found here: http://www.myspace.com/katweir

Little Boxes

(Words and music by Malvina Reynolds; copyright 1962 Schroder Music Company)
Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes made of ticky tacky,
Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes all the same.
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one,
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
And the people in the houses All went to the university,
Where they were put in boxes And they came out all the same,
And there's doctors and lawyers, And business executives,
And they're all made out of ticky tacky And they all look just the same.
And they all play on the golf course And drink their martinis dry,
And they all have pretty children And the children go to school,
And the children go to summer camp And then to the university,
Where they are put in boxes And they come out all the same.
And the boys go into business And marry and raise a family.
In boxes made of ticky tacky And they all look just the same.
There's a green one and a pink one And a blue one and a yellow one,
And they're all made out of ticky tacky And they all look just the same.