Pirates Yelz Eek

Thursday evening saw the opening of the Pirates Exhibit at Manky Chops Gallery. I don't think I need to explain how awesome it was. Known for their clean line work, Cast and Editor with the help of a few good friends definately put it on.

Pirates exhibit runs til 13th March @ Manky Chops Gallery, Lvl 1, 166 Cuba St.

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I managed to escape work for half and hour to head up to Start Gallery on Cuba Street for Yelz & Eeks' exhibit opening on Friday night. Had I been able to hang out longer I would have taken some snaps :-(
Show runs until 11th March.

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Miss Mica added her piece to the wall already inhabited by Ghostie and PNTR. Love her bold colour work!! And good to see someone mixing it up a bit and using brushes on the streets of Wellington.

oO WWS Oo

EEK & YELZ @ START GALLERY

EEK & YELZ @ START GALLERY


Character design and street art are what have made Yelz and Eek a firm fixture in Wellington. Collectively they have put together a show featuring works on found and given objects including concrete, ceramic and wood, giving the objects a new lease on life.

WHEN: Friday 26th February @ 6pm

WHERE: Start Gallery Cuba Street (Above Olive Cafe)

Runs til March 11th

BYO

Give up the Ghostie

Manky Chops gallery are proud to present "Pirates", a colourful explosion of aerosol artworks by Editor and Cast, well known for their unique one of a kind styles on the streets of New Zealand.

The work they bring to you is directly influenced by the pirates, early 1900 dutch abstract works, street art and dirty graffiti.

WHEN: Opens Thursday 25th February 6pm

WHERE: Manky Chops Gallery Lvl 1, 166 Cuba Street, Wellington

The show will run until Saturday 13th March.

BRING YOUR OWN BOOZE

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Anyone seen some three-eyed Ghosties roaming around town?




Nice collaborative work by PNTR and GHOSTIE

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FOOTHEAD has just added the mother lode of pictures to his blog

Have a squiz HERE

oO WWS Oo

Miss Mica

Miss Mica is a force to contend with!

After witnessing her work broadcast across a 50+ square metre wall tonight I'll be the first to say that she's going to make her mark on Wellington if she hasn't already
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Thank you Mica for the awesome display and keeping me company! That oil/vinegar versus the bread was epic!

oO WWS O

Bite back

This Thursday the lovely Miss Mica Still is having a show @ Betty's function house and bar

She writes:

I would love to invite you to come giggle, drink with me while watching the 55 square-metre, wrap-around screen projecting my art from the past year of my life.

I have deconstructed some of my sketches and painting to create new worlds so it is not just another pretty slideshow!

When: Thursday 18th Febuary

Where: Betty's Function House & Bar 32 Blair Street, Wellington

4pm - 8pm

Fresh new wall by Drypnz & Miss Mica

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Eyes Wide Open @ Manky Chops Gallery

Headed up to Mankys' for the opening of the Eyes Wide Open exhibit last Thursday. A diverse range of works were covered including some pretty awesome photography.

Looks like this dude is having a great time!! lol

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Eeks & Yelz hitting the heaven spot formely owned by Cast with a guest appearance from Vinyl later.

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Good to see this wall taken back, although I hear from the residents that it's looking a bit shabby now.......

oO WWS Oo

TIBAT

I had heard through ther Graf-vine that a bunch of stencils had gone up near our national Museum Te Papa. SO while on the hunt for them I walked up to Chaffers and found the above by Tibat. Reminds me a little of Ikon RTR.

Could this have been made by the person responsible for the Queercore stencils that appeared last year?

Spotted another nice Tibat piece that is slightly out of the way. Never seen anything go up on this wall too which is even better.


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Wearesupervision and Primary Flight are putting out some pretty dope films.

Check this video featuring Askew Ewok etc

And I found this in a search for Martha Copper. legendary photographer and author via Vimeo. Features Harry Chalfant, graffiti photograher and producer of Style Wars.

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..... Don't forget, EYES WIDE OPEN exhibit is on TONIGHT @ Manky Chops 166 Cuba Street!

See you there!

oO WWS Oo

Eyes Wide Open

The time has come again for the Love and Guts Art Show to make its triumphant return to Australia and New Zealand in what promises to be one of the most memorable shows to date. Skateboarding's past and present heroes will converge for an exhibition entitled Eyes Wide Open, which is centered around skating's fallen soldiers whose lives expired far too soon.

Participants in this year's show include Steve Caballero, Pat Ngoho, Chris Senn, Chad Ford, Sasha Steinhorst, David Read, Joel Middlemiss, Andrew Morrison, Ymre Molnar, Rhys Campbell, Paul Cosgrave, Andre Butzr, Simon Morse, Kyle Robertson, Chet Childress, Thomas Wrinkler, Dave Chami, Christian Cooper, Alex Senigalliesi and Chris Ortiz.

Eyes Wide Open : Love and Guts Show

Opens Thursday 11th Febuary and only runs for 3 days! So get in there!

For more info visit HERE

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I've got some serious posting to catch up on!

CAST hitting the heavens. Heavens seem to be proving popular with Welly writers of late.

Good to see something good going up in Leftbank. I hardly ever go down there due to the lack of decent stuff to photograph. SPURT holding it down.

UNIT has beed putting up some pretty decent stuff around town lately. More to come in the next post or 2.

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I found a site through ASKEW1.COM called The Exchange where Graff writers exchange sketches/outlines and send them on to other writers to paint. It's a farking cool concept involving some of the best writers around.

Check it out HERE

Have you ordered your KRINK t-shirts from MrGraffiti.com yet?

oO WWS Oo

One Love

Headed up to Hataitai Velodrome for OneLove to celebrate Waitangi day/Bob Marleys' birthday and got to watch the lovely Xoe Hall and Yelz painting a trailer that will be the FRINGE HQ for 3 weeks.

Unfortunately I had to leave and go to work (GRRR!!)

As we arrived I saw this man in the photo above rocking out by himself. Hope I'm like that when I'm his age!

I'll do some serious catch-up posts tomorrow.Choice

oO WWS Oo

FELT IT!

FELT IT! pulls together a collection of artwork which shows off the diversity and achievements of the endearing felt tip pen.

While often thought of as a child’s medium, with cheap, throwaway connotations, the felt tip pen rightly assumes centre stage in this showcase of exciting new work made by some of Wellington’s hottest Artists, Illustrators, Costumiers, Cartoonists, and Film Makers.

FELT IT

4-20 Febuary 2010

ROAR! Gallery
Lvl 1 55 Abel Smith St (above real groovy)

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Due to lack of time and patience this past week I haven't been posting as frequently as I would have liked to. I'll catch up this weekend.

oO WWS Oo