SOFLES and FINTAN MAGEE are exhibiting at Hole In The Wall Gallery in Fremantle, Western Australia on Friday December 16, 2011.

On Friday December 16, 2011, Hole In The Wall Gallery launches a new exhibition featuring works from notorious graffiti figure Sofles and renowned street, mural and installation artist Fintan Magee.

Beginning his career as a graffiti artist in Brisbane, ten years later SOFLES now has his fingers in many pies, spreading his work across illustration, tattoo, canvas and any markable surface he can get his hands on.

After a well-publicised conviction for illegal graffiti in 2009, SOFLES burst onto the scene with various sold-out exhibitions, collaborations with artists such as Anthony Lister, Ben Frost and Revok, and contracts with the likes of Red Bull, Myer, Adidas, and Toohey’s.

SOFLES’ imagery is wide and varied, with collages of mind bending abstraction melting into intricate form, perfect snapshots of the artist’s wild imagination. His ability to create depth and detail with aerosol is unmatched, and combined with his bold use of colour, renders pieces so distinctive they have firmly set SOFLES’ reputation as one of Australia’s most watched contemporary artists.

Hailing from similar roots, it was in Brisbane that FINTAN MAGEE was first exposed to graffiti culture and began scrawling his name across the city with large vibrant letterforms. Having since moved away from traditional graffiti, his bold guerilla mural works often combine still life paintings of found objects with installation elements. Exploring themes of waste, consumption, loss and transition, his works contain a sentimentality and softness influenced by children’s books.

Already qualifying as a finalist for the Prometheus, Churchie and Lethbridge art prizes, and receiving the people’s choice at the Cliftons Art Prize, Brisbane, FINTAN MAGEE’s diligence, technical skill and progressive approach to street art, make him one of Australia’s must watch emerging artists.

The exhibition will launch from 6pm to 9pm, and will be available to view during Hole In The Wall Gallery’s opening hours until January 8, 2012.

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More info:
- Sofles.com
- FintanMagee.com
- Hitw.com.au