Following on from their curatorial hit OUTPOST PROJECT at Cockatoo Island, aMBUSH proudly presents “SURFACE TENSION,” a group show featuring E.L.K., Heesco, SHIDA, Slurpee Slug, SOFLES and Sprinkles.
Opening night Friday 25 November, 6-9pm
Exhibition continues to 29 November, 12-4pm daily
The artists will paint and transform the gallery walls, integrating the space itself into their body of works. Hailing from Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, the stellar emergent line-up represents the next epoch, the next movement. Come and see where it all starts.
The opening will take place at aMBUSH Gallery (4A James Street Waterloo, Sydney) on Friday 25 November from 6-9pm. Join us for complimentary drinks provided by Absolut and future leaning beats and Hip-hop provided by Zwelli.
On the billing will be Brisbane born, cut-back king, SOFLES, recently returned from the San Francisco all-Australian show ‘Young and Free’ – himself one of the country’s finest graffiti exports. Also from Brisbane, SHIDA’s vicious extra dimensional figures will grin across the concrete backdrop. Moving further down south, representing Sydney will be Sprinkles, co-founder of Half-Star clothing, with his hyper-cartoon skulls stalking the back of your thoughts. Marking his exclusive gallery appearance is the mysterious street thrasher, Slurpee Slug, with his raw psychedelia a cross between whizz fizz characters and acid. From the Melbourne camp, and representing Blender studios we have Heesco and E.L.K. aka Luke Cornish, the current Sydney Secret Wars champion, has a talent in creating anguished faces and loose figures caught in motion. E.L.K. is widely regarded as a National stencil treasure, able to bring photorealistic portrayals in muted tones through painstaking execution of layering, deconstructing and reconstructing his works with his own flair. E.L.K. was the winner of the 2010 Australian Stencil Art Prize, and made the cover of Monthly Art Magazine, April 2011.
The exhibition will also run alongside an online catalogue with works for sale from Saturday 26 November and runs until 4 December, allowing interstate buyers to remotely buy works.
Supported by Ironlak.
More info:
– AmbushGallery.com
– Sofles.com