After a successful opening last week in Brisbane, Luke Shirlaw’s Head Above Water opens this Wednesday in Sydney at Goodspace for one night only, and continues in part at Ironlak Art & Design Sydney from Friday 29 Sept. Documenting 15 years of the Ironlak journey Back in 2002, brothers Levi and Heath Ramsey sorted out […]
Documenting 15 years of the Ironlak journey Back in 2002, brothers Levi and Heath Ramsey sorted out the paperwork for the business that would ultimately launch Ironlak to the world. Earlier still, around 2000, Luke Shirlaw – a kid from Townsville who was working at Kmart, painting graffiti, and studying graphic design – met Levi
The final photos from Wonderwalls Festival Port Adelaide are in and they’re bangin’. If you missed the actions, check them out here. Photographs: Luke Shirlaw More info: wonderwallsfestival.com theopeninghours.com.au
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In 2012, The Hours teamed up with Verb Syndicate to present Wonderwalls; a three day art festival in Wollongong. After two successful events and some accolades thrown in for good measure, it was time for the crew to descend upon Port Adelaide to share the Wonderwalls flavour with a South Australian audience. For some bizarre
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In 2014 MEKS, REALS & TUES jumped across the country for a quick spraycation and an in-store BBQ/ live paint event at The Butcher Shop in Perth. Much respect to the locals for holding us down: KENO, MANE, HOSAE, AYRES, SERVE, PURES & all the peeps who came and hung out at the shop. Special
On Monday we posted the photos Selina Miles took in Dubai last November for the Guinness World Record break of the longest graffiti scroll. Here’s a few more snaps taken by Luke Shirlaw. sdas
Last Friday I posted some of my photographs of ‘From The Ground Up’ in Christchurch, New Zealand. Here come the finals. The artists featured include: ASKEW, BERST, PHAT1, BENJAMIN WORK, DEUS, KOST, MARK, MISERY, OCHE, FLURO, LADY DIVA, LEEYA, FAT CREW, DTR, JONNY 4HIGHER, GARY SILIPA, BMD, DRYPNZ, DEVOS, VANS the OMEGA, QUENCH, SULK, RITA
“December last year I arrived in Christchurch, New Zealand just in time to catch the tail end of ‘From The Ground Up’ festival. Almost immediately I could feel this really special vibe in Christchurch. After the quakes, the local people have really come together in the spirit of rebuilding the city and a lot of
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Inspired by classic 80s movies, Ironlak Family members MEKS, VANS the OMEGA, SIRUM, TREAS, LINZ, REALS and TUES got together last year to rock a wall on the Gold Coast. In a true “rain, hail or shine” fashion, our three days on the coast were reduced to just over one real day of painting time
Earlier this year we kidnapped PHAT1, TUES and STORM from the Ironlak Family and headed over to China with YESMA, DYMS, PALMS, MUCH, RIFLE, RUSTE and MEMOS. After a quick stop in Hong Kong, we crossed the border into mainland China where we were greeted by TOUCH, SENK, MEGIC, KISH, MOK and the rest of
In August Sofles, Vans the Omega, Anthony Lister and Shida spent five days locked inside iconic Sydney nightclub ‘HOME’ for Red Bull Curates. The four artists actually lived on site for the week, had access to a gang of Ironlak and free reign to create artwork throughout the venue. Video: Selina Miles. Music: Shaun Warner
Yesterday I dropped in on my buddy Carl Steffan who was preparing for a group show at Jugglers in Fortitude Valley (Brisbane), which opens tonight. With the artwork framed and ready to go, Carl, David Don and Gus Eagleton were busy giving the back walls of Jugglers a fresh lick of paint. If you’re in
