Metro Gallery in Victoria Australia will be opening a Michael Peck exhibit “The Landing” on November 14th. Peck’s work mixes a monochromatic photographic style of painting with subject matter reminiscent of 50’s style propaganda.

Themes of isolation and displacement have continually reoccurred in my paintings over time. I’m always seeking to create a tension in the work; the suspense in the feeling that something is just about to happen, as if the landscape could suddenly swallow everything and everyone up. I think art is a good place to be able to engage with our anxieties. We live in a social, political and environmental climate that is pretty hostile, yet we do our best to mask our fears. I think that art provides a context where people’s fears can be corroborated; it helps us to know that others share the same concerns and helps us feel less alone. Ironically there is an abstract comfort in recognition of this shared isolation.

Metro Gallery

“The Landing”

November 14th- December 3, 2011

1214 High Street,
Armadale,
Victoria 3143
Phone: 03 9500 8511

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David Cerny brings out the big guns with this installation in Prague.

Czech artist David Černý’s ‘Guns’ installation returned to Prague this summer where it is suspended by wires in the courtyard of the Artbanka Museum of Young Art. Earlier in the summer between June 20 and July 1, Černý’s ‘Pink Tank no. 23′ was installed on a floating pontoon on the Vltava river between Střelecký ostrov and Smetanovo nábřeží as part of the ‘Week of Freedom’ project. In a photo dated October 8, 2011, a visitor to the Artbanka Museum hoists his hands up and makes his own guns.

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Check out this fantastic stop motion video by Oliver Trudeau. Flick after the jump.

Zero Publishing presents a boxed edition of Above’s book “Passport.”

About ABOVE

From WIKI (born circa 1981) has been creating public art since 1995. ABOVE is an international contemporary street artist who keeps his identity concealed and is widely known for his multi-layer/full color social and political stencils, spinning wooden “arrow mobile” installations, and large mural “word play” paintings. ABOVE started traditional graffiti of tagging freight trains in California in 1995. ABOVE moved to Paris at the age of 19 where he started painting his trademark arrow (pointing above) all around the city. Since then ABOVE has been consistently traveling around the world doing many large self-financed “tours” with each tour exploring a new medium or style of artworks. ABOVE has been successful in putting his street artworks in over 90 cities in 60 different countries around the globe.

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• Edition: 200
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• Hardcover book: signed/numbered – 12.25 x 12.25″ (31.1 x 31.1cm)
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• Over 120 color plates
• ISBN 978-1-937222-04-8
• Designed by Blaine Fontana of FONTANA STUDIOS

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The French publication GraffitiArt, recently dropped it’s 13th issue. Preview images after the jump.

Shepard Fairey and the crew at OBEY recently took to the walls of Asbury Park New Jersey. The murals were created in connection with the Jonathan Levine Gallery exhibit “Revolutions” featuring the album cover art of Shepard Fairey. The OBEY blog notes:

We knocked out some ambitious installations and Shepard threw down a couple of mind blowing DJ sets but most of all it was a real pleasure being introduced to a place that still has its community in the right mind set.  We especially wanted to Thank, Jonathan LeVine, Juicy Jenn, and all the locals that showed up and gave their support.

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Anton Tang Is the creator of these this fantastic miniature series entitled “Cardboard People.” The series consists of scores of meticulously sculpted, posted and photographed mini-scale cardboard people. View more after the jump.

Japan based Hidari Zingaro was displaying some great pieces recently at Platform L.A. View a sampling after the jump.

Photography: Matt Schow for Curated

Black & White Gallery/Project Space was showing some pretty fresh stuff at Pulse L.A., including these pieces by Alicia Ross, KK Kozik, and Michael Van Den Besselaar. Check out their work after the jump.

Photography: Matt Schow for Curated

Here is some more good stuff from the Pulse L.A. show. Dean Project was showing these fantastic pieces from Tim Berg and Rebekah Myers.

Continuing with their exploration of ideas of material value and the consequences of the actions we take to satisfy our desires, Berg-Myers have created a new body of works. This current exhibition is meant to provide the viewers with objects-situations where our choices are put to the test in how we understand the value of the things we do.

Some of the works in the exhibition have titles such as “All that glitters” and “As good as gold” which echo
marketing tools employed in our contemporary culture to attract with a promise of guaranteed   satisfaction if consumed.

Photography: Matt Schow for Curated

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