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Hi culture creatures ,

Are you ready to rumble?
Started Thursday!
Fresh Batch exhibition at Platform 72:
Friday!
Cabinet of curiosities at World bar. A curated collection of performance, art and science oddities:
The Ladies Network – a group of seven women who celebrate the work of women in the creative industry – is hosting The Ladies Exhibition #3 at AMbush Gallery for five days. Thirty artists will present their talent as well as zines and music.
Saturday!
Ragga muffin ones. Reggae Carnival Market at Pittwater:
Get your party pantaloons on for PREY, it’s going to be gay gay YAY!!
Electro Swing night in Sydney on Saturday:
Sunday!
Grab your rug rats and take them to the new Kids bike track at Sydney park:
Or go to the Red Bull Billy Cart is an event in which amateur drivers and their fearless team of three build and race homemade billy cart vehicles. Each handmade machine is fuelled by nothing but sheer courage, the force of gravity and perhaps a little Red Bull.  Yeah boy!
Don’t want to venture out? Then stay at home and turn your animal into a dinosaur:
Love this city,
MFM x
@getfunkt snapping in Newtown.
@getfunkt snapping in Newtown.
 
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Don’t touch, and definitely DON’T lick!

The latest offering at the Brenda May Gallery on Danks Street is the ‘Untitled Show.’ The exhibition theme is based on creating an opportunity for the viewer to have their own personal thoughts and interpretations of each piece’s meaning. There are 15 artists in total.

We immediately gravitated to Al Munro’s piece in the back corner. I’m not even there anymore and I’m salivating again. No prizes for guessing which piece it is below. Those wonderful colours are bright, fun and bring on a sense of nostalgia. Munro is currently working on an arts/maths fellowship and often uses scientific and mathematical data as a starting point for her creations.

We also loved Jim Croke’s work. Jackson Pollockish however painted with such precision one would think a fencer was called in and their sabre used to complete the canvas. Croke teaches at the NAS and is well known for his sculptures.

Lastly the car with overflowing baggage is Todd Fuller’s creation. We giggled, what a nice piece reminding us that we all have too many things. Fuller is multi disciplined, having his paws in various pots working on illustration, painting, performance and his hand drawn animations were awarded with an honourable mention at the 15th Asian Art Biennale (2012). Nice work!

The show runs until October 24.
Brenda May gallery
2 Danks Street, Waterloo

The 'Untitled Show' at the Brenda May Gallery.
The ‘Untitled Show’ at the Brenda May Gallery.
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Cave Urban’s Near Kin Kin.

If you commute to Circular Quay everyday and have missed this 22 metre majestic bamboo wonder, it’s really time to peel your eyes away from the mobile and pop that distraction in your pocket. Stat.

This beauty is comprised of 300 bamboo poles and is situated on the Customs House forecourt until October 11 as part of the Art and About Festival.

Hop inside and feel a sense of calm as you’re immediately transported from the buzzy city to the forest of bamboo in Queensland where these poles have been sourced. Stop, feel the bamboo and look up to see the fluffy clouds cruise by in the beautiful blue sky above. Tranquil to say the least.

Jed Long is a local architect and we were fortunate enough to see [and play] in ‘The Hot House’. These wonderfully woven bamboo structures were outside the Winter Feast hall at this year’s Dark Mofo Festival in Hobart. These beauties took us back to our childhood as you felt like you were back in a cubby house.

Read more about Cave Urban here:
http://www.caveurban.com/

Cave Urban's Kin Kin.
Cave Urban’s Kin Kin.
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Free your mind, my art will follow.

After a spontaneous trot on the weekend to the Moore Park Gardens for a quick hit of sun soaking, we decided to hop into Black Penny to quench the thirst.These guys host art shows in the back of the bar and the exhibitions run from one to two weeks.

With gin in paw, we wandered out the back to see the latest offering and we were instantly drawn to the vibrant colours and the playful execution of the pieces.

Angie Soto is a Sydney based artist who’s used acrylic, spray paint and mixed media in this solo show. And we have to say we love her style, vibrant, quirky, Picassoesque at times and others surreal.

Hop down as the show is on until October 13.
http://www.blackpenny.com.au/

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Brook Andrew’s giant geometric beauties at The Cutaway.

You may remember the Travelling Colony of seven hand-painted caravans for the 2012 Sydney Festival which explored and celebrated Redfern’s people, culture and community. Well, Brook Andrew is the first to open an exhibit at the Cutaway gallery in the Barangaroo site.

The Weight of History, The Mark of Time, is a large scale installation that promises to play on the senses as the four floating sculptures ‘breath’ and are lit internally adding another dimension. The soundscape accompanying the installation by Theodore Wohng, De Anima, is based on Aristotle’s idea of the soul. We’re a little excited to experience this in the flesh.

You really should experience these giant geometric beauties for yourself. We had a snoop during our lunch hour an can’t wait to get closer on the weekend.

More info here:
http://barangaroo.sydney/things-to-do/brook-andrew-installation/

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Itching to get your doodle on?

Itching to get your doodle on? Well pop the pen to the paper and submit your inky wonderments here to be among the 12 selected for the ‘Draw me a Calendar’ competition.

30 bucks for one submission or 50 for two. Black ink on white paper only, doll faces and entries in by Monday September 21.

Click here for entry forms and the rest from the ArtSHINE guys:
http://www.artshinegallery.com/#!draw-me-a-calendar-2016/cakp

PC: Inkspiration from @getfunkt

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Did someone say “geometric”?

Saturday was a spectacular day! Why? Because we almost faint with excitement with anything geometric.

We popped into the Geometrica show at the Mild Manners​ gallery. This is our first visit to the gallery and it’s lovely. You hop through a book/records store and up the stairs to an light and airy space. We particularly love the hues of the pink coming through the back window. Yummy.

It was great to have a chat to the curator, Amber Creswell Bell, who puts on about 4 shows a year. Congrats to you and the artists!

Better get in quick as there are only 3 days left to catch it. This Thursday to Sunday, at 1/499 Crown Street, Surry Hills.

Artists in the snap are @genevievefelixreynolds @emmalipscombe_ @evi_o @liamsnootle on insta.

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Flowers and People Cannot be Controlled but Live Together.

In our lovely little gallery hop on Saturday we discovered this sweet gem at Martin Browne Contemporary in Paddo.

This interactive digital installation is called Flowers and People Cannot be Controlled but Live Together by teamLab. The flowers grow before your eyes from bud to bloom then the petals float away leaving the flowers to fade. The viewer interacts to start or end the process.

Watch a larger scale installation here in action. Beautiful and tranquil.
http://www.team-lab.net/en/all/art/kunisaki.html

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Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows.

Saturday was an absolute cracker of a day so we opted for sunny art gallery hop in Paddo. We headed to the Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery​. And boy was it delicious. We caught ourselves licking our lips. Jim Lambie’s work is tantalising to say the very least. And quite frankly we want those floors to pave our paths with every step we take. The show runs until September 26.

More info here:
http://www.roslynoxley9.com.au/artists/308/Jim__Lambie/1647/

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