OUTPOST prints now online…

OUTPOST festival closed last weekend after 5 weeks on Cockatoo Island. The festival was the largest festival of art from the streets in the southen hemisphere and was a mighty success with attendancy numbers way above all expectations.
Many great artists involved provided special edition prints for our pop up retail gallery for the festival and alot were snapped up by eager enthusiasts. Due to the huge response, we have created a new OUTPOST SECTION in our online print store. Although some editions sold out, others still have some left - so if you missed out while you were there or couldn’t make it to Cockatoo Island you can now secure a print online. These include prints by Meggs, Shannon Crees, Heesco, Palmer, Marsha 2026, Component, Deb, Justin Feuerring and others.
AND if you purchase before end of Sunday 18th Dec we’ll pay the extra and get you your purchase delivered by Xmas. Remember, art makes the coolest Christmas gift!!
Check out the prints at http://urbanuprising.bigcartel.com/  More will be added over the next few weeks (some artists didn’t make the festival in time) too so check back or like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/urbanuprising  to keep informed of new arrivals, give aways and other news of what we get up to next.

OUTPOST festival opens..

The OUTPOST festival opens on Cockatoo Island (Sydney Harbour) tomorrow Friday 4th Nov and will be the biggest street art festival ever undertaken in Australia. The festival lasts for 5 weeks on Cockatoo Island and features work from over 100 artists from all over the world including artists,Anthony Lister, Deb, Beastman, Ghost Patrol, Ethos, Ha Ha, Heesco, Meggs, Kid Zoom, Miso, Rone, Reka, Shannon Crees,Twoone, Vexta, Numskull, Beastman, Will Coles, and collections such as  Paste Modernism, The Oi Collection of Banksy works, May Lane Project, Secret Wars and much much more.
Urban Uprising is hosting the pop up gallery at the festival and will feature SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION prints and items from artists inlcuding Meggs, Rone, Shannon Crees, Vexta, Deb, Marsha 2026, Laz, Justin Fueurring, Palmer, K-Guy, Heesco, STYLO, Will Coles, Cut Collective and more… all items will on sale and prices are being kept especially LOW for the festival. As mentioned the SPECIAL editions are limited and wont last long.
OUTPOST festival opens at 10am daily - the POP UP gallery for sales will open Mon - Fri from midday and Sat and Sun from 10:30am.

FREE hand customized bike helmets!

The AMEX Bike Helmet Boutique is Sydney’s newest pop-up space showcasing fashionable bicycle helmets customised by 3 artists:Heesco, Teem and Shannon Crees. Anyone can attend this space and pick up their own FREE bike helmet,and have one of these three artists customise it while you wait.  This project is on for 3 days only 21 – 23 Sep, 8am – 8pm daily @ 72 Erskine ST Sydney City.HURRY and grab yours while they last!!

Gala Art Auction at GLOBAL GALLERY

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Interesting to see the new breed of art auction that Global Gallery in Paddington Sydney is instigating. In conjunction with Lawson’s Auctioneers, Global aims to fuse a contemporary art auction into a gallery environment with the atmosphere of an opening show – their mission “to bring a relaxed, down to earth element” into an auction, away from the traditional atmosphere of the auction houses.  Nothing wrong with that – anything that can engage the general buying public and stimulate falling art sales has to be commended into today’s uncertain financial climate.

What is more interesting is that this  “gala auction” is focused on contemporary, pop and urban art. Is mixing these three art genres together in itself making a statement? Has urban art now achieved an acceptable status in the Australian Art World?

Urban art has been respected as collectible and investment art for some years internationally, and when one of the UK’s oldest established auction house, Bonhams, dedicated two Urban Art two auctions a year back in 2008 and heavily publicized it, it drove new interest and buyers to this art. Suddenly, emerging buyers from the monied up Russians and the Middle East took interest and fuelled the market, helping to drive the prices higher and higher.

In Australia though, Urban art has been slower to be respected for investment value by the established art circles and apart from a few galleries now giving these artists attention, most of the art world has ignored this scene. It is mainly the mainstream media that has given attention to the big hitters such as Banksy and Shepard Fairey, in turn finding a new breed of art appreciation in the general public.

Having previewed this auction at Global this Thursday, it is interesting to see the different art genres jostling with each other for attention on the walls. The urban work (the younger upstart of these 3 genres) more than holds its own amongst the more established types and dare I say even overshadows some of the older contemporary works, making some look irrelevant and lack lustre. I’m sure the more established Aussie names of the contemporary and pop art worlds such as Martin Sharp will hold their own ground, but it will be interesting to see what results the Australian urban artists such as Ben Frost, Anthony Lister, Ghostpatrol, HA HA etc, garner when the works go under the hammer.

With this recently increased awareness, one wonders, is this the maybe beginning of the changing of the guard?

GLOBAL GALA URBAN ART AUCTION

looks like a great night to be had next month 18th August at Global Gallery in Paddington with an evening auction including works from Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Pure Evil, Martin Sharp, Anthony Lister, Adam Cullen, Dennis Ropar, Justin Feuerring, Will Coles and many more…

Revok now Free?

Word has it that US graffiti artist Revok - jailed a month or so ago for 180 days has now been freed.. anyone have any news??