AMILTON D E S I G N G L A S S The artwork of Jeffrey Hamilton

SUNDRY ITEMS OF INTEREST

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The St Jame's Catholic Church refurbishment project is now complete but it's been such a busy time for me, up and down scaffold each day, getting home exhausted, that I've neglected this blog somewhat.

I did manage to visit the opening of the SCA Grad Show at the Rozelle Campus Nov 15th, although I was really there for the painting and only had a very quick glance at the glass. Some stand out works by the painters included Taylor Coyne's timber and canvas construction, Emily Morris' delightfully whimsical watercolours of such prosaic objects as wheelie bins and old soldering irons, Saffae's beautifully rendered S & M portraits the fluorescent light constructions of Tai Yi Kwok.

Vastly different in scale from Morris' petite watercolours, the oil on canvas by Teunis Van Zanten, full of drama and movement, spoke to me on a visceral level.

Running parallel with the Street Art Festival that is Outpost on Cockatoo Island is a whole swag of solo shows arouind Sydney by some of the best proponents of stencil and street art. Ambush Gallery in Waterloo is hosting a fantastic show titled Surface Tension, featuring Shida from QLD and Victorian artist Elk among others. Each of the 6x artists has worked a large piece onto the gallery wall as a backdrop to the framed artworks, with generally excellent results.

Numskull has a show on at Kindof Gallery in Oxford Street (which I have yet to see); Andros was participating with I don't know how many artists in a live art exhibition at Tortuga Studios, St Peters last Saturday night

And while I'm on the topic of street art and contemporary movements I have to tell you about a new zine that's so stylish there should be hard copies available to keep: Knock Knock Magazine. I can't recommend this highly enough! And make sure you take time out to go to Cockatoo Island before Outpost finishes 11th December.