2 Weeks before Xmas at Surface POP

My Xmas Window is coming along very nicely indeed!

 

 Aaron painted the outside of the shop - for an 'evolving' look

 

Jo Voight pl~art's - concrete, soil and baby's tears 

 Aaron bought me Dutch clogs for my Jewellery (of course!) and my Jewellery cabinet is coming along finally thanks to representing an incredible Artist  Jermone Frumar
A-M-A-S-I-N-G!

Some of my Small works Artists dropped of their works, Sharman - (local graffiti artist) Andrew Mattock (who will be exhibiting solo at Surface POP next month) and Antoine Toniono (who is at the moment an Artist in resistance in NYC)

I admit that I am Totally in LOVE with Micheal Porter! what can I say..... so excited to have his work, Mic is probably Melbourne's best known and most elusive Street Artist! blog post about him coming soon! he visited me today.... :)

 

 

Seems I had 2 out of 4 of my most loved Artists EVER in today, Darren Henderson  came by and dropped me in some work and we chatted about Surfing :)

 

Aaron bought me some nice things 

 How amazing the space looks as the sun goes down 

Works keep growing and eagerly await to be hung for the Small Works next Friday night

Today at Surface POP

I saw a Cicada hiding in the Tom Ripon pony

 

Aaron Bought me the BEST glass Nativity scene for my Xmas widow display
(my plan is to win the St. Kilda Traders Xmas window Competition!)

Donovan from Voici Le BATTEUR showed me my Xmas card selection and told me he has a new range different from what he launched at Surface 2 weeks ago - already BOOM!

Natasha from Luscious Jungle bought me some of her fine Cacti - 'Luscious creations; individually designed and hand planted cacti in glass'

Gloria bought me the most AMAZING Hey Zeus ceramic sculptures - Cobalt blue, Canary yellow, and Burnt orange to come!

Anne from Yumini Design bought me her latest Designer Xmas cards

 I myself displayed my latest finds - Hand made Ruler brooches from Rocky and small but VERY cute Jewellery pieces for an easy gift - necklaces, earrings, brackets

Adrian doubled Surface POP as an I.T office whilst having a coffee with me :)

And Rachel Bough me the BEST gala Apple ever

Seeing is Believing - Photographic Exhibition - Opening night

 Dr George Malice from RRR's Review on 'Seeing is Believing' at Surface POP

"If you’re feeling a little stressed like me, do yourself a favour, see ‘Seeing is Believing, just pop in to the current Pop Up Exhibition (8-14 Dec 2010). At the opening last night, my eyes had a visual feast.

I entered a magic space, where imagination mingled with photographic images, engagingly curated by Jess Edgar, who, along with Anna Reid, Brent Daniels, Adrian Dennett and Angus Thornett created moments that I had to see to believe.

Stand for a moment, gaze, and then close your eyes in front of Adrian’s waves and see if you don’t’ feel the giddiness from the undertow; inside Angus’ psychiatric wards, where I trained many years ago, see if the echoes of suffering don’t overwhelm your mind; sit in Anna’s luxurious red theatre seats and see if you can hear that solitary note from Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue; take in Brent’ colours, shapes standing still while in fluid motion, and I dare you to not wonder ‘how did he do that?’; and can you look into her distant gaze as Jess captured that girl’s waking day-dreamy eyes… and not sigh?

If you let these images awaken your senses, you may just find that your imagination once ignited will dissolve your day’s stresses. Then, if you are lucky like me, you can again restore your faith that seeing can be even more than just believing. Seeing may just add a spark to renew your imagination – do yourself a favour, pop in to Pop Up and give your senses an imaginative work-out. You won’t regret it"

 You can also check out the previous post about Jessica Edgar  and her photographic 'night walks' around Melbourne and Sydney.

 

Brent Daniels, Angus Thornett

Anna Reid, Jessica Edgar

Jessica Edgar

Adrian Dennett

Jessica Edgar

Brent Daniels

Anna Reid

Angus Thornett

Jess Edgar and Dr George Malice (legend!)

Dr George talking about Angus Work

space styled by Surface POP :)

contemplation over a Jessica Edgar dreamy work

amazing crew of peeps

Colin (also a legend!) making a speech about the artists and their works

Jessica Edgar, Anna Reid

Brent Daniels, Angus Thornett and Adrian Dennett

POP

 

Surface Xmas Window Theatre-snow!

Dean Sunshine from Snow Masters - who by the by does a rockin' Street art blog http://dean-sunshine.blogspot.com/

bought me some Theatre snow and fake-cicles today for my Christmas window here's some pix

 

The Cool Room - Vintage Furniture and Homewares - Tom Ripon

Check out The Cool Room's Tom Ripon Christmas extravaganza -  that  Rocks Ric - SO fantastic! 

Surface POP on Broadsheet on-line

Here's the link to Surface pop-up exhibition/shop on Broadsheet 

http://www.broadsheet.com.au/melbourne/arts-and-entertainment/article/surface-exhibition-pop-shop

The Wall two 80 - Aaron's progression

Aaron McKenzie, Stormy Mills and Darren Henderson - 3 of my top ever artists!