Wall Two 80 - Aarons Wall of Awesomeness

 Aaron's finally finished the Wall Two 80 and it looks pretty great.

The Wall have recently renovated and the space looks like it has always been there, they now have a kitchen and are cooking breaky and lunch.

Here's the links to the last posts to see The Wall's Wall progression..... 

'The Wall then and Now' Post

and

' Wall Two 80 - Deface show you face' Post

and 

'Wall Two 80 Update Aaron's Street Art' Post

and

'Wall two 80 Aaron's progression' Post

 pix of the finished work

interior brick work

Window/front

New section, Nicko pulling a coffee on the new machine

Another shot of the washed out interior wall

AWESOME!

Aaron

Recent Media - Surface POP

Here's just a slice of some more of the little UPS Surface POP and our artists have been getting of late.

(its just..... I'm a lover of archiving, its a fact ;))

I love Webby, massive fan, and we have become great mates, Art Boardz recently did a little post.

It's really obvious I went on a POP search, yeah.... look to be honest.... I did, and I'm OK with that, found this link to us from an American trend blog Pinterest

A bit of a mention through Pollen for Humble Vintage Cycles.

Media - I N V E R T on-line - Phoenix The Street Artist - IN HERE. OUT THERE

Invert  is an on-line webzine focusing on Australian urban street underground low brow and other new genre challenged contemporary art.....with a little music thrown in. 

They recently gave US, PHOENIX and DEAN some awesome props.

I had already been following Invert so it was a real buzz when we got a mention.

PHOENIX 'visits' St. Kilda, Corner Gypsy bar and Acland St

Media - Superfuture on-line - Phoenix the Street Artist IN HERE. OUT THERE

MORE awesome media today from Superfuture, an on-line urban Cartography for global shopping experts from around the planet - really cool!

Click right HERE to have a SUPER peak at our plug

A little "marketing" by Phoenix next to his ArtBurn Piece - Hosier lane Melbourne

Rising from the ashes

I was thinking about why Phoenix the Street Artist chose his name, Phoenix rising from the flames and ashes - my train of thought lead me onto imagining if we all each chose an Alter ego, what mine would be? 

A friend of mine who last year almost died from a bike accident came into see me at the shop today and showed me this incredible large scale tattoo she had got yesterday on her back and side, a Phoenix - when I asked,  she said, its about rising from the ashes, the flames, new beginnings....

This week has been intense, my peep Robbie Warden, spent the day at the shop with me on Thursday and many times had to 'check me' because of my obsession with the Christchurch Quake websites, I had every site open on my laptop so I didn't miss a beat, I hadn't got a lot of pressing work done -  my heart, my breathe, my thoughts, every part of me but my physical body was (and still is) in Christchurch.

My friends and family are safe, but the thought of them distressed or concerned for their future, breaks my heart,
what would my Alter ego do?

She would take her strong arms across the Tasman ocean, and hold them tight, she would hold the space for all of the tribe to heal, like a KORU - slowly unfolding it's frond toward the light, renewal.

Superhero - KIA KAHA!

In the words of a blog post I read yesterday from the US of A

'May the silver fern forever remain untarnished; may your efforts to rebuild your cities and lives only serve to burnish its beauty. And in spite of these tough times, may your country forever shine brightly as a beacon to Kiwi generosity and nobility of spirit'

James Watkins Aotearoa ink the kiwi spirit - forever..... Kia Kaha

Phoenix the Street Artist - IN HERE : OUT THERE - Exhibition Opening March 10

Surface POP and Dean Sunshine are proud to announce Phoenix the Street Artist's first solo show!

IN HERE : OUT THERE 

 Phoenix, one of Melbourne’s hottest new street artists, presents 'In Here Out There'  

from Thursday 10th March. 

 In 2004, the artist lost nearly all his collage-based works in a fire that tore through his studio.  

Scouring through the burnt remains, he discovered some singed works had miraculously survived. 

From these ashes Phoenix the Street Artist was born. 

Seven years on, the burnt works, copies of his works from the streets, and brand new pieces will be exhibited  

at ‘In Here : Out There’, his first solo exhibition. 

 Phoenix brings to the gallery wall  the art of the street at the Surface Pop Up Shop in St Kilda. 

Media - Comida Bebe & Surface POP - Time out Melbourne

Our mates Comida Bebe, that we do gastronomic collaborations with got an awesome write up on-line in Time out Melbourne along with Surface POP, you can check it out HERE

like the writer said;

do you like 

art

alcohol 

and

eating...

hells yeh!  

You can also check out some fantastic pix of our last collaboration with Comida Bebe on their face book page part 1 and another part 2