Alfie’s Friend Rolfe
Established in 2001, Alfie’s Friend Rolfe is a tiny but mighty boutique store in Sydney’s Darlinghurst. One block away from the famous Coca Cola sign in King’s Cross, take a wander by Darlinghurst Rd and stumble across a hidden little Aladdin cave of Australian designers and style. With a delicious collection of shoes that you won’t be able to find at just any other old boutique, Alfie’s Friend Rolfe won’t disappoint with their supply of fresh tees, suave jeans, pretty little dresses that love being worn.
Stocking a list of up and coming Australian designers who display their talents from head to toe, come on down to Alfie’s Friend Rolfe for a gaze through their boutique and adorable little shelves.
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FOR ART’S SAKE!
1 gallery, 4 walls, 400+ anonymous artworks.
For Art’s Sake is an anonymous exhibition that promotes art as an act that transcends age, culture, intellectual or physical disability. It exhibits works by professional and emerging artists alongside contributions from hobbyists, friends, Australian celebrities, and of course artists with a disability. All pieces are anonymous, of equal size (12 x 16”) and therefore on sale for the same starting rate. For art collectors, it is a chance to snatch a bargain, for everyone else it is a chance to appreciate art without expectations associated with the artist’s reputation or limitations. All proceeds go towards supporting Inner-West based charity, FRANS, to continue providing quality support services for people with disabilities and their carers in Sydney.
Gallery: Sydney College of Arts, Rozelle
Opening Night: October 26, 2010
Canvas submission: October 1, 2010
Contact: Rebecca Hines | 02 9797 5313 | rhines@frans.com.au
Changing Lanes – EARS Interview Exclusive!
Changing Lanes presents live mural work by Sydney street artists and beyond. Ears, SMC[3], Max Berry, Vars, Syke and La will run head to head, can to can, bringing street art out into the open in an unforgettable union of the Oh Really and The Movement crews, amongst other more nomadic street personas.
EARS
Artist Bio and Interview
Sydney born Ears, hits the streets with portrait-based one-liners, which stand testament to his affinity for free-form spray and an interest in the human condition. Having previously served time at the National Art School, Ears soon took leave to purse his passions in a less rigid environment – his energetic, abstract style since flourishing in the back-alleys and streets of Sydney, and with a multitude of exhibitions to match. 2008 saw the opening of Newtown’s Oh Really Gallery, with artists Max Berry and Jamie Nimmo, where Ears continues to curate, collaborate and extend the themes of his work through new and exciting mediums.
Are you a night owl or a morning bird?
Ears: Night owl I guess, although more of a hermit these days.
Describe an average day in the life of Ears?
Ears: Sleep in till 9 or 10ish… go to a cafe and draw for a while… jump on deloris (my bike) and jet to the studio in the wasteland… paint/sketch/read art books and what not… after ‘work’ eat something cheap… maybe some free hare krishna on the way home… make a pot of tea and make beats on the mpc… watch a film and fall asleep.
Was there a ‘eureka’ moment when your current style clicked or stuck?
Ears: One day towards the end of first year at National Art School.. just drawing in my sketchbook did a face with one line… and found it felt like me. Think I still have the first sketchbook that features the one line faces somewhere.
What do you get up to when you’re not making art?
Ears: Listening to music… talking to myself like a madman..
How was the Oh Really baby born?
Ears: Oh Really started as magazine…We moved from having a shared office space to run Oh Really gallery, It was kind of an after thought to the publication.. The magazine was the real dream… The zine didn’t really work out the way we had hoped to be honest but the gallery has been a rewarding experience to come out of it, and it has been difficult to stay focused on the magazine and run a space.
Where do you source the inspiration for your work?
Ears: I go through old books to find black and white photography to use as a starting point for my drawing and then I abstract from the shapes I find in the face. Photography from the 50′s and 60′s has been particularly interesting to me lately.
Do you hoard anything, and if so, why can’t you throw it?
Ears: I hoard Records and old sheet music. I use records for sampling to produce music… the sheet music is just really beautiful and I can’t figure out why of got it but I know I want it… and it will come in handy one day.
What do you see, if any, as current trends of the Sydney street art scene?
Ears: Most the artists are into the Bold Graphic style that Phibs, Sync and Reka made popular in Melbourne… I think a lot of Sydney ‘street art’ is the ripple effect of what those guys were doing 3 years ago, I’m yet to feel that we have come up with our own identity as a city artistically. However there has always been a push towards the grotesque and monster characters in Sydney, perhaps that’s a trend…?
How did your experience with formal training shape where you see yourself within the art world?
Ears: My experience re-affirmed that the most original parts of an artist’s work are learned through self-directed exploration of colour, media and mark.
The skills that you gain from institutional learning are extremely important, however I feel lucky to have escaped being completely shaped by the traditions of a school. I see a lot of ex student’s work that still feels like art school stuff, I think its only natural to stay working in a certain way, when you have done it for 3 years, but it can be stifling to form such strong habits that aren’t your own.
As far as where I see myself in the art world, I don’t feel formal training has had an impact. I’m fairly stubborn, and have taken on little of the art school methods, and I don’t really think I’m a blip on the radar in fine art circles… which is what I think of when you say ‘Art World’. Three things you couldn’t live without:
Ears:
-Art
-Music
-Food.
Where do you see your work/current projects heading?
Ears: I am currently working towards two shows for next year. A solo show at Gorker [Gallery] in Melbourne which will be a response to the mass produced and disposable nature of art and music, I will create a limited edition book and album with hand crafted covers that all have an original artwork on the front. I also aim to do a show of large-scale paintings 2 and 3 metres in June at Ambush [Gallery] next year.
In five years time you will be …
Ears: 30.
What advice would you give to budding artists?
Ears: Find people to bounce off, going it alone is hard.
The current soundtrack to your work includes …
Ears: Prefuse 73, Binary Star, Madlib, Hermitude always inspire me to paint and create music. Also been listening to a lot of underground and unknown producers from a blog called Good Net Labels it has a lot of really great music to download for free. Check out the ‘bag of nothingness’ album on there.
If you could choose five people for an art band super team, living or dead, who would they be?
Ears: Ian Francis, Lucien Freud, Ethos, Brett Whitely and Jeff Soto.
What significance does the male figure/motif play in your work?
Ears: Its not a deliberate decision with meaning behind it, I just find it easier. I guess it’s a self-portrait series on some psychological level.
What was the first thing you remember making?
Ears: Cartoons copied from a Rolf Harris book.
Why “Ears”?
Ears: I’m Ears because when I decided to start doing my visual art more seriously it meant sacrificing music… I used to spend all my days locked in a room digging through crates of old dusty records to make sample based music… I still produce hip hop and love making beats but it’s had to be on the back burner for quite a while… Ears was used as a reminder to myself that music cannot be forgotten…
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aMBUSH Gallery!
Thursday 2nd September come on down to “The Places In-Between”
“The Places In-Between” is a new exhibition that is opening at aMBUSH Gallery between the 1st until the 30th of September.
a pop up exhibition featuring new work and installations by some of Australia’s best emerging artists. Curated by urban art space aMBUSH Gallery, this event follows on from the success of the In Full Bloom exhibition last September.
The HSBC Tower Lobby and 580 George Food Court and Ground Level will be transformed to showcase artwork from leading Australian street artists – Ape Seven, Beastman, Ben Frost, Bennet, Bridge Stehli, Drewfunk, Ears, Jumbo, Max Berry, Meggs, Mini Graff, Numskull, Phibbs, Roach, Sam Smith, Shannon Crees and Yok.
For some fresh new art, come on down in September!
Gary Pepper Vintage
The Gary Pepper girl is a japanese popstar. Famous in her own right, admired by all. She is fun, quirky, confident, passionate, exuberant, beautiful with an eclectic sense of style. A chameleon at heart, she changes her spots as many times as she can and makes friends wherever she goes. Life motto? The glass is half full. The Gary Pepper girl is really, one of a kind.
Gary Pepper Vintage is an online boutique specialising in exquisite vintage pieces of only the highest caliber. Since it’s inception in late 2009, Gary Pepper is quickly carving it’s name into the sand and building it’s name to become one of the best known vintage outlets in the world. Since then, Gary Pepper has launched it’s second online store, Gary Pepper Pieces, which specialises in vintage accessories only, and designs and produces it’s very own signature clothing line that will be available later this year. Gary Pepper aims to introduce beautiful vintage into the lives of every fashionista in the world, one tulle skirt at a time.
Nicole Warne is the creative force behind Gary Pepper Vintage since it’s inception in late 2009. An optimist and self proclaimed vintage addict, Nicole set out with one dream in mind, to travel the world sourcing exquisite unique pieces and meeting interesting new people along the way.
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