New Villain QV Store

It seems like QV is the place to be, first with a new No Vacancy gallery popping up, and now with a New Villain store claiming some space just off Russell street, at 26 Jane Bell Lane.

Villain provides a range of different products, ranging from locally designed clothing to original artworks and prints by some of my favourite artists, such as Ghostpatrol. Toy lovers be warned. Your jaw will drop to the floor when you see the custom made vinyl toys on offer.

The new store also features an exciting changing visual space is their known as the Villain Window Project where artists are invited to showcase their work. Jaime Palomba is the first featured artist utilizing this space, displaying her imaginative and highly detailed 3D charicatures hand-crafted with paper.

The store is kind of like an artist’s playground and an all day exhibition with something for everyone.

Some Type Of Wonderful

Some Type of Wonderful is a global appreciation of typography, initiated in 2008. Twelve artists hand-picked from around the world are each asked to interpret a month of the year and express it in the form of an innovative typographic design.

The artworks are then compiled into a limited edition wall calendar which will keep you going until next year’s exhibition. They will also be available as limited edition prints on cotton rag paper, accompanied by an artist signed Certificate of Authenticity, rivalling the quality of prints displayed in a museum. You don’t get that kind of service when you use Times New Roman.

International illustrators and designers exhibiting their work include: Jonathan Zawanda, Mario Hugo, Luca Barcellona, Maxwell Lord, PMKFA, Theo Gennitsakis, Jessica Hische, Pablo Alfieri, Sebastian Lester, Siggi Eggertsson, Jiro Bevis and (…one of my personal favourites…) Gary Taxali.

If you can’t stand the sight of Comic Sans, or if you’re one of those people who prides themself in knowing the difference between Arial and Helvetica, then Some Type of Wonderful is for you.

Twoone showcasing some of his work

When I attended Twoone’s first solo show last year, titled One Thousand Cans, I was extremely impressed by the technical intricacies of his work. His mythical characters boasted seemingly impossible detail on a minute scale, complimented by rich black outlines.

I am proud to announce that Twoone’s new exhibition, So Far, utilises one of my favourite mediums – found objects. There’s something really beautiful about an old wooden box with cream paint slowly flaking off or corrugated plastic roofing manipulated in a way that gives it an entirely different identity. If you’re excited about lively creatures painted on wood, then you’ll love this exhibition.

Twoone (Hiroyasu Tsuri) was born in Japan in 1985 and, after turning 18, he moved to Melbourne. He has since studied Visual Arts and New Media at Swinburne University and become a prominent part of Melbourne’s street art scene. He first became interested in street art at an early age while photographing a two-kilometre long wall in his hometown of Yokohama.

Don’t miss it:

No Vacancy Gallery
34–40 Jane Bell Lane, QV
Melbourne

Exhibition Runs: 10th September – 27th September 2009