Two's 1000 Can Show at Bus Gallery
Sooooo I'm still behind in my blogging, the next show I got to see was the brilliant and anything but understated 1000 Cans show by Melbourne street artist Two.
As the name suggest there was 1000 cans at this show making up 800 individual pieces of work
(or that's what I was told.) This was one hell of a show with plenty of well deserved hype in the lead-up
to opening night.
And with hype comes the masses, and with the masses come the tag alongs, and with the tag-alongs come -
well you get the point... Every tight jean'ed young thing and his crew was there and rolling deep.
(Most of them decked out in this seasons new black- Neon!)
For some this may sound like one of the unknown circles of hell, but once you pushed past the smoking hoards
out the front (Thank-you Melbourne and your strict smoking restrictions.) the soothing art of Two was there to
cleanse the mind and bring some well needed calm.
Two's 1000 can idea came from the Japanese folk tale which tells of anyone who folds a thousand paper cranes
would be granted a wish. (Did I mention Two is Japanese born? Everyone else did!) So with this story in mind Two spent the next 18 months painting cans. (most of them donated by other Melbourne street artists.)
The individual cans were arranged chronologically throughout two rooms with a few mural pieces thrown in for
good measure. Everywhere you looked was cans. (and people)
The cans are so intricately painted that it's almost hard to believe that Two spent a reported 2-3 hours on each one.
There was so many cans to see and choose from (yes they were for sale) that I couldn't choose a favorite so I let Sean go down the next day and choose 3 for us and left it as a surprise. (I still haven't seen what ones we got.)
Again I could go into masses of detail about what the work looks like, but a picture is worth a thousand words, and you can find at-least nine thousands words here.
1000 Cans
27th February to 18th March -Bus Gallery (Melbourne)
4th April to 18th April - Global Galley (Sydney.)
As the name suggest there was 1000 cans at this show making up 800 individual pieces of work
(or that's what I was told.) This was one hell of a show with plenty of well deserved hype in the lead-up
to opening night.
And with hype comes the masses, and with the masses come the tag alongs, and with the tag-alongs come -
well you get the point... Every tight jean'ed young thing and his crew was there and rolling deep.
(Most of them decked out in this seasons new black- Neon!)
For some this may sound like one of the unknown circles of hell, but once you pushed past the smoking hoards
out the front (Thank-you Melbourne and your strict smoking restrictions.) the soothing art of Two was there to
cleanse the mind and bring some well needed calm.
Two's 1000 can idea came from the Japanese folk tale which tells of anyone who folds a thousand paper cranes
would be granted a wish. (Did I mention Two is Japanese born? Everyone else did!) So with this story in mind Two spent the next 18 months painting cans. (most of them donated by other Melbourne street artists.)
The individual cans were arranged chronologically throughout two rooms with a few mural pieces thrown in for
good measure. Everywhere you looked was cans. (and people)
The cans are so intricately painted that it's almost hard to believe that Two spent a reported 2-3 hours on each one.
There was so many cans to see and choose from (yes they were for sale) that I couldn't choose a favorite so I let Sean go down the next day and choose 3 for us and left it as a surprise. (I still haven't seen what ones we got.)
Again I could go into masses of detail about what the work looks like, but a picture is worth a thousand words, and you can find at-least nine thousands words here.
1000 Cans
27th February to 18th March -Bus Gallery (Melbourne)
4th April to 18th April - Global Galley (Sydney.)
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