Monday, 26 December 2011

Altheoworld presents Indonesian Street Artist, Farhan Siki

On december 15th I met Malaysian Artist, Farhan Siki, at his first Milan exhibit.


Farhan Siki, also known as the " Asian Bansky," is a master of stencil and spray. His work focuses on the excesses of consumerism. Farhan’s work has not weakened in the transition from wall to canvas and still has the immediacy of street art
   
Farhan’s strong social conscience combined with humor, daring and aesthetic commitment, leads him to explore the textual elements in depth : the artist collects logos, brands, symbols and icons of mass culture, both local and global  and imbues them with parody.

It is a borrowed language, in form and content, from the world of advertising and communication through which the artist presents the ironic contradictions of contemporary life.

















Where: Prima Marella Gallery 
Viale Stelvio / ang. Via Valtellina – 20159 Milano
15 dicembre 2011– 28 gennaio 2012

Sunday, 18 December 2011

Vancouver: looking back at the 70's


I was recently going through old pictures, slides and infinite contact sheets from my photographic debut in Vancouver and it was like leafing backwards through time. From the late 70's and on, the  vancouver punk scene dominates my photo collection. Bands, Vancouver friends, acquaintances and snapshots from Smiling Buddha nights.  Then there are pictures of Gore Street, where I happened to be on its very last day, taking pictures with Dave Gregg (DOA), before the bulldozers arrived to tear it all down, a symbolic end to an era. 

Here are just a few pictures to start with, I plan to scan lots of slides and negatives which I will be posting sometime soon.  Enjoy !

John Armstrong, (Buck Cherry) The Modernettes


Jim Cummins, I Braineater




LOS POPULAROS

Art Bergmann and Tony Bardach


Bill Scherk, Zippy Pinhead, 



            Gord Nicholl






POISONED








Ian Tiles, Braineaters, Planet x





Ian Tiles, Buddy Selfish





 54-40
Phil Comparelli


Neil Osbourne







GORE STREET PUNK HOUSE








Dave Gregg, DOA 


Dave Gregg


Ian Tiles



SMILING BUDDHA BAR


Young Canadians concert


 Young Canadians concert


Wimpy, Subhumans Concert




FACES


Kathren Blakeley

Kathren with Pointed stick pictures covering walls of her basement pad


Mike Racevick


Todd Bower

Chris

Frank Morris

Glen Macdonald

John Robert Mingo


I thought I'd end this post with a few pictures 
which friends took of me in Vancouver

Photo by: Glen Macdonald

Photo by: Glen Macdonald

Photo by: Gordon Bennett

Photo by: Gordon Bennett

Photo by: Glen Macdonald