Nude Nails on the Train & others style shots from Autumn Nights..

There are always pictures that I take that for one reason or another didn't quite make it into a blog post even though I wish they had. And I do think these pictures deserve a run on Street Fashion Sydney; even if they did not quite fit with the stories on or about the time they were taken. So here they are, from painting your nails on the train, and who doesn't.. to Korean guys with their grocery shopping at Town Hall Woolies to a couple of 'No Publicity' type shots, some blurry shoes and a Camo jacket over a very nice black frock. All night shots too which is rather nice!

Street Fashion Sydney - shot with the Fujifilm X-Pro1.

As we Head-On into Winter - Photography and Colour Win..

Lets face it, Summer was not that hot this year in more ways than one; so it's nice to see the colours of Summer 'working-it' for a visually more interesting Winter. And if my post-show late-night walk home last night was anything to go by Winter is pretty much upon us. Yes there will still be basics in black, wear them with style of course and you can't go wrong. But add a little colour and you will brighten more than just your own day you will be brightening other peoples worlds as well!

And while winter is nearly here, the Head On Photo Festival has certainly arrived, it's on right NOW and is going gang busters already. I started my art-week at Danks Street on Wednesday night for the Head-On Add-On show and Michael Cook's 'Hear no.. see no.. speak no..' exhibitions.

Michael Cook, artist portrait at Danks Street Gallery

Thursday night was a look in at James Powditch at Australian Galleries, I do yes I really do love a good bit of industrial constructivism in salvaged Masonite and other industrial timber bits and pieces and colours - Painting and  a Video & some great winter fashion colour crowd at Sarah Cottier - then Floral Portraits by Hugh Stewart at Mick (the gallery), part of the Head on photo festival. And tonight is the festival launch and the Portrait prize, where it all began - see you there!

Hugh Stewart, artist portrait at Mick the gallery

James Powditch art opening at Australian Galleries Paddington.

Street Fashion Sydney is doing it's Head On exhibiting bit too, albeit on a small and humble scale at the Kings Cross library. Showing from now untill the 30th of June.

Portraits of Street Fashion Sydney installation, Kings Cross Library.

http://headon.com.au/
http://www.michaelcook.net.au/
http://mickthegallery.com/
http://www.sarahcottiergallery.com/
http://www.australiangalleries.com.au/
http://headon.com.au/event/portraits-street-fashion-sydney

Street Fashion Sydney - shot with the Fujifilm X-Pro1.

Shoes - Woollahra Art Space..

I must say I was not feeling quite my usual perky self the other night when I attended this lovely art opening in  Woollahra. So perhaps I spent a bit more time looking down at the floor than usual - I mean I always look down at the floor to see what people are wearing on their feet; but on this particular evening footwear was all I could bring myself to photograph. Not to worry, I think we have a fairly interesting collection of shoes and what-not here and, some insight into seasonal, or is that trans-seasonal at this time of year; toe nail colour schemes. And it looks like the orange has it though I do like that white nail polish too! Here are the shots, I hope you enjoy Street Fashion Sydney's first ever no-faces picture post.

Street Fashion Sydney - shot with the Fujifilm X-Pro1.

For the Record - Art Made/Materials Matter - Manne Schulze / Rachel Park

Two of the exhibitions I attended this week were of particular interest not just because of the works themselves but due to the materials used and the complex nature of the works that were made with those materials. Manne Schulze's 'Vinyl Wonderworld' makes (Re)-use of old 78's & 33 1/3 RPM records to create intricately patterned works both large and small, the contrasting orientation of the sound grooves in the vinyl catching the light and modulating the patternation. Selective use of the record labels colours become the primary pattern source in some works or the colour cue for abstract delineation in others. Repetition, rotation, division and morphing colour labels spin their way into the hypnotic companion Video Work of Ian Andrews; Schulzemix. Till May 4 2013 Syndicate at Danks.

Artist Ian Andrews experiences his video Schulzemix.

Meanwhile, artist Rachel J Park continues to explore fragility with her installation work 'I AM' at ACCELERATOR Gallery in Pyrmont. 'I AM' was assembled on-site over a two week period using cheap toilet paper, the work certainly can't be moved and a bad bump would most likely destroy it! It's a beautiful and ephemeral piece. I took these pictures including the two portraits of Rachel after the gallery talk on Thursday night. One of the things that surprised me was that the conversation from the floor did (perhaps not surprisingly) keep returning to the material again and again. At which point I piped in that it was now obvious to me that toilet paper is not just a fragile tissue paper it seems to have the nature of a fetish material too - people are obsessive about it! Till 27th April 2013.

http://www.manne.com.au/
http://ian-andrews.org/
http://www.2danksstreet.com.au/syndicate-danks.php
Rachel Park on Facebook
http://www.cultureatwork.com.au/

Street Fashion Sydney - shot with the Fujifilm X-Pro1.
Special thanks to Juilee Pryor for conceptual assistance on the portrait of Ian Andrews.

Back to Paper at Studio W (Double You..)

Whoever wrote the lame campaign for converse 'Shoes are Boring' has NEVER been to an art opening heavily populated with NAS students where the shoes are never boring and the clothes are always well styled; but then they have some experience at putting together Art & Fashion, so no surprises there.. Gather together a group show of past and present NAS students - and well you can just imagine how its going to go off! But just in case you are having trouble imagining, never fear Street Fashion Sydney is here with a lovely editorial on the opening night - we have everything, jackets and bags, art and artists, Shoes, shoes shoes, more shoes and more home grown style than you can poke a 2B pencil at! And talk about resilient no Heads Will Role art scandal was going to put the brakes on this celebration of art on paper. And a lot of affordable good art too; but you better be quick the red dots were popping up all over the shop. Now that's what all artist need, some healthy sales to make all the effort worth while.

 

www.studiow.info/
Street Fashion Sydney - shot with the Fujifilm X-Pro1.