Andrew Gordon has a blog

2010-04-22T15:53:00.001+10:00

Hello all. This blog is now dead. You can now follow my movements here. Thank you.

2010-03-31T13:39:00.002+11:00

It's Semi Permanent time again, and that means another of their books. The quality of content rises every year, and it's always a pleasure to be published. Available from almost everywhere.

2010-03-30T18:02:00.003+11:00

I have started some experimental watercolour and ink studies which are amazingly fun to paint. I am finding using the medium a wonderful excercise in control, which I'm sure will translate into my paintings. You can see some of them in the 2010 section of my website.

If you would like to hear the sound of my voice then listen in to Joy FM on Friday morning, April 2 at 11am, where I will be chatting to Amy on The Artelier Sessions program. You can listen online at Joy.org.au

Also the Mixed Business show in Sydney looked great, with some new work by familiar Australian and International artists. Some guys exploring new directions in their work which is great to see.

2010-03-07T23:51:00.002+11:00

The latest issue of Fallen has come out, with some pictures and words about me. I do interview very poorly, and am unable to give much insight into my work, although the rest of the issue is well worth your money. There are some wonderful drawings by Mitchel Spider, who came to my attention a few months back at his picture journal here. Also flicking through a magazine and only finding two advertisements on the last pages was very refreshing. Look at Fallen Magazine here.

2010-03-06T22:14:00.004+11:00

Hello! I have my first major pieces of 2010 on show for the next month at Gilligan Grant, in Collingwood, Melbourne. If you are in the area, drop by and have a look-see.

Gilligan Grant Gallery, Cnr Smith and Stanley, Collingwood.

2010-02-16T23:45:00.001+11:00

Out the front of my house, a wave breaking over me while sliding on my guts. Some new work will be finished soon, and some group shows coming up in March.

2010-02-09T16:46:00.000+11:00

The usual suspects, plus some cats from the US that do some great work.

2010-01-16T10:22:00.002+11:00

Last Minutes with Oden

2010-01-14T23:09:00.000+11:00

2010-01-11T14:55:00.003+11:00

Hello, if you check this site fairly regularly then you will have noticed a lack of updates. It's summer here now and often too hot to paint, so I have been surfing a lot, and I fixed up an old bike so I don't have to borrow my friends ones. It is very busy where I live over the holidays, so I have been hiding in Melbourne a little bit too.

I will start painting this week for my 2010 solo show, and have some group things in store for late 2010. Updates will appear shortly. In the mean time watch the cricket.

2009-12-21T01:11:00.003+11:00

Pics from the end of year group show at Nine Lives. Also there's been so many fun days here in Torquay for a slide on the log. Peace.

2009-12-09T22:15:00.000+11:00

Brunswick St, Melbourne

2009-11-11T21:38:00.002+11:00

Shot from the Orgy group show at Palmer Projects last week. Looks like there was some great work, and plenty of red dots around the room too which is great. Always something good going on there so keep an eye out for their upcoming exhibits.

2009-11-10T13:30:00.002+11:00

Ricky Swallow has a show on at the NGV at the moment, you must see it. There was an insightful feature on him by Virginia Trioli on the ABC program Sunday Arts last week too, it's available to download on itunes. Wonderful!

2009-11-03T15:46:00.001+11:00

2009-10-31T16:29:00.001+11:00

A group show opening next week in Sydney at Palmer. Should be a good show with some artists that I really like.

2009-10-29T14:57:00.006+11:00

I've been away from home for a little while, and it's good to be back. The show at Nine Lives was rad, and hanging out with those guys was fun as. The show went well, and already working out another one up there next year. Probably a duo show with Justin Lee Williams, we'll see. Also got some time on the coast up there too, not many waves around but got some body surfing in. And walking through the Noosa National Park is wonderful. Here's a couple of pics from the show. Some are mine and some are stolen from Chad, who can be found here.

It was the first time I'd been to Brisbane, and man it's a cool place. I pretty much didn't leave the Valley area, but it seemed like that was where the good shit was happening. Also was lucky enough to see the Nicholas Harding exhibition at Philip Bacon Gallery, man ... so good!

Spent an arvo with Hannah Smith, Nicholas Chalmers and Sam Smith. Shared some beers in their studio while they got busy with some work. Is always good to see other artists working in their places. Down behind their studio is a really nice river with this massive mall complex over the other side. It looked so bad that it became good.

I spent one of the nights at this amazing music spot called Zoo. Saw a really cool band named I Heart Hiroshima, who actually played my home town the next night. Outside in the lane way was a ping pong tournament, as well as this cat named Beau who playing some amazing dancehall beats. He also made a really nice cup of coffee at some coffee spot down the street. The whole party was organized by Matt from The Outpost for Fred Perry's 100th birthday. Top work Matt, it was super fun. Oh, and I stole these pics from The Outpost blog, hopefully the photographer doesn't mind.

Oh, and lastly. The most amazing place for coffee and toast is somewhere in Brisbane. I have no pics of it, or any idea where it was. But Matt's girl Kobi works there, and it's in an old pharmacy, and if you are part of a bike riding crew who wear lycra you can't stop by there. And also no phones are allowed. If you find it order a tomato and ricotta cheese on toast.

2009-10-29T12:49:00.002+11:00

A little video of setting up for the show at Nine Lives last week. Thanks to Matt from The Outpost for uploading it. Easily the coolest store for books, zines, duds and anything else good.

2009-10-22T18:14:00.003+11:00

Hanging in the gallery today. Opening reception tomorrow night at Nine Lives in Brisbane.

2009-10-10T11:48:00.001+11:00

A little drawing for the booooooom blog. The best art blog around i think.

2009-10-08T20:50:00.002+11:00

My Brisbane show is coming up soon. And it's over the Valley Fiesta weekend. Being from Melbourne I'd never heard of it, but it looks awesome, so check it out here. The Panda Band are playing, cool! Also, check out the Nine Lives blog for info on this and that. Don't sleep!

2009-10-07T21:47:00.006+11:00

Some more favourites, because I have so many and don't want to leave any out. And of course viewing their work on the computer screen hardly does it justice.Rhys Lee Erik Mark Sandberg

Adrian Ghenie

Rob and Christian Clayton

2009-10-06T00:57:00.014+11:00

Ok, so i thought i would share with you a few of my favourite contemporary painters. This certainly isn't an exhaustive list, but a couple of artists that i love seeing new work from. There are plenty more, but these are some I kind of randomly picked out. Check out there work at the links below, i'm sure you will love them too!

Sophie Jodoin

Philip Gurrey

Damien Kamholtz

John Copeland (whose drawings wonderful too!)

Christopher Davison

Oh, and over 2000 people have watched my process videos for my current show on in Melbourne. Thanks for being so kind and taking a look, if you haven't seen them and would like to, they can be found here.

2009-09-29T22:53:00.001+10:00

Histo!

2009-09-29T22:27:00.000+10:00

Bleed yourself like we bleed everyday.

2009-09-18T09:02:00.001+10:00

Tonight. Come down.

2009-09-11T22:11:00.001+10:00

My all time favourite art blog is Booooooom! (I never know how many o's there are). Thanks to Jeff for being kind and popping me up on there.

2009-09-10T18:31:00.003+10:00

Bumping into the gallery on the weekend for my first solo show, and just finishing my last painting today. Then to get them framed, and hung so I can chill next week and maybe print up a few zines before the opening reception.

2009-09-09T14:31:00.001+10:00

Check out the blog from Nine Lives up in Brisbane. Some good stuff on there. Looking forward to having my show with those cats.

2009-09-09T01:28:00.003+10:00

Another video of some new work. This one documents the whole piece from start to finish. And I accidentally used the same song as my friend Justin Williams in one of his process videos, but only realised after I had uploaded it. Oh well, it's a cool song.

2009-09-01T18:39:00.002+10:00

Another little video of me doing some painting. The next one will probably be bumping into the gallery next Friday. Or maybe anther one of me painting.

2009-08-28T13:09:00.002+10:00

2009-08-24T20:42:00.002+10:00

I'm painting away for my first solo shows next month in Melbourne, and the month after in Brisbane. The work is sort of coming together, and I'm waiting to get a couple more canvases made up. Should be done painting in two weeks. Or so.

2009-08-24T17:00:00.002+10:00

The Forty Thieves show at Gorker in Melbourne has just finished. I was sick so couldn't make the opening, but from all reports it was a wonderful turn out. Was good to meet Nate and Luke from the gallery too, thanks for putting on the show guys.

2009-08-12T18:23:00.004+10:00

The Forty Thieves show at Gorker Gallery opens tomorrow night. I saw some of the pieces in the gallery today and they are super impressive. Well worth a look if you're in Melbourne town.

The invite with all the details is below.

2009-08-04T17:12:00.002+10:00

Coming up next week. If you're in Melbourne get along for the opening reception Thursday night.

2009-07-29T17:33:00.001+10:00

Oh, I cannot wait. A little featurette about Where The Wild Things are at this website.

2009-07-27T10:41:00.001+10:00

2009-07-23T00:53:00.002+10:00

Painting away at night as usual. Watching skate videos, and drinking iced coffee. The work for my first solo shows is coming together. I think opening reception for the Melbourne show is about 2 months away, so I am starting to get a little stressed.

2009-07-22T16:07:00.003+10:00

It sucks to drive down the coast to find that the tide is slightly too high, and the wind too north. Oh well, at least the dogs got a run. Also Clayton brothers have a show on, some great pics here.

2009-07-20T16:45:00.003+10:00

A drawing I did after watching this short doco on the annual Mr. Afghanistan pageant.

2009-07-13T16:13:00.002+10:00

Good friend Justin's first solo show is opening in a couple of weeks. It will be great. Bring your wallet.

2009-07-10T16:57:00.003+10:00

July Drawing 1
Mixed Media
2009

Painting has become a little bit of a chore the last couple of weeks, so drawing today was fun. With charcoal, and coloured pencil, and grey lead. And no waves again this morning.

2009-07-06T15:25:00.003+10:00

2009-07-06T15:21:00.001+10:00

Some set-up and opening reception bits from the Overgrowth 2 show in Perth last week.

2009-07-06T15:12:00.001+10:00

Five cents from a thrift store.

2009-07-01T14:42:00.002+10:00

There have been no waves here for almost two weeks. It seems like it is always just too small, or the tide is just too high, or the wind is too strong. Oh well, it will get good again. At least it means I can do my tax. And there have been some big storms here the last two days. It feels like July.

2009-06-26T15:22:00.002+10:00

I got this piece framed up and sent it over to Perth for the Overgrowth show on Saturday night. The details are under "upcoming shows", so if you are in the west, drop in to see some great stuff.

2009-06-22T13:57:00.002+10:00

There will be some of my work featured in The Big Book of Contemporary Illustration published by Batsford. It will be on shelves in September, and on Amazon. And I have a new painting video, which should be up by the end of the week.

2009-06-09T12:19:00.000+10:00

Some new "found" paint. And it's all good too. Thanks heaps Juz.

2009-06-07T18:57:00.003+10:00

I am now represented by the friendly guys at 19 Karen Contemporary Artspace on the Gold Coast. There are some very talented people in their stable, so it's humbling to be alongside them. View the 19 Karen site here.

2009-06-03T14:11:00.005+10:00

This is certainly worth watching. Take a look here.

2009-05-27T12:36:00.003+10:00

It's at Patrick Painter Inc in California. Oh man, I wish I was there. Come to Australia!

2009-05-26T15:16:00.002+10:00

A couple more little painting bits in this clip, and also one of my favourite scenes from Gummo, which was a source for one of the paintings. Five unfinished pieces are on the go at the moment, and all starting to come together, so the next clip will have some more of them.

2009-05-20T21:10:00.002+10:00

So today's video shows a few more painting details, and still more blocking in colours and shapes. I've also included some images by artists who have worked with similar themes to mine, and who have been a bit of an inspiration in starting these works. The title of the show comes from a line in Harmony Korine's 1997 film Gummo. If you haven't seen it you should, it's great.

"Life is beautiful. Really, it is. Full of beauty and illusions. Life is great. Without it, you'd be dead." -Solomon

2009-05-19T18:05:00.005+10:00

I have two solo shows coming up later in the year, and have started painting for them. Like my previous work, the themes for the show are still concentrated on human emotion, memory and feelings, although this time less narcissistic and focusing on others dreams and terrors. I have been studying the work Mary Ellen Mark, Ralph Eugene Meatyard and Harmony Korine recently, and some imagery or people that appear in the paintings may be familiar.

I will upload process videos as regularly as I can be bothered to give an idea of how and where I work. Part 1 is fairly scarce as work has only just begun and mostly involves drawing and blocking in shapes and colours. Later episodes will show more work progression as detail is added. Oh, and apologies for the low quality, it was shot using isight.

2009-05-15T00:13:00.002+10:00

Details of a group show coming up in Perth. A great list of artists so well worth a look if you are in the west.

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2009-05-14T15:13:00.002+10:00

Another wonderful book.

2009-05-10T17:01:00.000+10:00

Happy mothers day mum!

2009-05-04T23:36:00.004+10:00

Here is a look at how I plan my paintings. I usually do small pencil and ink studies to map out colours and shapes. They are basically quick 5 minute doodles, but they make the painting process far quicker.

This one is for a series of portraits of average people, which will be exhibited in my first solo shows in Spring this year.

2009-04-23T14:18:00.003+10:00

My work is in this book by Design is Kinky, along with lots of other talented people. You can buy it from their website, or most bookstores.

2009-04-03T16:31:00.004+11:00

Ok, so my last post was about inspiration. And so is this one. I am a sucker for studio visits/videos/photos of other artist's workspaces. So I love Todd Selby's project. Fecal Face is a great place for studio visits too.

2009-04-03T16:10:00.004+11:00

My favourite books. The Basquiat was a recent present from a special friend. So much wonder in these. Please visit the Clayton brothers site here, if you feel like being blown away. Some info on Aaron Rose's film Beautiful Losers here. And you can learn about Basquiat everywhere. Public libraries are the best places.

2009-03-31T17:20:00.001+11:00

So I only posted about this a couple of days ago... but it is way too cool not to post about again. The Australian release on December 10 is way too far away.

2009-03-31T16:26:00.002+11:00

I am on twitter now. It seems to me like a bit of a waste of time, although I have made a couple of contacts through it. But mostly, just a waste of time. If you feel like finding out things about me, then please add me here.

2009-03-30T11:24:00.002+11:00

Overgrowth 2 is a group show I am part of, organized by the Last Chance guys in Perth. It's opening in late June, and some wonderful artists are exhibiting...Sean Morris, James Hancock, Beastman etc.

2009-03-26T12:22:00.002+11:00

Merveilleux !

2009-03-13T11:57:00.004+11:00

Polish art collaborative Illustrate Yourself has put up a portfolio/gallery/profile on me. (Thanks Jakub!) There's some wonderful talent on there so have a browse.

2009-03-13T11:54:00.002+11:00

A couple of snaps from the opening of "Comeback " at 19 Karen a couple of weeks ago. The show is still running for another week, so get down if you can.

2009-03-13T11:48:00.002+11:00

she sleeps in a chair
i see her watching me
my wonderful friend

2009-03-11T14:31:00.002+11:00

I heart this!

2009-02-18T00:22:00.003+11:00

I typed my name into google and this site came up. There's some cool links on there.

2009-02-13T11:07:00.004+11:00

A little write up on the latest issue of Torpedo. If you don't win a copy off Three Thousand then you should buy one from a book store. Great to read while taking a shit.

'I don't know what it is,
but I distrust myself
when I start to like a girl
a lot.'

FACT: Richard Brautigan's story, ‘The Abortion', inspired the Library of Unwritten Books. FACT: Brautigan recorded a spoken word album for the Beatles. And you thought he was small-time. Tsk. FACT: I ‘discovered' Brautigan because my well-read, fashion plate of a housemate had him on her bookshelf. God, I'm such a disgusting trend vulture. RB would not approve.

Yes, over the decades many locally and overseas-grown beings have turned to the work of Richard Brautigan for comfort and titillation. And now (what better time than...) upstanding local literary journal Torpedo has issued a plum tribute to the late Mr B. With a bonus envelope of full-colour illustrations, Torpedo #4 eloquently captures the spirit of a man who eloquently captured the spirit of the filthy San Franciscan hippie movement.

(Plus, it's totally endorsed by his daughter.)

Win:
We have one to give away! To enter, email win@threethousand.com.au with the subject line ‘Get off my case, RB'

By Kirsten Law

2009-02-13T01:50:00.002+11:00

A friend named Vincent is working hard on issue 1 of a new design magazine, and he sent me this camera to take a few snaps of my activities for it. We also had a 2 hour chat which will form an article/interview for the issue. That's a lot of transcribing! I think it will be called Meta Journal, and be out sooner than you think!

2009-02-11T21:04:00.005+11:00

A little look at a couple of new pieces that are part of the Comeback group show at 19Karen Gallery on the Gold Coast. More info, and prices are available at their website here.

The show opens on the 21st of February, if you're around the area, pop in.

2009-02-06T19:48:00.004+11:00

A couple of process flicks.

2009-02-02T16:46:00.001+11:00

Some details on an upcoming group show. Be great if you could check it out if you're up on the Gold Coast.

2009-01-31T10:32:00.001+11:00

A couple of nice words about my paintings and drawings on the art/design/music/film blog BOOOOOOOOM. Also it's been 0ver 45 degrees here for the last 4 days (110 in american speak), so it's made it pretty hard to do anything!

2009-01-21T15:20:00.003+11:00

I got this in the mail today. Plenty of nicely printed colour illustration cards, and some great reading on the inside too. A nice gold print on the envelope as well.

Some new works are nearly finished for a group show at 19 Karen on the Gold Coast. There will be some pictures soon.

2009-01-08T16:14:00.003+11:00

Ok, so Torpedo 4 is almost out and you can pre-order it at falconvsmonkey.com. There are cool people involved like Stanley Donwood!... and also regular cats like me. Here's the spiel from the website...

Commemorating the 25th anniversary of his untimely death, Volume 4 is a tribute issue to Richard Brautigan. Fiction from 40 writers including Brian Evenson, Ryan Boudinot, Dan Pope & Caren Beilin. Comes free with a nifty envelope containing 8 full colour double-sided pieces of art based on Brautigan's novels and stories by Dylan Martorell, Mehgan Trice & Eirian Chapman. An intro by Brautigan's daughter Ianthe, an outro by Radiohead illustrator Stanley Donwood and a cover by L.A.'s Kristian Olson. Get one before they sell out and fall in love with one of the greatest unsung writers of the 20th Century.

2008-12-14T22:34:00.003+11:00

Friends of art Rojo are having shows in Barcelona and Milan early next year that I am lucky enough to be part of, alongside my fave painters of all time, the Clayton brothers. They are also putting out a limited edition book to go along with it. More info soon.

2008-11-20T09:10:00.004+11:00

The friendly people at Fecal Face did a small interview with me a couple of months back, and it is now on their site. So if you want to find out a little bit more about me click here.

2008-11-12T18:35:00.005+11:00

IllustrateYourself.com has an interesting project going at the moment. An online graphic novel that has contributions by some very talented art people from all over the place. It was fun to be involved with, and you can have a look here.

A couple of my favourite frames are below, but there are many more to see.

2008-11-11T20:44:00.007+11:00

Falcon vs. Monkey, Falcon Wins are an awesome publishing house that feature some amazing writers and illustrators. I have some work coming out in the next quarterly of Torpedo. It's an issue dedicated to the great Richard Brautigan, and I interpreted one of his poems. Should be out in a month or so. Here's a couple of process snaps.

2008-09-29T09:25:00.003+10:00

Vote 1 Obama! Or if you are not in the US of A then go to IWroteYouASong.org and listen to some awesome songs by people who support him.

2008-09-05T15:54:00.004+10:00

I had a fun surf this morning, with just me and two friends out. And the new Empty magazine is in bookstores and newsagents, which has a couple of my older paintings in it.

2008-08-29T19:57:00.003+10:00

I have set up a shop at Etsy, although it is still a little bare. It will fill up shortly when my show in Melbourne is finished, and you will able view it through my site soon. But check it out here anyway.

2008-08-24T18:52:00.004+10:00

2008-08-23T11:32:00.003+10:00

Thank you to our friends at Juxtapoz for a kind write up.

2008-08-21T18:17:00.007+10:00

Thank you to all our friends and family who came out and helped us celebrate the show last night. And also Noah whose music was amazing!

2008-08-21T17:28:00.012+10:00

It has been a pretty stressful week setting up our exhibition. Here are a few flicks of the late nights.

2008-08-19T11:51:00.000+10:00

2008-08-13T17:05:00.004+10:00

2008-08-12T14:07:00.002+10:00

I have been working hard finishing of a couple of last minute pieces for the show next week.

2008-08-09T00:32:00.004+10:00

Last night in my dream I was skating but all these miniature kids were hanging off me and slowing me down. So I wrote it down when I woke up. I started painting it tonight on a big bit of ply I found at an abandoned house. I used this photo as a source.

2008-08-07T13:52:00.003+10:00

I will have at least one (hopefully two) series of screen printed tea towels for sale at the opening of the show in a couple of weeks. This is a trial of a possible design, but I'm not sure if I like it yet.

2008-08-06T21:58:00.000+10:00

2008-08-01T12:39:00.002+10:00

I drew up a new painting this morning.

2008-07-31T11:32:00.007+10:00

Last night and this mornings happenings.

2008-07-28T19:38:00.002+10:00

I bought this little guitar from a thrift store for a couple of dollars last week. It's very beaten up, and had some 1980s TV Hits stickers on it, but should come up nicely once painted on.