ALL MY FRIENDS ARE MONSTERS

ALL MY FRIENDS ARE MONSTERS
FANNY BROWN / JACQUELYN GREENBANK / JAMIE RICHARDSON / ALSO JON HEWITT IN HELL TOUPEE / 1.10.09 - 12.12.09 / OPENING FRIDAY 20 NOVEMBER 6PM TIL LATE / BBQ / LIVE BAND SUPER WILD HORSES / DJ JOE KOKOMO PLAYING TUNES

Come farewell a year of Hell with a monster apocalypse, giant octopus, shipwrecks and calamity! Three New Zealand artists will present a collective world of strange - a hallucinatory insight into the harmful effects of spending ones formative years on a small grey island whilst consuming a steady diet of bad-taste movies and science fiction novels. The night will also feature a special performance by two-piece band ‘SUPER WILD HORSES’, who bring their infectious blend of schoolyard chants and striped back banging pop. Finally, British artist Jon Hewitt will be reigning over the outer regions of Hell (Hell Toupee and the video wall) to commemorate his Australian experience before being deported back to London the very next morning. So long Jon.

Hell Is Other People

Hell Is Other People
Jess Johnson & Jordan Marani
Exhibition from 31 Oct - 21 Nov, 2009
Inflight Gallery / 237 Elizabeth St, Hobart
www.inflight.com.au

Kate Smith and Alex Vivian Go To Hell

*tastes self*
an exhibition by Kate Smith & Alex Vivian
also Geoff Newton in Hell Toupee
October 24 – November 14, 2009
Opening Friday 23 October, 6pm til late, BBQ and Tunes

Joint Hassles (MEL) / Gambia Castle (NZ)

CROSS COLOURING
An exchange between Gambia Castle (NZ) / Joint Hassles (MEL)
Curated by Harriet Kate Morgan and Sarah Hopkinson
Opening Friday 18 September 6 til late
September 19 – October 10, 2009
Josh Petherick / Alex Vivian / Jess Lucas / Kate Smith / Harriet K Morgan / Christopher LG Hill / Lane Cormick / Rob McHaffie /Helen Johnson / Kain Picken / Nick Selenitsch / Sean Bailey / James Deutsher / Dan Arps / Nick Austin / Andrew Barber / Fiona Connor / Simon Denny / Daniel Malone / Tahi Moore / Kate Newby / Tao Wells

In early 2009, Joint Hassles were edged out of their gallery space in Northcote due to Melbourne’s inner-city rent hikes. On becoming spaceless the Joint Hassles artists have climbed out of the white cube and been making friends… hosting art events in bedrooms, backyards, public parks and music venues. In the interests of sharing, Hell Gallery decided to offer up its premises. Joint Hassles asked if they could bring a mate and a third gallery was invited to the party. Gambia Castle is a gallery co-operative based in Auckland, NZ. Sharing similar ideologies in community and collaboration, Joint Hassles and Gambia Castle will come together at Hell Gallery in a group show of over twenty artists.

Three Thousand Preview
http://jointhassles.blogspot.com
http://www.gambiacastle.net




Kate Smith, Clammy Hands, 2009, shells, hair, paint, stones, twigs and piping

Dan Arps, Shallow Relief, 2009, mixed media on particle board

Nick Selenitsch, Turbulence, 2009, paper collage pins and magnets

Kain Picken & Rob McKenzie, A History of Manners (Glove), 2009

Flippin Heck!

Flippin Heck!
Jess Johnson & Jordy Marani
August 29 – September 12, 2009
Opening Friday 28 August 6pm til late
Super Diminutive Disco (inside gallery) / DJ Helen Johnson playing a special dance set / Comeback Performance by the REAL HOT BITCHES! Melbourne dance troupe / BBQ Meat Feast / Movie playing in the side room ‘Funky Forest: First Contact’ (JPN).

and then it all turned to custard...

Home Is Where My Hell Is

Home Is Where My Hell Is
Jess Johnson & Jordan Marani
presented by Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA)
Switchback Gallery, Monash University, Gippsland Campus, Churchill
July 29 – September 3, 2009

An installation by Jess Johnson and Jordan Marani, founders and co-directors of Hell Gallery, Melbourne. The exhibition follows a Gippsland residency supported by Monash University’s Gippsland Centre for Art and Design (GCAD) and Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA).

"First trawl your area collecting up discarded materials. Start to build something from them. A shed. A shack. A fort. A dwelling. Whatever, it’s yours. Build it somewhere hard to find. Preferably in the forest but a city alleyway would suffice too. Hunker down and decorate. Make it safe. Surround the hut with booby traps and hang charms to ward off evil. Sustain yourself with meals of mushrooms boiled with bark. When you’re done with it walk away without looking back or push it over with your bare hands and stand back grinning at the big ‘WHUMP!’"

Jensen Tjhung Goes To Hell

The Hell
Jenson Tjhung
Opening Friday 24 July, 6 til late
Featuring Music by DJ Everyone + BBQ
July 25 – August 15, 2009



Blood Of Christ Illawarra (Hell Toupee)