#stephenives

This weekend @beinartgallery are presenting 2 incredible solo shows. @stefano_ives ‘Reteospective’ (with this amazing sculpture) "Kaninchenwagon 3ToR(4K)" (Mixed media Bricolage including metal, plastic toy and model parts, plaster, polymer clay, glue, wire, aluminium, sprays and paints) and you can also see new works from @timmolloyart . . Both artists will be in attendance. Opening February 17th 6-9pm . . . . #beautifulbizarremagazine #timmolloy #stephenives #sculpture #beinartgallery

Sitting Bull was an extraordinary figure. I watched "The West" recently and one of the things that stood out is Sitting Bull's impressions of "white society" and cities during his time with Buffalo Bill's show. Apparently SB would give most of his earnings away to the needy. He had a hard time witnessing the disenfranchised masses in urban areas given his tribe's propensity for looking after its own. Personally, I find this a troubling aspect of modern society as well. Often we are set-apart units serving roles in a capitalist system, one that is economically devastating (in terms of driving climate change, for instance). Eco-villages, co-housing and the like are fortunately gaining a bit of momentum. I hope the vision and commitment to alternatives flourishes. I know what it's like to be down and out and it's sobering that were if not for biological family, one would be living in a tent somewhere fending for himself. We evolved as communal animals. This is an aspect of our humanity we cannot forsake. We are more than cogs in an industrial, or even post-industrial data based, machine. #sittingbull #buffalobill #thewest #pbs #stephenives #kenburns #capitalism #community #militarism #colonialism #exploitation #climatechange #ecology #vision #future https://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/sittingbull.htm https://www.instagram.com/p/BxZ2dyrB1CK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=165n286f34uix

The freakishly talented Melbourne based artist Stephen Ives will also be holding an exhibition launch this Friday night in Collingwood! Stephens exhibition Bleak will be held in the Backwoods gallery. See it people! You won’t be disappointed!