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Artists line up for silos T
BY DEAN LAWSON
he Melbourne agency in charge of creating the ‘world’s largest art gallery’ on grain silos across the Wimmera-Mallee hopes to announce the first two artists for the project by the middle of August. Shaun Hossack, creative director of Australian street-art agency Juddy Roller, said the project had attracted an enthusiastic response from Australia’s ‘best of the best’ street artists. “It seems as if everyone involved in this highly specialised art field wants to be involved – the stars,” he said. The Yarriambiack Shire Silo Art Trail project involves internationally renowned artists painting giant murals on five silos from Rupanyup in the south to Patchewollock in the north. The trail will include silos painted by Guido Van Helten at Brim, which has for several months attracted tourists to the tiny settlement north of Warracknabeal. Mr Hossack said the widespread response to the development was significant and far-reaching. “There’s been a great response from all the street-art community but we’re also getting calls and emails from people all over the country,” he said. “People can see the value of the project and want to explore it themselves. In some cases they simply don’t understand how complex it is to paint a 10 to 15-storey mural or how much it costs. “This is a highly specialised area of expertise and in truth there are only 10 to 15 artists at a maximum in Australia capable of doing this
type of work on this type of scale. We still have to be selective in the artists we commission. “We can’t just pick our favourites. It is a matter of choosing artists capable of producing work that is more than a simple tourism attraction or something they simply want to paint. “It also has to appropriately reflect each of the respective communities.” Silos at Sheep Hills, between Warracknabeal and Minyip, and Rosebery, between Hopetoun and Beulah, are earmarked as sites for the next giant artworks. “We hope to announce the first two artists in mid to late August and aim to get these works completed in September or October, more likely October. We would like to get a minimum of two done this year and do the other three next year after the heat of summer has passed,” Mr Hossack said. “The artists have such high international profiles that it will be easy to look up their work around the globe and follow their progress.” Other silos part of the art trail are at Rupanyup, Lascelles and Patchewollock.
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Mr Hossack said the original Brim project, based on an idea to create something iconically Australian, had provided the catalyst for the expanded trail. “We concentrate on a lot of urban work because that is where the art form evolved. But when you look through books and blogs, all you see is an urban environment. It can be impossible to distinguish what is in Melbourne from what is in Berlin,” he said. Continued page 3
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DYNAMIC: Neve Lawson, 15, of Horsham Calisthenics College shows off her technique during a routine at a Mt Gambier Eisteddfod calisthenics solo competition. Horsham members performed strongly amid intense competition at the event, collecting major placings, awards and high scores. Teams from across Victoria and South Australia are now preparing for a Warrnambool competition from August 5 to 7 and a Horsham competition, the college’s first in the redeveloped Horsham Town Hall, from August 26 to 28. Picture: STAGELIT STUDIOS
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