What’s brewing in fairy tale land? How about ArtBoy’s exhibit featuring roughly 25 different Melbourne artists painting, sketching, or digitally computing their interpretation of their favorite fairy tale? But, these aren’t the tales of the little damsels from my school days. Red Riding Hood’s clenched fists say ‘I can handle myself.’ Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Wolf now?
ArtBoy, that bold alabaster space on Greville Street in Prahran, is a retail and exhibition gallery for Melbourne's talent. Featuring only the most audacious and progressive artists in group shows, ArtBoy seamlessly blends the emerging and established in themed exhibitions…An animated thrill every time. And, I've been favoring ArtBoy for a year now.
Why do we love Fairy Tales so much? There’s Hansel & Gretel, the abandoned children who had to flee from an old lady trying to eat them, Snow White who had to flee from her Step Mother trying to kill her, and who can forget beautiful Rapunzel whose father bargained her for his life. Why do we read these stories to our children before bedtime? I’ll tell you why. Because, Hansel & Gretel cooked that old witch, Snow White lived happily ever after, and Rapunzel found her prince. Defeat and triumph over adversaries Hans Christian Anderson was trying to say…
ArtBoy’s Fairytales will only be on view until mid April before they move on to their new exhibit 'Going Nuts'. I highly advise taking a peek at Granny Red in her bustier or the Good Huntsman who’s credits boost not only a swelling eight pack, but I think the card underneath read he was a plastic surgeon as well. I always enjoy interesting spins on Classics…
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