Suit Up - An all Australian Card Show - is this Friday!

From now until the end of the exhibition you can go in the running to
win 1 of 5 packs of cards signed by some of the artists! All you need to do is visit www.suitupshow.com and register your details… Sweet huh?!
(International entries welcome.)

Suit Up - with the longest lead up to a group exhibition in Melbourne’s history - is almost here and we’re ready to parrrtay! 15 months of blood, sweat and tears are about to culminate in an evening of music, booze and finery. (Yes, we’re strongly encouraging people to suit up!)

To get you all a psyched for the big day we’ve released some drool worthy preview images from Sheldon Vella, Reka and Simon Childerhouse.

All artwork will be available at the show (and online) as limited edition Giclee prints and full decks of cards.

Ace of Hearts by Sheldon Vella.

King of Diamonds by Reka.

Queen of Spades by Simon Childerhouse.

Suit Up
No Vacancy Gallery
27-33 Red Cape Ln, QV, Melbourne.
Witness a spectacle of playing card finesse in a show like no other featuring nineteen Australian artists from Street Art, Comic, and Illustration backgrounds. Suit up was formed as a collaboration in the true sense of the word with four artists working together to create a theme for each suit and bringing stylistic cohesion to the deck as a whole. Each artwork is lavishly detailed and stunning in its own right, playing cards have never looked so good.

Featuring:

SPADES
Kid Zoom, Simon Childerhouse, TwoOne, Itch
HEARTS
Dylan McCrae, Karl Kwansy, Sam McKenzy, Sheldon Vella
DIAMONDS
Reka, Phibs, Meggs, Sync
CLUBS
Yok, Noir, Drew, Claudio Mantuano
JOKERS
Sean Kelly, LoungeKat

With the stylings of Nate Holmes-Trapnell

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Suit Up is finally here!

Suit Up is a collaborative project that Sean and I have been putting together for just over a year now.
With 19 Australian street/comic/illustration artists working on one deck of playing cards we needed all the time we could get.

The packs of cards will be arriving in 2 weeks and everyone is about to burst with anticipation.

Opening night is going to be huge! (pass it on.)
Decks of Cards and Limited Edition prints will be available at the show.

SUIT UP
Featuring:

SPADES Kid Zoom, Simon Childerhouse, TwoOne, Itch

HEARTS Dylan McCrae, Karl Kwasny, Sam McKenzie, Sheldon Vella

DIAMONDS Reka, Phibs, Meggs, Sync CLUBS Yok, Noir, Drew, Claudio Mantuano

JOKERS Sean Kelly, LoungeKat

With the stylings of Nate Holmes-Trapnell.

Hosted By:
Sean Kelly (Bucket’o'Thought) and Kate McInnes (LoungeKat)

When:
Friday, 13 Feb 2009, 07:00 PM

Where:
No Vacancy
27-33 Red Cape Lane, QV
Melbourne
3000

suitup.bigcartel.com/

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I’ll be away from the computer for much of the next 2 weeks, it’s time for a web-detox! I will be spending some quality time taking walks, browsing book stores, tending to the mess in the storage room and visiting friends and family.

For now, here’s a tutorial Sean wrote on How to Customise a Blank Toy (the BoT way.)

Hope you all had a relaxing end to 2008 and a rockin start to 2009!

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