Media Release - Business & Pleasure

Monday 15 February, 2010

** For immediate release **

Business & Pleasure – An artistic perspective

Westsyde Connection is proud to present Business & Pleasure – A solo show featuring the work of Sydney artist Bennett. Business & Pleasure will open in the Westsyde Connection Gallery on Saturday 27 February at 4pm.

Michael Bennett is an artist and freelance graphic designer from Sydney who currently works out of the Worlds End studio in Surry Hills. Largely influenced by urban geography Bennett draws inspiration from such environments to create bold, conflicting and sometimes shocking imagery.

“I’m currently exploring the value of mass production of everyday objects and how they can be twisted and perverted to create completely different meanings and impressions to their original intention,” Bennett said.

John Saulo, Westsyde Connection co-owner said the monthly exhibitions aim to support and highlight emerging artists and to provide a free space to exhibit in, along with the infrastructure of a gallery and retail shop.

“Bennett’s exhibition is the second in our newly fitted gallery for 2010 following on from the successful Pigeonboy show. The abundance of talented artists in Sydney is amazing and we are stoked to be able to support them.

Westsyde Connection is a shop / compound / art house / music haven / graf zone / skate zone in Dulwich Hill Sydney. Created to focus on the sub-cultural art and lifestyle of Sydney, Westsyde Connection draws inspiration from across the globe to highlight the abundance of creativity in Australia.

Westsyde Connection is a voice for the sub-cultures. Artists, musicians, designers, graffiti artists, skateboarders, snowboarders and budding art lovers alike.

For further information please contact:
John Saulo
E: john@westsydeconnection.com
M: 0424 643 181

January Newsletter

Happy New Year and all that festive joy!

If the past few weeks are any indication, we are in for a massive 2010!

The smell of freshly sprayed paint still lingers in the air at the compound. Recently we played host to some of Sydney's leading urban creatives including the talents of DJ Izm of Bliss N Eso notoriety and the amazing skills of world class beat boxer Tom Thum. Tom was in Sydney fronting the Tom Tom Crew for their season at the Opera House.

Propelling the day to a complete creative throw-down, artists including beastman, phibs, numskull, yok, s-t-e-p-h, bridge, max berry, john doe, smc[3] and onion collaborated to produce a new Westsyde wall AND the ever present Westsyde skate team ripped it up on the Westsyde
portable setup.

Of course NO day at the compound would be complete without a team of filmers getting around to capture all the hi-jinx. To checkout all the action visit our facebook fan page.

Keeping the ball rolling we will be hosting our first in-store exhibition this Saturday, 30 January at 4pm featuring PIGEONBOY.

Thanks for all the support everyone has given us thus far and we hope to see you all in-store and at anything we may cook up to entertain the masses in the future!

~ The Westsyde Connection Team