Brand New BENNETT vs THE MASSIVE skateboards

limited edition of ten, hand signed & numbered

Available online at Westsyde Connection now!

SYDNEY ARTISTS/WESTSYDE HOMIES PAINT

PANELS FOR CANTEENS NATIONAL BANDANA DAY

presented by Ambush Gallery

Panels installed at the Inspiration wall at Martin Place, Sydney

[from left: Beastman, Numskull, Max Berry, BENNETT]

AMBUSH + MAPS ENTERTAINMENT

present

CHANGING LANES EXHIBITION

featuring: Max Berry, SMC[3], Ears, Gem Lark, Vars,

Houl, Syke, Chad Drake, Skel, Tulsi, BENNETT and Sprinkles

Opening - Thurs Nov 4th

Total component price $279.95

Now only $219.95

available at Westsyde Connection

THIS THURSDAY!!!

Paste Modernism returns in it's second incarnation with a list of local and international paste-up

artists such as: BENNETT , R-J,
SMC, PURE EVIL, COPYRIGHT, ROYAL, DRYPNZ, OLIVE47, BUNKWAA, RICO, KONSUMTERROR, JUMBO, ZAP, FELIX, APESEVEN, MAX BERRY, BEN FROST, BRIDGE STEHLI, NUMSKULL, HOUL, DRYPPNZ, EARS

Westsyde Logo Re-work Entry: Zoe Young

By Zoe Young

Zoe mentioned she's been welding 'weathervane thingys' in sculpture at art school so they've kinda been on her mind.
Zoe's based in Bondi and you can find more of her work here: www.zoeyoung.com.au

Westsyde Logo Re-work Entry

By Francis Berry

COMPETITION - Westsyde Logo Re-work

Win a seat at the table for you and a friend when the Westsyde Connection crew chow down at Guzman Y Gomez!
Plus your winning logo re-work will be featured in a monthly Westsyde newsletter.

All you have to do is put your own spin on the Westsyde logo and submit it to: info@westsydeconnection.com

Submissions close Friday 30 July.
Please send a hi-res version of your re-work as a pdf attachment by the closing date. Each submission will be posted on this blog.

Include your full name, website/blog link, contact number & location.

The winning submission will be notified via email by 13 August.

Here's a little inspiration for you:

'Westsyde'
By R-J
Tomato Sauce on Meat Pie

All submissions remain the property of Westsyde Connection Pty Ltd and will not be published without the artists prior consent.

March Newsletter

"Look at me Mum, look at what I can do!"

Oh the days when Mum seeing you stick your trick was the equivalent of being sponsored.
Well we've being hearing this a lot lately. That's right, Westsyde Connection not only has a
mini-ramp on-site BUT we teach the kids, actually anyone who wants to be taught, how to
ride it and the street set-up too. Checkout what clinics are coming up below and keep your
eyes and ears to the computer screen for a soon to be launched website.

Never fear all you childless peeps, Westsyde is still an adult friendly zone! Plenty of new threads
and treads in-store and a bunch of exclusive art exhibitions coming soon! As always we have been
busy creating to keep you entertained, hell we're even havin' a proddy toss this month! So get
into it and stay in-touch cause we'd hate to hear you missed out on all the fun!

THE RIGHT PUSH - SKATEBOARD LESSONS
The Right Push skateboard clinics have been designed to create easy access to the stoke
of skateboarding for all ages and abilities.

Book online NOW!

28 March
9.30 - 11am Session
11.30 - 1pm Session

For more information please call: 02 9560 1660

VIDEOS

Our favourite L.A artist (Cuseo) teamed up with Sydney local Bridge Stehli just before he bailed
back to Hollywood. This little ditty is the cutest montage you've seen all year!
Shot and Edited by Chris Cuseo, Music by Spirit Houses.

They say everything happens in three's... This is the third and final piece Cuseo produced during
his time in Sydney.
Shot and Edited by Chris Cuseo, Music by Spirit Houses.

What does a Ferrari, a Ducati & Superman's Fortress of Solitude have in common? Our first
Skateboarder's Journal double page spread is what! Ad shot by - Robin Hearfield. Film and
Edit by Dennis Vollmer (Skyline Productions), Music by Bliss N Eso. Watch it all go down...

ART

Business & Pleasure

Opening Afternoon - Saturday 27 February

Photographs shot by: Rhees

To view more imagery from the day click HERE [http://michaelbennett.com.au/] .

View all art for sale HERE [http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=194162&id=98663685041]


FIND US

A: 441 New Canterbury Rd

P: 02 9560 1660

E: info@westsydeconnection.com

W: westsydeconnection.com

W: therightpush.com

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