Category Archive: art

An Afternoon of Underbelly Arts

Somethingyousaid.com’s Elfy Scott ventured on an art adventure to Sydney’s Cockatoo Island: Underbelly Arts Festival was conceived six years ago as an experimental amalgamation of Sydney artists; it aimed to lure them out… Read More

Bridie Connell & Brian Chase Collaborate

It’s great when mates collaborate. So we’re pretty bloody excited to learn that one of our favourite artists, Bridie Connell, is teaming-up with Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ drummer Brian Chase on a piece called St Teresa… Read More

Lister + Prizm decorate CWLG

Oliver Health observes the creative unity between artist, Antony Lister and Chicks Who Love Gun’s frontman, Cass as he searches for the perfect panther tatt.   Cass from Sydney-based band Chicks Who Love Guns… Read More

Jesse Willesee – Product Placement

It’s been a busy year for the artist, but he’s back with another controversial show. Get the low-down on Jesse Willesee’s latest art offering: Sydney artist Jesse Willesee is nothing if not contentious – he’s… Read More

Marc Janus connects in a different way

I met Madrid-based painter, Marc Janus, while travelling in Panama. Marc is the kind of person that inspires you to want to make yourself more interesting and to interact with people in a different… Read More

Three-D Exhibition at Boxbird gallery

With so much modern art and illustration existing only in a digital space, an exhibition that celebrates the hand-held, carefully crafted and painstakingly created is a lovely thing to see. It’s good for… Read More

Brighton Festival & House art preview

As a self-confessed luddite, I sometimes struggle with the language of art. I find it difficult to separate the genuine sentiment from the bullshit. So, usually, when an artist states something like, “Wallpaper… Read More

Ariel is ready to make noise again

Marcus Thaine has a chat with Ariel about Dampvamp, art and her new band, Firesaint:  Sydney’s Lauren Ariel Sexton-Shaw, otherwise known by the mononym Ariel, exudes a kind of creative magnetism that is hard… Read More

Birds of Tokyo and someone familiar

When the new Birds of Tokyo video dropped this week, we thought, ‘hmmmm, that face looks mighty familiar.’ Indeed, a closer inspection confirmed that, yes, the lady smashing seven shades of shit out… Read More

Win free tickets to Jurassic Lounge

Somethingyousaid’s interesting dinosaur fact-of-the-day: Did you know that if a Tyrannosaurus Rex fell over, that he would probably have died because those teeny-weeny arms of his weren’t strong enough to push him back… Read More

Anish Kapoor at The MCA, Sydney

A selfie takers delight, or a surreal trip of perspective and space?  Carol Bowditch went to Anish Kapoor’s much hyped exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney to find out what… Read More

ROLLER DERBY + PENCILS = GOOD TIMES

Alice Parsons gets her skates on and comes up with some pretty-frickin-awesome illustrations for somethingyousaid.com: If, like me, your only encounter with the world of Roller Derby has been watching ‘Whip It’, you… Read More