Without Walls 2

Overview

For a long time, physicists have been trying to get t-shirts printed with a short, unified theory of everything on it. They just need to sort discovering it first. If you feel the need to add some catchy images to your tops while you wait for science to catch up with your wardrobe, Without Walls 2 is coming to the aMBUSH Gallery to help you flesh out your summer style. Without Walls matches wall-based art with cotton-based style, encouraging you to walk away wearing the treasures of the exhibition on a t-shirt of your very own.

Two of the artists — Jumbo and Ben Toupein — at times seem like homunculi pulled from opposite sides of Jeffery Smart. Jumbo is usually seen in the company of the Kirby-loving Zap, but for this exhibition his dreamy urban images unfold alone. Toupein draws disquieted gentlemen with hard lines, half-finished moods and wrinkles. Brett Chan makes almost floral geometric art, while James Jirat Patradoon draws blokes and cites art from Akira and Battle of the Planets among his inspirations. Figure artist Aisling King-Macklin and versitile Jin Hien Lau also feature. No single theory unites these artists, but starting Thursday they'll all be printed on a common set of threads.

Images by James Jirat Patradoon and Ben Toupein.