{"id":7346,"date":"2014-04-06T03:57:07","date_gmt":"2014-04-06T03:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/?page_id=7346"},"modified":"2015-07-16T06:55:16","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T06:55:16","slug":"mega-drop-bear-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/mega-drop-bear-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Drop Bear | House of Bricks gallery | Melbourne | group exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/\" title=\"portfolio logo\" class=\"logo-mega fade\"><\/a><br \/>\n<small>&#9664; HOME <\/small><\/p>\n<h1>Save The Drop Bear<br \/>\nHouse of Bricks gallery <\/h1>\n<h2>Screen printed artwork for a group exhibition in Collinwood. <\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/save-the-dropbear-exhibition-acclaim.jpg\" alt=\"save the drop bear\" width=\"800\" height=\"566\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7347 no-border\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/save-the-dropbear-exhibition-acclaim.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/save-the-dropbear-exhibition-acclaim-550x389.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/save-the-dropbear-exhibition-acclaim-424x300.jpg 424w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>For the release of their 25th issue <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/acclaim-magazine\/\" title=\"ACCLAIM MAGAZINE\">ACCLAIM Magazine<\/a> hosts an art show to help raise awareness for the plight of the Drop Bear. <\/strong><br \/>\nAcclaim new issue focuses exclusively on Australian content. They invited some of today\u2019s most exciting local and international artists to support the Drop Bear cause. Artists created artworks to pay tribute to this iconic Australian beast.<br \/>\nThis group exhibition was a lot of fun. ACCLAIM chose my artwork to illustrate the event&#8217;s communication.<br \/>\nI named my artwork Marsupial Trece. It came in a really limited-edition of hi-quality silk-screen silver prints on black art paper. I numbered and signed all the artworks.<br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acclaimmag.com\/\" title=\"acclaim magazine\" target=\"_blank\">Acclaim magazine<\/a> presented its new issue along with the Save The Drop Bear exhibition at House of Bricks in Collingwood, Australia. <\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6615\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6615\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/save-dropbear-acclaim-magazine-australia.jpg\" alt=\"art exhibition Save The Drop Bear\" width=\"550\" height=\"340\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/save-dropbear-acclaim-magazine-australia.jpg 1134w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/save-dropbear-acclaim-magazine-australia-550x340.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/save-dropbear-acclaim-magazine-australia-1100x680.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/save-dropbear-acclaim-magazine-australia-484x300.jpg 484w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6615\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Opening of the art exhibition Save The Drop Bear in Melbourne, Australia.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Save the Drop bear | Exhibition recap <\/h3>\n<p>The launch was huge! Probably Acclaim&#8217;s magazine biggest launch to date. The House of Bricks space is new, so everyone was really psyched on it and excited to see the beautiful space. Apparently everyone loved the artworks.<br \/>\nThank you again Acclaim magazine for organizing the show.<br \/>\nOn another hand, thank you too for choosing my artwork to illustrate the event&#8217;s communication. <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6617\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6617\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dropbear.png\" alt=\"artwork I have printed\" width=\"550\" height=\"733\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dropbear.png 1100w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dropbear-550x733.png 550w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dropbear-224x300.png 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is my artwork for the group exhibition.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>What is a Drop Bear? <\/h3>\n<p><strong>The drop bear is a fictional animal. <\/strong><br \/>\nAustralian people usually describe this imaginary marsupial to new comers, as a national prank.<br \/>\nDropbears are large and vicious versions of koalas that live in trees and attack tourists by dropping on their heads.<br \/>\nEven the Australian Museum took part in the prank and wrote an entry on drop bears in their catalogue.<br \/>\nThis art exhibition celebrated the Australian popular culture. Acclaim magazine organized it for the release of their Australian issue. <\/p>\n<p><em class=\"newfont\">You love drop bears? You will like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/mega-munny-vinyl-toy\/\" title=\"Munny vinyl toy artwork by MEGA\">my vinyl toy<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"blue-box\">&#9664; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/group-exhibitions-mega-pictures-stories\/\" title=\"collective art exhibitions\">BACK TO GROUP EXHIBITIONS <\/a><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/yo-font-logo.png\" alt=\"yo font logo\" width=\"400\" height=\"451\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7351 no-border\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/yo-font-logo.png 400w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/yo-font-logo-266x300.png 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#9664; HOME Save The Drop Bear House of Bricks gallery Screen printed artwork for a group exhibition in Collinwood. 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