posted - Wed, 13 Aug 2008
5 artists 5 leather skins, 5 different color ways, 1 shoe designer, 1 melbourne publication and one huge launch exhibition. welcome to the sneaky 6 project... bringing art to shoes and shoes to the street!
The sneaky 6 PROJECT will consist of SANTHA KING along with WOODEN TOY QUARTERLY hand selecting male and female street, graphic and fine artists to cut loose using paints, sprays and dyes on leather skins to create individual and traditionally formed pieces of modern art. The leather can and may also be carved and embossed, with each individual design only limited by the artist's imagination. The variety of styles from each artist will then be complimented by the unique 'sneaker' designs created by Santha King, which will then be individually cut up and hand crafted into functional one off sneakers at her penthouse studio lair in Melbourne.
Specially hand selected male and female street, graphic and fine artists have been chosen to cut loose using paints, sprays and dyes on leather skins to create individual yet traditionally formed pieces of modern art,. with each individual design only limited by the artist’s imagination. The variety of styles from each artist will then be complimented by the unique 'sneaker' designs created by Santha King, which will then be individually cut up and hand crafted into functional one off sneakers at her penthouse studio lair in Melbourne.
The completed sneakers will also be displayed at an exclusive “Wooden Toy” launch exhibition and party at the Gorker gallery on 28th August to the 14th September, 395 Gore Street Fitzroy.
In the future there are plans for more frequent exhibitions, with the idea of making this an annual project seeking commissioned work for artists , and putting Melbourne on the sneaker map.
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