National Gallery of Australia
Parkes Place, , Parkes Canberre, 2600, ACT, Australia

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 Drawn entirely from the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, the first Australian institution to have collected this type of work, Space invaders: australian . street . stencils . posters . paste-ups . zines . stickers surveys the past 10 years of Australian street art.

Featuring 150 works by over 40 Australian artists, this exhibition celebrates the energy of street-based creativity and recognises street stencils, posters, paste-ups, zines and stickers as comprising a recent chapter in the development of Australian prints and drawings..

Space invaders   

This is a stick up: a Saturday of street art at the National Gallery of Australia. All free   Saturday 30 October  To launch the exhibition SPACE INVADERS the Gallery is preparing itself to be overrun by street artists who will demonstrate their techniques and distinctive styles in a range of free activities  

10.30 am – 3.30 pm The infamous Everfresh crew create a graffiti, stencil and paste-up installation in the new Australian Gardens  

11.00 am – 4.00 pm Capital Letters: the National Gallery of Australia Zine Fair is presented by Melbourne’s Sticky Institute in the Gallery’s Gandel Hall  

11.30 am – 12.30 pm Book signing with Ghostpatrol, Miso, Nails, Twoone and the Everfresh crew in the Gallery Shop  

2.00–3.00 pm Jaklyn Babington, curator of the exhibition, is joined in the Project Gallery by artists Vexta and Nails, who will discuss their works featured in the exhibition