MONSTERS! Eeek!

We don’t want to alarm you, but there are creatures liv­ing under your bed! You can see them lurk­ing around in dark corners every­where. They live in mutated cup­boards and ancient stor­ies. Don’t take a breath. They are here to stay…

From the artists that brought you ROBOTS in 2009, Run Amuck Col­lect­ive is proud to present MONSTERS! For 3 weeks only, Wel­ling­ton will have the unique oppor­tun­ity to explore the won­der­ful world of mon­sters as nev­er seen before. Artists from all over New Zea­l­and will be trans­form­ing the base­ment rooms of Mygalaxi Gal­lery on Dix­on St into an explo­sion of deli­cious beast­ies: from sculp­ted fantas­ies to scrap met­al creatures Install­a­tions, paint­ings and sculp­tures will line the walls as each artist expresses their own cre­at­ive vis­ion. Ran­ging from the com­ic­al to the fright­en­ing, each fantasy is inspired by the artist’s own love affairs and fas­cin­a­tions with mon­sters, res­ult­ing in an eclect­ic mix­ture of mad­ness. Hand hold­ing may be required.

Run Amuck Col­lect­ive is a group of New Zea­l­and based artists that have come togeth­er for the love of art, the­at­rics and cheeky pop cul­ture. Roughly 20 artists strong and grow­ing, each comes to the col­lect­ive with a unique back­ground and eclect­ic style.

From self-taught to intel­lec­tu­al, the artists have been chal­lenged to cre­ate work for an annu­al exhib­i­tion themed around a keyword that invites explor­a­tion for the artist, but is com­pletely access­ible for an audi­ence of all ages and walks of life. “Robots” was a pop­u­lar theme last year, and was vis­ited by over 2000 people in only five days.

The spe­cial media open­ing is Tues­day 5 Octo­ber, 5:00pm. The exhib­i­tion runs until Fri­day 24 Octo­ber at MYGALAXI Gal­lery, Base­ment, 39 Dix­on Street, Wel­ling­ton. For an exhib­i­tion pre­view, please see http://runamuckcollective.wordpress.com/