Sexing up the Surrealist Circus Freaks

(WARNING: Blatant self promotion.... but someone's gotta do it!)

Australian Visual Artist and Humorist, Lucy Fekete (that's moi), will be proudly featured in the BeinArt Surrealist Art Collective group exhibition The Sideshow, opening at For Walls Gallery in Melbourne CBD on 3 August.

The Sideshow will incorporate BeInArt Surrealist Art Collective’s top ten selected entries from the 2010 Sideshow competition alongside Fekete’s winning entry, “Silly Fat Cow and Two-faced B***h”. Together with this diverse collection of surrealist artworks, Fekete will also be exhibiting her sexy and hilarious series Goils of the Sideshow.

(check out my quote...)“My style is distinctive and attractive and my work is very accessible. Even people who wouldn’t normally like or care much for visual art enjoy looking at my paintings.” Fekete says, “I put a fair bit of humour and pop reference into my art which I think appeals to a wide audience. The Goils of the Sideshow will be no exception, as each painting has a specific back-story for each pin-up girl character that intends to entertain and hopefully amuse my audience. These ‘Goils’, while physically different, they are each uniquely beautiful and sexy to look at and I’m very proud of them.” (Pretty good quote huh? Tickets anyone?)

Opening night for Goils of the Sideshow and The Sideshow will be held from 6pm, 3 August and commence until 27 August on top of Miss Libertine at For Walls Gallery; level 1, 34 Franklin Street, Melbourne CBD. Gallery hours 9am – 5pm Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm Sat/Sun. Free entry.

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Squeaky clean?

Señor Manuel Miguel Ratón, or "Squeaky" as he is more fondly referred to by his mistress, is the head butler and number one confidant to Lady Aileana McInnes (aka. Lady Viper, a Pin-up Girl of the Sideshow). He is one of thirty-six siblings born on the outskirts of Barcelona to the Ratón family and comes from a long proud line of Butlers and Housekeepers. His father, Manny Marcos Ratón, worked for the late Lord and Lady McInnes (Lady Viper's dear mother and father) for many years until his untimely and most tragic death alongside his employers where he was succeeded by Squeaky. 


This terrible accident is one that is not too often spoken about, but it's all too intriguing and suspect. Let's just say "there is a lot more to the story" on how Aileana McInnes became sole heir to the McInnes family fortune and name... but you'd have to come  to the Sideshow exhibition @ For Walls Gallery opening Aug 3rd 2011 to find out the full details. (Hosted by beinArt Surrealist Collective)


("Squeaky" Above and Lady Viper Right. 
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Venus: The Bearded Beauty

Daughter of two high school teachers and the eldest of six siblings, Venus, the Sideshow's Bearded Beauty was originally christened as Eden Grace Harper as named after Mount Eden in New Zealand where she was born.

As a young child and well into her teens, she was always academically gifted with an aptitude for Chemistry. To equal her natural brilliance was her beauty, which instead of a blessing Eden felt was a curse. Her beauty was so flawless, even from an early age, that people were intimidated by her  or perhaps too shy to speak to her.

"I was always very lonely as a child and again as a teen. It was horrible. People would just stare at me their mouth opening and shutting like a fish out of water. They would always stare but never speak or utter a word to me"

When Eden turned sixteen, fed up with the curse of loneliness her beauty caused her, she dosed her face in a chemical she had designed to treat dogs with alopecia hoping to cover her appearance and creating the beard that now grows on her face today.

"It's a strange thing, people were still staring at me but in a different way. They now stare at me with child like curiosity, which is great because with curiosity comes questions followed by conversation and then friendship. Having a beard was the best thing I could have done for myself"

Being so academically gifted, you'd expect that Eden would have discovered a cure for her famous whiskers long ago, and it may surprise you to learn that she has.

"I knew how to get rid of my beard the moment I grew it, but I don't want to. It's a part of me and that's the way that I like it" 

You can see Eden aka. Venus: The Bearded Beauty and more at the Sideshow exhibition @ For Walls Gallery opening Aug 3rd 2011. Hosted by beinArt Surrealist Collective

Progress of Crab Girl

The step by step under painting of Crab Girl.
Please note, the below images are strictly STRICTLY under painted images only. To see this painting finished... well, you'd just have to come along to the The Sideshow exhibition promoted by BeInArt Surrealist Collective @ For Walls Gallery Aug 3rd 2011

The Sideshow opening 3rd Aug @ For Walls Gallery 

Miss Libertine, 34 Franklin Street, Melbourne, Australia