Living In A Glass House

Urban art is a bit of a funny term. Turn up to an exhibition and you're just as likely to encounter spray cans as you are to find video or even installation work. But diversity is also the genre's biggest strength – and with 50 street artists from around the country, it's something that Living In A Glass House seemed determined to prove. If there was a theme to the evening, colour was certainly it. Everywhere you looked, big, bright works were competing to catch your eye. Highlights included pieces like Gerald Leung's Apollo Kamikaze 666, a giant, colourful image of a cartoonish three-eyed dog, and the Melbourne-based Conrad Bizjak's Untitled Emotion, an explosion of bright triangles that parted to reveal a woman's face. But not all those involved gave the colour palette such a workout – Brisbane's Benjamin Reeve produced Mendax, a sombre portrait of a concerned, weary-looking Julian Assange that would have looked not at all out of place in the Archibald gallery, and Adelaide artist Joel Vdk's contribution was Unravelled Thoughts, a portrait of a lady in profile, her hair a fantastic jumble of black and white loops and swirls. It's worth checking out if only because so rarely does so much urban art talent come together under one roof. Plus, it's a great chance to visit the city while avoiding the retail mayhem surrounding the recent Topshop opening.

Running at Glasshouse to Friday 2 November