Taking the prize for best Christmas present idea, Sydney’s FBi Radio are auctioning off original artworks by your favourite musos. As a part of their fundraising project, Brush With Fame, FBi volunteers have been commissioning local and international acts to take creative liberties and decorate a plain white canvas to raise funds for the community station.
Contributing artists include Iggy & the Stooges, Vampire Weekend, Tame Impala, Flume, You Am I, The xx, Disclosure, Florence and the Machine, Animal Collective, Dirty Projectors, RUFUS, Jens Lekman, Foals, Cloud Control and more.
Also included are works from visual artist and Archibald Prize finalist Abdul Abdullah, world renowned street artist Beastman, media commentator and author Marieke Hardy and Australian icon, musician and mind behind “Mambo”, Reg Mombassa.
More than 40 works from artists are on auction right now at FBi’s eBay Store, with bids starting in at AU $50. So far Reg Mombassa is leading the pack with his Dog Trumpet piece pulling in an impressive bid of $740.
If you’re thinking about bidding get in now, the auction closes at 9pm AEDT tonight with all works to be packaged and shipped just in time for Christmas. But first, have a browse at the full collection in our gallery below.
FBi’s Brush With Fame Full Collection:
FBI Brush With Fame artist works
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Abdul Abdllah
Abdul Abdllah -
Animal Collective
Animal Collective -
Beast Man
Beast Man -
Ben Lee
Ben Lee -
Bleeding Knees Club
Bleeding Knees Club -
Boy and Bear
Boy and Bear -
Chali 2na
Chali 2na -
Classixx
Classixx -
Cloud Control
Cloud Control -
Darwin Deez
Darwin Deez -
Dirty Projectors
Dirty Projectors -
Disclosure
Disclosure -
Divine Fits
Divine Fits -
Florenc and the Machine
Florenc and the Machine -
Flume
Flume -
Foals
Foals -
Frightened Rabbit
Frightened Rabbit -
Girl Talk
Girl Talk -
Hermitude
Hermitude -
Iggy and the Stooges
Iggy and the Stooges -
Jamie xx
Jamie xx -
Jens Lekman
Jens Lekman -
Jessie Ware
Jessie Ware -
Jonathan Boulet
Jonathan Boulet -
Kings of Convenience
Kings of Convenience -
Local Natives
Local Natives -
Marieke Hardy
Marieke Hardy -
Martha Wainright
Martha Wainright -
Mercury Rev
Mercury Rev -
Midnight Juggernauts
Midnight Juggernauts -
Moby
Moby -
Montero
Montero -
No Age and Jay Reatard
No Age and Jay Reatard -
Of Montreal
Of Montreal -
Perfume Genius
Perfume Genius -
Polica
Polica -
Purity Ring
Purity Ring -
Ratatat
Ratatat -
Reg Mombassa - Dog Trumpet
Reg Mombassa - Dog Trumpet -
Ronnie Sparks (Handsome Family)
Ronnie Sparks (Handsome Family) -
Rufus
Rufus -
Sarah Blasko
Sarah Blasko -
School of Seven Bells
School of Seven Bells -
Sleigh Bells
Sleigh Bells -
St Vincent
St Vincent -
Surfer Blood
Surfer Blood -
Tame Impala
Tame Impala -
Twerps
Twerps -
Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend -
Wavves
Wavves -
Willis Earl Beal (paper)
Willis Earl Beal (paper) -
Willis Earl Beal
Willis Earl Beal -
YACHT
YACHT -
Yeasayer (signed vinyl)
Yeasayer (signed vinyl) -
Yeasayer
Yeasayer -
You Am I
You Am I -
The xx
The xx
