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
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Animal Collective
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Beast Man
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Ben Lee
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Bleeding Knees Club
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Boy and Bear
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Chali 2na
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Classixx
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Cloud Control
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Darwin Deez
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Dirty Projectors
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Disclosure
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Divine Fits
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Florenc and the Machine
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Flume
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Foals
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Frightened Rabbit
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Girl Talk
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Hermitude
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Iggy and the Stooges
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Jamie xx
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Jens Lekman
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Jessie Ware
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Jonathan Boulet
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Kings of Convenience
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Local Natives
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Marieke Hardy
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Martha Wainright
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Mercury Rev
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Midnight Juggernauts
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Moby
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Montero
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No Age and Jay Reatard
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Of Montreal
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Perfume Genius
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Polica
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Purity Ring
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Ratatat
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Reg Mombassa - Dog Trumpet
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Ronnie Sparks (Handsome Family)
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Rufus
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Sarah Blasko
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School of Seven Bells
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Sleigh Bells
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St Vincent
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Surfer Blood
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Tame Impala
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Twerps
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Vampire Weekend
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Wavves
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Willis Earl Beal (paper)
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Willis Earl Beal
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YACHT
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Yeasayer (signed vinyl)
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Yeasayer
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You Am I
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The xx