C215 goes to India

C215 - Self-portrait in New Delhi, originally uploaded by C215.

Overspray's Blog has a new Home!

In anticipation of the release of the new website, Overspray Magazine's blog is now hosted at overspraymag.com/blog. Take a look and stay tuned for the changes. Please update your bookmarks!

SEEN - S. 1st & Kent St. Brooklyn, Iminent Disaster

One of my favorite pieces from the Poets of the Paste show up at Ad Hoc Gallery pasted up! Go take a closer look before all the hipsters try to pull it down with their fingernails...

EINE photos from London

Mr. Eine himself sent these to us after we interviewed him in London in 2006..

Anon video

This is such a dope video concept, from a film making perspective. It's all still pictures strung together with music and a voice over track laid on. It creates such a beautiful intimacy and mysterious sense of the night in her town.

holy detail - Graham Dolphin in LONDON

'In his latest series Graham Dolphin has scratched swathes of text into the printed face of advertising posters, entire books from the King James Bible fall fluidly across the skin of both the poster and the model contained within.'




Wednesday 9th Jul - Saturday 9th Aug 2008
SEVENTEEN Gallery. 17 Kingsland Road, London

DreamBagsJaguarShoes blows it up

We got a newsblast from London's gallery cum bar cum shop DreamBagsJaguarShoes this morning, brimming with dope stuff, starting with this little book about CAP crew from Prague, and the photography show below:

DreamBagsJaguarShoes blows it up, pt 2

GROUP SHOW / ZINE LAUNCH

4th July - 31st July

opening : 3rd July

Dreambags and Jaguarshoes, LONDON.

ph: Luca Desienna
Photographers
Alessandro Zuek Simonetti Andrea Boscardin Bea De Giacomo
Ben Rayner Camilla Candida Donzella Carlotta Manaigo
Emanuele Cardesi Federica Palmarin Guido Gazzilli
Jonnie Craig Lele Saveri Luca Desienna
Magdalena Fischer Nina Hartmann Peppe Tortora
Pierre Debroux Simona Ghizzoni Stefan Simikich
Tania Leshkina Tommaso Fiscaletti Tread
Sotheysay...

street art in Kibera. Meet 'solo 7'

a couple old Faile pics, by Andy Lin

Going through our archives again. Found these gems.. Enjoy.

New show at Factory Fresh - NY

Graffiti and street art in NYC...photos by Martha Cooper!

Sea no evil show - LA

show at Pure Evil's gallery - LONDON

TWIST SIGHTING!

oh god. cutting the 4th amendment? aka. permission to spy on you

Ripo's site is up folks

Ladies and gents, we are pleased to announce the arrival of our homeboy Ripo's long awaited website. You may know him from his recent epic travels through south America with Above. Here it is folks: www.ripovisuals.com

FINALLY, David Choe in 'Dirty Hands', the movie

We have been patiently waiting for this film to come out. We are proud to link you to 'Dirty Hands' by Harry Kim - www.dirtyhandsmovie.com Finally it has premiered at the LA film festival. Be sure to order a copy as soon as you can.

Bask and Tes One show - DETROIT

Poets of the paste opening

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You havent missed this stellar show at Ad Hoc art gallery. You can still go check it out. No, you should go check it out.

www.adhocart.org
Address:
49 Bogart Street
Buzzer 22, Unit 1G
Brooklyn, NY 11206
Tel: 718.366.2466

Photos from opening night borrowed from Ad-Hoc gallery director Andrew Ford (thanks dude) and Michael Natale from gammablog















The show features pieces by Elbow Toe, Armsrock, Gaia and Imminent Disaster.

"Solve" - Chicago street artist, stabbed to death

Stolen from the Chicago Tribune:

Street artist 'SOLVE' stabbed to death, police say
"Brendan Scanlon, 24, used city objects as canvas"

By Robert Mitchum | Tribune reporter


For the last two years, Brendan Scanlon's art would appear in the most unusual places across Chicago: on the backs of stop signs, on the glass of newspaper boxes and, on one famous occasion, stenciled on a TV secretly installed on a CTA train.




Using the alias "SOLVE," Scanlon was well-known in the secretive Chicago street-art scene. But on Sunday, members of that scene mourned his death, expressing their sorrow by building an impromptu memorial installation at Grand and Milwaukee Avenues.

Scanlon, 24, was found dead early Saturday of a stab wound to the heart in the 3000 block of West Palmer Boulevard, Chicago police said. On Sunday, Kirk Tobolski, 24, of the 2600 block of West Iowa Street in Chicago, was charged with first-degree murder in Scanlon's slaying.

"Brendan was a beautiful, energetic, intensely creative young man who we all loved deeply," said his father, Bill. "He was just coming into his own, as a deeply imaginative and bold artist, and we are immeasurably proud of him."

Scanlon drew attention—and commuter confusion—in February, when he placed a television set on a Blue Line "L" train stenciled with the message "We are experiencing legal difficulties."

Scanlon's parents said he grew up in Madison, Wis., attended the Illinois Institute of Art and was working for a Chicago graphic design and advertising firm.

On Sunday afternoon, Tobolski was ordered held on $500,000 bail by Cook County Judge Israel Desierto. Assistant State's Atty. Nicole Kodjayan said four witnesses identified Tobolski as the offender, and he made a statement to police admitting that he had had a knife and had "slashed" Scanlon.



Here is a link to Brendan's flickr page -

wooster vs. Romania

Last night Marc and Sara from woostercollective.com co-hosted a show at the Romanian Cultural Institute.



Here is what they posted about it on their blog:

"While gentrification in New York City and the politics of cleansing tend to erase legendary traces of graffiti that inspired artists all over the world, street art flourishes in Eastern European cities. One of these spots is Romania. New York is lucky to have three artists from this former East Block country visiting to paint the walls of the Romanian cultural institute. These three young artists, Nuclear Fairy, IRLO and Omar work as a collective and independently and will translate their unique cultural view into an installation across three rooms.

On Wednesday night there will be an opening of their work and Wooster Collective will be conducting an informal interview with the artists to understand their sources of inspiration, discuss their style and capture impressions of their first trip to NYC."

God damn we wish we could go - MILAN

More Pics from Tyler Kline!!!

All The King's Paint

Incase you missed Overspray #7, the materials issue, we reviewed everything from aerosol cans to wheat pasting techniques. Here's a recap for those of you who've been slackin'...

GERMAN MONTANA:

Black - It's a great high pressure can - use it for hard lines and fills. The black flows quickly and comes in over 100 glossy colors.



Gold - Genius. It's very versatile and can do low and high pressure. Great opacity, dries real fast, and there is minimal dripping. It comes in more colors than you can think of. Love it.



Platinum - We prefer the Black or the Gold, but check out the Platinum for its crazy colors. There aren't many to choose from, but they're pretty unique. It also has great opacity on many different surfaces.


SABOTAZ:

It has an amazing color palette, the paint has great surface coverage and the small is something completely new (for you whiff junkies out there). The only downsides are it requires a whole lot of shaking to get it started and the pressure isn't the strongest.



BELTON MOLOTOW:

This can is another favorite of ours. Belton comes in close to 200 colors and is great for light narrow lines. It doesn't drip much or require a lot of shaking and it gives even coverage. It's also versatile enough to use on multiple surfaces including wood, metal and glass. A good can for cold weather, it also comes in pocket size. The only downside is that it's expensive.

KRYLON:

The classic 80's New York can that you can get in any Kmart or Home Depot. It's cheap and super basic. The color options are mediocre depending on which store you're at. The paint is thin and runny. This isn't a half-bad option if you're in a bind, but go with something else if you can. Krylon is very vocal about their anti-graffiti stance, even funding anti-graff campaigns. If you want to contribute to getting your work buffed or your ass arrested, go with Krylon.


PLUTONIUM G:

This newcomer has more innovative quirks than a Mexican Swedish hula-hooping bounty hunter. Spray it upside down, sideways or right-side up. It's got 70% pigment for a solid color, LEMON SCENT (!?!?) and a whole new futuristic cap system and look. They've got a great color palette and are the most widely-distributed art paint in the history of aerosol. Get it at thousands of stores in the U.S.; flagships are coming to Western Europe.

RUSTOLEUM:

This can holds it down surprisingly well. Rusto is great for metal surfaces. The coverage is pretty solid, and it's great with a skinny cap (which it comes with) as well as a fatty. It can take a Montana cap which is a nice plus if you're on the street and need to switch caps fast. It's an affordable can that is good for bold lines.


SPANISH MONTANA:

Hardcore - Generally elicited responses of "excellent" and "fucking awesome". It has the best coverage of all the Spanish Montana formulas. It has a fixed high pressure system, so it's great for hard lines. It goes on real solid, dries fast and comes in great colors. It's super glossy and reflective, so pay attention to how light strikes what you're spraying.


Pocket - Not our favorite, but the tiny size is handy for tagging on the fly. You have to shake it really well or the paint comes out looking like stringy blood snot.


Alien - Super slow flow. Not our favorite by any means.


There are only a few last copies of Overspray 7, the materials issue, floating around the country, but you can still find them in stores (or on our site). It's a killer one, featuring 27 different artists using wild materials to get up. Plus a ton of tutorials on how to do it yourself.

www.overspraymag.com