ALEXONE'S SHOW IN GRENOBLE

Alexone, our main man in France, just unveiled a really awesome concept for his new show, "En Tiers".

He outlined his process for us and sent a bunch of great pictures by Jerome Vallin our way. Check it out:

"step 1 : paste white paper on wall
step 2 : to paint on a wallpaper
step 3 : cut the paper
step 4 : to make frames with the papers
step 5 : paint the wall for make a nice background"








If you're going to be in France between now and December, you need to check this show out.



www.alexone.com

NUART 07

Bummed out that you can't make it to Stavenger, Norway to watch all your favorite artists leave their mark on the city? Hey, you're not alone. But lucky for all us non artist non jet setters, the festival's organizers posted a great set of timelapse videos of what's gone down so far.


EINE


Nick Walker

For continuous pictures of the event, check out the Nuart flickr stream or the official festival website at www.nuart.no. This is the beautiful kind of stuff that can only happen when you let artists run wild in your city.

COMPUTER PROBLEMS

So when I tried to boot up my computer this morning... I couldn't. Hopefully everything will be up and running soon. In the mean time, check out Graffiti Archaeology-- watch the battle between art and the buff unfold over the course of multiple years.

Peace.

ELPH x OVERSPRAY

Here's something to scratch that itch we all have for really cool stuff that nobody else owns-- hyper-limited, hand screened, hand numbered Overspray t-shirts designed by ELPH. There are only 25 of these things left on the planet and no two are alike. If you were at our Issue 6 release party, you already saw a few of these beauties first-hand. We have large and extra-large, printed on American Apparel t-shirts. Check out a few:








Every shirt is a unique and individual snowflake, and once these 25 are gone, that's it. No more. I can't see these beauties sticking around for too long, so if you're interested, get on it.


$30 each.
+ $5 shipping in the US
+ $10 shipping anywhere else
all prices are us.

Send payment via PayPal to overspraymag@yahoo.com, and let us know what size you need. There are only a few of these things left, so don't wait too long.

For more art by ELPH check out his website at http://www.akaelph.com/

BOMB IT! - REVS

If you haven't heard of Bomb It! yet, it's time to get familiar. Filmmaker Jon Reiss interviewed artists from five continents including serious OG's like Stay High 149, REVOK, COPE2, Zephyr, and, as you see here, REVS. The film is currently showing at festivals around the world. To find out when it's coming around your area, check out the Bomb It! web site.

http://bombit-themovie.com/index.html

VISITING TOWER IN BERLIN

We checked in on our friend TOWER in Berlin a little while ago- dude has been busy to say the least. We got to check out a bunch of his personal sketches and his studio-- but we also got some great flicks of his work in its natural urban habitat. Check it out.










Also, be on the look out for our next issue, because Tower's going to be featured in it.

STROLLING THROUGH LONDON

Just a couple pictures from a recent trip to London


FAILE

BAST

SKULLPHONE
New York is hitting London pretty hard, eh?


The London Police hold it down, keeping things safe and orderly.

A CALL FOR FEMALE ARTISTS

Our friends Toofly and Alice Mizrachi are holding a group show called The Crossover at ToyTokyo's Showroom NYC gallery this November. Are you a girl? Do you want to get down with YOUnity crew? Get featured in a group show?

Well, there's an open call for art, photo, and craft submissions-- Get on it!

email: contactyounity AT gmail.com
include 3 jpg's of work, as well as your name, location, the size of your works, and your contact information. The deadline is October 2, so don't be lazy.


Check out work by Toofly and Alice Mizrachi:
http://www.theshowroomnyc.com/
http://www.tooflynyc.com/
http://www.am-files.com/

CHECKING IN WITH FAILE

Even though we've been in California mode for a while, there's no denying that a ton of awesome work goes down on our home turf, and a lot of people would probably give up their front teeth for a scene this exciting in their home cities. A little while back we visited FAILE's studio in Williamsburg to see what they'd been working on.





The office was like an exhibit of everything FAILE has ever done, from giant canvases to tiny little wheat pastes and brand new stencils.



Of course FAILE has their neighborhood covered. Not that we'd expect any less. Then again, there's no way of knowing if these posters are still running now. To see more from FAILE, or order some of their merchandise, visit www.faile.net.

ISSUE 6 RELEASE PARTY WAS SICK

Huge thanks to the bazillion people who turned out for our painting battles at Hope Lounge on Thursday. It seemed like everyone was having a pretty great time.


The battles were intense. Since issue 6 is the California issue, we picked a different California-related theme for every round. Round 1 was Adam Carnes vs. Charm in a battle themed around 'gridlock', and round 2 was Leif McIlwayne vs. Scott Ferguson painting their impressions of Alcatraz. After our crowd decided on the winners, the main event pitted Charm against Leif in an L.A. riot themed battle for the grand prize and their choice of any canvas from the nights' battle.


Free hot dogs-- excellent warm-up for free vodka.
Photo: Matt Mulholland

Photo: Matt Mulholland

Photo: James Chang
Round 1: Adam Carnes vs. Charm

Photo: Brent Kerr
Shit was fast-paced.

Photo: James Chang
Don't they all look anxious to find out the results?

Photo: James Hodges
Scott, hard at work during round 2.

Photo- Brent Kerr
Round 2- Alcatraz

Photo: James Hodges
Round 3- The L.A. riots

Photo: James Chang

Photo: James Chang

Photo: James Chang

Photo- Brent Kerr
Io, displaying Leif's winning piece. Congrats, dude!

Leif was the overall winner, earning the privelege of buying an open bar for 350 howling onlookers-- but nobody walked away empty-handed. Huge thanks to Sabatoz paint, Itsasickness, Ambiguous Clothing and every single one of the individuals who made the party go off. It couldn't have happened without you, guys.

GETTING PSYCHED

The Issue 6 launch party is tomorrow. We've been running around like crazy to get ready for it-- so you better show up (yeah, you).


Hyper-Limited edition of 35 hand-screened Overspray shirts, printed on soft and snuggly American Apparel tees.

Paint donated by Logan Hicks for Sabotaz Paint, going out to the winners of our live painting battles. He says they're better than Montana (keep it on the DL).

These gift bags are going out to the first 50 of you who RSVP'ed to the event. Did you do it in time?

The party starts at 7pm, meaning free hot dogs, drink specials, and ART BATTLES. See you there.

10 Hope Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211. 718.218.7191

BOOGIE:

Boogie's one of our favorite photographers-- so we're all super stoked to check out his new show. Check out how raw this guy's work is.


http://www.artcoup.com/movie.html
http://www.higherpictures.com/Default.aspx

ISSUE SIX RELEASE PARTY

Issue 6 is DONE, people. And that means it's time for a PARTY. We went to California to interview David Choe, Shepard Fairey, Empte Eyes, and a ton of other artists for the issue-- now we're bringing a little bit of the west coast vibe back for you, in the form of live California-themed painting battles (and giveaways, and music, and cheap beer).


See you all there.

FOSL

Want to see some grimy hit-and-run shit?



Big ups to FOSL for staying on his grind even when he's wanted in like a dozen states.


More FOSL flicks

SCION ART INSTALLATION TOUR 4

Last night was the opening reception for Scion's New York leg of the 4th annual Installation Tour, entitled "It's a Beauftiful World". The theme got interpereted by over 30 different artists including David Ellis, Kofie One and David Choe (all featured in issue 6). Ali was there holding it down for us-- here are a few pictures:


Be on the lookout for a BooksIII / Overspray collaboration for subscribers soon.




To see the full list of artists go look at http://www.scion.com/installation/.


September 6th - 27th
The Reed Space
151 Orchard St.
New York, New York 10002

COLOR MAGAZINE PRESENTS

Our friends over at Color Magazine are co-sponsoring Vancouver's second annual LiveStock Block Party this Sunday. That means sick music, free food, sick giveaways from Vans, Nike, Puma, Color, The Hundreds and Brknhome, a FREE BEER GARDEN, and a mini-ramp skate jam. It's all ages, and it's free, so if you're in the Pacific Northwest and you don't check it out you're nuts.

more info: www.deadstock.ca

CAYETANO FERRER

On top of being seriously gifted and getting featured in the elusive upcoming issue 7, Cayetano Ferrer has a solo show opening this week in Chicago. If you're going to be in the neighborhood you should definately check it out. Chi town stand up.

CHECKING IN WITH TYLER KLINE

Who doesn't love getting packages? This is the second time Tyler's blessed us with a little envelope full of fresh sticky eye-candy in the past few weeks.

Tyler is basically the man. These little gems are going to get slipped in with the next batch of magazines we mail out. Check out Tyler's work, and if you haven't already, you might consider ordering a copy issue 6, the California issue.

http://www.inliquid.com/artist/kline_tyler/kline.php
http://www.overspraymag.com/

CUT AND PASTE DIDGITAL DESIGN TOURNAMENT

On September 15, the Cut and Paste Design Competition will be stopping in New York City. Eight of the city's top emerging designers have been selected to compete in a series of single-elimination design showdowns, presided over by judges including Futura 2000, Saber, and FecalFace founder John Trippe. You don't have to be a renowned designer to participate though. On top of being open to spectators, there's an Audience Design Contest going on as well, open to anyone. And don't fret if you aren't in the New York area, the competition will be rolling through about a dozen other cities around the world throughought September and October.

For more information about prizes, participating artists, dates, afterparties, and tickets, go peep http://www.cutandpaste.com. Seems like a party and a half.

ENDLESS LOVE CREW AT THE FLORIDA SURF EXPO

The Endless Love Crew recently took a trip down south to lend their aesthetic benevolence to a giant cube at the Florida Surf Expo. They spent three days painting and repainting their space-- here are a few pictures of the scene.







http://www.endlesslovecrew.com/

PATTA x SHOE: CALLIGRAFFITI

Nobody knows their letters quite the way these guys do. Patta just dropped a gorgeous Nike Air Max sneaker, and Shoe has a show opening up in Amsterdam next week. Check out their web sites to see what the dudes have been up to.

http://www.teampatta.nl/
http://www.nielsshoemeulman.com/

SPRAY 2007: TEHRAN'S FIRST STREET ART EXHIBITION

Tehran, Iran's largest city, will be hosting its first ever street art/graffiti show this month. The show is set to feature work from several artists including Iran's own A1One, Pure Evil, and a ton of others from around the globe. Support a burgeoning local scene! If you're going to find yourself in Tehran between now and September 6, check it out.

http://www.kolahstudio.com/spray2007/