The Overspray Magazine Fishbowl

C215 goes to India

2008-10-16T16:24:00.001-04:00

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

Overspray's Blog has a new Home!

2008-06-30T15:11:00.003-04:00

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

2008-06-29T09:54:00.004-04:00

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

2008-06-28T11:06:00.001-04:00

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

Anon video

2008-06-27T09:58:00.001-04:00

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

2008-06-27T09:54:00.003-04:00

'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

2008-06-27T09:48:00.005-04:00

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

2008-06-27T09:44:00.002-04:00

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'

2008-06-26T13:19:00.000-04:00

a couple old Faile pics, by Andy Lin

2008-06-26T12:58:00.000-04:00

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

New show at Factory Fresh - NY

2008-06-26T09:26:00.000-04:00

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

2008-06-25T18:57:00.001-04:00

Sea no evil show - LA

2008-06-25T18:50:00.001-04:00

show at Pure Evil's gallery - LONDON

2008-06-25T13:18:00.001-04:00

TWIST SIGHTING!

2008-06-23T13:08:00.000-04:00

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

2008-06-23T12:36:00.001-04:00

Ripo's site is up folks

2008-06-23T11:53:00.009-04:00

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

2008-06-23T10:03:00.003-04:00

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

2008-06-22T14:48:00.000-04:00

Poets of the paste opening

2008-06-22T12:55:00.006-04:00

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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

2008-06-22T12:29:00.005-04:00

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

2008-06-20T22:27:00.009-04:00

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

2008-06-20T22:20:00.000-04:00

More Pics from Tyler Kline!!!

2008-06-18T17:09:00.004-04:00

All The King's Paint

2008-06-16T13:43:00.026-04:00

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

Make your own sketchbook tutorial

2008-06-15T12:18:00.016-04:00

Came across this in the tutorials forum on stencilrevolution.com. A person under the avatar 'goblin' posted this ridiculously informative tutorial on how to make your own sketchbooks. For anyone into paper and inks and glues and notebooks (ie. ME) will love this.

Making a sketch book.

I go through a lot of sketch books, more than one a month, sometimes one a week, usually I just buy the regular books with 110 gsm (ordinary) cartridge paper, they are cheap and are adequate for dry work. At the moment I'm doing a project that requires my using black and mid toned paper. I've had a look at the prices of black sketchbooks locally and found that even spiral bound sketch books start at about $20 – there's no way in hell I'm paying that for a book that won't last more than a couple of weeks.

So I had a look around and found that I can go to a local stationary supplier (think kinko's in the US) and they'll spiral (wire) bind your choice of paper for a few dollars, I've used this choice before when I've wanted watercolor pads, that way I could get a (350+ gsm) pad of good paper for $15-20, a savings of $20-30. But that's not the point of this post, in this case the weight of the paper isn't so critical. So I'll show a cheap and easy way to make a sketch book using everyday supplies.

When I studied jewelry a few years ago we actually covered book binding as part of the course, as a result there were lot's of weird & wonderful sketchbooks floating about on that course, We did study traditional European bookbinding, but that is a rather time consuming process and requires some tools that many people don't have. Thus I was attracted to oriental book binding techniques, and in particular the butterfly book. The way that they are traditionally made only makes every second page fully usable, My technique is a work around for that problem. This sketchbook won't hold up to really rough treatment the way that a regular hard cover book will, but it won't fall apart under normal use either.

This is pretty similar to how the moleskin books I've seen are made (but about 1/20th the price).

Right, into it. I've decided to make an A5 size sketchbook.

What you need;

(1). Paper for the sketchbook (obviously) – here I'm using A3 size black paper.
(2). Card for the covers – this is A5 size card, it's 1100 microns (about 1/16th of an inch).
(3). Glue – this is wood glue, aka PVA, alphatic glue, etc. I make no recommendations on brand as it's all much the same.
(4). Duct tape (of course).
(5). Marker pen – I actually used a white coloring pencil, but you get the idea.
(6). Box cutter with a sharp blade.
(7). Metal ruler.
(8 ). A bit of sandpaper (optional).
(9). Cutting board – also a clipboard – the clipboard makes things ten times easier, so it's highly recommended.
(10). Contact glue (optional).

Also needed;

A piece of regular paper to glue on the spine – the length of the spine by about 2” wide – enough to cover the spine plus at least 1/2” on the front & back.
Some type of weight to hold stuff down & still, use what you have.
A flat work surface with a square edge (kitchen bench).
Some wax paper is useful, but not totally essential.

That looks like quite a shopping list, but all that's really essential is paper, glue & a sharp knife. The other stuff just makes it easier.

Stage 1.

Here I've lined up the pages to be trimmed down and marked the top one (I folded it then marked the crease). It's now held in place with the clip of the clip board and I'm about to clamp the ruler in place to act as a guide for cutting.

I'm making an A5 size book, so I'm cutting the pages down to A4 size – they'll be folded to make A5 size.

When I've chopped the pages down to A4 size;

I line up the pages and use the ruler and knife again to trim off any rough edges – this stage isn't essential, I'm just a bit obsessive about straight edges.

Now I individually fold each page and stack them up.

In the above shot I've lined them up neatly and put a wee bit of masking tape at either side to keep them lined up and still, Be sure to tape it about an inch back from the edge to allow room for gluing, I had to move the tape after this shot. It's essential that the folded edges all line up exactly, if they're out of line the book will come apart later.

Now I put the spine of the book at the edge of the 'bench', and move onto the gluing.

Sorry about the piss poor photo, I wasn't looking at them as I was going.

Here the spine has been glued liberally and the glue rubbed into the spine, use plenty of glue, but not enough that it drips, it's hard to use too much, but too little and the book won't hold together.

On the right you can see the piece of paper that I am gluing in order to place over the spine. again use plenty of glue, the glue needs to be fairly thick, the only thing that's holding the book together is glue, so don't be shy.

in the next shot I've placed the paper strip over the spine;

How I did this was to let the spine of the book hang about an inch out over the edge of the bench and apply the glued paper to the underside of the book, then put the book back onto the bench fully and taken the ruler.

Then I placed the ruler onto the top of the spine and applied pressure to compress the spine. Then I brought the glued paper up the spine and laid it down over the top. it's easier than it sounds.

I pressed down any loose bits of the glued paper & made sure that it had contact over it's whole surface, then I wrapped some wax paper around the book and put it under something heavy for a while for the glue to start drying (and typed this to here).

Right, now you have a functional book, if you leave it to dry it will be usable, though a little fragile and flimsy with just the paper spine & without covers, so here's how to put the covers on.

First I liberally apply glue to the cover (outside page) of the book and make sure it's well covered. This glue is fairly transparent, so I'm using plenty. I have the spine towards myself as it's easier to line up that way.

Then I take the piece of card I've selected for the cover and stand it up at the spine so that it lines up with the edge of the spine. Then I just lay it down and apply decent pressure to secure it. I open the book and press it down from the other side of the end page making sure it's mated properly and that there's no bubbles.

When I've done one end I flip the book over and do the same from the other side, if there's any bit's of glued paper showing I trim them off and clean it up.

Then I take a piece of duct tape the same length as the spine;

I do the same as when I glued the paper strip to the spine, I apply it to one side (to one cover) and then place the book down, apply pressure with the ruler and bring the tape up and over tightly to the other side. Someone who gives a rats ass will prolly line the tape up better than I did (different widths at each cover).

Again I wrap wax paper around the book & place it under something heavy & flat for the glue to settle down. The glue doesn't need to fully dry in order to go on with the making, it just needs some time for the moisture to soak into the respective paper surfaces and thus make the glue tackier, you do need to be a bit careful till it's fully dried though.

This is a fully finished book, but I'm still not satisfied, the edges of the pages don't line up perfectly, thus I'm going to clamp the book down again and give the pages a bit of a trim using the ruler & box cutter. Same routine as at the start. You can sand paper the edges a bit if they're not dead smooth.

It's now good as finished, I decided to duct tape the edges as they would wear rather quickly, and thus got this;

And there we have it, a completed sketch book, to buy this from a shop locally would have been about $25 for a book that had black paper, has the same number of pages (60), wasn't wire bound and was A5 in size. This one cost me $3 in paper and card, and maybe 50 cents in glue & tape. a wee bit of a savings, it took about 30 min of actual working time (not counting the time to let bits dry).

But I don't really feel this book, it's kinda dull. It's not... well, prettyful.

I like the duct tape, duct tape's prettyful, but the covers a little dull, I think I could perhaps fix this with a little spray paint (any excuse).

So I mask off the duct tape bits with masking tape and start to think about what I could do with it, This logically led me to use a rat on the book. After all they're prettyful. I sprayed the cover black and the edges of the pages gold, the latter just cos it's traditional. and let that dry off.

And then I sprayed a wee rat in a snowstorm, it's got fuzzy feet, but the books only going to last a few weeks before I make another, so whatever.

And the final step that I do in the making of one of these books is to contact glue a wee chunk of sandpaper in to the back cover of the book, this is for sharpening pencils and other such tasks. I usually glue it to the inside of the cover as I don't want it to be sandpapering my cell phone or stuff when it's in my bag. You could also add an elastic band to keep it closed, I don't bother personally.

And then it's finished.

Later in the tutorial the author also said:
"It opens up fairly flat, this ones a bit thick for that, still fine for drawing, if you make it thinner, like 20 pages then it'll open up totally flat every second page. the other pages are held together just by a thin strip of glue & the spine, so it's not a great idea to force it flat on those openings, not aggressively anyhow. If I'm doing stuff for scanning I usually work on loose bits of paper rather than a sketchbook, but these do scan okay. If you're only like 5 pages into a 60 page book it won't be flat though for the simple reason that one side's like 11 times thicker than the other side. It's no worse than a regular hard cover sketch book though.

Working with certain media (like marker pens) I'll only use every second page, I make books for that a bit differently. Instead of stacking them and gluing the spine I glue a strip about 1/2" wide at the fold of each section (time consuming) and then stack them glued one by one - so that only every second page opens properly. They tend to be a bit more robust that way and lay flatter at every second page."

And for a final option, if you need something more official, check this out: http://www.Michaelshannon.us/makeabook/

A big thanks to Goblin for ingenuity and putting in all the work in to put this on the internet. If you want to thank him/her yourself, log in to SR and send him/her a PM.

Ale Zuek kills it

2008-06-13T13:37:00.006-04:00

Ale Zuek (www.zuekphotogrpahy.com), one of my favorite working photographers today, just got a little press for his photo essay on 'La Troia', a legendary drag queen performer in Ibiza, Spain. Ale will be shooting Threads for Overspray Issue 09.

For the full set, check: http://www.ithoughtiwasalone.com/2008/06/09/ibiza-11pm-7am-alessandro-zuek-simonetti/

My secret homeboy

2008-06-13T13:32:00.004-04:00

has moved to Berlin and started a blog. He's a dope photographer and does his bit to beautify the town. FOr a peek into the wild life of a native NY kid, check out lifeainthard.blogspot.com. It just barely got started so give him a minute to pump it up. Definitely worth keeping tabs on.

look whats going on down under

2008-06-13T13:31:00.002-04:00

Stolen from our boy George, see above post.

Poets of the Paste!! TONIGHT at Ad Hoc in BK!

2008-06-13T12:11:00.006-04:00

Do yourself a favor and go see Poets of the Paste when it opens tonight at Ad Hoc Gallery in Brooklyn (Morgan stop on the L). Elbow toe has seriously outdone himself, Imminent Disaster blew me away with her cut outs, Armsrock's dioramas are so so fresh and Gaia's gone giant!

"June 13th - July 13th, 2008

Opening Reception: Friday, June 13th, 7-10pm

Poets of the Paste unites four figurative artists known for their striking images that comment on nature, contemporary society and the everyday lives we live. These artists transform public spaces to moments of private reflection with an emphasis on careful craftsmanship. ELBOW-TOE, Armsrock, Gaia, and Imminent Disaster have left their marks on the urban landscapes, generously giving their talent to the public, to time and to the elements. Now they bring their skills together at Ad Hoc Art; through drawings, stencils, paintings and block prints incorporated onto various media."

Now go!

"Disstopia' by Ronzo @ Dface's Stolenspace - LONDON

2008-06-12T16:20:00.002-04:00

'Disstopia' opening at StolenSpace gallery on the 19th June, will feature a new body of work by Ronzo. The works are based on visions of an apocalyptic future set in the wastelands of what is once believed to have been the city of London. The new paintings, collages and drawings examine not only the ruins of the architectural landscape as we know it, but focus on the human aspect of life in a society, the day after.

Ronzo is a London-based street artist who made himself a name in the art scene as well as on the streets through his unique characters and figurative paintings. Coming from a graffiti background the city landscape has always been a primary source of inspiration. Ronzo was also heavily involved in the first Finders Keepers free street art exhibition in London, which kick-started the then unknown phenomenon now known as street art in the UK.

StolenSpace
Old Truman Brewery
91 Brick Lane
London
E1 6QL
020 7247 2684
http://www.stolenspace.com

Underground/Overground

2008-06-11T17:04:00.002-04:00

Underground/Overground is a group show and collaboration exhibition featuring graffiti artist CERN, street artist Billi Kid, photographer Elisha Cook Jr., and photo journalists James and Karia Murray. Large-scale photographs by James and Karia Murray become an environment for other artists to install their individual works. This collaboration brings together a ton of different mediums and styles in several powerful collages.

Artbreak Gallery
195 Grand St.
2nd floor
Williamsburg, NY
11211

May 30th - June 30th

DECK HEADS

2008-06-11T16:48:00.003-04:00

Amble Gallery and Books along with Exit Skateshop present DECK HEADS 2. Bigger and better than last year, Deck Heads 2 features almost 40 hand painted skateboards that will be part of a silent auction that will go towards the building of a new skate park in Fishtown, PA. The opening reception is Saturday June 14th at 6pm and the bidding starts at 7pm sharp and will end at 9pm. So don't miss out!

Amble Gallery and Books
1001 N. 2nd St. Suite 27
Philadelphia, PA 19123

June 14th - July 6th

BAST at Brookynite Gallery Grand Opening Show

2008-06-11T14:59:00.002-04:00

I got to check out the preview last night of the BAST show that just went up at the newly opened Brookynite Gallery in Bed Stuy Brooklyn (right around the corner from Biggie's high school!). I wanted to take home the gorilla for myself!

Thomas "Keramik" Mock

2008-06-11T13:12:00.003-04:00

One of the oldest writers from the Austria scene, Thomas "Keramik" Mock, has done a whole heap of things to push the image and perception of graffiti in Austria over the past few years. He organized an old power plant to use as studio space for graffiti artists, and helped organize the graffiti exhibition at the Museum of Young Art in Vienna. His work has been exhibited all over Europe and in Brazil and some of his pieces can be seen in the book "Graffiti Brasil".

Skullphone in Riverside Museum!

2008-06-10T16:30:00.003-04:00

This weekend Spazmat aka SKULLPHONE had a opening at the Riverside Art Museum. I was lucky enough to check it....
it runs till July 26th. If your in the area i highly recommend to go.

http://www.riversideartmuseum.org/exhibitions/

DONT MISS! - BAST SHOW! Tommorrow night! - NY

2008-06-09T17:58:00.003-04:00

Asbestos show - LA

2008-06-09T16:26:00.000-04:00

Skate deck show - RALEIGH

2008-06-06T10:43:00.001-04:00

Skullphone History Museum - LA

2008-06-06T10:29:00.001-04:00

Brooklyn's AdHoc Gallery does it again with Poets of the Paste

2008-06-05T23:32:00.003-04:00

Poets of the Paste
June 13th - July 13th, 2008
Opening Reception: Friday, June 13th, 2008

Poets of the Paste unites four figurative artists known for their striking images that comment on nature, contemporary society and the everyday lives we live. These artists transform public spaces to moments of private reflection with an emphasis on careful craftsmanship. ELBOW-TOE, Armsrock, Gaia, and Imminent Disaster have left their marks on the urban landscapes, generously giving their talent to the public, to time and to the elements. Now they bring their skills together at Ad Hoc Art; through drawings, stencils, paintings and block prints incorporated onto various media.

ADDRESS
49 Bogart Street
Buzzer 22, Unit 1G
Brooklyn, NY 11206
Tel: 718.366.2466
Fax: 866.599.7270
Online: info@adhocart.org

Skewville's new Factory Fresh space opens this Friday!

2008-06-04T15:44:00.003-04:00

A limited one weekend art show

Factory Fresh
Direct from Skewville

Grand Opening Party
This Friday, June 6th 6-10pm

Limited show only till
Saturday, June 7th 1-9pm

Skewville will transform this former brooklyn bodega into a Pop-Art Market for the galleries grand opening. Skewville has been making great advancements in the experimentation of street stamping technology along with revamping city materials to communicate phrases like "FRESH" and "FAME GAME". Yet, most know is Skewville's Sneaker mission, WHEN DOGS FLY, since 1999 they have been manufacturing fake wooden sneakers, which can be found tossed over thousands of power lines in your neighborhood and all over the world.

www.whendogsfly.com
www.skewville.org

For more information www.factoryfresh.net

Swoon's opening a couple days ago

2008-06-03T15:22:00.002-04:00

Most of you probably werent aware that Swoon was having a show on the 30th. That likely has something to do with the fact that it was more of an installation than a show.
The petite political powerhouse punched a hole in the Honey space gallery floor and installed her single piece on a wall surrounded by dank, musty rubble.
The show served to raise awareness for the senseless, unsolved and ongoing murders of women in Juarez, Mexico. The piece was a drawing of a woman, presumably recounting the story, mirrored on the pamphlet handed out at the opening, of her daughter's murder. Framed by a smattering of glass housed candles on the ground, and a handful of butterflies spilling from what should be her dress, in true Swoon style, the one piece managed to be haunting enough.
In tandem with the highly factual information detailed on the back of the show flyer Swoon made a real impact with her statement.
Get on the google train and find out more about the Juarez killings, and see what you can do to attract some attention to the situation.

Portrait of Sylvia Elena

A collaborative installation by Swoon and Tennessee Jane Watson

May 30- July 5, 2008

Opening reception: Friday, May 30, 6-8pm

Honey Space

148 11th Ave. btw 21st & 22nd
New York, New York

www.honey-space.com

Tonight in NYC!!!

2008-06-03T11:43:00.002-04:00

Nick Walker Auction Results

2008-06-02T16:35:00.006-04:00

British street artist, Nick Walker is one of the biggest names not only in urban art but in the world right now. On Tuesday May 13th at the famous Inaugural Contemporary Art Sale at Benhams in NYC Walker, who has been deemed Banksy's predecessor, auctioned off several of his earlier works including one of his most popular pieces the "Moona Lisa". Here are the results from the sale:

Moona Lisa (print), 2006

Estimate: $1,000 - 1,500
SOLD FOR $7,000

The Sergeant, 2005

Estimate: $10,000 - 15,000
SOLD FOR $50,000

White Panties, 2006

Estimate: $8,000- 12,000
SOLD FOR $37,000

London Morning After (print), 2007

Estimate: $4,000-6,000
SOLD FOR $12,000

Get em hooked while they're young...

2008-06-02T16:21:00.004-04:00

People of all ages can get down with coloring with the new Graffiti Coloring Book that features sixty of Scandinavia's best graffiti writers. Publishers, Dokument Florag have already released coloring books featuring subject matter such as gangster rap and George Dubya, so a graffiti themed book seems like a natural progression. You can choose the colors, or use the bold black outlines of a hand full of different styles as a pattern for a graffiti piece.

Bue show - GENT

2008-06-02T12:04:00.000-04:00

STEN AND LEX SHOW!! - LONDON

2008-06-02T11:03:00.000-04:00

SKULLPHONE at Riverside Art Museum!

2008-06-01T12:40:00.001-04:00

SKULLPHONE HISTORY MUSEUM
at the RIVERSIDE ART MUSEUM

opening reception: Saturday, June 7, 6-9pm
exhibition dates: June 3 - July 26, 2008

riverside art museum
3425 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501
www.riversideartmuseum.org
951.684.7111

sponsored by Volcom and CR&R Waste and Recycling Services

Bomb-It, the movie premier - LA

2008-05-31T09:18:00.002-04:00

If you are in Los Angeles or nearby you should definitely make it down for the premier of Bomb-It, Jon Reiss's new street art documentary. It's pretty stellar, and we're sponsoring the premier party with magazines. So hop down and get a free copy!

Holy shit it's Holy Sin!

2008-05-30T16:45:00.004-04:00

Just got a fresh batch of pics in of his work in Vienna.

Tomorrow night in New York Fuckin City:

2008-05-29T21:22:00.003-04:00

Make sure to get there early...

The Beautiful Beginning of a Beautiful Thing

2008-05-28T14:16:00.006-04:00

Dearest Oversprayers,
I am so thrilled to announce the first official OS Grates Mural - "So Here's the Story" by Ripo. Appropriately resembling a kind of title page for the project, Ripo's mural kicks off what we hope to be a long and happy relationship with these lovely grates (just around the corner from our offices, its located just south of the corner of Wyckoff and Willoughby, Jefferson stop on the L train).
Big thanks to Ad Hoc Gallery and Sabotaz

Visiting and local artists are all welcome to submit requests to paint one or both garage doors, so spread the word and email submissions to monica(dot)overspray(at)gmail(dot)com.
Keep an eye out for some nasty Austrian work coming soon :)

What's your definition of property?

2008-05-27T16:04:00.004-04:00

Brought to you by the great minds of Little People comes the Inner City Snail Project.

click here for more

A nationwide search? Really??

2008-05-27T13:54:00.005-04:00

Taken from the Montreal Gazette:

"Nationwide hunt for man accused of graffiti
Police say he may be headed for Montreal

Saskatoon police issued a Canada-wide warrant Friday for an alleged graffiti artist after Vancouver police tipped them off about his cross-Canada travel plans.

Victor Briestensky, 20, is charged with two counts of mischief under $5,000 and four counts of breach of a recognizance order. Police allege Briestensky's "tag" - a symbol identifying his graffiti work - was found at least once in Saskatoon and twice in Regina.

Investigators believe he is headed for Montreal and may try to leave the country.

Vancouver Province"

Seen in Vienna

2008-05-27T13:31:00.003-04:00

--- SMURF ---

BAST show - BROOKLYN!

2008-05-23T15:35:00.001-04:00

Books brings it

2008-05-22T16:34:00.005-04:00

Our boy Books III has a new project. Inquire for prices:

shows at Pure Evil gallery

2008-05-21T17:00:00.000-04:00

No New Enemies

2008-05-21T15:24:00.005-04:00

"No New Enemies," a group show featuring Neasden Control Centre, Boris Hoppek, Alex Diamond, Bo 130, Microbo, Morcky, the Bogue, and Wayne Horse among many other artists, wrapped up in Brussels over the weekend at Les Nuits Botanique. The show was amazing! Take a look at some pictures.

Electric Windows

2008-05-21T14:42:00.007-04:00

Our friends Dan and Kalene from Thundercut and Open Space pulled off their show, "Electric Windows" in Beacon, NY this past weekend. 24 artists came together to create live artwork and to have their work installed on the exterior of a 19th century factory building. Overspray-endorsed artist, ILOVEMYBOO, had a piece in one of the windows. The opening went off great, and the exterior exhibit will be up for you to see for the next 12 months. The inside show is only going till June 7th though. Definitely check this out!

Electric Windows
May 17th - June 7th
Open Space Gallery
510 Main St.
Beacon, NY

www.openspacebeacon.com
www.thundercut.com
www.electricwindowsbeacon.com

cut up

2008-05-21T12:25:00.002-04:00

be there

2008-05-21T11:52:00.001-04:00

2008-05-20T13:54:00.000-04:00

Be sure not to miss this one

we are sponsoring this here party

2008-05-19T16:00:00.000-04:00

get a free magazine if you're lucky..

I Can Has Street Art

2008-05-19T14:04:00.006-04:00

For all you internet geeks out there, it seems a band of intrepid SF-ites have painted the world's largest LOLcat on the side of a building. Sources report that, once the work was done, they went to eat cheezburgers.

Check out more coverage here: http://laughingsquid.com/the-worlds-largest-lolcat-invisible-bike-mural/

(thanks for the tip, Fay)

Knitta Please in New York

2008-05-14T14:47:00.001-04:00

Hello From Westside....

2008-05-14T14:35:00.001-04:00

Adbusters magazine says 'STREET ART IS DEAD"

2008-05-14T13:10:00.001-04:00

Sometime in the autumn of 2006, an anonymous figure began a campaign in the pre-dawn streets of New York. Armed with paint cans and propaganda, he set out to cast a blight upon once sacred images. With furious, brightly colored bursts, wall after wall of celebrated street art was systematically obliterated. Revolutionary creativity does not shock or entertain the bourgeoisie, read communiqués posted at the scene, it destroys them. Deriding street artists as “advance scouts for capital,” the Splasher, as he came to be known, was issuing a proclamation.

The first evidence of a rising discontent came in the summer. It began with the artist known as Swoon. In a world filled with violent color and provocative imagery, her work stood apart - restrained and serene. Her ethereal figures quietly populated the city’s bridge embankments and back alleys bringing a haunting, humanistic quality to otherwise drab urban areas. Then someone started crossing out their eyes. In large black letters, the words SOLD TO MoMA were stenciled next to the newly blind.

It’s a cycle that has become all too familiar. Anything subversive, anything meant to disrupt the status quo and challenge traditional models of thought and behavior is eventually adopted into the mainstream it is swimming against. Once caught in the currents of convention, it becomes powerless. Just another commodity to be traded in the system. Swoon had long been regarded as a holdout, not to be counted among artists growing increasingly more inclined to traffic with the consumer culture they were meant to be undermining. But then she sold. Whether an out should be affixed remains a matter of opinion. One thing is clear – the sale of her work signaled to someone that she had lost sight of the mission.

The splashing began last November. And though Swoon was among the first to be hit, she was no longer alone. What was originally conceived as the antipode to a gallery culture that focused too much attention on the individual was now producing megawatt stars of its own. The brighter an artist’s work shone on the street, the more likely it was to draw the ire of the Splasher. This fact gave rise to an obvious and widely propagated theory: the Splasher resented success. Perhaps he was a jealous artist unable to garner the same attention paid to the darlings of the scene. Or maybe a misguided revolutionary clinging naïvely to the idealistic notion that true artists must remain uncorrupted by the forces of capitalism. Either way, his criticisms were dismissed as bullshit.

After all, he did hit a Banksy.

In the soaring pantheon of street art, none sits on high quite like the mythic Briton. When he descended upon Williamsburg, a Brooklyn neighborhood teetering on the precipice of gentrification, the piece he bestowed there was widely heralded as a gift. Stenciled on the face of an otherwise unremarkable building, a small girl skips rope blissfully unaware that the cord she grips in her small hands originates from a nearby electrical box. A young boy raised on painted toes stands poised to flip the switch. The work was a pristine example of the graceful commentary the world has come to expect from the enigmatic artist. When the Splasher defaced it, he committed the ultimate act of blasphemy. In wounded awe, we mouthed a collective why?

From the Splasher’s communiqué: A Dadaist once smashed a clock, dipped the pieces in ink, pressed the ink-soaked pieces against a sheet of paper and had it framed. His purpose was to criticize the modernist idealization of efficiency. Rather than inspiring the widespread smashing of clocks and the re-evaluation of time in society, the piece of paper itself has become a sought-after commodity.

Banksy’s work is largely found on walls. It can be found on the working-class walls of Bristol, the wall erected to further define the separation between Israel and the occupied territories and on walls in the Los Angeles home of actor Brad Pitt. Last year, the sale of his work broke records at Sotheby’s.

The underground art scene whipped itself into a frenzy trying to uncover the Splasher’s identity. Having suffered the desecration of Banksy, there was a universal thirst for blood. The blogosphere was set ablaze in rumor and online tribunals formed in which suspects were named, tried and convicted by a jury of their virtual peers. It all became very simple. The Splasher was a villain and the artists were his victims. The artists, it was decided, must be protected.

But it wasn’t them he was after – it was us.

All art is subject to the same evolutionary cycle. It is created, absorbed into collective consciousness and then coveted. It’s not enough that it exists, it must be owned. Street art grew out of a resistance to this fact. It was a fuck you to the fastidious little gallery owner and his 50 percent cut. A rejection of the exploitative nature of the collector. It was democratic rebellion. Art for everyone. But then we started buying it. And now we, as a culture who demand ownership and insist that art be hung on gleaming white walls, are the ones being splashed.

you are bummed if you are not in the Netherlands..

2008-05-13T08:47:00.001-04:00

This just in from the ZonenKinder:

'Hello there,

we would like to announce the upcoming group-exhibition we are taking part in. The exhibition is called "STREETVISION" feat. l`atlas, lastplak, klub7, d-struct, bitches in control, super a, zonenkinder and many more (you can find the official flyer in the attachment) and will take place in Breda, Netherlands from 23rd may - 29th june 2008!

For further informations please check: www.noisivision.nl/streetvision

all the best
peace.
Carolin&Philipp

--
Zonenkinder Collective

www.zonenkindercollective.de.vu'

NOV YORK CITY

2008-05-12T13:48:00.002-04:00

Factory Fresh opens! - the new Orchard Street Art Gallery

2008-05-12T10:13:00.003-04:00

Our friends Ad and Ali (of Skewville and Pufferella fame) are launching their new space in Bushwick in June! Finally!
If you dont know, Ad and Ali are the former proprietors of the Orchard Street Art Gallery. Early home to what we now know as the New York street art scene's infant coughs and murmurs. Nod respectful props to them and come show some love. NOT TO BE MISSED.

The people and the space, in their own words:
'Factory Fresh is the newest space brought to you by Ali Ha and Ad Devillle formerly of Orchard Street Art Gallery in Manhatten's Lower East Side. SInce 2002 Ali and Ad have shown the art of themselves and the art of fellow artist they met in the global street art scene and in the NYC Community. Many people consider their gallery to be the first and only street art gallery during their time on Orchard Street.

High hopes & new horizons lead Ad and Ali with their latest space Factory Fresh aiming to push the art boundries further bringing the latest art works from the freshest artists around the globe and always at factory direct prices.

Factory Fresh Opens During the Bushwick Open Studios weekend Friday June 6, 2008 from 6pm-10pm. And Saturday June 7 from 1-9pm.

Factory Fresh is located at 1053 Flushing Avenue between Morgan and Knickerbocker, off the L train Morgan Stop'

The Show:
FACTORY FRESH
direct from
SKEWVILLE

'Grand Opening Party
Friday, June 6th 6-9pm

Limited show only till
Saturday, June 7th 1-9pm

Skewville will transform this former brooklyn bodega into a Pop-Art Market for the galleries grand opening. Skewville has been making great advancements in the experimentation of street stamping technology along with revamping city materials to communicate phrases like “FRESH” and “FAME GAME”.

Yet, most know is Skewville’s Sneaker mission, WHEN DOGS FLY, since 1999 they have been manufacturing fake wooden sneakers, which can be found tossed over thousands of power lines in your neighborhood and all over the world.

www.whendogsfly.com
www.skewville.org'

WWW.FACTORYFRESH.NET

Kofie'One relaunches his dope website!

2008-05-12T09:44:00.010-04:00

Long time Overspray golden child, Kofie'One of Los Angeles, has relaunched his website. This man is hands down one of the most talented young artists working today. Prolific doesnt begin to approach defining his work ethic. Here are a smattering of images grabbed from his new website. Have a gander and keep an eye out for the storm.
www.keepdrafting.com

Some of his dope photography with a polaroid Land camera:

hit it

2008-05-09T21:29:00.001-04:00

Game time: Spot Shepard Fairey

2008-05-09T18:19:00.003-04:00

Ok so I am a nerd for neon and sparkly things. However, Shepard Fairey's pro-Obama posters, as well as the man himself, feature heavily in this video from Daedelus and Sa-Ra frontman Taz Arnold. See if ya find him-- it ain't too hard.

Arizona Heads, Represent on May 30

2008-05-09T18:16:00.000-04:00

Brand X custom Tee Shirts and Disposable Hero present:
Academics – Art, Music & Fashion Friday May 30^th.
ac·a·dem·ics -learned or scholarly but lacking in worldliness, common sense, or practicality. That is a great way to explain the art world of yesteryear. Yet in this time and age there seems to be many pseudonyms for contemporary art and urban mediums.
When an artist starts in a street or public setting and then brings that medium inside we aim to label it "Street Art." As to avoid labeling it what it is, Graffiti. Friday May 30^th we welcome back an Arizona local who was notorious in the street scene merely 12 months ago. Pandas are the driving force that the viewer draws familiarity to witnessing in his work. This weekend that friendly smile and tenacity for "getting over" come to Brand X Clothing. This show is packed with multi mediums that thread together the exhibit like a tapestry of tastes throughout a visual stimulus for the observers taking.
The art displayed is ranging from Wheat paste to silk screen & water colors.
When fusing street art into the gallery format you often risk losing the look and feel that appeal to the work. Yet with this exhibit Disposable Hero brings a group of heavy hitters to support. Additional art featured: Local legend Mad One, HMPH, DOVE & FVS. There work combined can be seen on many street corners, back alleys and street stop signs covering the Arizona landscape.

Come join us for an evening of Art, Music & Fashion.
Details: Brand X Custom Tee Shirts - 414 S Mill Ave. Suite 120. Tempe AZ
PH: 480-200-2833
Friday May 30^th. Time 7PM – 11PM
www.brandxstore.com

Escape the rain tonight with this opening in Brooklyn

2008-05-09T18:14:00.000-04:00

Move 16: Don't Paint With Your Teeth

A Group Show of ballpoint pen, pencil and sharpie drawings

Curated by Rich Jacobs

May 9th - June 8th 2008

Opening Reception Friday May 9th 2008 7 - 10pm

Mark Gonzales, Matt Leines, Chris Shary, Caroline Hwang, Rachel Sumpter,

Rich Jacobs, Chris Mendoza, Neckface, Eric White, Suzanne Sattler,

Erika Borboa, Brian Chippendale, Diane Barcelowsky, Maya Hayuk, David

Ellis, Jeff Ladouceur, Theo Ellsworth, Hisham Bharoocha, Travis

Millard, Mel Kadel, Allyson Mellberg, Justin Williams, Garry Davis,

Irene Cho, Davd Aron, James Kirkpatrick, Jojo Li, Jordin Isip, Melinda

Beck,Tim Kerr, Taylor Mckimens, Daniel Higgs, Jim ,Ryan and Casey

Gallagher, John Orth, Sto, Daniel Davidson, Pam Morris-Gallagher, Phil

Franklin, Christine Shields, Andrew Scott, Pat Delaney, Mike Boul,

Moses, Dennis and Loreto Remsing, Kelie Bowman, Kate Hurowitz, Carl

Dunn, Oliver Rosenberg, Oliver Harkness, Rodger Bridges, Tod Swank,

Cassie Ramone, Olivia Shoa, Bill and Christopher Sprague, Kostas

Seremetis, Megan Hanrahan, Misaki Kawai and TONS more!

Move 16: Don't Paint Your Teeth, marks the 2nd group drawing show at

Cinders curated by artist Rich Jacobs. The guidelines for this one:

Make a drawing using either ballpoint pen, pencil, or sharpie on an

8.5" x 11" sheet of white paper. This show brings art back to its most

basic and raw form of drawing and with materials that everyone has

access to. This DIY creative spirit runs throughout the show, which

includes a diverse array of artists that spans several generations

from around the globe. There will be a limited edition zine catalogue

made to go along with the show in the very near future!

Cinders Gallery

103 Havemeyer st.

Btwn Hope and Grand St.

Williamsburg Brooklyn

718-388-2311

urban photojournalism show - LA

2008-05-08T13:45:00.003-04:00

Go check this out. So what you missed the opening party.

Titi Freak show at Levine - May 17th

2008-05-07T20:25:00.002-04:00

Titi Freak
Vida Apaixonada
Solo Exhibition

May 17th - June 14th, 2008
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 17th, 7pm - 9pm

Jonathan LeVine Gallery
529 West 20th Street, 9E
New York, NY 10011

the Orphan act - making it legal to steal your images!

2008-05-07T14:28:00.001-04:00

This just in from Simon Ampel:
This is appalling, congress is attempting to pass this "Orphan Works act", that would make it so anybody who wants to use an image that you created would only have to attempt to find out who created it. (I.E. erase your signature in photoshop, and say they couldn't find out who the artist is) and then it's their's to use however they like. If you create images, you would have to register each and every one with one of several new registration companies to be protected. Go to the site below, and use it to send one of their prewritten letters to your congress peoples (takes 1.25 minutes). Then forward this to everyone it'd affect. This is for real, I've looked into it, If it goes through I'll take every piece of artwork that I've got on the web down. You can read the bill, and more about it here -> (http://www.sellyourtvconceptnow.com/orphan.html)
Thanks

FROM THE ILLUSTRATORS' PARTNERSHIP

Take Action: Don't Let Congress Orphan Our Work

We've set up an online site for visual artists to e-mail their Senators and Representatives with one click.

This site is open to professional artists, photographers and any member of the image-making public.

We've provided sample letters from individuals representing different sectors of the visual arts.

If you're opposed to the Orphan Works act, this site is yours to use.

For international artists and our colleagues overseas, we've provided a special link, with a sample letter and instructions as to whom to write.

2 minutes is all it takes to write Congress and protect your copyright:

http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home/

Please forward this message to every artist you know.

If you received our mail as a forwarded message, and wish to be added to our mailing list, email us at: illustratorspartnership@cnymail.com
Place "Add Name" in the subject line, and provide your name and the email address you want used in the message area.

Disstopia: Upcoming Ronzo show in London

2008-05-07T12:46:00.008-04:00

StolenSpace Gallery proudly presents "Disstopia," a show featuring all new canvases, collages, installations, and drawings by 'vandal extraordinaire,' Ronzo. The solo exhibit is based on the artist's visions of a post-apocalyptic City of London.

StolenSpace, Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane

19th June - 06th July 2008

You Love to Hate

2008-05-07T11:54:00.005-04:00

We posted a while back about this show in Florida that we sponsored, Dustin Orlando's "You Love to Hate". It went off and was a success. Here are some images of Orlando's art.

graffiti tour

2008-05-07T10:19:00.001-04:00

This too is happening, courtesy of the heads at Albus Cavus:

Poster show in Hungary - open call

2008-05-07T10:18:00.000-04:00

Got this in the olde inbox today:

"Let's Paste!

We are organizing a big INTERNATIONAL POSTER EXHIBITON at Budapest, Hungary this summer. At 19th of July

We would like to collect a big whack of posters from all over the world, from the most artist is possible. After that we have the material we, the organizers, will paste them up to create a huge montage, build up from several posters in several styles, in which the pieces are reflecting and being interaction with each others. The final work must be fantastic!

We also try to invite some famous and recognized artists to come here and build them stuff in the whole by themselves. And of course if any of you can come here we will try everything to help you have a nice stay in Budapest.

If you would like to take part in this great event, and take part in a big collaboration work with many others, which will be hold next to an International Graffiti Contest, you don't have much thing to do, just:

Send us a some pictures of your previous works to
posterartbudapest@gmail.com

Get your posters, design, stencils, digital prints, and everything else you put on the street
Print, spray, draw or use any technique to make your posters
Roll it up and send it to us to

Boross Gábor

HUNGARY

1025 Budapest,

Kavics Street 7.

DEADLINE is the 10th of July

Hope we will meet your work, and maybe you too soon. You will be able to check out the work process at an online gallery soon.

ALL MISSING INFORMATION WILL BE REFINED SOON. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FEEL FREE TO SEND US A MAIL AT

posterartbudapest@gmail.com"

Photos sent in by Tyler Kline

2008-05-05T13:10:00.004-04:00

AlexOne show coming up!

2008-05-01T08:57:00.000-04:00

Props to Zoo York skate team for a marketing strategy that will survive the apocalypse...

2008-04-30T16:32:00.004-04:00

The Zoo York guys made tiny stencils of their logo, slapped em on the backs of a bunch of cockroaches, and freaked out the squares on Wall St. Check out the video.

Flex Yr Nuts/ Judith Supine's "Dirt Mansion"

2008-04-30T12:37:00.007-04:00

Chances are if you've walked the streets of New York over the past year you've witnessed Judith Supine's out-of-skull creations first hand: A figure, 50' in scale, clinging to the Manhattan Bridge, in all its oft-neon glory; another, rounded and menacing bobbing along the East River on an inner-tube, grinning as on-lookers stop to point and gawk; and their peers--a veritable army of colorfully contorted caricatures staring down passers-by through a thin layer of wheat paste. The renowned street artist's growing catalogue of mangled collage-based beings, and his reputation for doing some seriously balls-all-the-way-out-the-fly-of-your-jeans guerilla installations (Supine tossed a piece up on the window of the U.S. army recruitment office in Time Square!) have unsurprisingly provoked a ton of buzz for his first NYC solo exhibition.

In early April, at the opening of "Dirt Mansion," English Kills Gallery in Bushwick was transformed into a funhouse, where Supine's quintessential large-scale creations wound attendees through a small UV soaked maze. Like other street artists, Banksy and Faile, Supine chose to open his one-man show at a small warehouse, as opposed to a well-established gallery. This gave him the ability to utilize every inch of space. The black-light brought his flourescent giants to life, as they glared down on the crowd from every angle. A huge set of neon hands at the back of the space held a pair of scissors and snipped away at its own digits, which was demonstrative of Supine's own unique style. He puts his own twist on the age old art of d.i.y. cut and paste collage work (in the vein of punk rock flyer art). he pulls his material from the bowels of city dumpsters--tossed out magazines and newspapers, which he arranges to his liking, enlarges via a photocopier, paints, and then what pastes to his chosen canvas.

For the show, he also built a series of warped miniature-scale haunted houses (dirt mansions, I suppose). Tiny windows on the houses served as peep-holes into nightmarish dioramas--scenes that featured fat cats and their pearl-studded trophy wives enjoying an after diner cocktail alongside grim-faced soldiers sporting head-wounds. His rearrangement of texts has an eerie satirical quality. Supine pokes at the doughy physique of contemporary American culture, and a generations complete disaffection to real suffering that exists outside of the general poor sap's concept of a bad day (The train took forever this morning, and so-and-so got eliminated from American idol!). Supine's "Dirt Mansion," which is a perfect transition from the artist's usual arena of the streets to a gallery show, will echo in the heads of its viewers, a few choice words from E.E. Cummings, who he quotes by saying, "there is some shit I will not eat."

Spotted (NYC): Amadeo and Simone Pace enjoying the newest issue of Overspray...

2008-04-30T12:10:00.005-04:00

Ya know, from that band Blonde Redhead... Get with it!

stencil festival in LONDON

2008-04-30T10:49:00.002-04:00

The Cans Festival is an all day street party celebrating Stencil Art.
The exact location will be released 10:30am on Friday, some already confirmed artists are Vexta, Prism, Bandit, Roadsworth, Faile, and Banksy.
It's an open event, people are welcome to come and put up their own work- if you're in London this definitely can't be missed!

Sketch city, this weekend - MELBOURNE

2008-04-30T09:50:00.001-04:00

Saturday

2008-04-29T15:39:00.000-04:00

From the ELC Crew

Shepard Fairey Threatens to Sue Artist For Parodying His Work

2008-04-28T15:47:00.004-04:00

Shepard Fairey recently sent a cease and desist letter to self proclaimed "Propaganda Re-Engineer" Baxter Orr. The 26 year old based out of Austin, Texas has been parodying some of Fairey's work, including the well known Andre The Giant image, and allegedly has been reselling prints of Fairey's work on Ebay. The threat has kicked up a lot of discussion over Fairey's artwork and his right to be calling someone out on copyright infringement.

"I'm pursuing this out of principal. I have principals and Orr does not. A gross over-simplification of the situation could lead a lazy person to think that I'm a hypocrite for pursuing Orr because, in basic terms, we both use reinterpreted appropriated imagery. The key difference is in our motivations and my willingness to take responsibility for the things I do."

"Baxter maintains that Shepard's always been a big inspiration, and that his recreations are not malicious, but rather ironic, "I wanted to parody the guy who parodies everything. He's based his career off this. If he gets mad at this, he's become just like Tide detergent or Coca-Cola."

(Resource: www.animalnewyork.com)

Check out these two links for more information:
Link 1
Link 2

"NoNewEnemies - BM2" featuring microbo, BO130, Morcky & TheBoghe at HeliumCowboy Artspace

2008-04-28T14:58:00.001-04:00

Our good friends Microbo and BO130 recently showcased some of their work at the HeliumCowboy Artspace in Hamburg, Germany. Check out the pics below (click HERE to see more!):

Seen..

2008-04-28T12:15:00.001-04:00

On a water tower on the border of (piece facing towards) the lower 9th ward in New Orleans, LA. There is a giant heart just to the right of the words, visible from the bridge crossing from 8th to 9th wards. The lower 9th is the neighborhood that was hit the hardest by Katrina, and obviously the neighborhood most in need of positivity and love (of one's boo or otherwise). There was a shocking lack of street art in New Orleans in general..

girl show at Fuse, NYC

2008-04-26T09:45:00.000-04:00

coming this summer!!

2008-04-23T16:09:00.003-04:00

OS 8 - the LOVE issue

Bomb it! The Movie

2008-04-23T14:26:00.002-04:00

Bomb It, the global graffiti documentary, coming to NYC:

Fri. April 25 - Thu. May 8, 2008

Cinema Village
22 East 12th St.
New York, NY 10003
212-924-3363

PREMIER PARTY!!

Friday, April 25th
"Bomb It Premiere Party"

The Plumm
246 W. 14th Street
New York, NY 10011

9:00pm - 2:00am
FREE
Entertainment TBA
Open Bar 9:30 ñ- 10:30

sponsored by AriZona All City NRG, Bombin' Magazine

For more info go here

Pixel Sickness

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... Stole this gem from Gothamist

Justin Bua at the Limited Addiction Gallery

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Justin Bua at the Limited Addiction Gallery

825 Santa Fe Drive • Denver, CO 80204 825 Santa Fe Drive • Denver, CO 80204

04.26.08 through 05.24.08

Opening reception Saturday, April 26th, 7-10pm
Artist in attendance

Limited Addiction Gallery presents an exhibition of Justin BUA’s work entitled "BUA Musicology".