Notes from Wien - Updates from Inoperable Gallery

"The French are back in Vienna with a whole new project! This time with the new president of the C215 Collective, Samantha, she will be presenting her new book Stencil History X. Until now the book has only been available in certain high profile shops in cities like Paris, Barcelona, and Los Angeles. Now, as of Thursday the book will finally be available in Austria. To accompany the release of the book, Samantha and Christian have brought over a hell of alot of stencils and artworks from artists in the book.

Some of the artists who will be shown in the exhibition are the top Stencil artists in the world which include: DNM (AT), Logan Hicks (US), Broken Crow (US), Sten (IT), Orticanoodles (IT), Btoy (SP), Alto*Contraste (BR), Doctor H (BEL), Kostar (BEL), C215 (FR), Janaundjs - Isbach (FR), Artiste-Ouvrier (FR), Mosko et Associés (FR), EZP (FR), Espylon Point (FR), Spliff Gachette (FR), Pixal Parazit (FR), Sadhu (FR), YZ Open Your Eyes (FR), Stew (FR), SPizz (FR) and others...

So gather your ultra cool friends, and come to INOPERAbLE this Thursday , March 13th starting at 19 o'clock. A couple of the artists will be present to sign the book and whatever else you want with their stencils and so on.

Hope to see you soon,
401RUSH

ps. Dont forget on Friday, Graffiti Research Lab will be doing Drip sessions and Laser Tagging on the Mumok! To keep your week full of Graffiti!!!!!"

JR in Africa

TRAILER " WOMEN ARE HEROES"
by JR

Tyler Kline show in PA

Somebody wanna tell me why Pennsylvania is getting all the effin love?

Tyler Kline and Mike McGovern

"These Ghost that Haunt Us"

Little Berlin
Friday March 21st opens at 6PM
119 West Montgomery, Philadelphia, PA 19122

oh fuckin wow

Thanks Ali..

Big group show tomorrow - a must if youre in the right place

Overspray display

Will Verity, long time Overspray reader from Bristol, as well as adorable 16 year old product design student, recently sent us this little charming show of adoration. We love you too Will.

Gem from the road

On our first EVER Overspray roadtrip to Philly we found the gem of a building, just chillin, empty, in the middle of the city.

Which do you like better?

Ours??



or the city of Santa Ana's??

TONIGHT! Ellis G and Kimyon

TONIIIIIIGHT, TONIIIIIIIGHT, checkity check it! Overspray is happy to sponsor the first pairing of Ellis G. (Material issue chalk master) and Kimyon.

Come one come all! Drink! Be Merry! Get the new issue of Overspray!!
oh, and see art :)

NY Times does a video about Berlin graffiti

In my humble opinion, this dude's cocky attitude about the lenient crackdowns on graf in Berlin is just asking for trouble. You decide for yourself.

http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_story=9bbd2777de68f048dff2a6938e911e86c9a02eae

pure evil

Overkill Berlin

Hello world, it's James phoning home from Berlin again. Apparently this is the official European hot spot for street art and graffiti. I say official because the New York Times ran an article about the scene here a few days ago. If you found your way to this website, chances are the article will seem a little square, but they posted a cool video to go along with it, and interviewed Thomas, one of the co-owners of Overkill.


The times I've visited, I've been psyched on the store's whole scenario-- more dope paints and inks than you can fathom, priced reasonably. In a city where hardware stores charge 7-10 Euros for a can of spray paint, Overkill sells Montana and Molotow for 3 and 4. Then again, stores in Berlin don't keep their paint locked up, so chances are a lot of the paint you see up on walls didn't get paid for at all...


The staff is helpful and they also have a serious selection of DVD's and magazines, one of the best I've seen anywhere. They've also got all types of stupid fresh exclusive clothes and sneakers, if you're into that.


They also run a sick blog that gets updated daily with vintage hip hop videos, an online store, and"Overkill Classic" as Michael called it. So yeah, these guys deserve pretty much any shine they have coming their way.


James out.

Save the night!

Overspray is proud to sponsor our boy Ellis G. (Materials issue darling) and Kimyon in their first joint venture together.

Come one come all! Drink! Be Merry! Get the new issue of Overspray!!
oh, and see art :)

Bue had a show in Belgium

The Dark show - Montreal

BIG group show in Italy..

FYI - From Jonathan Levine

Greetings everyone,
 we have some very unfortunate news to report.

On Wednesday, February 27th at approximately 5pm, an original drawing by Lori Earley was stolen directly off the wall of her current solo exhibition, Fade to Gray, which just opened at the gallery this past weekend. We are releasing this as our official public announcement to alert our clients, collectors, and friends, of this incident—spreading awareness in the hopes that someone comes forward with information leading to the whereabouts of the missing piece.

This drawing “Untitled” was the only piece without a title in the current exhibition. The unframed dimensions are 10"H x 8"W, and when stolen, it was in an elaborate white frame, measuring 16"H x 14"W with about a 3” depth. We have included a photo of the drawing in question, for your reference and identification.

Both the gallery and the artist are extremely upset and disappointed by this theft. We are quite shocked that someone would brazenly steal from us in the middle of the day. We apologize to anyone planning on seeing the exhibition (which is up through March 22, 2008), who will experience the show without the missing piece.

We have a description of the suspect and are currently working with police to try to identify him. Our incident coincided with reports of additional robberies that occurred in galleries on the 4th and 2nd floors of our building, within the same time period. A man fitting the same description was seen in all three galleries, just moments before each robbery occurred.

All reports confirm that the suspect in question is a white male, approximately 6’2” tall, in his mid-to-late thirties. He was seen wearing a blue baseball hat with a navy blue backpack, and he spoke with a very heavy New York accent.

We would greatly appreciate any help you might have with finding the missing work. If you or anyone you know has information as to who might have committed this theft or leads on possible location of the stolen drawing, please contact the gallery immediately at (212) 243-3822 or info@jonathanlevinegallery. We are offering a reward for its return.

We greatly appreciate your attention and cooperation regarding this matter.

Thank you,
Jonathan LeVine
 


Brraaaazziiiiiiiilllllll

My boy Jonathan Kreinik (www.myspace.com/jnthnjnthn) just sent me these pictures he took in Sao Paolo. Dope.

BLACKBOOKS exhibition!

Shepard Fairey Barack Obama tees

T-shirts to Support Barack Obama
SAN FRANCISCO, February 25, 2008 – In an ongoing effort to secure Democratic hopeful Barack Obama's presidential bid, The 008, Shepard Fairey and Upper Playground are working together to create T-shirts of Fairey’s popular Obama campaign posters to be distributed throughout Texas prior to the primary on March 4, 2008. In the past month, Fairey announced his endorsement of Obama by creating a limited run of posters adorned with a portrait of the Senator along with the words “Hope” and “Progress” that have become defining slogans of his campaign.

adventures in south america.

Above and Ripo's epic tour of South America continues, the boys painting and word playing their way through 6 months south of the border. Read tales of gun point robberies, busted wrists from too much painting, and what the warm world looks like this time of year, here: http://southcentraltour.wordpress.com/.

CircleCulture

Greetings from Berlin. I went to check out the 'Berliner Strasse' show at Circleculture in Mitte before it got taken down last weekend and snagged a couple pictures.






The artists featured were Anton Unai, Marok, Jaybo, A. Ciudad Witzel, Daniel Tagno, Neon, and Nomad. Their next show, featuring Sister Corita, is opening soon. Check it all out on their website.

"Made from love" at the Bronx Museum

Presented by Lady K Fever

The Bronx Museum Project Space
11 Bruckner Boulevard
(at the corner of Lincoln Boulevard)



Launching February 23 at The Bronx Museum's new Project Space, Made From Love explores
the myths that surround the graffiti movement. Graffiti as an art movement has
transcended age, gender, race, culture, and class, which is revolutionary in a world
that finds boundaries with all these issues. From pioneers to inspiring new artists,
graffiti writers have been transforming walls in New York and around the world since
the 1970's with the intent of creating their work from love.


Artists on view:
Acet, Andreis Costa, Alex Neroulias, Amor, Cap, Ces, Clark, Col, Cope, Diva, Drust,
©EllisG, Esther Sanchez, Erotica 67, Ewok, Fever, Flo Shapiro, Gabriel Garcia, Ghost,
Indie, Jes One, Ka, KEL1st, Kem 1, Kool, Kurse, Lauren Adelman, Luz, Med, Madge One,
Ovie, Peak, Rath, Ribz, Shiro, SMK, Seik, Sest, Serp, Sife, Smash, Sergio Perez, Swoon,
T-Kid, Themo, Tracy 168, Veng, Yes, and Zori


The use of the Project Space is kindly made possible through the generosity of Gordon
Roth.

The Bronx Museum of the Arts receives ongoing general operating support from The New
York City Department of Cultural Affairs with the cooperation of Bronx Borough
President Adolfo Carrion, Jr., and the Bronx Delegation of the New York City Council;
New York State Council on the Arts; Bronx Delegation of the New York State Assembly;
and private supporters.
For more information, please contact 718.681.6000

Directions:

By Train
6 train to 3rd Avenue/138th Street
Exit near intersection of Grand Concourse and E 138th St
Start out going South on Grand Concourse towards E 138th St
Turn left onto E 138th St
Turn right onto Lincoln Ave
Turn right onto Bruckner Blvd

KRink in the new york times

ganked from the New York Times magazine:

In his 1999 book “The Art of Getting Over,” Stephen Powers (also known as Espo) profiled and catalogued the work of several dozen fellow graffiti artists. Among them was KR, known for drippy silver tags around San Francisco and also for the unusual material he made them with. “Krink,” Powers explained, “is a homemade silver ink” that was “developed in the KR kitchen.” Back then, KR, who says he stopped writing graffiti years ago and is thus more comfortable being known as Craig Costello, never figured his “Krink” would be known beyond that circle — let alone that it would become a brand name on his custom-designed ink and markers, sold in boutiques and specialty shops in the U.S., Europe and Japan.

“There was never, ever, ever the idea that I would make any money off it,” says Costello, who is 36 and lives in New York. “There wasn’t a brand, or a business plan, or a concept of anything like that.” Costello does a bit of freelance design work as well as various art projects. (The New York arts organization Eyebeam invited him last year to spruce up the facade of its Chelsea headquarters with copious amounts of Krink, as well as paint applied via fire extinguisher.) But today the Krink product line is his most steady source of income.




The evolution of KR’s ink from something a guy made to illegally tag city streets into a brand available in slick retail settings mirrors the way graffiti — or the graffiti aesthetic — has been absorbed into pop culture over a period of decades. Growing up in Queens in the 1980s, Costello was exposed to an earlier iteration of graffiti. This was back when a lot more people called it rank vandalism, and “street art” had yet to become a tactic used to market cars and electronics — or a look mimicked by tony fashion designers. Some at the time used home-brew ink markers; Costello recalls a recipe involving mimeograph paper soaked in alcohol overnight and mixed with a bit of nail-polish remover. A felt chalkboard eraser — stolen school supplies were a common base material — completed a tool for making a “mop tag” (the makeshift marker being the “mop”).

The formula he developed — he’s cagey about specifics — resulted in a metallic look and an expressionist drip effect. He sometimes scrawled the word “Krink” on the side of soda bottles that he filled with the stuff for friends, but that was more of a joke than a branding strategy. It wasn’t until around 2000, after he returned to New York, that the owners of Alife, a street-culture store on the Lower East Side, suggested it could sell. It did: 20 bottles, then 40, then 80. Over time, Costello started working with a manufacturer to make $10 “squeeze markers” (a bit like a shoe-polish bottle) and more penlike markers with wide tips ($8) that fill with ink through a pump-action mechanism. There are now nine Krink colors. There are also Krink T-shirts and sweatshirts made in collaboration with Alife and sold in various boutiques like the trendsetting shop Colette in Paris. (Colette’s Web site was recently decorated with a photo of Costello’s dripping Krink streaks.)

Krink’s packaging has a crisp, minimalist look that doesn’t scream graffiti, precisely to leave the door open to a wider audience than taggers. “This is an artists’ tool, a tool for creativity,” Costello maintains. His own gallery shows have included Krink on wood, on latex and on at least one trash can. Still, visit Krink

.com and you’ll see plenty of Krink on public walls and mailboxes. (Krink “changed the look of vandalism” in New York, an expert on such matters, known as Earsnot, told Juxtapoz magazine not long ago.) “O.K., it has a history,” Costello allows. “But our future is about broadening out the audience.”

In fact, the next Krink product is a fine-point marker. And the brand does present a different image than much of what is in online stores openly selling “graffiti supplies.” (On the Run markers, for example, feature a logo of a shadowy guy running with a spray-paint can.) Plenty of young artists have told Costello they love the Krink look — but they’re not graffiti writers and don’t intend to start. So when he talks about expanding into a product line that will make sense in a Pearl Paint store, or even a Michael’s, it’s a sentiment with more pragmatic origins than avoiding demonization as a vandal supplier: the market for the street-art aesthetic and influence is far bigger than the market of actual street artists.

TONIGHT in New York

Ad Nauseam Lyceum


PRESENTS



BIG WHITE INSTITUTIONALIZED BOX!
a collaborative installation project


Saturday, February 23 & Sunday, February 24
12 - 8 PM

Reception Saturday February 23 from 5 - 8 PM

chashama on 119th
159 West 119th Street @ Adam Clayton Powell Blvd.



Ad Nauseam Lyceum is proud to present BIG WHITE INSTITUTIONALIZED BOX! a collaborative installation project at chashama on 119th on Saturday, February 23 and Sunday, February 24, 2008.

Ad Nauseam Lyceum has been granted a chashama residency for the month of February at a defunct storefront on 119th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. Instead of curating a traditional group show as we have done in the past, Ad Nauseam Lyceum will use this unique opportunity to explore new territory as an organization and to utilize the distinct talents and interests of our community of artists. BIG WHITE INSTITUTIONALIZED BOX! is a collaborative art installation created by Brent Birnbaum, Matthew Broach, Celso and the Endless Love Crew, Ryan Frank, Scott Goodman, David Herman, Peter Lester, David Ort, Joan Pamboukes, Tara Parsons, Jake Scharbach, Deena Selenow, Rory Sheridan, Adam Parker Smith and Kyle Walters.

Ad Nauseam Lyceum will present a large scale collaborative installation that reflects the distinct connections and conflicts between various artistic mediums, styles, and processes in which artists are working today. By engaging with the space in alternative and experimental ways, Ad Nauseam Lyceum and its collaborators aim to explore and expose how different types of work can relate to each other through the context of the exhibition display. With some artists working independently and others in collaboration, this ambitious project will present work in a setting that resembles the sanctuary of the artist's studio and outside the confines of a commercial gallery. Created through the communal efforts of over fifteen artists, BIG WHITE INSTITUTIONALIZED BOX! will be an alternative to the traditional group exhibition and exist as an experimentation in curatorial practice.

Ad Nauseam Lyceum is an artist run organization committed to showcasing multi-disciplinary work by emerging artists in New York . The group aims to give young artists an opportunity to collaborate, present work, and have a creative dialogue outside the traditional art market. Founded in 2006 by Ryan Frank, Deena Selenow, and Rory Sheridan , the group has hosted previous events at Ephemeroptera Art Space, chashama, 717 Studio, and EXPLOSIVO! and has collectively shown the work of over 50 visual and performing artists. Dedicated to blurring the lines between various artistic genres, Ad Nauseam Lyceum is a platform for a new generation of artists working in performance, visual art, and digital media.


chashama is a non-profit New York City arts organization with a nine-year history of supporting artists of all genres and experience levels by offering them access to space and major support resources. chashama provides opportunities for artists by transforming vacant real estate into multi-arts complexes and animating them with innovative and challenging art. Through low and no-cost admissions, chashama provides more opportunities for audiences as well as artists.

BIG WHITE INSTITUTIONALIZED BOX! will be open for a final presentation on February 23rd and 24th from 12-8pm,
with an opening reception on Saturday, February 23rd from 5-8pm.



http://elcelso.com/
http://www.endlesslovecrew.com

There is also the Jack Walls opening at Lit...