Free Bouncy Rides!

WTF?! Well in their own words...

Club Animals (Est. 2008) is a regression from adulthood. Obama said that now is the time to put off childish things, but we could not disagree more. In these times of job loss, government bailouts, and even a potential Depression, Club Animals has turned from adult concerns of money and finances and concentrated our minds on to those of children. Can you think back to a time when you didn't care how much money you had in your pocket? Can you remember a time when you just wanted to play? Club Animals has embraced childhood, and the time when what was valued most was fun, horseplay, and experimentation without worrying about "reality."

Perverts. More Here.

THE GREAT OUT DOORS Opening May 2nd!

from Artbreak Gallery...

THE GREAT OUT DOORS BRINGS OUTSIDE ART INDOORS

STREET ARTISTS ILLUSTRATE DOORS AS CANVASES AT ARTBREAK GALLERY

MAY 2 - 29, 2009

The urban door is one of the most frequently used canvases for street and graffiti artists around the world, it’s frame providing temporary shelter for the elusive artist, it’s surface proclaiming missives for all the world to see. The door is the subject of the landmark group exhibition, the Great Out Doors, on view at Williamsburg’s Artbreak Gallery from the 2nd to the 29th of May, 2009.

Curated by Billi Kid and Luna Park, the exhibit features approximately 30 doors, re-appropriated by some of today’s hottest artists working the street. This show offers each artist the opportunity to expand on painting, stenciling and wheatpasting skills honed on the streets.

Street and graffiti artists love to work within the metropolitan environment and pay close attention to all available exterior facades, most notably the door.

Each of the following participants in the show has at one point or another transformed a door or two for public consumption:

Billi Kid, Blanco, Broken Crow, Buildmore, Cake, C-Damage, Celso, Cern, Chris (RWK), Deeker, Destroy&Rebuild, Dude Company, Feral, Goldenstash, Imminent Disaster, Infinity, Kngee, LA 2, Matt Siren, Morgan Thomas, Peru Ana Ana Peru, Plasma Slugs, Veng (RWK), Royce Bannon, Skullphone, Stickman, Windowzoo and Yassie Goldie.

The exhibit will also features "Street Doors" a slide photo show by Luna Park.

Artbreak Gallery is proud to bring in the doors. Our gallery began with an excitement for what was happening outside and a desire to capture the illusive evasive “street”, “graffiti”,“urban” art. We are overwhelmed by the response and caliber of these fine artists.

Artbreak Gallery, 195 Grand Street, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11211

Logan Hicks and Broken Crow Opening!

From Brooklyn Street Art.

Learn to Communicate Like a Fucking Normal Person Opens Tomorrow!

Our boy, Pat Berran, featured in The Nasty, is in a group show opening tomorrow.
Learn to Communicate Like a Fucking Normal Person

Curated by Anastasia Rogers and Jessie Cohan

Patrick Berran

Alex Hubbard

David Malek

Davina Semo

Mika Tajima

John Tremblay

James Weingrod

April 30 - May 30, 2009  

Opening reception: Thursday, April 30, 7-9pm

Art Production Fund 299 West Houston Street

“Learn to Communicate Like a Fucking Normal Person” highlights an elliptical and overlapping conversation currently taking place between these artists. Malek and Weingrod critically deploy mathematical models and theories of natural phenomena as key components of their artistic practices. Tremblay’s shaped canvases are an act of rebellion. Semo conveys a mood of low-lying despair through organic forms, as Tajima culls architectural references from unfinished condos and mismatched car parts. Hubbard and Berran are process-driven: Berran’s paintings meditatively obliterate the gestures of his own hand, while Hubbard playfully layers techniques like film production and printmaking.

The featured works vary from large-scale paintings and shaped canvases to small wooden sculptures. The works’ cohesion lies in a form of communication devoid of the obvious, but not of the observable. Each piece draws from a disparate point of reference, rendering a lucid dialogue that uses subtext, detachment and craft to engage the viewer. Delivered with intellectual vigor and offering indeterminate meanings, sound resonates through structure, stroke, and form. The diverse languages employed are abstract, emotive, scientific, geometric, and ephemeral. Nonetheless, they share a formal grammar of line,

shape, palette, and abstraction.

Boxed In @ Factory Fresh

From Factory Fresh...

Boxed In
A GROUP ART EXHIBIT PRESENTED BY
Plaztik Mag & Factory Fresh
Friday, May 1st 7-10pm
Show runs till May 21

THIS PROJECT IS INSPIRED BY THE RECENT HOUSING & ECONOMIC MELTDOWN. SINCE IT SEEMS WE WILL ALL BE LIVING IN A CARDBOARD BOX SOON, WE DECIDED TO BE AHEAD OF THE CURVE. WE’RE HAVING AMAZING ARTISTS CREATE THEIR DREAM CARDBOARD BOX HOME.

PLAZTIK MAG & THEIR FRIENDS FACTORY FRESH HAVE CREATED A SITE SPECIFIC SHOW & HAVE BROUGHT TOGETHER ARTISTS INTERESTED IN CREATING CARDBOARD BOX HOMES & THEIR INHABITANTS. THIS GROUP IS JOINING TOGETHER TO WORK ON TRANSFORMING THE ENTIRE GALLERY INTO A CARDBOARD WONDERLAND.

KEEPING IT TO FACTORY FRESH STANDARD THE ARTISTS WILL BE WORKING TOGETHER ON SITE FOR TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO SHOW TIME TO BRING YOU THE UNEXPECTED. THE DIVERSE GROUP OF CONTEMPORARY & URBAN ARTISTS, MOST OF WHOM HAVE NEVER MET EACH OTHER, WILL EXPRESS THEIR VISION IN CARDBOARD FOR THE FIRST TIME.

TO ALL OF US AT PLAZTIK MAG & FACTORY FRESH THIS SHOW IS LIKE A BOX OF CHOCOLATES… WE DON’T KNOW WHAT FLAVOR TO START WITH! SHOULD WE START WITH URBAN LEGENDS LIKE WANE.ONE & JAES of C.O.D CREW? OR DAMON JOHNSON WHO’S BEEN CALLED THE NEXT ANDY WARHOL. OR MAYBE…
BARNEY’S FAVORTITE ARTIST KIM PIOTROWSKI! BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE! WHAT’S ALISON CORRIE HIDING BEHIND THE CANDY WRAPPER? OOOHHHHH… AND THERE’S NO TELLING WHAT SURPRISES WILL COME FROM SKEWVILLE, SCOTCH 79 a.k.a. KEO, SICK BEAR ATE HIS PAW IN DISPAIR, BLUE BABY DESIGNS, CISCONYC, MORGAN SHEASBY, ALLISON MALINSKY, AND NOAH SPARKES.

Suicide Girls Fight Club!

The name says it all...def NOT SFW. Here.

And now, a commerial break...

Still pretty cool...check it out here.

KINGS OF THE CITY!

From Wooster Collective:

One Not To Miss: "Kings of the City" at Maysles Cinema In Harlem

If you're in New York, be sure to check out "Kings of the City" a month long film series of graffiti culture from New York to Europe and back that features rare and classic documentaries, never seen photos, legendary writers and historians. The project was curated by Andreas Vingaard and takes place at Maysles Cinema in Harlem at 343 Lenox Avenue /Malcolm X Boulevard, NYC.

Here's the full schedule:

Friday, May1st, 7pm
Saturday, May 2nd 1-11pm
Wednesday, May 6, 13,20,27 @ 7pm

Friday, May 1st
7pm

KET ONE Presents:
The Master Class with Straight Man aka Lava One and Two

Dream City
Dir. Steve Siegel
1986
7 min.
Excerpts from Steve Siegel’s Dream City with loads of trains from the good old days.

Stations of the Elevated:
Dir. Manfred Kirchheimer
1980
45 min.
Director Manfred Kirchheimer presents his cult classic art film with music by Charles Mingus. Director Manfred Kirchheimer will be present for the q&a.

*** Opening Cocktail Reception in the Downstairs Lounge

Saturday, May 2nd
3:00 pm
1.) Stylewars
Dir. Tony Silver
Co-produced by Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant
1984
70 min.
2.) All City
Dir. Henry Chalfant
1985
16 min.
3.) From Here to Canarsie
Dir. Henry Chalfant
Co-produced by Henry Chalfant, Jim Prigoff and Sam Henriquez
1987
21 min.

Henry Chalfant has been one the most energetic documentarians of New York graffiti over the years. Henry will be available for book signings and will also present a slideshow with unpublished photos from the 80s. Graffiti artist Skeme’s unforgettable mom, Barbara Andalcio, from the film Style Wars and former Transit Police officer Conrad Lesnewski of Hickey & Ski fame will also be available for the q&a.

7:00pm
Tats Cru Presents
Kings of Broadway
Dir. Chris “Freedom” Pape
1998
22 min.
In the 80s while some NYC writers went the gallery route other writers were kinging the legendary Broadway lines. This film tells the story of the latter and features the writers Ali, Bama, Crash, Ket, Part, Stan 153, Terror 161 and Zephyr.

Bombin’
Dir. Dick Fontaine
1987
58 min.
Join Brim from Tats Cru as he crosses the Atlantic to get up. This rarely seen film also includes Bio from Tats Crew as well as the musician Goldie from the UK. Tats Cru, also known as “the Mural Kings,” is a Bronx based crew of prominent writers that made the transition from trains to commissioned walls.

Wednesday, May 6th
7:00pm
Graffiti Post Graffiti
Dir. Inner Tube Video
1984
26 min.
This lesser known film deals with the initial interest from the established art scene in graffiti. The film features art dealers Sidney Janis and Tony Shafrazi and artists like Crash, Lady Pink, Fab 5 Freddie, Jean-Michel Basquiat among others.

Inside Outside
Dir. Andreas Johnson and Nis Boye Rasmussen
2005
57 min.
Inside Outside presents some key figures from the current graffiti inspired street art scene including Zevs from Paris, Swoon, KR and Earsnot from NYC, Ron English from Jersey City, Adam & Itso from Sweden and Denmark, and and Os Gemeos and Pigmeus from Sao Paulo.

Wednesday, May 13th
7:00pm
Cope 2 Documentary Preview
Dir. Carl Weston & Sascha Jenkins
2009
15 min.
See a preview of this work in progress on Bronx legend Cope 2 from the team behind the infamous “Video Graff” series.

Writers
Dir. Resistance Films
2004
90 min.
This film tells the story of the Parisian graffiti scene from 1983-2003. The film includes interviews with Henry Chalfant, Futura 2000, Seen UA, Mode 2, JonOne, Bando CTK among many other legendary French writers.

Wednesday, May 20th
7:00pm

Forbidden Rebels
Dir. Forbidden Rebels
1983
29 min.
A documentary on the New York scene made in 1983 featuring Dez aka DJ Kay Slay, Sharp, Delta, Spin and G-Man. With bombed trains for days.

Kroonjuwelen
Dir. Stunnedfilm
2006
76 min.
The Dutch documentary Kroonjuwelen tells the story of one of the oldest and most important graffiti scenes in Europe. Some of the writers featured are Quik from New Yorkand Delta, Shoe, Zap and High.

Wednesday, May 27th
7:00pm
Tunnel Vision
Dir. Reid van Renesse
2003
2 min.
This short film with footage shot in 1983 shows Zephyr, Min One and Revolt painting a wall. Reid van Renesse will be present for the q&a.

Spraymasters
Dir. Manfred Kirchheimer
2008
85 min.
Spraymasters follows up on some legendary writers from the 70s and 80s. The film includes Lady Pink, Lee, Futura 2000 and Zephyr and lots and lots of trains. Manfred Kirchheimer will be present for the q&a.

New York Street Advertising Takeover

Christopher Beatty

From Wooster Collective, a group of street artists took over 120+ illegal billboards here in NYC over the weekend, reclaiming them for the sake of art, not advertising, by whitewashing and putting up their own work. AWESOME!

GRAFFEST POLAND!

Hey, if you're in Poland check out GRAFFEST, from May 15-17th, featuring Point (Czech Republic), ViaGrafik (Germany), Finsta & Leo (Sweden), Os Gemeos (Brazil), Nunca (Brazil), Blu (Italy), Zedz (Netherlands), Esher (Germany), Zaciem (Russia), Interesni Kazki (Ukraine) and Van Laak (Germany).

Brooklyn Whiskey!

From the NY Daily News, Brooklyn Brewery is looking to get into the distillation game this summer, making gin, whiskey, and history as the first legal distiller in the NYC area since prohibition! Nice. We're fans of the beer and I'm sure we'll be fans of the whiskey!

Kissena Opening Weekend Shop Ride!

Affinity is organizing a group ride out to the Kissena Velodrome for the opening weekend races on both Saturday and Sunday starting at 11 am SHARP! Get yr speed on!

Kevin Cyr Opening Tonight!

Kevin Cyr's work as you may recall graces one of the pages of our zine, The Nasty. His piece was the hit of the Midnite Snacks show. Everyone wanted to have it. So expect some more excellent work tonight and at his open studio this Saturday! Don't sleep!

It's Only Black & White

Group Show at Raandesk Gallery

Thursday, April 23 from 6:30-8:30pm

16 W23 Street, 4th Floor, NY, NY

(212) 696 7432

Open Studios

Saturday, April 25, 5-10PM

649 Morgan Avenue, #2M

Greenpoint, NY 11222

Poster Boy @ 3rd Ward!

Poster Boy is in the Gallery at 3rd Ward, April 24, 7 p to Midnight, FREE admission & Dogfish Head Beer while it lasts.

Now I like PB's work but here is an interesting article already raising some questions. Ah, art.

We Want Graffiti!

Mandiberg Solving Problems... Advertising is not Graffitti. Graffitti Walls are not places for Advertising, especially on the front of Eyebeam's space in Chelsea.

for work by Michael: mandiberg.com
for more anti-advertising work: antiadvertisingagency.com

Like he said, not a great stenciler but a great idea! Kudos.

C.H.U.D.Z. @ Cinders Gallery!

C.H.U.D.Z.

Alex Barry, Richard Colman, Josh Slater

April 24th - May 24th 2009

Opening Recpetion Friday April 24th 7-10pm

This looks like a great show, another one from the folks at Cinders.

Dust La Rock Opening

Fun stuff, looks like a good show. This Thursday at Christopher Henry Gallery, 127 Elizabeth St., featuring a slew of DJ's. More from DLR here. Looks like a one off event so don't sleep!

True 420 Grinda'

Pretty sweet, 4/20 may be past but it's never over! Get yours somewhere on here.

Moby 'Shot In The Back Of The Head' by David Lynch

Subway Art: 25th Anniversary Edition

Big ups to Henry Chalfant and Martha Cooper!

“And it’s a great fragrance.”

- B. REAL, Cypress Hill

HAPPY 4/20! A liitle article on the increasing acceptance and recognition 

of Marijuana as medicine and widespread use as a form relaxation and 

entertainment. Read more here.

Legalization! Yes, we can!

Ad Hoc Benefit Show!

OOPS! WE SAID THAT THIS WAS LAST FRIDAY, YIKES. IT'S TONIGHT! THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 7-10PM

SEE SEVERAL BRAND NEW WORKS BY SWOON, AS WELL AS AN ABUNDANCE OF OTHER VISIONARY COMRADES' ARTISTIC MARVELS, TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THEIR LATEST NAVAL PLAN, SWIMMING CITIES OF SERENISSIMA, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEGUN! THE LIST OF WORK IS DEEP AND THERE ARE MANY GEMS IN THE MIX.

SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE ARE:

DAVID ELLIS

DENNIS MCNETT

ELISABETH TIMPONE

ESPO

FAILE

GAIA

IMMINENT DISASTER

JOSH MACPHEE

KRISTINE VIRSUS

LEE QUINONEZ

MARTHA COOPER

MARTIN MAZORRA

MIKE HOUSTON

MONICA CANILAO

RYAN DOYLE

STEVE POWERS

TOD SEELIE

& OTHERS TO BE ANNOUNCED PRONTO!

RIP Marilyn Chambers

Adult film star Marilyn Chambers, of "Behind the Green Door" fame is dead at 56. More here.

Homegrown Hydro Biz Grows as Economy Sucks!

So the argument is why not legalize something that obviously can't be "warred" upon any longer. Legalize it and tax it! This is a multi BILLION dollar industry. It's not going away and as the

Mexican border wars get worse the idea of a peaceable industry run by American entrepreneurs not gangsters begins to make a lot of sense. Duh. So here's a little story on our slice of the American pie...from NY Post.

Draw with your bike!

From Studio Gelardi: Contrail is a tool for developing bicycle communities. As you ride, contrail leaves a faint chalk line behind your bike. The goal is to encourage a new cycle of biking participation by allowing the biking community to leave a unique mark on the road and to reclaim this crucial shared space.

The old cycle: More cars on the road --> more percieved danger for bikers --> fewer bikers on road --> even more cars on the road.

The new cycle: A few bicyclists ride with contrail a couple times per week --> faint lines on the road inspire curiosity and remind bikers where it's safe to ride --> new bikers are encouraged to ride and use contrail --> contrail lines get brighter as community grows.

FUN!

SIMPSONS STAMPS! AND ART!

Ad Hoc Benefit Show Tomorrow!

Swimming Cities of Serenissima (Apr 10th, 2009)
IN THE MAIN GALLERY

AHA IS INSTALLING NEW WORKS BY SWOON AND OTHER VISIONARY COMRADES TO RAISE FUNDS FOR HER LATEST NAVAL PLAN, SWIMMING CITIES OF SERENISSIMA. DETAILS TO COME SHORTLY.

TheDirtyFabulous and Elisabeth Timpone are still up and awesome! There was some drama in the main space which has led to this showing of artists involved in Swimming Cities of Serenissima which is incredible. Come out and show some love for all involved!

I know, it's sez "Dienasty"...

But this is something to think about..."Some 21 percent of autopsies for New York City bicyclists who died within three hours of their accidents detected alcohol in the body, according to a Department of Health and Mental Hygiene study that examined fatal bicycling accidents in New York City from 1996 to 2005." from the NYTimes article here. 

I know from my own experience how completely wasted friends and I myself have been before getting on our bikes to ride home. Never thought it was a good idea before, maybe seemed fun at the time/sometimes scary, but this article gives me pause. Gotta live a little more nasty, minus the drinking and riding, before dying nasty, which is more of a state of mind than a physical state of don't wanna look at that catastrophe cuz it'll make me wanna puke.

This public service annoucement brought to you by DIENASTY.

Speaking of...

Alright this may be a bit insulting to the real graff girls out there (see below) but kinda funny and certainly sexy.

QUEENZ ARRIVE at McCaig Welles Gallery

April 10- May 3, 2009 Opening Reception: Friday, April 10th, 7-10pm

McCaig Welles Gallery is pleased to announce Queenz Arrive…, a group exhibition presented by Indie 184.

Queenz Arrive… celebrates selected matriarchs of contemporary graffiti culture. This elite group of international female artists will showcase their intricate styles and personalities; bringing a refreshing perspective to the graffiti and street art gallery scene.

Exhibiting Artists: Claw Money (NYC), Mickey (Amsterdam), Hera (Germany), NIna (Brazil), Fafi (Paris), Siloette (San Francisco), Acet (New Jersey), Zori4 (Puerto Rico), Spice (Australia), Egr (Canada), Koralie (NYC), Klor (Canada), Femme9 (Kansas), Sherm (Los Angeles) Martha Cooper (NYC) and INDIE184 (NYC).

Scenes from Erik Braun's opening at Stand Alone

Stand Alone Gallery from Robert Gill on Vimeo.

The first thing I do...

If you haven't seen this yet, you must. Prepare to cry from laughing. Definitely NSFW, unless you're the BOSS!

Writer's Bench Memorial Plaque!

Writers Bench from Miss Tint on Vimeo.

Erik Burke, with help from Yale Wolf, memorialize the writer's bench at 149th st and Grand Concourse in the Bronx. Check out more pics here.

Ad Hoc Opening Tonight!

Looks like another awesome show! 

EKUNDAYO & JOSHUA CLAY, The Dirty Fabulous and Elisabeth Timpone

April 3rd through May 3rd 2009
Opening Reception: Friday, April 3rd, 7pm-10pm

Heavy Metal Britney!

Diesel SFW XXX Ad!

This came out like a year ago but I just found it and it's gotta be one of the best things that I've seen any established jeans company ever do. Hilarious and totally SFW! Enjoy.

Juice!

Something sweet as things go sour! These awesome juice boxes are from the mind of Japanese industrial designer Naoto Fukasawa, “I imagined that if the surface of the package imitated the colour and texture of the fruit skin, then the object would reproduce the feeling of the real skin.”

Damien Hirst for Supreme

Check out more from Supreme on Damien Hirst here.