Crest Arts Presents: The 2nd Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest. (Brooklyn, NY)

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Hey Everyone,
Crest Arts is hosting our 2nd Annual Pumpkin carving Contest and Party. The event is this Saturday, October 22nd from 7-11 pm.
Free drinks, free food & tasty treats, music for all…. and prizes to those who participate in the carving contest!
We have gift certificates from restaurants: Lighthouse, Brooklyn Star & Calexico. We have gift certificates from Open Air Modern, an amazing furniture and book store, Old Hollywood jewelry & clothing store, Desert Island comic book store and more!

THIS IS AN ALL AGES EVENT. AND FREE TO ATTEND!

Carving is NOT necessary… neither are costumes but they are encouraged!

Food brought to you by The Meat Hook.

Beer brought to you by Tiger Beer. If you mention them on a blog please use hashtag #tigerbeerus.

So come on by, have a glass of cider (with rum, if you want) check out the creativity and enjoy what fall should be all about.

The rules are posted on the website, CrestHardwareArtShow.com…  $5 entry for a pumpkin (2 MAX) The attendees judges the contest!!!

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An Organic Wall Grows in Los Angeles

The Magnet Wall. The Organic Wall. Street Art is drawn to it like a moth to a flame. Even if a city officially prohibits any form of uncommissioned Street Art, it probably has a few spots where artists can reliably put their wheat-pastes, stencils, stickers, even sculptures – a community nerve center that quickly gives an overview of the players in the local scene. Usually the art is covered instantly by more art and if it lasts a few days intact it has had a good run. Since Street Art is an ephemeral scene, the artists know this and they are not particularly bothered by the rapid turnover, knowing that their piece will be seen by their peers and the public at large.

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Leba’s cartoon illustration influenced work on this wall echos directly some sentiments of the Occupy Wall Street movement. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

We always think of the streets as an outdoor gallery, and recently in Los Angeles we checked out this magnet wall in the Arts District where it could not have been a more apt description. Hanging out for a little while on this block, we saw a group of four teens taking a casual walk on a sunny day pivoting to the wall to check out the new additions, to point, comment, joke, and pose with each other in front of their favorites – making faces and giving each other the rabbit ears in photos.  Minutes later a European tourist family, urban hikers with cameras and fannypacks, carefully scanned the patterns, textures and layers, taking photos and discussing their discoveries.  Even a bulky fella crossing the street to get into a van emblazoned with a plumbing company logo – paused for a second to snap a cellphone pic before rumbling down the street.

This LA wall is a bit of a community billboard; an outlet and a showcase, where Street Artists try out new stuff and sometimes express personal or political sentiments. It’s never the same, and usually interesting.

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@Get Up Art (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Lydia Emily. You have been put on notice. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Artist Unknown (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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UTV C/S (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Word 16 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Artist Unknown (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Don’t Lose Hope (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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FOH! (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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OKKO! (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Casper Loves LA! (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Ghandi plays a role. Kryptik (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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English Kills Gallery Presents: Rob Andrews “Door Work” (Brooklyn, NY)

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DOOR WORK
October 22-November 5, 2011
/opening Oct 22 – performance begins at 8pm/
English Kills Art Gallery

English Kills Art Gallery presents DOOR WORK, the first full solo exhibition of Rob Andrews’ work after a decade of rigorous investigation into the nature of myth, ritual, and the role of the storyteller.

DOOR WORK hews at the genesis and location(s) of private moments of spiritual transformation, the intersection of the spiritual and profane, the role of ritual in our social landscape, and the boundaries we accept and those we will ourselves to cross.

DOOR WORK  bridges the psychic and material distance between performance and the static art object.

Rob will open the show on  October 22nd @ 8pm: with his performance Ant–Bird 2, it is a ritual designed to open a spiritual and metaphysical door using the power of blood, sweat, spit, and the vocal power of a human chorus.

n 2003, Rob cleaned the floor of the gallery Exit Art for three months. Roberta Smith of the New York Times wrote, “In a piece that suggests interior reconstruction Rob Andrews has been and will continue cleaning the gallery’s entire floor with a toothbrush, a few square feet each day. His air of meditative concentration contrasts noticeably and nicely with the prevailing sense of bustle and bulk.” DOOR WORK balances performance and the object towards speaking to interior reconstruction: destroying old doors, and opening new ones.

Rob is proud to officially join English Kills Art Gallery. He has shown work at the Museum of Modern Art, Exit Art, Grace Exhibition Space, and travels to Bitola, Macedonia in early November to take part in Exchange Radical Moments, a Pan-European live art festival that takes place in 11 European cities on 11.11.11

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The Active Space Presents: “The Rainbow Machine” by Reid Bingham and Sean McIntyre (Brooklyn, NY)

The Rainbow Machine

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Reid Bingham and Sean McIntyre participated in this year Nuit Blanche New York 2011 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn with their Rainbow Machine. This outdoor installation is the perfect photo-op and you’ll get that special memento to send your family back home in Idaho.

Beat Night Fall Exhibition

October 28th – November 28th 2011

October 28, 6-10 PM

Address

566 Johnson Ave.
Brooklyn, NY

Buzz 5 to be toured through.
On street parking.

Mass Transit

L Train to Jefferson Stop
Walk towards Flushing Ave.
Turn Left on Flushing Ave.
Turn Right on Stewart St.
Walk 3 short blocks to Johnson Ave.

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Homo Riot Presents: “Fist Pump” at Hold Up Art Gallery (Los Angeles, CA)

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What: Hold Up Art and Work Magazine present Fist Pump, a exhibition of new work from internationally recognized, Los Angeles-based activist and street artist Homo Riot, whose highly charged, and sometimes sexually explicit imagery have became part of the city’s socio-political and physical landscape. Homo Riot’s message started out as a “fuck you” to the supporters of Prop 8, but has morphed into something larger and more profound; seen now as an emblem of pride and strength to the gay community. With drag queens, performance artists, and more eye-candy than a Weho Wednesday, this is the art event of the month and should not be missed.

When:  Saturday, October 22, 2011

Arrivals 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Reception ends at 11:00 PM

Where: Hold Up Art

Little Tokyo District of Downtown

358 E. 2nd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Convenient Parking Structure Next Door

Who: Music by club favorite DJ Chris Bowen.

Live Performance Art Installations by Rafa Esparza and Trenton Szewczyk. Special appearance by Lady Bear (wearing a Homo Riot-designed ensemble).

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Occupy Wall Street: A Month-Long Wake Up Call In the Streets

Despite some clumsy attempts to draw parallels between the Tea Party protests in the summer of ’09 and the Occupy Wall Street marches that are now passing the one-month mark, the video and images have been perfectly clear. Back then we saw right wing cable hosts hard selling and health insurance companies charter-bussing as many fans as they could to rallies to give the impression that there was a populist sentiment against radical ideas like affording a doctor visit and preserving the social safety net.  All we really learned is that a lot of white people are irked they have a black president. Shocking.

This autumn these motley mismatched marchers have found their voice and the directions to Wall Street on their own, creating their own media on the way. True, the Grey Lady whose eyes have clouded to marches in New York over the last decade reluctantly put down her sherry to acknowledge these people eventually. After a few weeks of relative silence the “liberal” newsies are now interviewing OWSers in Zuccotti Park and Washington Square Park and Times Square, but these people didn’t drive the story, they followed it. A pendulum has begun to swing back with a multitude of so-called leaders in tow.

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The images coming during this one-month-old movement have presented at times a perplexing variety of placards and ideas, confusing boffo Biff Newsreader who relies upon a three word phrase to sum it all up before breaking for a pharmaceutical commercial.  But this is New York, a land of 11 million stories and more than a hundred languages and tens of religions and the non-religious. These signs and skin colors and accents are what makes New York so stunning, so strong; and now this startlingly un-silent majority in all it’s complexity is teaching us the simple truth of just showing up. Who knows what the one big message is? These people here are the message.

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Polls out at the one-month mark say New Yorkers favor the “Occupy Wall Street” marches 3 to 1.  Unlike the largely monoculture Tea Party protests, it looks like our streets are primed for these conversations because we’ve been working out our extreme differences and have found constructive ways to talk to each other – without spitting on each other or on passing congressmen. This looks like direct action democracy with many visions and voices, the majority peaceful, and many a little tired from the late nights and walking. If you can come to these streets right now and say you are frightened by what you see, get your head examined. Old people. Kids. Dogs. Respectful lively debate. Does this scare someone?

Here’s another installment of photos from the developing story on the street – a panoply of faces and messages; artful, pedestrian, human.

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Tough New York pigeons dropping in to lend a wing. Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011. According to the guy with these lavender fabric strips; The combination of red, white and blue in the American flag gives you purple. He said they are a symbol of unity in the whole country. All are invited to join, to occupy, to ask for a fair share of the country’s wealth. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. The pantry. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. Ben of Ben & Jerry serving free ice cream. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. Jerry of Ben & Jerry serving free ice cream. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. An artist drawing the scene at Zuccotti Park on October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Occupy Wall Street. October 14, 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Signs of the Times; local so-called liberal media eventually were forced to acknowledged what quickly became a global story, if only to gently patronize. (photo © BSA)

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See One Solo Show “Technicolor Daydreams” at Brooklyn Oenology (Brooklyn,NY)

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See One

Enjoy the 2nd solo show and the opening reception of Brooklyn Oenology’s 2011 winning wine label artist, SEE ONE. This past Spring, Williamsburg Winery, Brooklyn Oenology held a competition for artists to have thier artwork voted on by their winery members to be selected as the cover of a new bottle of wine. My painting won this competition of the show is coming up soon.

Artist Statement:

In 2009 I developed my current painting style, known as “Shards”, a fluid, transforming, jagged pattern named after broken shards of glass.

An illustrator at heart, my current work is a sort of departure while heavily combining my other influences, Graffiti and Street art into this vision.This signifies a shift in my artistic tastes of creation as I concentrate on these distinct weaving, layered forms.

The process to creating my work is less about the subject but more about the flow, color story, energy, layering and the elusive attempt to capture movement through graffiti-esque forms and lines. I’ve always been one to experiment with techniques, multiple types of paint or ink and in these paintings, have continued that. Most paintings are textural, holding peaks, dips and scrapes forming various surfaces. Spray paint is always on hand as it helps creates the raw energy and movement I desire. While Collage maintains the building of layers, provide depth and helping to break the eye away from the rest of what is going on to look beneath the surface.

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Factory Fresh Gallery Presents: Ryan Ford “Don’t Try To Play Me Like An Indoor Sport ” (Brooklyn, NY)

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Don’t Try To Play Me Like An Indoor Sport
A Solo Exhibition Featuring Ryan Ford

Opening reception, Friday, October 21st from 7pm-10pm

Bushwick resident & known hyper surreal oil painter Ryan Ford will have his first solo showing in New York City at Factory Fresh. New lavish painted environments from other dimensions will greet the viewers and unfold throughout the space. An artist known for comic symbolic abstraction, Ford delves a bit deeper into his psyche while titillating the mind with streaks of quiet violence and provocative tranquility.

Currently residing in NYC since 2006, Ryan after graduating from The Savannah College of Art and Design had no interest in city life. He instead chose to move to the quiet mountain town of Asheville, North Carolina, home of The Black Mountain college. There he spent the next four years living in an old feed factory with a crew of like minded artists where they collectively curated art shows and performances. Then in 2006 he opened the door to two photographers from the New York Times asking him if they could shoot photos of him in his studio where upon he said, “hell yes,” and ended up in a two page spread in the New York Times Style Magazine. At this years 2011 TED X Conference Ryan Ford’s recent commission was presented.

Ryan’s original inspirations derive from 15th-17th century Sienese paintings to Philip Guston, Francis Bacon, to pop culture video games. At first glance many describe Ryan Ford’s most recent paintings and sculptures as colorful and playful, however with closer inspection will reveal ideas based on the collective fear of a collapsing economy, the continual insensitivity and abuse to the delicate nature of our ecosystem, further proving we are the only species on this planet that take more than what they need. These serious topics and themes never without a mix of humor, pure absurdity and ridiculousness.

Don’t Try To Play Me Like An Indoor Sport, on view October 21-November 20th

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

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The Outsiders Gallery Presents: BORF “See Something, Say Something” (Newcastle, UK)

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The Outsiders Newcastle invite you to join us on the evening of Thursday 20th October to celebrate the opening of ‘See Something, Say Something‘, the debut UK solo exhibition from young American artist BORF. The event takes place in the gallery at 77 Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne, from 6 ’til 9pm.

BORF is one of the brightest young talents in art. Heʼs an angry young man in the finest tradition but his refreshing work makes insurrection delectable.

Formerly a notorious Washington DC graffiti artist, 24 year-old BORF gracefully dodges street art clichés in his gallery shows. He favours watercolours, oil sticks, drawings, sculpture, photography and film over stencils and spray paint. Whereas BORFʼs subject matter is pitiful and angry, his manner is melancholic and idealistic. Rebellion has a romance once more.

See Something, Say Something‘ continues the theme of impassioned revolution against a crumbling status quo. In the city we find abstracted commuters opposite transgressive kids: the former are trying to make a living, the latter trying to live.

PRIVATE VIEW – Thursday 20th October, 6-9 pm, The Outsiders, 77 Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3DE

Exhibition open to the public 21st October – 19th November, Tuesday – Saturday 12-6pm, admission free

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GARDENSK8 2.0 Silent Auction (Pine Brook, NJ)

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GardenSk8 Indoor Skatepark Open its Doors for the
First Time after Hurricane Irene

More than 20 International Graffiti Artist Turn the Skatepark in the World’s Largest Indoor Installation

On October 29, 2011, GardenSk8 indoor skateboarding park, located at 321 Changebridge Road in Pine Brook, NJ, will open its doors for the first time after being destroyed by hurricane Irene 3 months ago.  From 6 PM to midnight, more than 20 graffiti artists from around the world will showcase their art on the walls of the park, making it the word’s largest indoor graffiti installation.

The event, titled GardenSk8 2.0, will include hip hop music and performances from Venemous & DJ Priority, Nobel Productions, Manny D, Black Collar Biz and Animal Crackas.

There will be a silent auction featuring graffiti art on canvas and skateboards, sign product from top professional skateboarders and other products.  All money raised will go back into rebuilding the skatepark.  The park was flooded with more than 3 feet of water during hurricane Irene destroying many of the ramps and the entire retail section.

Graffiti artist who participated in this installation include Demer, Snow, Then, Joe Iurato, Logan Hicks, Kasso, Rain, Hef fx ad, The Fresh Collective, Elan & MMK, Genoe, Mercro, Ree 2, Part 1, Col, Sen 2, Mike Die, Robots Will Kill, Swith, 2 Tek, Pase, Mek, Faro, Doctor Crab and many more.

WHAT:          GARDENSK8 2.0

WHERE:        GardenSk8
321 Changebridge Road
Pine Brook, NJ 07058
212.287.7626

WHEN:        Saturday, October, 29, 2010
6:00 PM to 12:00 AM

PRICE:        Suggested Donation, $5.00

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Munch Gallery Presents: Radical! “Upside Down Frowns” (Manhattan, NY)

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Upside Down Frowns
Opening of ‘Upside Down Frowns’ exhibition at Munch Gallery
Works by RADICAL!
October 21 – November 20, 2011
Opening reception friday October 21, 2011, 7-10 pm
New York, NY, October 7, 2011 – Munch Gallery is excited to present ‘Upside Down Frowns’ by RADICAL! The exhibition features all new works, and site-specific paintings and installations. RADICAL! was recently part of the ambitious Living Walls Albany, 2011 and has within the past three years shown in New York, Washington, D.C., Oakland, California, London, Tel Aviv, Moscow, and Basel, Switzerland. His narratives are fragments of a larger urban landscape and never intentionally political, but one cannot escape the underlying social comment that seeps through the works and the characters involved. Needles and pills are some of the reoccurring objects and they act not only as symbols of violence, but also as metaphors for a social alienation, fear and lack of communication. The artists will be present at the opening reception friday October 21, 7-10 pm.
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The exhibition runs through November 20, 2011
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