THE OVERSPRAY MAGAZINE FISHBOWL

Honestly, I have no idea who this guy is, but more and more young friends are coming down with really fucked up, serious illnesses, and any chance to help must be taken. So here goes, this just came into the inbox:

Hey guys!

Aunny D

That’s Justin and his new bride, above.

Because any friend of SWINDLE is a friend of mine, I need for you guys to pass this along to anyone and everyone you know who might be willing to do a good deed for someone who really deserves it. Justin Van Hoy, Art Director of SWINDLE Magazine was diagnosed with Lukemia last year. At this point after exhausting his treatment options he needs a bone marrow transplant. None of his family members are a match, so that is where we come in.

Aunny D

Interview with stencil Artist Peat Wollaeger from Peat Wollaeger on Vimeo.

and you should too!!

Overspray 9, the Political issue is finally here, and we got Sarah Palin to pose for the cover! JUST KIDDING.

Hot like tamales, fresh off the press, this one is a mind bender, with in-depth articles tracing street art’s historical roots in politics, from Ron English’s bilboard liberations, all the way back to the Situationist International using stencils to revolutionize France in the 1960’s. You want to know about how a guy in the west bank told Banksy to go home? Do it here.

You’re welcome to get your think on with Carlo McCormick and the other writers, or just lush out on Lyle Owerko’s stunning photo portraits of the West African Samburu and their ill Bush-style.

Also in this issue, we are proud to welcome our man Ricky Powell to the folds of the Overspray family. You may know him from his many years writing for Mass Appeal, or maybe as “the fourth beastie boy” and his classic photographs of 80’s and 90’s New York. Either way, his new column for Overspray, “Cerebral Nutrients” is just that, snacks for the skull sponge. Look out for him here, and in issues to come!

Read about Swoon taking on the cause of the victims of a Mexican serial killer, since the local cops don’t appear to be doing shit, JR doing the same for African rape victims, the lowdown on street art laws all over the world, graffiti in Gaza, school kids beaten and sentenced to hard labor for graf protests in China, and the billboard liberation front dressing up in gorilla suits and charming the cops.

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Rome’s Lucamaleonte lays it down with an 11 layer stencil of a hand.

To make this:

See more from Luca here:

http://www.lucamaleonte.blogspot.com/

The Barnstormers are a classic, as is this DVD they brought out. It is pure inspiration, and this post is simply to remind you of that, and to buy it if you havent.

It’s too bad that this clip doesnt have Jose Parla or Alex Lebedev in it. Those are soooooo good. Sheesh.

You can get it here:

http://www.microcinemadvd.com/product/DVD/515/Barnstormers_360.html

We got this from ABOVE today, looks like the shitty economy has us all thinking about a higher cause…

“Hello,
In a concept similar to “Robin Hood” I am taking an active role in helping those less fortunate. I am selling the “GIVING TO THE POOR” print at an affordable cost hoping to get as many people involved in this benevolent project as possible. 100% of ALL PROFITS will be donated to both these Homeless shelters. I have carefully selected these Homeless shelters because of each of their long-standing active role in the Homeless community. Each respective Homeless shelter stands out among others because they accept and strive to help those without a home regardless of RELIGION, RACE, POLITICS or SEXUAL PREFERENCE. Learn more about each of their specific Missions and Values here. E.C.S. SHELTER (http://www.ecs-sf.org/about/mission.html) and C.H.-CENTER (http://www.cardinalhumecentre.org.uk/editorial.asp?page_id=69)

PRINT INFO: “GIVING TO THE POOR”
PRINT SIZE: (61cm. X 50cm. / 24in. X 21in.)

PRICE: *129.00 US DOLLARS. + SHIPPING (*100% OF ALL PROFITS WILL BE DONATED TO THE HOMELESS SHELTERS LISTED)

SIGNED, DATED AND NUMBERED

PLESE HELP THOSE LESS FORTUNATE AND GET INVOLVED HERE >>>>>>http://goabove.com/main/

–

“Trust In The Unknown,
And Go With The Flow”

http://GOABOVE.com”

This is the final week of the Deville’s Holiday Special by Ad Deville and Pufferella!!

Factory Fresh will be open this week from Wednesday till Sunday from 1-7pm.
After December 21, 2008 Factory Fresh will be closed till our next opening February 12, 2009.
They are available for private appointments, to schedule please contact ali@factoryfresh.net

Skewville Sale Now Online!
That’s right folks Skewville art for only $30! Get the deals while they last, prices subject to change in the New Year.Prices drastically reduced for the holidays and the economy.
Click here to view the sale

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

Those are spray cans in case your eyes are failing you. This dude is nuts.

More here > http://www.tieritdm.com/

If you’re not one of the 9,800,000 people to order your free Shepard Fairey Obama sticker then head on over to pol.moveon.org/shepstickers and get your paws on one before they’re gone.

I always thought that European cops were polite and reasonable compared to the NYPD, but I guess ignorance and anti-vandal sentiments exist all over the place. Found this video of a Finnish writer getting smacked around on 12 oz Prophet.

If you wanna get a little bit if Finnish immersion, Kromi has a huge archive of Finnish graff and street art. Dive in.

-Hodges

snap this little ditty up before their all gone. At 3 GBP, they are a STEAL. God bless the internet.

“Tags: East London” is a DIY zine for all you lovers of letters / tags / drippy tags and features a collection of photos documenting some of the tags that we have spotted in and around the streets of East London. The zine is A5 in size, a yellow cover with black and white images and a splash of colour images. 30 pages in total and yours for only £3.00.

The zine includes photos featuring tags from Oker, Nylon, ATG, INk F, Tek13, Cept, Sickboy and Word To Mother to name a few.

Get it here

One of our favorite Canadians is this Montreal based artist, Roadsworth.

Someone was smart enough to make a film about him, which has been recently hitting the festival circuit. Look into it, get in touch with them, see it. It looks great.

TRAILER HERE: Roadsworth trailer

Carlos Ramirez and Armando Lerma, also known as the Date Farmers, return to New Image Art for their solo show “Tell Them Willy Boy Was Here.” Hailing from Coachella Valley, Lerma and Ramirez create work that echoes Mexican-American heritage rooted in California pop culture. This show combines Native American portraits with the same vivid palate, recycled materials, pop culture references and exquisite attention to detail we’ve come to expect from the Date Farmers.

With a style that resembles prison art and takes its cue from Mexican American religious icons and a low rider tradition of bold sign painting, the Date Farmers know how to have a good time and often travel across the border, into Mexicali and Oaxaca, to scavenge for materials. With traces of ancient indigenous art, mushrooms, and mescal, the Date Farmers combine familiar pop iconography and corporate logos with figures from comics, folklore and Catholicism. Desert creatures such as coyotes, snakes, and scorpions appear frequently in their works as well as found materials like stamps, bottle caps, hand painted or collaged lettering.

Recently, their huge painting of Barack Obama, entitled “¡Cambio!”, appeared in Denver at an art show curated by Obama’s committee to coincide with the Democratic Convention they also did a poster for the Obama campaign. Their work is currently showing in “L.A. Paint” at the Oakland Museum of California. Previously this year, their work appeared in “In the Land of Retinal Delights: The Juxtapoz Factor” at the Laguna Art Museum, and they had a solo show at the Jonathan Levine Gallery in New York City. Over the summer, they were artists in residence at the Palm Springs Art Museum. In early 2009, the Date Farmers will be producing prints with POW-London.

In the project room, “Cat House” will focus on the longoing theme of cats in the Date Farmer’s work.

DJ Alf Alpha will be mixing the beats.

In Gallery I, Evan B. Harris ‘Maritime and Mythology’ plays with nostalgia for his sailor grandfather’s fantastical yarns, which have haunted the artist’s dreams since childhood. Each of Harris’s large-scale paintings is, in its own way, a vessel for the subconscious, lent with the eerie power of phantoms and filled with treasures straight out of the artist’s youthful fantasies of foreign ports and being lost at sea.

A group show ‘Gifted’ opens in Gallery II with small works from over 30 artists including: Blaine Fontana, Yoskay Yamamoto, Eric Fortune, Hellovon, Jennifer Davis, Scott Belcastro, Justin Gibbens, Meggs, Melissa Haslam, Tessar Lo, Tofer Chin, Jack Long, Edwin Ushiro and more…

In our Project Room, new work from Catherine Ryan which investigate the relationships that exist between humans and animals and the tension created when wild creatures are viewed in close proximity with mankind.

Opening Reception: Friday, December 12th 7-10pm

www.cerasoli-lebasse.com

For preview info: contact@cerasoli-lebasse.com

Our boys Books From Blackbooks Stencils, and Logan Hicks curated this epic mammoth of a show, featuring street art’s best painting on permission walls all over Miami. Here is a first batch of photos. Shout out to Jeremiah Garcia for the flicks. See here for more information: www.primaryflight.com

Retna and El Mac

Asylm

Boxi

Everyone, this is Daryll.

Ewok and co.

Billy Mode and Chris Stain

Logan Hicks

Michael Defeo

Michael Defeo and WK on the left

The wall of fame

Surge

The whothefuckstolemyclock crew.

Shepard Fairey made some friends.

Ron English. This got stolen within 24 hours. It’s the new trendy thing to do, stealing street art. Fuckin yuk.

Revok and Reyes. Sik.

This came in a couple days ago:

The SMART CREW is giving back to NYC this Holiday Season! Throughout the city, you will notice “SMART CREW CARES �” donation/redemption boxes (pictured below). We will stock these boxes throughout the holidays with brand new gifts as well as donations to the less fortunate. In these boxes, you will find all sorts of things including t-shirts, markers, NYPD merchandise, Brooklyn Brewery beer tokens, stickers, canned food, bicycle parts, etc… (Feel free to donate anything that may be of use to anyone else out there!) Anyone may feel free to donate to these boxes to help the cause (please, no garbage). We will continue to update this page with “SMART CREW CARES �” donation/redemption box locations so that everyone can help during these tough times.

If you would like more information on how to participate or if you would like assistance in picking up items to be donated, please e-mail us directly at smartcrewusa@gmail.com.

http://www.smartcrewcares.com/