THE OVERSPRAY MAGAZINE FISHBOWL

TONIGHT - FRIDAY, May 1st

Don’t miss this show! The incredibly talented Logan Hicks is having a show with Broken Crow of their stencil work and its going to be epic.

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The folks over at Factory Fresh are also having an opening for Boxed In. The group show, organized by Plaztik Mag in conjunction with F.F. the gallery, is inspired by the recent housing and economic meltdown and is going to be filled with cardboard sculptures and nicknacks. It’s a cardboard wonderland at Factory Fresh, only Plaztik Mag could cause this much of a stir.
Don’t forget to check out the fresh coat of paint in the backyard!!

“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.”

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SATURDAY, May 2nd

The Great Out Doors: A Celebration of the Door as Canvas
Curated by Luna Park and Billi Kid

With doors by 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, Stikman, Windowzoo and Yassie Goldie. Featuring a street doors slide show by Luna Park

May 2-29, 2009
Opening: May 2nd, 6-10pm
Artbreak Gallery
195 Grand St., 2nd Fl. in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
www.artbreakgallery.com

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Its your last chance to check out Miss Bugz and Joe Black in “2 Many Artists” at the Brooklynite Gallery!! DO IT!!

“It’s not the equipment, it’s the artist.”

I pulled together an international amalgam of artists, with a street background of some kind, and asked a few of them to create site specific installations. The aim was to be raw, playful, un-pretentious, and inspiring, especially to those who lack the cash to buy art and supplies. With that in mind, we’re showing a set of photos shot on disposable cameras, three of the artists will be painting straight on the walls, and all the work has been priced for a ‘recession special’.

www.darlingdays.com
Check back after the opening for work for sale online.”

Project Description
India Street Mural Project is a series of murals celebrating the arts in our community that
will take place at India Street between West Street and the East River in Greenpoint,
Brooklyn. The concrete wall dimensions are approximately 400’ long x 30’ tall. Murals
will be on display through Fall 2009, after which time the building is slated for
demolition. Five artists will be chosen to each create their own mural. Each mural will
be approximately 20’ high x 25’ wide. Group submissions are welcome. Council
Member David Yassky’s office will convene a panel to select the artists. Groundswell
Community Mural Project will provide administrative and technical consult on the
project.
Selected artists will be provided with a budgeted amount of materials as well as a stipend
of $700.

The North Brooklyn Public Art Coalition

northbrooklynpublicart@gmail.com

RIPO opens his first solo show “…is what I meant to say” at the Mr. Ego space in Brussels, Belgium. He’ll be showing two new series of ink drawings along with new works from his Reflect On project and an assortment of photographs.

He’s also been busy painting the inside and outside walls of the gallery, and if his work on his European tour, South American tour, or recent trip to NYC tells us anything it’s that we should expect some serious calligraphy skills and lettering that harks back to the commercial sign painting of yore.

‘Vintage Futurism’ Closing Show
Saturday, March 28, 2009
7- 10 pm

DUBLAB Soundsystem will be on sight playing old Jazz and ecentric Soul,
with special sets by FROSTY, SACRED & CARLOS NINO

“Many thanks to those who have come out to view and support this solo exhibition.
For those who wish to view the works again, and for those who were unable to attend this
past month, this saturday will mark the closing of the show to the public.
Mens and womens Tshirts are still available as well as prints.”

01 Gallery
530 S. Hewitt Street
Barker Block Suite 141
Los Angeles, CA 90013

Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art
presents

BOXI

Opening Reception
Thursday, April 9th
7.00pm – 10.00pm

“Work To Do” Benefit for greater New York’s High School Art & Music Programs
Opening: Thursday, March 26, 2009
Time: 6:00PM - 10:00PM
Exhibition Dates: Thursday, March 26 - Thursday, April 16

Address: 112 Greene Street (b. Prince & Spring Street)
Metro: R, W to Prince Street, B, D, F, Q to Broadway-Lafayette,
6 to Bleeker Street
Contact: “Royce” at worktodo112@yahoo.com

Erik Otto – recent works

On View: March 23 – April 24

DOMA Café & Gallery

17 Perry Street @ Seventh Avenue

West Village, New York City, NY

Do you live anywhere near Venice? If so, make sure you catch the POV show opening as one of the photographers showing is Italian raised, NYC based documentary photographer Ale Zuek (see Materials issue).

Point Of View
March 21 - May 30 2009
Opening March 21 at 6:00 pm

Davide Balliano / Simone Bergantini / Andrea Botto /
Martina Della Valle / Teodoro Lupo/ Claudia Pozzoli /
Alessandro Zuek Simonetti / Flavia Sollner / Nicola Vinci

Jarach Gallery
Campo San Fantin,
San Marco 1997, 30124 Venezia,
from tuesday to saturday
10-13 e 14-19
monday and sunday only by appointment
T +39 041 522 1938 F +39 041 2778936
www.jarachgallery.com

Check out his portrait of the first lady and more of his work here.

If you have eyes and have ever walked north on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg you know R. Nicholas Kuszyk’s work as it is his massive mural that intricately covers the side wall of the bagel store on the corner of North 4th St. (it also covers up a mural by our friend Anthony Lister, but that’s the fault of some crusty bagel makers not Nick’s so lets move on). So folks, hold on to your nuts & bolts because the man is having a solo show at McCaig Welles Gallery just a few blocks away, and it opens tomorrow night, 7pm.

R. NICHOLAS KUSZYK “JAMMER SLAMMER: THE EVALATION”

McCaig Welles Gallery is pleased to present Jammer Slammer: The Evalation, a solo exhibition of paintings by R. Nicholas Kuszyk. The exhibition is a continuum of Kuszyk’s robot paintings that explores the evolution of visual media, the environment, rituals, and the human condition. New paintings along with some works spanning nearly ten years, will be on view.

Hyper colorful with an overtly complex mode, R. Nicholas Kuszyk’s works combine multiple elements that relate and inform and react to each other creating a symbiosis that can range from harmonious to chaotic. While the smaller paintings work as snapshots of everyday thoughts and emotions, the larger paintings take on a much more intricate commentary.

Kuszyk’s casts the robots as personifications of the different stages of life, which are juxtaposed with the effects each stage has on the surrounding environment. Kuszyk explains, “They’re formally organized into a kind of ritualistic arrangement that illustrates the intentions of the processes’ relational, spiritual, literal, and material connectedness.” As much as Kuszyk explores the aesthetics of the futuristic landscapes of the robot world, his exhibition also focuses on “ritualscapes”.

By creating formal rituals within his paintings, Kuszyk bestows human qualities upon the non-human robots allowing the audience not only to connect with a world that appears far removed from their own, but also realize the striking similarities between us and the mechanized creatures. Like our own reality, the Jammer Slammer world must deal with social responsibility, spiritual, political, and environmental issues, all of which seem to becoming increasingly magnified in culture obsessed with high definition and over stimulation.

In August, R. Nicholas Kuszyk has a children’s book being published by Penguin Group, Inc. called R Robot Saves Lunch.

Gallery Location - Brooklyn: 129 Roebling Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211

Props to Brooklynite Gallery on their new endeavor: the 24/7 online tv channel completely devoted to street art oriented content - AND THEY’RE TAKING SUBMISSIONS! So Oversprayers, get off your ass, dust off that Final Cut and get to work!

DETAILS:

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A TV CHANNEL DEDICATED TO STREET ART

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Have you ever thought ART is LIFE? Ever wonder what a
TV channel dedicated to Street Art and the culture that
surrounds it would look like?

Well look no further…

In the not to distant future, BrooklyniteGallery.com will
launch the very first on-line, streaming TV channel dedicated
to showing only ’street art related’ content 24/7.

We’ve put together the best of the internet as well as
produced our own EXCLUSIVE, entirely FREE programming
. . .some of which will be LIVE.

This means, LIVE interviews, LIVE murals and LIVE extensive
video coverage of our openings with no fees, software to
download, or sign ups …Nothing else to do but see great
content from today’s top artists as well as introductions to
fresh new emerging ones.

Imagine being able to tune in any time to LIVE programming
covering the spectrum of street art; the freshest, most
innovative work from around the world, and everything that
goes into making it?

You’ll see the inspirations: BASQUIAT, WARHOL, HARING and
their inspirations, LICHTENSTEIN, RAUSCHENBERG,
MATISSE, PICASSO, DUCHAMP. We’ll also shine a light on
the music, culture, major cities and hidden wellsprings
that exude ART.

Oh and did we mention LIVE CHAT too?

Being held captive? Can’t make it out to a show here at
Brooklynite Gallery? Well how about watching a LIVE broadcast
event of the MISS BUGS / JOE BLACK opening in April hosted by
LEON REID IV? Catch the vibe of the event including a special
musical performance (TBA) and interviews with guests all while
chatting LIVE about the art, the show, and what you want more of.

. . . Our content includes YOU.

We want to connect the worldwide audience of Street Art
enthusiasts together with everything that fuels Street Art.
We will be there with a barrage of content to thoroughly
represent the present, explore the influences, and help
forecast where it’s going.

To suggest programming and even submit videos of your own,
please send your links and ideas to-

LIVETV@BrooklyniteGallery.com

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This just-released Anthony Lister print from Paper Monster is not your run of the mill deal as each of the 45 strong etched and aquatinted edition is hand modified by the man himself, with spray paint, stencils, and his never-far-from-reach whiteout pen. Now that’s something to get your knickers in a twist about, hey,

imgs from Paper Monster.

Despite feeling like someone scrambled my brains for breakfast all weekend (thanks to that-thing-that’s-goin-around) I rallied on Saturday night and traveled out to the Brooklynite gallery for a much needed booster shot of art. REMED and 2BK made it well worth the trek with their luscious paintings and one very well-endowed sculpture.