Identity Crisis show opening at Shiv Gallery

Shiv Gallery launch - sister gallery to Cosh. We open on the 30th of April (Opening 7-9pm) with our 1st show 'Identity Crisis' and a cracking line-up which includes Slinkachu, Mode2, Miss Bugs, Mudwig, M-City, Joe Black, Pure Evil, Dain, Ben Frost and others. Featuring all new work from each artist.

The Great OutDoors at 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 & Luna Park, the exhibit features approximately 30 doors. The exhibit will also features "Street Doors" a slide photo show by Luna Park.

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.

Artbreak Gallery, 195 Grand Street, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Thursday through Sunday, 1-7 pm.

A New Installation By Kid Zoom at Boutwell Draper Gallery

Kid Zoom
Boutwell Draper Gallery

MILTON GLASER at Galerie Martel Paris

Milton Glaser - Opening on Thursday 30 April 2009 from 18h30.
1 May - 30 May 2009 at Galerie Martel - 17 rue Martel - Paris 10ème.

ART IN MIND at The Brick Lane Gallery

ART IN MIND / 30 April - 11 may / Opening 29 April 6.30 - 8.30

The Brick Lane Gallery
196 Brick Lane | London | E1 6SA | UK
0207 729 9721 - info@thebricklanegallery.com
www.thebricklanegallery.com

SNEAKER FREAKER ISSUE 15 MELBOURNE LAUNCH PARTY

Sneaker Freaker DJs and a special guest performance, + loads of beer and skittles.
Entry is free as long as you get in the door by 10pm...

J. Otto Siebold / MANHORSE 7 DOLLARS

Opens May 1st (First Friday), 6-9pm
runs all month
Grass Hut (art market)
811 e. Burnside
Portland, Oregon
(503)445-9924
grasshutcorp.com

Walrus TV Artist Feature: Ricky Powell Interview from “Dithers”

Ricky Powell. Really, what is there to be said about this legendary photographer that hasn't already been noted? His shots of New York in the 80s are timeless. His photo subjects ranged from friends on the block; to up-and-coming musicians, artists, and celebrities; to the then high-and-mighty caught around NYC. Indeed, Ricky has covered it all. Now, for the first time available to the public for free, Walrus TV provides a nine minute video from Dithers featuring the man, himself, discussing things from back in the day as well as giving insight on some of his favorite shots.

The Ricky Powell “Animal Lover Posse” Win a Ricky Powell Photo of RUN DMC

As seen in the interview, Ricky Powell loves animals, especially his cat Blackberry and he’s the founder of the well-established and long-standing “Animal Lover Posse.” In the fourth contest slated for 2009, Upper Playground is giving away a Ricky Powell photo of RUN DMC in Paris from 1987. The photo is signed by Ricky Powell, is framed and measures at 3 feet by 2 feet. To enter, all you have to do is submit a photo of an animal on the Upper Playground Facebook Fan Page – it can be anything – your pet, a pigeon on the sidewalk, a rat on the street – whatever. The person who submits the best animal photo will win the photo of Run DMC in Paris/1987. The contest is open for 2 weeks and a winner will be announced on Wednesday, May 13th. For details, rules and more information please visit the feature on UpperPlayground.com.

Sam Flores "Ego, Addiction and Other Bedtime Stories" at Subliminal Projects Gallery

OPENING RECEPTION:
SATURDAY, MAY 2ND, 8-11PM

EXHIBITION DATES:
MAY 2ND - MAY 30TH, 2009

In his show Ego, Addiction, and Other Bedtime Stories, Sam Flores tackles what is perhaps one of the most pervasive themes in human existence: the struggle between light and dark. Through color and contrast, Flores addresses those parts of our selves that seek to hide behind the protective mask of acceptance while our inner demons claw at us from the inside. "There is a constant war being waged in the fight for balance," says Flores, "to determine which side of us, good or bad, will win out in any given moment." Yet despite the eternal conflict, Flores never hesitates to remind us of the potential for beauty to shine through - even in our darkest hours.

SUBLIMINAL PROJECTS GALLERY
1331 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

James Jarvis & Kenworthy "Go Onwards" For Nike

Illustrator James Jarvis and Shynola director Richard Kenworthy have collaborated on a new film for Nike.

Mike Giant & Dalek at Magda Danysz Gallery

April 25th - May 23rd, 2009
Opening on saturday April 25th, 2009 from 6 to 9 PM

The Magda Danysz gallery is pleased to welcome two major artists from the street art culture who have developed a style of their own: Dalek & Mike Giant.

Though they have very different styles they talk about the same culture, the same influences, the same world. Dalek is one of the artists who as Shepard Fairey, Dave Kinsey, and Twist (aka Barry McGee) is taking the old school styles of graffiti and while exposing the work towhole new audiences at the same time. Mike Giant has added the whole tattoo culture to his graffiti background. He started writing in 1989. Early on, he was influenced by his graffiti partners a lot, as well as by writers like Twist, Rem, and KR. A habit he has kept from his graffiti years as now, Mike Giant uses words as the building blocks of language.

SNEAKER FREAKER Issue 15 "Glow in the dark"

ISSUE 15 PRE-ORDER!

Stella Dore presents Kid Acne SMOKE AND MIRRORS Landing Party

Stella Dore

Stussy x Cousin Frank AKA Ghost PhotoBook

The Ghost Photo Book and Stussy x Ghost tee shirt series will be released at Stussy Chapter stores around the globe on Saturday, April 25th. Ghost Interview on the Stussy website here.

SMASH137 "Karambolage" at Vicious Gallery

SMASH137
VICIOUS Gallery

ANTI-SOCIAL, by SPIDERxDEATH at China Heights Gallery

This Friday night, April 24:
ANTI-SOCIAL, by SPIDERxDEATH

A collection of illustrations Spider has constructed over the years for punk/metal acts around the world, ranging from 7" covers, Lp covers and posters.
Each piece of work has endured a heavy dose of stippling, like a junkie scratching the page with OCD. The feelings viewers will get from these images will take them back to the first punk show they ever attended (or didn't attend) and remember the colourful atmosphere of getting thrown up on, losing teeth in the pit and recovering from alcohol poisoning.

A specially produced run of prints will be available at the show.

China Heights Gallery
Friday April 24, from 6.30pm
Continues 12-5pm, following Saturday - Wednesday
257 Crown Street, Darlinghurst
www.spiderdeath.com
www.chinaheights.com

Walrus TV Artist Feature: SLICK

In this week’s edition of Walrus TV, graffiti legend SLICK tells us how he earned his name while he was in Catholic school. SLICK was a troublemaker as a kid, and it was his penchant for vandalism that actually lead him to art school.

SLICK, born Richard P. Wyrgatsch II, was raised in Hawaii and then moved to Los Angeles when he was 18 years old to pursue a career in commercial art and escape prosecution for vandalism. It was at Otis Parsons where he stumbled into his crew K.II.S (Kill to Succeed), one of LA’s most respected crews. It may have been his years as an airbrush artist in the 80’s, his formal training at Art Center or just his intuitive sense for dynamic composition that set his work apart from the rest in this fame driven sport we refer to as bombing. SLICK is a founder of Third Rail Clothing, Fuct, Shaolin Worldwide and more recently Dissizit!

He’s also worked on film projects including Bill & Ted’s II, Charlie’s Angels, Ocean’s 12, Fantastic 4 and music projects such as Pharcyde and Booyaa Tribe albums and Ice Cube, Ice T and Red Hot Chilli Peppers videos. After all these years, SLICK is still bombing, but now it’s mostly on canvases for galleries and legal mural commissions worldwide. Proving graff writers never die, they just get bufft.

Walrus TV: Video

Trust Fun & Kris Moyes "Glory Holes" at Monster Children Gallery

Trust Fun & Kris Moyes - Glory Holes

Opening night: Thursday 23RD APRIL 6.00PM
Exhibition continues from 24TH APRIL - 9TH MAY, 2009.

Award winning Australian designers Trust Fun! and international director Kris Moyes will present a series of works titled ‘Glory Holes’ at Monster Children Gallery from April 24, in an exhibition which explores the increasingly blurred line between art and commerce.

Glory Holes will explore the ideas of the Animal, the Vegetable and the Mineral from a cosmic, mystical and aesthetic angle - all with tongue planted firmly in cheek. The space will be filled with pieces covering a range of mediums including high quality digital prints, hand screen-printed glass, video projections and sculpture.

Many of the pieces in the exhibition have their origins in the concept stages of album covers, tour posters, music videos and marketing ideas that were later rejected by clients as either ‘too weird’, ‘too difficult’ or ‘too confusing’.

Glory Holes
April 24 – May 9, 2009
Opening Night Wednesday April 23 at 6pm.
Monster Children Gallery
20 Burton St, Darlinghurst
02 9332 2040.
Gallery Hours: 12pm – 6pm Wednesday to Saturday.
www.monsterchildren.com/gallery

"The 25th Anniversary Of Subway Art" Martha Cooper & Henry Chalfant

Alex Lukas "The Gray Skies of Morning" at TTC Gallery

Alex Lukas Exhibition

Opening, Friday from 18:00 - 22:00 at TTC Gallery!

This Friday, the 24th of April, TTC is proud to present the exhibition "The Gray Skies of Morning" by Alex Lukas.

Read more about the exhibition here

TTC Gallery

Asger Rygs Gade 5

1727 Copenhagen V

Denmark

THE POCKET SHOW / Miniatures by JAYBO at Nancy Victor Gallery

Nancy Victor Gallery is proud to present...
THE POCKET SHOW / Miniatures by JAYBO
Private View - Thursday 23 April, 6.30 - 9pm

In France 'Jaybo aka Monk' was a graffiti artist before he moved to Berlin in the 80's, "the pocket show" is what it says on the packet... Based on the size of a match boxes and around anything I could find in my pocket. I have always been distracted by the left overs, by things lying on the street, colour bits on the concrete, broken forms, missed parts and lost items. Already as a kid I always collected what I found without any foresight other than knowing I could use them one day.

There are burnt matchboxes, sculptures, used coke cans, elastic bands, smashed cigarette paintings and more... So don't forget to bring your magnifying glass.

A FORÇA DA RUA exhibition launches at east London’s theprintspace gallery

A Força da Rua
Exhibition launches at east London’s theprintspace gallery
Thursday April 23rd! April 2nd, 2009

The 12 exclusive Gibson Guitars, painted by the UK and Brazil’s finest street artists: Calma, Titi Freak, Speto, Daniel Melim, Tinho, Ramon Martins, Inkie, Remi/Rough, D*Face, Kid Acne, Will Barras, Pure Evil - A Força da Rua: the exhibition - Thursday April 23rd – Monday May 12th - theprintspace, Kingsland Road, London, E2.

www.forceofthestreet.com

Montaña Sagrada 5º Mantra!

Este Miércoles 22 haremos un viaje interestelar por un cono sónico y bailaremos en una pirámide llena de color!!

Es el 5º mantra, llegado desde los ancianos barbudos milenarios. Traído para que nos unamos y nos untemos y nos veamos y nos bailemos. Lleno de frutas parlantes, cartones skaters, egipcios tarados, plantas amables y dinosaurios llorando de risa! y un oso polar!

San Vicente Ferrer 33, Malasaña.
http://www.myspace.com/montanasagrada

C.H.U.D.Z. Alex Barry, Richard Colman, Josh Slater at 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

Cinders Gallery is proud to present C.H.U.D.Z., a 3 person show featuring new paintings, drawings, and collages. The title is a mysterious acronym that likens itself to the cult film C.H.U.D. aka "Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dweller", where toxic waste has mutated people into flesh-eating zombies that come up from the sewers to feed. Certainly B-movie monsters, science fiction, conspiracy theories, secret societies and the arcane knowledge of the underground all play an influential role in each of these artists' work but it also reveals their collective sense of humor as old friends, as a kind of tongue in cheek term for their new works or even a term of endearment for each other.

All three artists create whole worlds of their own iconography amidst a mysterious, playful and at times dystopic backdrop of a fantastical future.

DAVE THE CHIMP "PRINTS for the New Power Generation" at ATM Gallery

ATM is proud to present “PRINTS for the New Power Generation”, Dave the Chimp’s first solo show in his new hometown of Berlin.

Opening: 24.04.2009, 7pm
Exhibition: 24.04.09 – 23.05.09

ATM Gallery

http://www.atmberlin.de/

Jaguarshoes presents "CHICKEN: Low Art, High Calorie" Book

Mark Batty Publisher has a New York City address, but the independent publisher dedicated to making books on the visual art of communicating has always championed an international attitude. MBP titles showcase the visual power and innovation of contemporary culture in all of its varied poses, ranging from graffiti in Mexico, Australia, Japan and the United States to Spanish and Dutch graphic design, Arabic typography and artists and designers whose work is recognized all over the United Kingdom. On the occasion of the London Book Fair, and to celebrate the publishing house's London-based authors, MBP will be hosting a party at DreamBagsJaguarShoes on Wednesday, 22 April, starting at 8pm.

Olivier Kosta-Théfaine aka STAK + Antoine Bouillot + Sixeart at A.L.I.C.E.

Sixeart / Antoine Bouillot / Olivier Kosta-Théfaine

Exhibition: 24.04.09 > 23.05.09

A.L.I.C.E. is happy to welcome back Sixeart, Antoine Bouillot & Olivier Kosta-Théfaine. The 3 artists will be in Brussels to present their latest work!
VERNISSAGE: Friday the 24th of April 6-9PM

G's / THE GUTENBERG'S QUARTERLY #1

SCRATCHING THE SPREADS OF ISSUE 01 from Rubén B on Vimeo.
http://thegutenbergs.com/

Mike Mills Launches New Retrospective Monograph "Graphics Films"

Mike Mills Launches New Retrospective Monograph
'Graphics Films'

Thursday, April 23, 7:30pm - Free Join us for an intimate slide show and discussion with designer/filmmaker/artist Mike Mills to launch his new retrospective book, 'Graphics Films'. The presentation and q+a will be hosted by editor, Aaron Rose. Mills will also be taking audience questions and signing books.

Graphics Films is the first retrospective monograph on one of the hardest-working men in contemporary creative culture. For more than 15 years, Mike Mills' works in the fields of design and film have determined the visual landscape of our times. Graphics Films is a painstakingly produced document of Mills' career to date, including many never-before-seen examples of his works in graphic design, installation, publications and film projects.

Family - 436 N Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, 90036

SAP / STREET ART PAINTING GROUP SHOW

STREET ART PAINTING / GROUP SHOW

OPENING: 23rd APRIL 2009 7 P.M.
Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th april - 12 a.m to 8 p.m.
April until September 2009 / Monday to Friday - 10 a.m - 5 p.m.

SAP AG - INTERNATIONALES SCHULUNGZENTRUM
DISTMAR-HOPP-ALLE 20 - BUILDING 5
WALLDORF (69190) - GERMANY
CLICK HERE TO SEE MAP

http://www.urbanpainting.info/

Faces & Laces INTERACTIVE STREETWEAR EXHIBITION & MUSIC SHOW *Moscow

INTERACTIVE STREETWEAR EXHIBITION & MUSIC SHOW

24-25 APRIL 2009 / MOSCOW / All-Russian Exhibition Centre (V.V.C. / V.D.N.Kh.) /Legendary Pavilion № 32 - "KOSMOS" / FREE ENTRANCE
http://www.myspace.com/facesandlaces

streetwear brands / limited editions & fashion innovations / clothing design & graphics / retrospective view & actual collections / exclusive sneakers & designer toys / photography & subcultural art / DJ sets & live performance

Banksy: Works from the Collection of Andipa Gallery

Banksy: Works from the Collection of Andipa Gallery

23 April - 16 May 2009

Andipa Gallery is proud to present a selling exhibition of rare works by the UK's leading urban artist, Banksy, including the largest canvas ever to come on the market. All of the works on display are from the gallery's collection, built up over the last three years.

FRIENDS - Tim Kerr, Bill Daniel, Cynthia Connolly, Rich Jacobs & Michael Sieben at Domy Books Austin.

Domy Books is pleased to present,

FRIENDS
Tim Kerr, Bill Daniel, Cynthia Connolly
Rich Jacobs & Michael Sieben

Thursday, April 23, 2009 at Domy Books, Austin
913 E Cesar Chavez, Austin, TX 78702
7-9pm, FREE ADMISSION

Exhibition runs April 23 – June 4

We Kill You “I Lose Track of my Mind Sometimes” at The Gordon Daniel Gallery

The Gordon Daniel Gallery in Toronto hosts We Kill You’s very first solo show!
Titled “I Lose Track of my Mind Sometimes”, this show will feature the most recent creations of WKY. That includes monster toys, paintings, skate decks, and portraits. WKY will also introduce some new styles totally new and unseen. Some come on out if you are in the Toronto area on Thursday, April 23rd @ 7pm. We also have a few shots of the pieces right after the jump.

The Gordon Daniel Gallery
460 Parliament St.
Toronto, ON, Canada