MIKE PARK shows some of his incredible layered & translucent 'paintings'in a summer group show, 'Above the Trendy, the Down and Out', at THE PROPOSITION, MAY 25 - JULY 29, 2005

MIKE PARK, at THE PROPOSITION, May 31, 2005

MIKE PARK, at THE PROPOSITION, May 31, 2005

MIKE PARK at THE PROPOSITION, May 31, 2005

MIKE PARK at THE PROPOSITION, May 31, 2005

MIKE PARK at THE PROPOSITION, May 31, 2005. at $1,600 a piece, RONALD SOSINSKI, Director of THE PROPOSITION, says these fly off the wall as soon as they go up.

also in the same summer show, 'Above the Trendy, the Down and Out', unique photogram collaborations between ALFREDO MARTINEZ and REMY AMEZCUA, THE PROPOSITON, May 31, 2005

unique photogram, ALFREDO MARTINEZ and REMY AMEZCUA, THE PROPOSITION, May 31, 2005

unique photogram, ALFREDO MARTINEZ and REMY AMEZCUA, THE PROPOSITION, May 31, 2005 (note Alfredo's tag on the bottom left & Remy's, on the right, in the middle)

in the Project Room,'Interventions' a show stopping series of photographs by GRACE GRAUPE-PILLARD, THE PROPOSITION, May 31, 2005

GRACE GRAUPE-PILLARD, THE PROPOSITION, May 31, 2005

GRACE GRAUPE-PILLARD, THE PROPOSITION, May 31, 2005

artist MATT JONES, photographed outside the Jasper Johns opening, May 6, 2005

the card for: 'HUMAN AFTER ALL' - a 2 artist show: Kadar Brock and Matt Jones, APRIL 16 - May 14 at BUIA GALLERY.

artist KADAR BROCK, at the Jasper Johns opening, May 6, 2005

from Montreal, JASON SANCHEZ, 1/2 of the Carlos & Jason Sanchez team, beside their large photograph,'A MOTIVE FOR CHANGE' a digital 'C' print, made with many manipulated images, from an 8 x 10 camera. at the inaugral opening of: CLAIRE OLIVER, a new gallery in Chelsea, May 7, 2005

'A MOTIVE FOR CHANGE', CARLOS and JASON SANCHEZ, at CLAIRE OLIVER, May 7, 2005

Carlos and Jason Sanchez fans from Montreal, left, musician ANNY PICHE, she plays classical guitar & right, ELENA WIILIS, violinist, CLAIRE OLIVER, May 7, 2005

RICHARD STIPL sculpture, inaugural opening, CLAIRE OLIVER, May 7, 2005

card for: PAMELA PARLAPIANO's 'DIGNITY' an exhibition of her black & white photographs, 'The Children of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream', from the late 70's. MAY 7 - JUNE 11, CAPSULE (the card image is: 'The Child of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream' 1978)

PAMELA PARLAPIANO, 'Denise and Her Sister and Her Baby', 1978, "DIGNITY", CAPSULE, May 7, 2005

exhibit card: IGNIVOMOUS PRESENTS: ART@WORK - a group show that took place in the cubicles of a midtown Manhattan office. 15 artists transformed their own individual cubicles. If you were lucky enough, you could sometimes catch the artists 'at work'. Definitely the *best* alternative show of the SPRING 2005 season. 520 Eighth Avenue bet. 36 & 37. the show ran thru MAY 2005

TOM MOODY is an multi-talented artist, whose weblog, TOM MOODY was recommended in the Art in America article "Art in the Blogosphere" & is a featured link on the artlovers home page. His video "Guitar Solo" will be included in "23 Reasons to Spare New York: Music Videos from the Art Rock Scene" which will happen at OCULARIS, Galapagos Art Space, Williamsburg, on Oct 2nd. TOM MOODY photographed here at the opening of ART@*^<>WORK, May 10, 2005

TOM MOODY at work. ART>*/.!WORK, May 31, 2005

TOM MOODY, computer art, ART^>*WORK, May 10, 2005

TOM MOODY, as well as being multi-talented, gets into both abstract & figurative themes. here's his print out of CHLOE SEVIGNY, an archival photo from Art Lovers New York Photos by Nancy Smith (artnet days) ART*><*WORK, May 10, 2005

TOM MOODY, computer drawing from an Art Lovers New York photo of CHLOE SEVIGNY, ART@#>WORK, May 10, 2005

TOM MOODY, at work, ART%<>#^WORK, May 31, 2005

artist ELANA LANGER, who also produced this show, at the opening in her work/cubicle. ART!@*<>WORK, May 10, 2005

artist TALI HINKIS, in the green shirt curated ART><*/WORK. Tali & her husband KYLE LAPIDUS (holding the baby at left) are known professionally as LoVid, and they co-created the cubicle, behind them, with artist DOUGLAS REPETTO, in the bright blue shirt at center. The LoVid babies are: baby Dlisah and older sister Rama, ART*^.!WORK, May 10, 2005

LoVid and DOUGLAS REPETTO, ART>*^%WORK, May 10, 2005

ERIKA SOMOGYI and EVAN GREENFIELD. ERIKA turned her office cubicle into a makeshift tent. ART>)*%WORK, May 10, 2005

ERIKA SOMOGYI, ART@**/>WORK, May 10, 2005

candles burn at the entrance to the cubicle tent, opening of ART>*6WORK, ERIKA SOMOGYI installation, May 10, 2005

ERIKA SOMOGYI, ART><%!WORK, May 10, 2005

EVAN GREENFIELD, ART//*^WORK, May 10, 2005

EVAN GREENFIELD, ART#!!*>WORK, May 10, 2005

TONY LUIB, obviously, mindblowing. ART^/<>@WORK, May 10, 2005

TONY LUIB, ART#!!@WORK, May 10, 2005

YOAV ('skills') BERGNER, ART@$***WORK, May 10, 2005

YOAV BERGNER, ART^&%/WORK, May 10, 2005

YOAV BERGNER, ART^&<>WORK, May 10, 2005

SABRINA GSCHWANDTNER, ART<>#WORK, May 15, 2005

SABRINA GSCHWANDTNER, ART^>*@WORK, May 15, 2005

CAT MAZZA, ART&*@WORK, May 31, 2005

CAT MAZZA, ART***@#WORK, May 31, 2005

CAT MAZZA, ART<>&@WORK, May 31, 2005

CAT MAZZA, ART%^&WORK, May 31, 2005

CAT MAZZA, ART%#@!WORK, May 15, 2005

CAT MAZZA, ART<*>!!WORK, May 15, 2005

CAT MAZZA, KNITPRO, MICROREVOLT, www.MICROREVOLT.ORG/KNITPRO, ART!<*>!WORK, May 10, 2005

MICHELLE ROSENBERG took the bellows & game calls out of old toys and put them into desk top tools. squeeze 'em & they squeaked! ART#@!&*>WORK, May 15, 2005

MICHELLE ROSENBERG, even the markers squeaked. ART@>*&*WORK, May 31, 2005

MICHELLE ROSENBERG, 'Please Squeeze the office supplies.' ART<>&!WORK, May 31, 2005

MICHELLE ROSENBERG, yep even the staplers squeaked...and they had tails too. ART%^>*WORK, May 31, 2005

Bengala. ART*&*!WORK, May 10, 2005

Bengala, ART@**!^WORK, May 10, 2005

Bengala, ART>*&%#WORK, May 10, 2005

at the ART@>**!WORK opening, JULIANE MAHLMAN, assistant at the NICKELODEON Department "LET'S JUST PLAY" which provides funds for inner city youth programs promoting physical play....or: 'shut off that T.V'.... what a great person to happen along at this particular opening. May 10, 2005

ART^*&!!WORK being situated near the theatre district, some actors did happen by, including DEVEN MAY, who played EDGAR ALLAN POE, in the OFF BROADWAY production, 'POE', ART<>&*>WORK, May 31, 2005

back on the Lower East Side, Marvin Ramirez wears a t-shirt handpainted by his brother, who tags as OZBE. OZBE works out of the Bronx and they sell the t-shirts thru small shops, incl. barber shops. May 14, 2005

detail, hand painted t-shirt made by OZBE, out of the Bronx, May 14, 2005

OZBE's tag, on his hand painted t-shirt, worn by his brother Marvin Ramirez, out of the Bronx, May 14, 2005

Marvin Ramirez in an OZBE hand painted hoodie & t-shirt, Lower East Side, Sept 25, 2005

detail, OZBE, hand painted t-shirt and hoodie, Lower East Side, Sept 25, 2005