~OUTSIDERS NY/OPENING PIX !!
‘OUTSIDERS NY’ – 282 BOWERY – just off HOUSTON
the BRIT-based LAZARIDES GALLERY – STREET ART – NYC POP-UP SHOW
2 WEEKS ONLY !! SEPT 26 – OCT 12, 2008 !!
HRS: OPEN DAILY 11am – 7pm
first off, the gallery isn’t based in London, per se – it’s in NEWCASTLE. second, not all the artists are Brits either, BAST seems to be based in BROOKLYN, JR is from France, and CONOR HARRINGTON hails from CORK, IRELAND. MARK JENKINS is a native of WASHINGTON, DC and TODD JAMES aka REAS is a BROOKLYN native who lives and works in NYC.
one of the best aspects of the installation is its lighting quick rough and ready, get in there & get out – conversion of a BOWERY trademark – RESTAURANT/KITCHEN/CHAIR SUPPLY STORE – to a guerilla exhibition space – that harks back – to the good ole days – of the wild ROGUE pop-up shows of the 80’s, before the term ‘POP-up’ existed !! They did a damn good job – of leaving the space really raw and yet: functioning as a great showcase for their brand of art. The Lazarides take on street art seems to be heavily leaning on the dark side – and the genre’s statesmen; nothing wrong with that, just an observation, (and there are several contradictions to this statement in the show, i.e. the pop graphics of TODD JAMES & the youthful visions of CONOR HARRINGTON !!) as opposed to, say the current, and slightly more ahead-of-the-curve = pop graphic street art show show: ‘4 GEEZERS: LONDON POLICE, FLYING FORTRESS, PEZ & EINE’ – curated by ANDREW MICHAEL FORD at BROOKLYN’S own AD HOC GALLERY.
‘4 GEEZERS: LONDON POLICE, FLYING FORTRESS, PEZ & EINE’ – SEPT 12-OCT 12, 2008
photos from that opening to post on – TUESDAY SEPT 30th !!
see: AD HOC GALLERY – ‘4 GEEZERS’
. . . that being said – the opening was a blast – !! – fueled by an open BELVEDERE bar. ‘OUTSIDERS NY’ – is a very very interesting and large survey show, with a wide range – the work was great !! – and looked fantastic – in the hit and run environment.
TODD JAMES aka REAS of the infamous AOK crew. a Brooklyn native – he currently lives and works in NYC.
on the wall – work by TODD JAMES aka REAS
another piece by TODD JAMES
detail, TODD JAMES
detail, TODD JAMES
detail, TODD JAMES
one of a few B & W drawings – by BLU
LAZARIDES seems to be a fairly big organization & they brought a lot of their
in-house crew over – to put up the NYC show, this is RALF.
MODE 2
MODE 2
downstairs, on the lower/basement level: from left – INVADER, ‘BERT’ by MARK JENKINS,
and at the right, a big piece by BAST
a wall of INVADER !!
INVADER aka SPACE INVADER, originally ‘vandalizing’ PARIS – you could have caught some of his iconic 8 bit video-game aliens – in tile mosaics, cemented up in Chelsea, last Spring (2008) – they’re down now – whether thru grafitti clean-up police/or removed by sharp-eyed collectors – unknown.
and yes, they were made from RUBIK CUBES !! – INVADER
kind of on the dark side – even though it contained a fuzzy little animal – POLLY MORGAN
detail, POLLY MORGAN
ZEVS
DAVID CHOE
large works by DAVID CHOE
BAST
on the left, ANDREW MICHAEL FORD, of BROOKLYN’S AD HOC GALLERY,
chats with BAST.
large work by BAST
DANIEL SALIN – independent curator – based in LA – said to have had a hand in curating
this show for STEVE LAZARIDES.
large piece by ANTONY MICALLEF
work by JR
BORF
PAUL INSECT
detail, PAUL INSECT
Sesame Street figure by PAUL JENKINS, paintings by MODE 2 (center),
and mosaic by INVADER, at right.
detail, INVADER
heavily (brick) textured & highly detailed paintings by MIRANDA DONOVAN
and yes, she knows NIGEL COOKE.
detail, MIRANDA DONOVAN
MIRANDA DONOVAN
a super arresting wall – VHILS – now 21 – this young Portuguese artist . . . “has been painting on anything and everything he can find within his environment. Starting out at 13 on trains passing by his home town on the south-banks of Lisbon, an area of recently implanted urbanism in a rural environment..”
STEVE LAZARIDES
local talent, from back in the train days – IVORY !!
. . . likewise, SP.one aka GREG LaMARCHE !!
JONATHAN YEO
FAILE
CONOR HARRINGTON – while in NYC – he did a massive and totally S-T-R-I-K-I-N-G wall mural, said to be – somewhere around 15th St and Washington – on the deep West Side ?
CONOR HARRINGTON
detail, CONOR HARRINGTON
STEVE PARKIN, of the LAZARIDES crew – he’s the one whose staying behind
to mind the NYC pop-up store.
JE of France
JE brought to our attention the ZEUS – ‘shadow’ work – outside on the street, around the bus stop.
also, outside on the street – CONOR HARRINGTON
also outside, in the side street window – a video loop by TODD JAMES
video frame – TODD JAMES aka REAS
video frame – TODD JAMES
VIDEO FRAME – TODD JAMES
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
LAZARIDES GALLERY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE