Subliminal Projects Presents:
“Hit The Deck”

Opening Reception
Saturday, March 31, 2007
8:00pm - 11:00pm

Exhibition Dates
March 31, 2007 - April 21, 2007

Synthesis presents Hit The Deck, an original art showcase of artists from around the world using skateboard decks as the medium. Hit The Deck will exhibit at Subliminal Projects in Los Angeles, on March 31st until April 21st. Alan Weibel will curate Hit The Deck for Synthesis, bringing together clothing designers, graphic designers, graffiti writers and established fine artists for an opportunity to show and sell their original skateboard deck art to raise money for a world renowned AIDS, malaria and teburculosis treatment charity, the Global Fund. Read the rest of this entry »

Roam around Ontario long enough and you’re bound to find them. They’ve swarmed onto bridge underpasses, engulfed newspaper stands, and devoured post-no-bill boards. What are these little creatures you ask? Why they are ghosts. Those tiny figments of your imagination that have come to life thanks to an ambitious Canadian wheat-poster designer, known only by the moniker WeKillYou. The name is a play on the term “you kill me,” and is used as a statement of endearment, not violence; however, WeKillYou has been doing a hell of a job kicking the local art scene’s ass and isn’t slowing down any time soon. Life In A Bungalo paid a visit to WeKillYou to find out more.

Could you tell me a little about WeKillYou?
I have slept in the same room my entire life. I live on a ravine and grew up with about 6 guys on my street all of the same age. Childhood was the best. No matter what time it was you could always go find someone to skateboard with or build a fort with or get everyone together to play capture the flag in the ravine. Now I’m one of the only ones still here, but by choice. I attended OCAD (Ontario college of art and design) for 2 years studding photography but left because the school was not my cup of tea. Have you seen Art School Confidential? That’s what it was like. Anyway I then attended a different college here for Graphic design. For years I have been teaching myself illustrator and that I guess is what fed me into graphic design. Today I still live in this same house with my parents and brother because I love it here. I have space, which I have turned into a studio and whenever I want I can get away to nature in the forest. You can’t do that in an apartment downtown. Read the rest of this entry »

I had never heard of Sket One prior to buying my first Dunny. And even then, I thought his cutesy designs in Series 2 were suffering from a severe lack of badass. But then the disease started to set it. I fell in love with his “Operation” Munny, and couldn’t stop staring at the custom figures designed to look like food packaging. One afternoon I walked into Kid Robot New York and grabbed a Sket-bot just so I could spend some cash. One turned into three, and now I can’t stop talking about Sket. At this year’s New York Comic Con, Sket One took center stage at a both co-habitated with the creme de la creme of grafitti design. When he wasn’t doodling on sketch pads, he was chatting it up with his legion of fans. Life In A Bungalo hit the big man up with a few questions to find out what makes him tick. Read the rest of this entry »

Michael McNichols
Chicago, IL 2/23/07

Were he any place other than up on stage at the Cobra Lounge last Friday night, Ryan Mattes, lead singer of The Last of the V8’s, would have been arrested. Shirtless, but wearing a leather jacket and jeans, Mattes spilled beer all over himself, broke bottles, crawled, growled, bled, sweated, and jumped off the stage onto the shoulders of guitarist Jay Zastoupil.

He also did quite a good job of singing, though I could have watched him shamble stiff-legged around the stage all night, yelling, “This next song is about zombies!” I’d even ignore the fact that his asscrack stuck up out of his jeans in full view of the crowd, but Mattes apparently didn’t care. Why should I? Read the rest of this entry »

Fresh off a stint at New York Comic Con, Andrew Bell unveiled two new prints at his Web store, The Creatures in my Head. ‘The Immediacy of Reincarnation’ from the Hot Curry! art show in Chicago is one of Bells best prints yet. Limited to 20, each print is signed and numbered, and hand detailed. The best part is that the prints are framed and ready to go. Each print measures 4″x6″ floated on an acid-free black mat. The frame is 8.5″x10.5″ ornate frame with UV reducing acrylic. - archival inks on acid-free fine art rag. Read the rest of this entry »

March 17, 2007 - April 18, 2007
Reception: Saturday, March 17, 2007. 6:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Giant Robot is proud to present Look Behind You: Small
Paintings by Over Four Dozen Artists.

After several solo shows and small group shows, Giant Robot NY has decided it’s time for visual overload. They have assembled a cast of 50 artists for a salon-style show in its East Village gallery space. Each participant has contributed two or three 5″ x 7″ or smaller sized paintings, and there will be well over 100 works of art on view. GR will be featuring artists who have exhibited in the past, as well as some new ones, artists from both coasts and overseas, and a wide variety of styles and mediums. Read the rest of this entry »

Last year, the New York Comic Con had a few (ahem) growing pains. But that didn’t stop the convention from coming back twice as big this year and kicking everyone’s ass. Life In A Bungalo was there and we interviewed anyone who would give us the time of day. Here’s the best of the best.

New York Comic Con: The Movie on Vimeo

Also on YouTube
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