Bowl-A-Rama II: The Return of the Pins
If you get a chance, head down to The Asbury Lanes and check out the sequel to Bowl-A-Rama put on by Crybaby Gallery. A whole bunch of really great artists have customized real bowling pins donated by The Lanes. Artists include Kirstin Easthope, Sunny Buick, and many more. A handful of the pins are still [...]
Asbury Park Zombie Walk 2008
View Slideshow View Individual Photos on Flickr For years now I’ve been hearing about this super secret Zombie Walk that takes place in New York City once a year. Thousands of undead ghouls rise from the grave and traipse around Manhattan scaring unsuspecting citizens. The only problem is that I usually find out about it [...]
Lofty Exhibit in Jersey City
As part of Jersey City’s redevelopment plan, the city is allowing developers to turn crappy warehouses into luxury lofts. Who knows if the plan will work, but in the mean time, I a ton of artists have taken up temporary gallery space in Canco Lofts – one of the largest empty spaces I’ve ever seen. [...]
Congrats Kid Robot and Toy Baroness
Kid Robot celebrated the release of its 8″ Greed Dunny and Toy Baroness’s 29th Birthday in style with a huge bash at New York’s Knitting Factory. Artists and luminaries came out in droves to party with friends and rock out to a live performance by Spank Rock. Tim Biskup manned the turntables as hundreds of [...]
Locked & Loaded
Josh Liner Opening Locked & Loaded by George L. Koroneos Joshua Liner’s new gallery opened up last week and the place was packed with people and great work. I had a blast photographing dozens of artists that attended the VIP previews, and probably fired off more than 400 photos over the course of the three [...]
Kaiju Big Battel Invades New York City
Get ready for a big monster throwdown, and I’m not talking Cloverfield. The Kaiju Big Battel guys are heading back to New York on February 9 for a knockdown, beat up, kickass brawl at…wait for it…Webster Hall. Okay, I have no idea how they are going to cram all that Kaiju goodness into a glorified [...]
Scion Easy Ten Short Film Fest
I just got back from a pretty nutty short film festival hosted and sponsored by Scion, the groovy car company that Toyota pretends not to own. Ten films were shown to a rowdy crowd of NYC hipsters who seemed to be more into chatting up their own film projects and drinking free liquor than actually [...]
Fourplay at Crybaby Gallery
Click for Full Photolog of the show on Flickr! Located in the swanky Cookman Avenue section of Asbury Park, New Jersey, the Crybaby Gallery is making a name for itself by showcasing quality artwork from up and coming painters, photographers, and illustrators. This past Saturday, the gallery played host to an opening party for “Fourplay,” [...]
Amy Sol at CoproNason
CoproNason Gallery will be hosting Amy Sol “Tonight We Travel by Dream” beginning Aug. 11 and running through Sept. 1. The show is running simultaneously with Kathie Olivas’ show, so head over and enjoy two awesome artists for the price of none. The opening reception is Aug. 11 from 8 to 11:30 pm. Click for [...]
Kathie Olivas “Ghosts & Martyrs”
Saturday August 11, 8:00-11:30 pm, CoproNason presents Kathie Olivas’s, “Ghosts & Martyrs” new paintings & custom toys. They have the whole show online so take a look and contact them If you are interested In anything.
E Pluribus Venom: Shep Fairey in Dumbo
As I rounded the corner and made my way down Front Street in DUMBO, I spotted an enormous mob bunching up in all directions, taking up every inch of street space while off duty cops with ear pieces attempted to bring about some type of order and create something resembling a line. Georgie Bungalo told [...]
Glenn Barr Down Under
Glenn Barr will be in Australia next week, attending the opening reception of his new show “No Means Yes.” The Outre Gallery in Melbourne will be hosting the event on June 23, and will be releasing these two prints in conjunction with the event. Also, Barr will be signing his books “Lowlife Paradise” and “Haunted [...]
MPH Gets All Mech’d Out
Kicking off tonight, Friday, June 8, My Plastic Heart is featuring the works of Munny/Mecha customizer Rohby at its New York gallery space. Life In A Bungalo popped by MPH while Rohby was grinding out some custom-made acrylic stands for the show. For the show, Rohby has created a series of impressive warriors that look [...]
Buff Monster Is Taking Over LA
Corey Helford Gallery is pleased to present Happy Squirter, an exhibition of new works by Los Angeles street artist Buff Monster. Buff Monster is known for changing the landscapes of Los Angeles, Tokyo, and Barcelona with his iconic Buff Monster character – described by The New York Times as a “devilish scrubbing bubble gone bad.” [...]
NYC Bicycle Film Festival
The New York stop of the Bicycle Film Festival is almost over, but you still have a day or so to get down to 33 West 17th Street and check out “Joy Ride,” a gallery show featuring different artists’ take on bike culture. The opening night was nuts, with hundreds of cyclists, bike messengers, joy [...]
“Shirt Off Your Back” Exhibit and Auction
Are you bored tonight? Come down to the Fuse Gallery, NYC. Shirt off your Back is a benefit show for MercyCorps, an organization dedicated to bringing art and culture to third-world countries.
Joey Ramone Birthday Bash Details Announced
Details for the yearly Joey Ramone Birthday Bash have now been announced. The 7th annual bash will take place Saturday, May 19 at The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza. As in past years, tickets to the event were entirely sold out even before the line-up was announced. Now Mickey Leigh – event organizer and [...]
Crispin Glover at Asbury Lanes
You read it here first. Legendary creepy dude Crispin Glover (from Back to the Future fame) will be screening his new movie “What is it?” at the Baronet Theater on May 4 & 5 at 8pm. Glover will be in attendance and will be hosting a Q&A session afterwards. This may be the coolest thing [...]
An Evening of Beautiful Delights
Lori Earley is taking over New York City one gallery at a time. Her latest show, “Anima Sola,” features ten gigantic paintings, ranging in price from $50,000 to $90,000 (and all sold out) on display at the Opera Gallery in Soho. Earley has this innate ability to paint female portraits that look so real, they [...]
Cinco De Mayo Screening Of Indie Doc “Rebel Beat”
The new indie rock-doc “Rebel Beat: The Story of LA Rockabilly“ screens in Hollywood on May 5, Cinco de Mayo, as part of the Silver Lake Film Festival. The 9pm Barnsdall Art Park screening follows the festival’s awards ceremony honoring the music videos of “Little Miss Sunshine” directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. Everyone attending [...]
Wavedog Goes Big
Wavedog supersized his uber-colorful mecha custom Munnys with the unveiling of what looks like a pint-sized weapon of mass destruction. Sporting Wavedog’s traditional tribal markings and saturated colors, this massive chunk of vinyl is equipped with a handmade plasma rifle protruding from its head. Also, the Animazing Gallery (461 Broome Street, NY) will be featuring [...]
Killer Zliks from MPH
When Andrew Bell, mastermind behind Creatures In My Head, created the Zlik the last thing he wanted was to make it a platform toy. But here we are, less than a year after the a launch of these worm-alien-creatures, and Bell is curating a show featuring a slew of up and coming pop-brow artists offering [...]
Lori Earley “Anima Sola”
Opera Gallery presents Anima Sola, artist Lori Earley’s first East Coast solo exhibition featuring 10 large-scale paintings. For Anima Sola, Lori Earley presents an art couture collection, fusing high art with modern fashion. Inspired by the imagination of fashion icons such as Alexander McQueen or the exotic wardrobes of Jennifer Nicholson, Lori Earley’s stunning portraits [...]
Dalek to Sign at Toy Tokyo
Super Rad Toys and Toy Tokyo presents Brooklyn based artist Dalek signing his take on the Gosho! Thursday, April 19th, 2007 @ Toy Tokyo 121 2nd Avenue, 2F (Between 7th and St. Marks Pl) NYC, NY 10003 6—8 PM Limited numbers available. And while your at it, make a night of Dalek and go check [...]