This past Saturday, our good friend Nick Z had his opening at the Fourth Wall Project in Boston. You can check out some pictures of the event here as well as the installation process here. The show will be up until July 5th, 2009 so if you have the chance stop by and check it out! And… of course congrats to Nick, it looks amazing!
I dont know how I forgot to post about this, I guess my life has been insane! A little while ago my good friend Jeff did a piece about my Dad’s museum in Maine that got featured on highsnob.com. It was the first in depth look at the space by an outsider- check out the full post here and some pictures below.
For the past week I have gotten the pleasure of having James aka “Gunsho” paint 25 ft of windows at my shop. The piece that most artists spend 6 to 10 hours painting, took him right around 22 hours. Not only did he spend five days painting, he also had a 2 hour commute every day he came here. I can honestly say James is a part of the LAB family now. The time and devotion he put into painting the front of our shop is just incredible. The black outline alone was 3 days of painting and another 2 days for color. I’m so grateful for all of his hard work and effort, and hope everyone can check it out before it comes down. Click here for more pictures of the piece. Oh… and one last thing- this was the biggest piece he had ever done- his forty is 18×24″ drawings- no paint!
-kim
I woke up this morning with these amazing new prints by Zack Johnsen in my inbox! The Bored Meeting and Tantrum prints are Zack’s newest pieces to be released. Both are 5 color silkscreen prints on natural art paper size 12″x36″ and are editions of 100 signed and numbered. You can get them here for $65 each or $110 for both.
I just found these amazing new toys designed by Andrew Bell. There will be two versions of the sushi, first one in blue will be released at Comic-Con, an edition of 150, for $30.00 a set. For the people like me that will not be able to attend Comic Con this year can get the standard red edition on-line and off in early August for $25.00.
Ok… I have a lot of apologizing to do, the month of June was probably one of the most insane months of my life. My business partner and I decided after 3+ years that we were going to close our brick & mortar shop and keep our online shop up and running! To keep the long story short, the decision came after a lot of thinking, and also the opportunity to move into a 4,400 sq ft art & design studio in Union Square. I will release more details about the space soon. All I can say is the excitement of this move and working with this caliber people has kept me up at night, and doesnt let me stop day dreaming. So, back to realty for now after this week I will be back to posting daily, and so sorry to all the people that have sent me stuff to post!
xo kim
Born in Fukushima Japan, Usugrow has been a long time favorite of mine for quite awhile, best known for his fluid letterform and affinity for rendering skulls. Although I wont be able to personally see his new work, if you happen to be in London on July 23rd, you should check out Stolenspace Gallery for the group show “Shinganist” which include new works by Usugrow along with four other Japanese artists.
“Usugrow, Mozyskey, Toshikazu Nozaka, Bene and Jun Kaneko will be taking over the walls of the gallery with stunning new works on canvas, paper, wood and felt. The artists straddle the fine line of street art, skate and tattoo culture, while simultaneously drawing inspiration from centuries of traditional Japanese imagery.
The show coincides with the release of the book ‘Shinganist’ published by Shingan Art Publishing inc. with Usugrow and his fellow artists from Japan coming to StolenSpace on their world tour.”
via Juxtapoz
LAB Boston is proud to present “Bare Knuckle Brawlers”, the poster show for “Died Young, Stayed Pretty”. The opening of the show will be Friday, June 26th from 7-10pm and will feature the following artists: James Quigley, Jesse Ledoux, Jeff Kleinsmith, theMiracle5, Dan McCarthy, Nate Duval, Darren Pasemko and other local artists. LAB has worked closely with Eileen Yaghoobian, Producer/Director and Kristin Groener to showcase artwork in connection with the documentary. (www.diedyoungstayedpretty.com)
Died Young, Stayed Pretty is a documentary about the underground poster culture in North America, from the ’60s psychedelic masters, like Victor Moscoso, to the gig poster crew today. The artists represented in the film “push further into the pulp to grab the attention of passersby, plastering art that?s both vulgar and intensely visceral onto the gnarled surfaces of the urban landscape,” says director Eileen Yaghoobian.
Outside of their own subculture these posterists are virtually unknown. “But within their ranks they make up an army of bare-knuckle brawlers, publicly arguing the aesthetic merits of octopus imagery and hairy ’70s porn stars.” They?ve created their own visual language and have created posters that are “strikingly obscene, unflinchingly blasphemous and often quite beautiful.” Yaghoobian’s film is the first (and maybe the last) of its kind.
The movie will be shown at the MFA, in Boston July 30 – August 7th, 2009- click here for more information and times. Also… click here to see the Facebook Event Page
It’s been interesting lately to hear about local companies and brands promoting their releases and events by taking out their customers on an off coast boat adventure. Recently, Johnny Cupcakes announced that an elegant boat buffet will take place on July 26th, 2009 for those who purchase a limited tee (pictured below). The price of the limited edition tee and exclusive event package runs for $100.00 usd.
ALL-AGES
Spirit of Boston boards on Sunday, July 26th @ 5:30
Pre-sale for tee and tickets are only until July 11th
Holy Ship limited tee + cruise ticket = $100.00 usd.
For more details, here.
Tomorrow (June 20th) another event going down on the shores of Boston is Cambridge, MA based Concepts, who is celebrating the release of the Blue Lobster SB Dunks after last years success of the original Nike SB “Lobster” Dunks.
“Priced at $250.00 usd, the actual Blue Lobster sneaker will be bagged, tagged and sealed in a HAZMAT foam container. Each pair will be joined by an official Nike SB tee shirt, hang tag and lace lock. The first 200 pairs will come with 1 of 2 Concepts x Alien Workshop skate decks” via cncpts blog.
Following the in-store launch, Concepts will host an afterparty on the MV Freedom (@Boston Wharf) while featuring special guests and performances by an array of artists such as DJ Statik Selektah, Termanology and Masspike Miles.
21+
MV Freedom boards on Saturday, June 20th @ 8:00
cruise ticket = $30.00 usd.
For more details, here.
image via Concepts blog
Back for it’s third installment, Fear No Art is back and taking over The Achilles Project with a new set of artists from West to East coast.
Fear No Art 3 focuses on contemporary and urban street artists and will feature works that are both versatile and culturally diverse.
The show will display art by artists from both sides of the country including:
Boston- Deme5, Enamel Kingdom, Frantz Cadet, Kenji Nakayama, Kwest, Margaret Singer, Sarah Laws, Marka27, Massiel Grullon, NineRevolutions, Problak
New York- Cope2, Pen “Tha Black Krayon”, Lichiban
Los Angeles- David Flores, Kofie, Sherm, Werc Alvarez
San Francisco- Jesse Hernandez
sounds by: DJ’s Gucci-Vutton and T-wreXX
*visit the Fear No Art 3 blog to read artist bios and for more info!
The event will go down on
Sunday, June 21st @6pm-11pm
The Achilles Project
283 Summer St , Boston 02210
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