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BROOKLYN///INKWELL///”EAST COAST x WEST COAST” AT SAVED TATTOO…

August 12th, 2008

Eli Quinters (top) and Mister Cartoon go head-to-head on the wall in Brooklyn…

Last week saw the opening of the “East Coast-vs- West Coast,” a tattoo fine art show at SAVED TATTOO & GALLERY, owned by none other than Supertouch’s own resident tattoo legend SCOTT CAMPBELL. The exhibition was truly a gathering of talent that showcased some of the best artists working in the trade today, including Chris O’Donnell, Tim Lehi, Mister Cartoon, Juan Puente, Mike Rubendall, Horitomo, Grime, Aaron Cain, Henry Lewis, Bob Roberts, Phil Holt, and Shawn Barber, to name a few. HAVE A LOOK: Read the rest of this entry »

BROOKLYN///KUSTOM KULTURE///THE NECK FACE “EAT YOUR BABY” VAN RIDES AGAIN…

July 10th, 2008

A very rare factory paintjob available as an option only on the 1987 GM Handi-Van…

Nothing like a NECK FACE “Eat Your Baby” van sighting to brighten up an otherwise hot, humid, sunny Brooklyn afternoon…

BROOKLYN///STREET LIFE///ON THE WALL WITH OS GEMEOS…

July 3rd, 2008

Sao Paulo spirit on the street in the BK…

What? You thought “Too Far Too Close” at DEITCH PROJECTS was the only art show by Brasilian twins OS GEMEOS up in the NYC right now? Grinding away in the gallery for weeks before last weekend’s opening, the bad boys of Sao Paulo still found time to bomb the walls of Brooklyn and leave a little street-level exhibit for the masses on the walls of the Power Brake Service shop on the corner of Clay and McGuinness in Greenpoint. They even took the time to glue fabulous pink sequins onto the shirt of one of thier characters. HAVE A LOOK: Read the rest of this entry »

BROOKLYN///SAVED TATTOO’S “ALONE AGAINST ALL”…

October 2nd, 2007

Last weekend Brooklyn’s emporium of high tattoo art, SCOTT CAMPBELL’s SAVED TATTOO played host to the East Coast installment of the American Breast Cancer Foundation’s charity art show “Seul Contre Tous (’Alone Against All’): Art for a Cure” where tattoo art heavyweights like CHRIS CONN, FILIP LEU, HORIYOSHI III, GRIME, CHRIS O’DONNELL, TIM LEHI, and DAN TROCCHIO, showed original works alongside modern art stars like BANKSY, SHEPARD FAIREY, DEREK HESS, MICHAEL HUSSAR, and BLEK LE RAT. All work sold benefits the research foundation directly and is tax deductible, so break out those black cards and ring up our boy Othelo (718 486 0850) now to take home some original art. HAVE A LOOK:

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NEWS///STREET LIFE///BANKSY PAINTS NEW ORLEANS AS KATRINA MEMORIAL

One wouldn’t normally expect to find the world’s most Googled street artist lurking among the ruins of the lower ninth ward in NEW ORLEANS, but that’s just where renegade stencil artist BANKSY has been holed up for the past week, covering the desiccated city with art to commemorate the anniversary of KATRINA, the hurricane that killed 1800 people when it struck the coastal city in 2005. Said Banksy of the operation, “Three years after Katrina I wanted to make a statement about the state of the clean-up operation,” and attested that the city’s levee wall offered “the best painting surface in the state of Louisiana.” In the art world, timing is everything, and as the anonymous bomber wraps up his project, the city once again braces for the onslaught of an oncoming tropical storm. Hopefully, once residents realize what’s been painted on their doorstop, a quick sawsall session and a little eBay savvy will net them enough to build a mansion in the French Quarter. HAVE A LOOK:

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FEATURE///TODD JAMES (AKA: REAS): THE SUPERTOUCH INTERVIEW

On the eve of the opening of “Blood & Treasure,”TODD JAMES‘ solo exhibition of new war-themed paintings at the starmaking LAZARIDES GALLERY in London this Friday, August 29th, we sat down with the New York-based artist, animator, and new dad for an in-depth discussion on the state of the nation. And a bunch of art stuff too. READ ON:

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BEIJING///SUPERTOUCH AT THE OLYMPICS…

With all the mainstream news outlets presenting the “official” view of the 29th OLYMPIC GAMES in Beijing (including computer-generated fireworks and lip-synching 6-year-old body doubles), Supertouch brings you a street level look at the real haps around town from the back alleys to the 798 Arts District, you won’t see anywhere else…

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NYC///ART CRIMES///ESPO UNVEILS “WATERBOARD THRILL RIDE” ON CONEY ISLAND…

As we previously reported, New York artist STEVE POWERS (aka: ESPO) has been working on a torture-themed art project for a while now and in conjunction with CREATIVE TIME as part of its national public art initiative “Democracy in America: The National Campaign,” he’s just opened the Guantanamo Bay-themed “Waterboard Thrill Ride” on Coney Island in the shadow of the legendary Cyclone roller coaster and Nathan’s hot dog stand in an empty storefront on West 12th Street. When a dollar is fed into a machine standing outside Powers’ mock jail cell installation featuring paintings by the artist inside and out, viewers can climb a short flight of steps to peer through cell bars and view an animatronic torture scene of a hooded jailer pouring water down the throat of an orange jumpsuit wearing Gitmo detainee…

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NYC///FILM///INSIDE THE “BEAUTIFUL LOSERS” MOVIE…

Bringing the low-fi art world of BEAUTIFUL LOSERS to the big screen with a full-length documentary on the movement is director and Losers mastermind AARON ROSE, who will debut the film in NYC this Friday, August 8th (aka: 08.08.08) at the IFC CENTER. Presented by NIKE SPORTSWEAR, the film chronicles the lives and creative process of artists including Shepard Fairey, Margaret Kilgallen, Mike Mills, Barry McGee, Jo Jackson, Chris Johanson, Harmony Korine, Stephen Powers, Geoff McFetridge, Thomas Campbell and Ed Templeton, among others, whose DIY attitudes informed the aesthetics and ethos of their generation….

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BROOKLYN///INKWELL///”EAST COAST x WEST COAST” AT SAVED TATTOO…

BROOKLYN///KUSTOM KULTURE///THE NECK FACE “EAT YOUR BABY” VAN RIDES AGAIN…

BROOKLYN///STREET LIFE///ON THE WALL WITH OS GEMEOS…

BROOKLYN///SAVED TATTOO’S “ALONE AGAINST ALL”…

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NEWS///STREET LIFE///BANKSY PAINTS NEW ORLEANS AS KATRINA MEMORIAL

FEATURE///TODD JAMES (AKA: REAS): THE SUPERTOUCH INTERVIEW

BEIJING///SUPERTOUCH AT THE OLYMPICS…

NYC///ART CRIMES///ESPO UNVEILS “WATERBOARD THRILL RIDE” ON CONEY ISLAND…

NYC///FILM///INSIDE THE “BEAUTIFUL LOSERS” MOVIE…