5 Starz @Greenlight May 4 2012

I attended the 5 Starz exhibition at the new Greenlight Gallery at 3878 St. Laurent last Friday to check out some work by Fluke, Stack, Axe, and Ether and see what this new shop had to offer. Nestled in the heart of the Plateau, right across the street from the infamous Schwatrz's and Coco Rico this gallery/shop is the place to go for papers, pipes, bongs, and paint. I have never seen so many bongs amassed in one place like this spot. It's crazy. You could spend a whole lot of time checking out the selection of pipes and bongs. The paint and assessory selection is pretty solid too. The other side of the gallery is a one stop graffiti shop.

The night was pretty banging with fresh beats and beers to go around. The shop has excellent floor space to hold a good number of people and the walls provide for ample space for canvasses and other works. I think my favorite piece of the night was Stack's "They Live" Zombie Reagan, although Ether had a nice 2D3D combo piece that was close runner up.  Fluke had some prints of his body painting works -including a couple shot by Danny Girl -that he has done over the last while. Stack had a couple of other pieces up and Axe put in some of his character driven pieces to round off the exhibit. There was also a Five8 piece up behind the cash and I'm pretty sure I saw a Nixon piece floating around at one point.

The evening was full of so much conversation and foolery that I didn't even get that many shots of the works. I was too busy getting shit faced and snapping the show and shop. Go check out the shop to see the art in full, but especially to check out what they got in there. I'm not an aficionado of bongs or anything but I can tell you that they got some pretty unique pieces in there, besides the pipes, papers, magazines, paint and everything else.

Cheers to everyone there that night, Maysr and the Greenlight crew for putting on the event and evening. I'm sure this is the first of many shows and parties to come. You can find out more at thrir facebook page here.

Stay posted. Lots soon.

Miss Teri @ SubV April 6 2012

Last Friday I passed through Boutique SubV to check out the latest artistic endeavors by the very talented Miss Teri.  She had a number of pieces up ranging in size, composition, style, and form, displaying her capacity to work using a number of mediums and a variety of materials. It was a great show, lots of folks passing through, chatting, and enjoying the art. I was pleased to see that she went big with her canvasses.  SubV can sometimes be a difficult spot to put a show up if you don’t have large pieces, something I’ve mentioned before, so it was nice to see that Miss Teri pulled it off quite nicely  not only by going big, but with the healthy mix of work that she had up in general.

 My favorite piece of the night was the large canvass depicting a classical looking woman getting tagged by a couple angels wielding some markers; the second angel is taking a digital pic of it all using his off hand.  It’s a piece that has a few layers and really brings to the forefront a touch of what I think Miss Teri seems to be doing in some of her art. She combines the classical body with a kind of contemporary attitude, creating pieces that exude personality and challenge the viewer's moral and aesthetic sensibilities.  In terms of her street art, she does this literally. The pics that she has up in the back corner of the shop are great examples depicting her classical characters in very contemporary urban settings. And I've taken a good number of pics of her stuff up and around TA to the same effect. Teri has a way of capturing the genuine character of the portrayals she both paints and draws. Her portraits and characters are realistic, the women are curvy and vivacious, and they have a natural beauty to them.  They emanate a peculiar uniqueness that can’t quite be replicated.  

 

There was also an awesome life-sized portrait of this gent hanging out by the front door of the shop getting play all night too. I didn't even pick up on it until I had completed my initial tour of the shop and was heading back to chill outside for a minute. It was definitely one of the more interesting pieces that Teri had in there for the show.  Honestly, a lot of what she has up on this show really nice and definitely something that any art lover should check out.  Her work will be available for viewing and purchase at SubV for the remainder of the month. You can get store hours and information on SuBvs main site here.

I’ve been on break a little since my show at Sino Shop a couple weeks back. Much love to all who attended checked it out since, and to those who have purchased. Thanks for all the interest and support. I’ll have a post up soon of all the shots from the show, prints are available upon request.  

More to come soon. Stay posted.

Heavy Meor & Kris Murray @Sino Shop March 31

Come by Sino Shop on Saturday the 31st of March to check my photo expo with Meor. It's gonna be a great show with all the regular garnishes. We'll both be showing off shots from around town and our travels abroad. I've also got some graff in context shots and some nice ones from around Rosemont and the Rouen track area, maybe some from Vanhorne to include as well. Stop on through and check the show.