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MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

Street art at it's absolute finest. Check out Blu's new short film. It's gorgeous. If you can't get enough, check out his older films here! Thanks Skampy for the linkitage!

LA - "Killing Time" (05.17.08 - 06.18.08)

LA - Christopher Finch Book Event (05.17.08)

LA - Daly Street Lofts Viewing (05.17.08, 05.18.08, 05.24.08, 05.25.08)

Please Join Joseph Giovannini for a Viewing of Daly Street Lofts:
Saturday and Sunday, May 17-18 and 24-25, Noon to 6:00 pm

Designer Walk-Through: 1:00 pm, 3:00 pm and 5:00 pm, All Four Days

The MAK Center for Art and Architecture L.A. at the Schindler House, Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design and the Architecture and Design Museum, Los Angeles, and are sponsoring a public showing of the Daly Street Lofts in Lincoln Heights. Designed by contemporary New York-based critic and architect Joseph Giovannini, these lofts will be open for two weekends, May 17-18 and 24-25 from noon to 6 pm. This is a rare opportunity for the public to view an example of contemporary architectural praxis before the lofts are rented and occupied.

NYC - "Dark Prospects" (05.17.08)

Dark Prospects
By Charles Beronio

Published by Printed Matter

Book Launch
Saturday, May 17, 2008, 5:00 – 7:00 PM

Printed Matter, Inc. is pleased to announce a launch for Charles Beronio’s Dark Prospects, an artist book taking the form of a tabloid magazine that breaks down and ultimately subverts the magazine’s personality and fields of corporate communication through a process of redaction. This is the latest installment in Printed Matter’s artists’ book publishing series. The launch will take place on Saturday, May 17, from 5:00 – 7:00 PM. Printed Matter is located at 195 Tenth Avenue (between 21st and 22nd Street) in New York City.

LA - "Nov York City" (05.17.08 - 06.17.08)

ALIFE LA presents NOV YORK CITY

An Exhibition of Newly Commissioned Work by ERIC HAZE

Opening Reception Saturday, May 17, 2008 from 7‑10pm
Exhibition On View: May 17 to June 17, 2008
451 North Fairfax Ave Los Angeles, CA 90031

Alife LA is proud to present Nov York City, an exhibition of new works by Eric Haze, based on Dumar Brown’s novel The World Screaming Nov and featuring the limited-edition collaborative set The World Screaming Nov. A notable figure in the design and fashion community over the last few decades, New York artist Haze was commissioned by Alife to create an installation specifically for their Los Angeles space. The show will consist of eight archival silkscreen works on canvas. Nov York City represents Haze’s continued return to the fine art world, including recent exhibitions and installations at select galleries worldwide. This will be a rare opportunity to view and purchase the artist’s work in Los Angeles. The exhibition marks a first-time collaboration between Haze, Brown and Alife: The World Screaming Nov limited-edition set. The set includes a signed copy of Brown’s novel and a custom Alife t-shirt designed by Eric Haze. Limited to 192 pieces, the set will be available at all Alife flagship locations in Los Angeles, New York, Vancouver and Tokyo and is priced at $75. Nov York City is the first in a series of art exhibitions to be held at Alife’s Los Angeles space in the Fairfax District. Open to the public, the reception for Nov York City will take place on Saturday, May 17 from 7 to 10pm.

NYC - "Complicated Stories" (05.17.08 - 07.12.08)

Charles Juhasz-Alvarado: Complicated Stories
Sculptures and Written Testimonies, 1998-2008

May 17 – July 12, 2008
Opening: Saturday May 17, 2008 7-10pm

Charles Juhasz-Alvarado: Complicated Stories will present the artist’s past and present bodies of works as an ongoing dialogue on social consciousness and cultural identity. Charles Juhasz-Alvarado’s elaborate site-specific installations engage the viewer through narrative, performance, audio, and sculpture to introduce a fantasy world that serves as an acute and humorous allegory of today’s multicultural society and the artist’s own background.

NYC - "Worlds of Wonder" (05.17.08 - 06.18.08)

NYC - On Influence, On Context, On Modes of Operation, On Substraction Discussion (05.16.08)

Chicago - "Peel: The Art of the Sticker" (05.16.08 - ?)