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Shepard Fairey:  Harmony & Discord
Opening: Saturday, May 5, 12-8pm
May 5 – June 16, 2012
Pace Prints, NYC

Pace Prints is pleased to present Harmony & Discord, an exhibition of new works by Shepard Fairey, created in the Pace Editions studios in New York. This is Shepard’s first exhibition with Pace Prints and premiers his first works in handmade paper as well as the largest screenprints he has done to date.

Harmony & Discord references the global dichotomy of politics; what forces it creates on the grand scale and how that reflects on the actions and awareness of the individual. Responding to the energy of New York, Fairey worked on this technically complex body of work in a series of sessions at the Pace Editions studios. During this residency he also went out on the streets and made a number of large murals.

On view will be a number of silkscreens done with collage and spraypaint, as well as handmade paper, embossment and relief prints, and large metal plates with screenprint. Though Shepard approached the work in the same way that he does in his studio, Pace Editions provided the opportunity to scale the work to a larger size. Relating to the surfaces of his street work, the hand painted multiple (HPM) works in this series have backgrounds of stenciled pulp, collage, screenprint and embossment, allowing the image to pop off of its vintage, layered surface. This exhibition also marks the first time Fairey presents metal relief plates as art pieces, layered with silkscreen, furthering spatial extent within the work.

Subjects in the exhibition include Fairey’s Imperial Glory and Power images, both of which pay homage to Lichtenstein’s style while referencing issues of the military industrial complex. Also on view will be The Reagan and Friends series, depicting politicians and corporate bosses as manipulative salesmen. A more graphic grouping of works, which all utilize the target as a device, examines symbols, stereotypes and propaganda. Topics include war and peace, political corruption, global warming, and personal empowerment and responsibility.

Pace Prints
521 W 26th Street
New York
www.paceprints.com

SUBLIMINAL PROJECTS is pleased to announce Lost Angeles, a solo exhibition of art by British artistStanley Donwood.

LOST ANGELES

Work by Stanley Donwood

April 28 – May 26, 2012

Opening Reception: Saturday, April 28^th • 8PM – 10 PM

There is no future. We have evicted ourselves from our own cities, rendered our agriculture poisonous, criminalized the poor, aggrandized the rich, honored the stupid and ridiculed the intelligent…I have no solutions, no wisdom to offer…Whilst Rome burns, I take up my little chisel and I carve a panoramic apocalypse of my own…and if you want to see it, you’re more than welcome.     – Stanley Donwood, 2012

Lost Angeles will feature a new body of work where Donwood turns his poignant perception on the impact of current societal trends and behavior towards Los Angeles. His visual meditation on society envelopes viewers in a beautifully, graphic landscape of impending doom. The fluid black and white scene resonates with honesty and forewarning. True to form, Donwood once again succeeds in giving flawless design to his version of our tragically flawed future.

On display will be an 18-foot apocalyptic panorama of the City of Angels being destroyed by fire, flood and meteor storm. Originally carved into 18 separate panels of linoleum then hand burnished onto Japanese Kozo paper, the never-before-seen, limited edition print was inspired by subject matter similar to Donwood’s 2006 work titled London Views.

Donwood began London Views in 2004 after being shaken by the Indian Ocean tsunami that claimed more than 229,000 lives. His original drawings evolved from being visual recordings of the destruction into ruminations on the environmental repercussions of contemporary lifestyle. Inspired by the aesthetics of the woodcut illustrations in the 15^th century publication Nuremberg Chronicle, Donwood carved scenes from his drawings into a 10 foot-long linoleum panorama. This visual narrative of London being consumed by natural disaster was then laboriously transferred onto rolls of Kozo Washi-a durable, fibrous paper first developed in Japan over 1,300 years ago.

Selections from the Lost Angeles series (2012) will be accompanied by the London Views (2006) print and a small linocut titled Fleet Street Apocalypse (2008), all connected by a similar theme. Individual relief prints from the original linocuts, a selection of limited edition screen prints, several books by Donwood, and jigsaw puzzles of scenes from Lost Angeles will also be on view.

Whether presented in the form of prints, paintings, or publications, the biting wit of Donwood’s observations is present and impeccably executed.

Stanley Donwood gained recognition in 1994 when he began designing album art for the Grammy-award winning English rock band, Radiohead. His work has since been used for 15 singles, 9 EPs and various studio albums including The Bends, Kid A, OK Computer, and Hail to the Thief. In addition to his work with Radiohead, Donwood has successfully exhibited paintings, etchings, linoprints and screenprints across Europe, Asia and the US. He has published 5 of his own monographs, created a record label (Six Inch Records) and designed all official artwork for the Glastonbury Festival since 2002. Donwood currently lives and works in Essex, England.

Please visit www.slowlydownward.com for more information on his projects.

More information soon.

-SEBAS

While the rest of Southern California was out in the dirty desert, doing all kinds of delicious drugs, rolling in the mud and listening to great music, I decided to stay local and role to the most exciting sport in history of man!! The Long Beach Grand Prix =) Curling might come 2nd....

Anyways, there was plenty of beautiful people, beers, cars, babes, bums, sleeping bums, bellys, mullets, muffin tops, bent bills and koozies.. enjoy

i would have to say about 93% of the people here were hammertime...

I met a Rolling Stone last Thursday! Pretty epic. Namely Ronnie Wood who was in town for his art show opening in SoHo. The exhibit presented by Symbolic London is entitled “Faces, Time and Places" and features around 50 paintings, prints and sketches.

But see for yourselves:

The man himself

New York based artist Mike Damski

Diane, director of PR for Coburn Projects

Mick Rock with his daughter Natalie

Love,

Blanda

Next week we're switching gears and are going to start stocking new summer product. So this week we thought it would be a good idea to put a lot of spring styles on sale.  There are plenty of good deals to be had, so get it while the getting is good! ..because once they go out of stock we won't be bringing them back. Click on the images below to take you to men's / women's sales respectively.

Summer is upon us and we figured it's time to preview our new lookbook. This is just a small portion of the product available this season but it show's some styles that everyone here at OBEY is digging. Stay tuned for the release very soon.

To view the lookbooks in their entirety, click here for the men's and here for the women's.

Aye.. I meant take a trip to the Art Dump tonight at the THISLOSANGELES GALLERY. It's gonna be a good time as usual over there with the classiest of art and artists on the scene. See you there!

A few weeks ago was the 5 Days Off festival in Amsterdam, an electronic music and art festival. Some friends were playing, so of course I had to check it out.

Thursday night's line-up at Paradiso was the best. Kutmah, Hudson Mohawke and the Gaslamp Killer were supposed to play, along side of some good Dutch names, James Zoo and Krampfhaft. Unfortunately Hudson Mohawke had to cancel last minute, luckily the gap was filled by Lunice.

Kutmah's set was awesome.

The Gaslamp Killer said multiple times that night that Kutmah is his favorite DJ.

Luckily for all of you who weren't there you can find Kutmah's set from 5 Days Off here: CLICK

And then there was the motherfucking Gaslamp Killer. I don't know how it is everywhere else in the world, but here in Amsterdam they love this fucking guy. Luckily he loves Amsterdam too, so we see plenty of him.

Besides the main room my friends from Red Light Radio were broadcasting live from Paradiso's basement which was good as always.

If you wanna get a somewhat more professional view on the night, the guys from Los Bangeles wrote a pretty nice review about it. Check it out here.

-SEBAS

I love Thursdays, especially when we get deliveries like we did today. The fine folks at Eskuche sent us over a box of headphones for people around the office. I already use Eskuche headphones when I DJ, they have good style, good design and most importantly they sound good. Thank you Andy, the stuff looks great!

These are nice to DJ with.

Digging on these gold flake ones, they look like they go fast.

Good for the OGers!

Opening Night: Friday March 30th, 6:00-10pm

ARISTOCRATS LOS ANGELES
349 e. 2nd st. Los Angeles, CA 90012

Show casing new works by Benjie and Suedehead, 2 Los Angeles based illustrators and graphic designers. Both are heavily involved in the street wear world, where deadlines are constantly shifting and morphing, and errors, slips and miscommunication are all part of the game, making “technical difficulties” the best go to phrase to keep afloat.

In addition to new art pieces, a limited edition zine dedicated to the art show will be available with artist sketches and references to give a behind the scenes look of the art show.

Opening night will include Complimentary drinks, limited edition product from the artists, and live Djs.

BENJIE:
Benjamin Escobar (or just Benjie) is an accomplished commercial artist, better known for his work as Head graphic designer for Los Angeles street wear brand The Hundreds. Taking his work outside the realm of clothing, he has also been exploring the art world with works focusing on fast food and their effects on culture, with an emphasis on pen and ink techniques.

SUEDEHEAD:
Jose Lopez’ (working under the name Suedehead) is a graphic designer and illustrator who has worked with many street wear brands including Black Scale, Dearly Departed, Us Versus Them, and many more. His personal works are heavily influenced by vintage cartoons and advertisement styles, with counter culture commentary sprinkled throughout.

www.benjaminescobar.com
www.suedeheadcreative.com
www.aristocratsboutique.com

Ah yeah, ah yeah! Connected sample sale is back for another round and OBEY will have a setup there once again. If you didn't make it to the first one you missed out, it was full of Crazy Gideon type deals. Don't miss out this Saturday in Downtown LA. We're trying to bring even more product than we even had last time. Cash and Credit are accepted.

At the corner of Hope and 9th Street in Downtown Los Angeles.

11am to 5pm

Well, after catching up on about a week's worth of sleep I feel more human again and less hobo (even though that line was very much blurred in Austin, where the bums looked like Brooklyn hipsters). Anyways, I am back on track and ready to tell you about my SXSW adventures in one of the weirdest cities I have ever been to, Austin, Texas.

We arrived last Tuesday and began our day with coffee and tacos which turned out to become a daily ritual for the week. We did a lot of walking and dancing and saw a ton of good shows, ran into some old friends and made some really cool new ones.

This is our little travel group on day 1 with me on the far right. I have a talent for talking to people while they are taking pictures I am in.

Of course I hung out with CMRTYZ who sold their awesome shirts and threw some wild parties

Pretty sweet eh?

Portals. We ate A LOT of hot dogs.

and also, this. When in Texas...

This is us sitting on the curb outside Spin, thinking about why we weren't cool enough to get into the Fiona Apple show.

One of us got a free tattoo at the Sailor Jerry's trailer with the band members of The Growlers (don't worry Alex, I won't say who)

For a minute we were teleported back to the 80's when our friend showed up with this bumble bee. Yes, that happened.

I also noticed a bit of a shirt an hat trend down there!

And then I met this kid, whose name is OBEY.

This is it for now, will be back soon.

Kthanksbye

-Blanda

Photos from SiiickXSW! We had a lot of fun with fellow Obey contributor, Blanda, and all our buddies from Castleface, HoZac, and Burger Records- check out some live vids here from the wood mill: Guantanamo Baywatch and Thee Oh Sees.

Wha...wha...what! SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE!

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