Alynn-Mags-Hops in SF

I teamed up with two very talented ladies , Lady Mags and Hops,  last week and painted a large wall in SF. Both ladies killed it on the letters, switched up their fills, and we each painted a bluebird to finish off the night...

'Relics of the New World' opens this Sat

Relics of the New World

Opening Reception: Saturday, August 18^th, 8:00-11:00pm

August 18^th – September 28, 2012

Cassel Gallery and Goorin Bros. Hat Company are proud to present Relics of the New World, a group exhibition featuring Lucien Shapiro, Henry Lewis, Lango Olivera, and Charlie O’Hanlon. Relics challenges the fate of forgotten things in a world of excess, and breathes new life into discarded and found objects. By repurposing objects, Shapiro and O’Hanlon create a narrative of nostalgia and wonderment in the modern relic. Both artists use discarded materials to construct a new item, wholly different from the pieces used to construct it. The attention to detail and the meticulous nature of the process compels viewers to stay with the work, evaluate its construction, and delight in recognizing artifacts from our history.  

Shapiro’s current body of mixed media sculpture focuses on masks and weaponry constructed from mostly discarded objects. Relics includes a series of head masks made from discarded plastic bags and a more elaborate headdress made from salvaged bottle caps. Shapiro also utilizes studs and spikes often associated with punk rock belts and jackets, to make decorative and utilitarian armor for his weapons.

O’Hanlan describes his art practice as “redemption” of classic 60’s and 70’s Honda motorcycles. He treasures the discarded pieces of these bikes until he finds a suitable way to revitalize them through incorporation in an art piece. O’Hanlon’s work strives to revive old metal parts to their “former glory” by changing them into original works of art.

Joining O’Hanlon and Shapiro are famed tattoo artists Lango Olivera and Henry Lewis. Olivera and Lewis can be found at Skull and Sword tattoo shop and share a painting studio in San Francisco. The two are fascinated by weaponry and armor, and often collaborate on pieces depicting these themes. Lewis in particular, has an interest in knights, which are a reoccurring theme in his paintings. Both artists depict aggressive, shadowy imagery heavily influenced by their experience with tattooing.

Relics of the New World celebrates metal, armor, and weaponry, examining these antiquated relics in the context of the contemporary moment. By utilizing modern reclaimed objects, and borrowing from the tattoo esthetic, the metal and armor presented in Relics is innovative and compelling. We hope you join us for a night of art and music featuring new work from Shapiro, O’Hanlon, Olivera, and Lewis.

Participating artists: Lucien Shapiro, Charlie O’Hanlon, Lango Olivera, and Henry Lewis

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For additional information, press interviews, and images please contact:

Cassel Gallery Assistant

Amber Jean Young

casselgallery@goorin.com

Cassel Gallery
1261 Howard Street @ 9th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103www.CasselGallery.com
www.Goorin.com

Alynn-Mags / Dujeous NYC Music Video

There is always that moment in New York City: the moment you blend into the crowd and disappear.  Then, all of a sudden,  you find yourself really belonging in one of the greatest cities on earth.  This is about those moments.

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A few weeks ago AmandaLynn and Lady Mags, of Few N Far, got invited by Inked Magazine to paint a mural and have it featured in Inked's upcoming Art and Design issue.  Mags reached out to her NYC connects, and found a dope wall at Community 54 on the Lower East Side.  These ladies knew it was going to be hot out in NYC…. and as soon as they landed, the trip got even hotter: New York City’s live hip hop group, Dujeous, partnered with Alynn-Mags, IronLak, and TomP to document the experience.

This isn’t just your regular collabo, and this isn’t just your regular graffiti video .... This is an original graffiti rap music video, painted, recorded, and cut in New York City.