A whole lotta Hype. (Photos by C-M.)
Ad Deville and Ali Ha opened up their brand spankin’ new space in a former Brooklyn bodega last Friday with a packed opening night party. The gallery featured an installation of paintings and sculptures by Skewville that pay tribute to pop and urban culture. The works take their cues from the indoor space, in this case, a defunct grocery: there are crates of hype, a supermarket-cart-turned-lounge-chair and silkscreens of grocery circulars filled with bogus slogans and clever wordsmithing. The exhibit also includes elements of Skewville’s long-running themes: visual plays on urban architecture and industrial settings, plenty of slang, and various two-dimensional salutes to their wooden sneaker series. It’s a damn fine show from the shoemakers from Queens.
Stay tuned for more from Factory Fresh at the end of June, when the gallery unveils its first group show, Un Named Rottens, with Beau Velasco, Daniel St. George and Jeremiah Maddock.
We have a winner! Congrats to Bucky Turco, of NYC, who won a Skewville ‘Fresh’ crate, for writing, “I will honor it always (or until it skyrockets like a Banksy).” It was an answer worthy of Skewville.
Click on images to supersize. More after the jump.
Half Off, Get Yours, Big Deal, Cash Only.
Opening night.
Beware of Dogs.
Five Finger Discount.
Dollar signs in my eyes.
Double Discount Hype: Not Available At Your Local Supermarket.
More Flavor.
Skewville crates.
No Sleep Till Bushwick.
Looking toward’s the gallery’s sweet backyard area, with a piece by Avoid.
For more pix, see my Flickr.
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