Finger on the Pulse X Legion Bar
Swing through Legion (790 Metropolitan Ave at Humboldt) to check out two great parties. Up front you’ve got Soul, Indie Punk and more, and in the backroom, Brooklyn’s own hip-hop band the Outabodies. These guys played a random house party in our building way back and are always a lot of fun. All free.
We posted our photos early this morning (around 3am) and sent the link out to a few blogs. Thanks to everyone who linked back to the sets, screen shot appreciation included below the jump.
Here is a medley of songs from Tribe Called Quest and we’ll post more in the future but with so many videos already up from the show at every major hip-hop site, we’ll hold off on putting up our Jay Electronica montage until Act II drops.
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Gawker Artists presents NSFW (Not Safe for Work)
I have a feeling Dan will be looking forward to this one. Press release, RSVP info below:
Opening Reception
Thursday, January 28
7-9 pm
210 Elizabeth Street, 4th Floor
RSVP to artists@gawker.com
Gawker Artists presents NSFW (Not Safe For Work), a group show of works by Gawker Artists Steve Ellis, Emiliano Granado, Justine Lai, Heather Morgan and Randy Polumbo, and the latest exhibition in the Art@Gawker series.
Featuring sexually suggestive works typically considered off limits for the workplace, NSFW showcases Gawker Artists’ playful irreverence and ongoing exploration of the boundaries and roles of corporate art programs.
Steve Ellis’ Amanda Lepore Stripping Pen is inspired by Lepore’s own story of transsexual transformation. Ellis’ iconic painting celebrates both a common object and the reinvention of sexual identity. In Ellis’ own words, “This portrait on the surface looks like a curvy porn star, but instead the model is a sculpted sexual being and work of art unto herself.”
Emiliano Granado’s photographs document the raucous atmosphere of spring break, capturing the many desperate ploys for attention and culpability of the crowd in encouraging booze fueled hedonism. Granado’s matter-of-fact perspective highlights the vulgar realities of this modern American phenomenon.
In her ongoing series Join or Die, Justine Lai paints herself having sex with the U.S. Presidents in chronological order. By objectifying these revered faces, Lai’s striking and comical portraits explore the nature of power. Lai examines her own identity through the lens of American history, exploring and asserting herself through imaginary pleasure, dominance, liberty, and control.
Heather Morgan’s lush paintings elicit feelings of confrontation, vulnerability and empathy. Her unconventional female figures challenge common ideals of beauty and sexuality. Drawn in by their defiant gazes, the viewer is invited behind the curtain into the lives of Morgan’s confident, yet dysfunctional subjects.
Randy Polumbo’s provocative sculptures made from replicas of mass market sex toys inspire, in his own words, “questions of beauty, libidinal economies, and propagation … from the contrast between our public faces and private appetites.” Polumbo’s works, which at first glance seem more alien than erotic, require a double take before realizing their actual implications.
Each of the works in NSFW recontextualizes its subject, inspiring new interpretations of their beauty, intention and importance via timeless isolation and mischievous tribute. Simultaneously uncomfortable, shocking, and humorous, the works force the viewer to question their own definitions of sexual objects and acts. As a whole, NSFW questions the meaning, role, and audience of sexually provocative art work, in the context of a corporate setting which commonly avoids works that are not safe.
NSFW is curated by sisters, Genevieve and Liz Dimmitt. For more information please visit www.artists.gawker.com or email artists@gawker.com.
Wow. It’s 3am and we’re still high on hip-hop after celebrating at Phife Dawgs “Mind. Body. Soul. - A Concert Event to Raise Awareness of Diabetes.” Hip-hop was certainly in the building, in its purest form.
After shooting a future exclusive for KeapHope in Manhattan with a rapper to be named later, we made our way out to BK’s Knitting Factory with our friend Derek Pike to check out a star studded event from the foundation of hip-hop to its possible next savior. We’ll have video up tomorrow but for now enjoy this fantastic set from our photographer Dan Dealy with photos from the evening including shots of Phife, Q-tip, Consequence, Jay Electronica, KRS-One, Michael Rapaport, Talib Kweli and more.
EAR TO THE GROUND: Tokyo Release Party
At the Lime Wire Event Space with free Sake and Asahi Beer. Here is the press release:
EAR TO THE GROUND: TOKYO is an exclusive collaboration between LimeWire Store and NEW YORK - TOKYO. LimeWire Store’s Ear To The Ground series of FREE digital music compilations spotlights a different city for each release, and EAR TO THE GROUND: TOKYO is the series’ 15th installment! NEW YORK - TOKYO has selected a group of artists that represent the current progressive music scenes of Tokyo.
To celebrate the release of the compilation, we are having a party on Wednesday, January 20th from 7-10PM at LimeWire Event Space! We will have special guests for the night. Open bar sake and Asahi Beer!
Great place to get a drink before heading to Brooklyn for the Phife Dawg show.
Freddie Gibbs at the Highline
Gangsta Gibbs has his first headlining performance in New York tonight. Come see what all that New Yorker fuss was about.
LACED UP at LOS FELIZ
Jacques Renault is out spinning at Los Feliz tonight as part of Capsule with sponsors Generic Surplus. All good things here. Los Feliz is a fun spot in the LES with its own take on the secret back room and Jacques is not only a great DJ but a nice guy as well. The guy used to spin a ton of parties back during my Surface magazine days and was always a pleasure to work with.
Speaking of Capsule, we hit the show, along with Cargo and Project, and should have some shots and videos up in the next week. Lots of big projects pending and in the works right now, our apologies if things have slowed a bit around here.
Mind. Body. Soul. - A Concert Event to Raise Awareness of Diabetes
On Wednesday a fantastic show comes to the local Williamsburg area, with a good cause behind it. Featuring Tribe’s Phife Dawg along with Talib, Ghostface Consequence and Jay Electronica. Free for those that RSVP and show up before 11.
Full press release below:
THE HEAVY SOUND PRESENTS
MIND.BODY.SOUL.
A CONCERT EVENT TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR DIABETES.
Wednesday, January 20th @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn
HOSTED BY MICHAEL RAPAPORT, PHIFE DAWG & OKAYPLAYER.
SPECIAL GUEST PERFORMANCES BY GHOSTFACE KILLAH,
JAY ELECTRONICA, CONSEQUENCE, TALIB KWELI & MORE.
WHAT: Mind. Body. Soul.- A Concert Event to Awareness of Diabetes.
WHO: The Heavy Sound, a music collective consisting of world-class artists, celebrity DJs and musicians, presents a night of music to raise awareness of diabetes. Actor Michael Rapaport will host the event alongside Malik Isaac Taylor, better known as Phife Dawg from A Tribe Called Quest. As a diabetic, Phife recently received a long-awaited kidney transplant and this event will mark his first appearance in New York City since the surgery.
An amazing lineup will take to the stage for special performances including Ghostface Killah, Jay Electronica, Consequence, Talib Kweli and more. D-Lyfe, who has worked with artists such as Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson & Notorious B.I.G., is set to DJ throughout the evening. Expect surprise appearances both onstage and in the DJ booth.
Various diabetic support organizations will be on-site and donations are highly encouraged.
WHEN: Wednesday, January 20th / Doors: 8:00pm
WHERE: The Knitting Factory Brooklyn
361 Metropolitan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211
TICKETS: Free with RSVP to rsvp@theheavysound.com before 11:00pm.
$25 after 11pm at door.
21+ w/ valid ID to enter.
For more info on diabetes, please visit www.diabetes.org and www.dlife.com.
The Boundless NY Warehouse Sale at 225 Hudson
@BOUNDLESSNY, a local favorite, is having a big Warehouse sale in Manhattan this weekend. Swing through and pick up some $10 tees months before you need them for spring.
Friday January 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th.
Come check out the new Boundless NYC location, bring your friends and family to save to 50-80% off everything @ 225 Hudson.
10$ tees all weekend.
Get there early because we will be rolling out inventory from all our brands – 10 Deep, Mishka, The Hundreds, King Stampede, Mighty Healthy, Stussy, Rogue Status, Rockers, HUF, Acapulco Gold, Hellz Bellz and more.
Cash and Credit Cards accepted.
Boundless NYC
225 Hudson Street ( Right above Canal St)
New York, NY 10013
(Take the 1 Train or the A Train to Canal Street)
Hours Friday – Monday
12pm – 8pm
LA based photographer Alex Prager is showing tonight on the west side so its time to take advantage of the slightly warmer weather and venture out to greener pastures to enjoy gallery sized glasses of cheap wine. Check out more of the work and the address info in a slideshow at TONY.
If you’re in Brooklyn for the night, local shop Freshthetic on Grand St has a show of their own from 7-10, flyer hot linked below:
