Dream in Plastic is proud to present the group show FOURever featuring the works of graffiti artists Charles Billy Harmon aka Bilrock 161, Andy Dolan aka Pure TFP, Louie Gasparro aka KR.ONE, and Charles Wolfson aka WHISPER opening on August 14, 2010.

The show is in conjunction with our one year anniversary in Beacon, NY! The party will take 6pm to 9pm, with a special gift bag giveaway beginning at 3pm to the first 100 guests. The show will end September 10, 2010 so make sure you come out in time!

>> The four artists will also be collaborating on a mural for the store’s windows during a live painting event on August 5, 2010 at 2pm.<<

We are so excited to be celebrating this milestone by featuring such talented artists. We are so grateful for being able to share one entire year with all the wonderful customers, artists and friends we have made throughout our time at the store!

FOURever is the largest show that Dream in Plastic has ever hosted, and it will feature close to forty works by Bilrock161, Pure TFP, KR.ONE, and WHISPER. With their vastly different styles of graffiti, there is guaranteed to be something for everyone to enjoy looking at!

We can’t wait to see you there!!

Click here for the Facebook event for The Outstallation live painting exhibit on August 5th

Click here for the Facebook event for the FOURever show

Stop by the store and check out the super cool & limited edition prints and shirts from artist Dumb Won! They feature favorites such as Puking Beauty and Monki: 4 of Cups on one-of-a-kind screen printed fabric panels and t-shirts in lots of different colors and sizes.

About Dumb Won:

The painter Dumb Won was born Paul Heath on September 2, 1976. A renaissance man for the slacker generation, if he didn’t focus so much on art, music and having fun, he could have been an astronaut. Although he has no use for George W or Kenny G, Paul otherwise loves music as well as coffee, animals, and good humor (not necessarily in that order). Raised all over upstate New York before settling in arts-rich Kingston, he has been re-focusing his energies to concentrate on being an artist first, a commitment that is getting him recognized and his work sold and collected. His colorful, graffiti-inspired comic-book style of painting pokes ironic fun at himself, his highly esoteric, tragicomic, coffee-fueled lifestyle, and the world. He is currently celebrating nearly 20 years of art shows; his first solo show was in Schenectady, N.Y. in 1993. Although he never wears purple, he did attend the unsustainably expensive San Francisco Art Institute for a year. He later attained more affordable enlightenment from the equally fine Dutchess County Community College, from which he graduated in 1997 with an Associates Degree in Commercial Art. He has remained in the Hudson Valley ever since, and is still loving it.

Check out his website at: www.dumbwon.com

If you have ever explored Beacon, NY you are probably aware of that “awesome building down East Main Street with the art in the windows”…

On Saturday July 31st 2010, OPEN SPACE gallery and Burlock Home present Electric Windows 2010. 30 artists will converge in Beacon to create live artwork and have their work installed on the exterior of a 19th century factory building. Electric Windows draws its name from the former electric blanket factory at the foot of Mount Beacon that will act as the backdrop for the event.

In addition to the live art and installation this year’s event includes 2 additional Installation sites, 9 live music acts, food Vendors, dancing by M*POWER ELITE TEAM, and live screen printing by Buxtonia. This is an event not to be missed!

Dream in Plastic is excited to announce that we will be one of the Electric Windows sponsors, vending at the event and our store at 177 Main Street will also be open!

Check out the Electric Windows website for the full list of artists, directions and info. Don’t forget to miss the NEXT STEP after party that will be held at the Piggy Bank at 10pm. The event is 21+ and only $5.

Click here to LIKE Electric Windows on Facebook

Click here to view the event for Electric Windows on Facebook

Joe Pimentel is an artist from Newburgh, NY. His work will be gracing the walls of Dream in Plastic from July 10th – August 13th. Stop by and check it out. Pick up an original piece of art from Joe, and there will also be prints and t-shirts available as well!

The opening reception will be Saturday, July 10th from 6-9pm.

Joe says about his work:

I persistently challenge myself to see how far my imagination can soar on earth and through space by contemplating ideas about time, moments, and overall experiences. I find myself overwhelmed by the limitless possibilities that can be explored and realized as our souls gradually evolve towards a higher level of potential. As this evolution plays out inside of our minds, we continue to create and interact with the constructed, visible world around us. I draw on these visual references, as well as symbols, icons, and metaphors to inform my paintings from a philosophical and analytical point of view.

World Autism Awareness is April 2nd. This April we will be holding a silent art auction at Dream in Plastic to benefit Autism awareness. Proceeds from the event will be donated to Autism Speaks.

Opening reception: Saturday, April 10th, 6 – 9pm. Bids on the art work may be placed until Friday April 30th.

We are now accepting artwork of any variety for auction! If you would like to participate, contact us today for a prospectus.

Can’t get to Dream in Plastic to see the illustrations of Eric Talbot firsthand?

Here are some pics of what you’re missing!

Eric Talbot is a comic book artist known for his work on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series. His intense characters and amazing sketches will be gracing the walls at Dream in Plastic from October 11th until Novermber 10th.

Visit his BLARGH! at erictalbot.blogspot.com and stop by to see his work in person!

Jonathan LeVine Gallery will be hosting a solo exhibition “Nuclear Mystic” by Mars-1 starting February 21st, 2009.

For his second solo show at the gallery, the artist has created a collection of original large-scale works including abstract paintings on paper and wood panel as well as a series of bronze figurative sculptures in bronze, all of which will be incorporated into a site-specific installation. “Nuclear Mystic” features Mars-1’s signature style of vast, abstracted, quasi-extraterrestrial looking landscapes.

Nuclear Mystic
Feb 21—Mar 21, 2009
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 21st, 7pm—9pm

Jonathan LeVine Gallery
529 w 20th Street, 9flr
New York, NY 10011
(212) 243-3822
http://jonathanlevinegallery.com

New York Comic Con is back in town this weekend, February 6-8 2009 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.

NYCC plays host to the latest and greatest in comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, toys, movies, and television. The panels and autograph sessions give fans a chance to interact with their favorite creators. The screening rooms feature sneak peeks at films and television shows months before they hit either big or small screens. New York Comic Con is the second largest pop culture convention in America.

Go meet your favorite artists and get stuff signed by them!

Visit the official NYCC site for more info, to buy tickets and find a schedule of events and signings.

Peeping Trevor

If you are not busy for the next 3 days and plan on being in New York, we highly recommend you stop by the Jonathan LeVine Gallery. One of our favorites artists, Shag, has a solo exhibit that runs until Saturday, December 20, 2008.

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Jonathan LeVine Gallery is pleased to announce Voyeur, a solo exhibition featuring new works by Josh Agle, also known as Shag. For his second solo show at the gallery, the artist has created a new series of original paintings, cohesively linked by the theme of voyeurism. Shag’s signature style of sophisticated figures lounge within lavish interiors, accentuated by the artist’s mid-century modern design aesthetic. His allegorical cast of glamorous characters living in apathetic opulence and vapid luxury are skillfully rendered in stylized geometric forms and clean lines, using a vibrantly striking color palette.

With Voyeur, Shag refines and explores a theme that has always existed in his body of work. Many of his previous pieces have depicted hedonistic figures experiencing debauchery without consequence, expressionless and detached. In past works, he often included a figure observing inconspicuously. However, in this new series, the observers are much more overt. Each piece in the exhibition contains a voyer and a fish. The artist has said that the voyeur in each painting represents himself, while viewers of his paintings become voyeurs as well. “Being an artist gives me license to be a voyeur… When I was young and poor, I used to walk around my neighborhood almost every evening, just after dark. Many people had not yet closed their drapes or blinds, and I was able to look into their homes. I saw interiors through large picture windows: their good taste and bad, their family dynamic, what they were watching on television or eating for dinner, and what they felt comfortable wearing (or not wearing) at home. This was better than TV!”

To complement Shag’s work, the walls within the gallery’s Project Room will be covered in custom designed, flocked-velvet wallpaper featuring a multi-colored fish motif, created by the artist himself. Produced and installed in collaboration with Curio Wallcoverings, this will be the fourth custom wallpaper Curio has produced for installation at Jonathan LeVine Gallery (after collaborating with artists: Shepard Fairey, Lori Earley, and Adam Wallacavage on previous designs).

Jonathan LeVine Gallery is located at:

529 West 20th Street, 9E New York, NY 10011
Open Tuesday through Saturday, 11am to 6pm