Costa Mesa, Ca-Over/Under is proud to present BUDDY SYSTEM by BUDDY LEMBEK :
Opening at The ARTery in The LAB on July 23, 2005 from 7pm-11pm, buddy
system is an exhibition of photos, video, and recent 2Dworks that takes a
look into the names, means, and documentation employed by the artist to
proliferate and celebrate high-risk street art in the public arena.

The ARTery sponsored by Over/Under Magazine is an 8³ x 40³ shipping
container transformed into a walkthrough community art gallery. Located at
The LAB in Costa Mesa, The ARTery is at the heart of the urban resurgence of
Southern California. The ARTery is dedicated to supporting emerging artists
through their exhibitions. Each artist will be presented in a solo or group
show that will last the duration of one month. In addition to the show, each
artist will be featured within Over/Under, The SoBeCa Newsletter as well as
promoted through The LAB³s collaborative efforts to further support the
artisan community.

Over/Under (www.overundermag.com) is an independent quarterly publication
that bridges the gap between artists of all mediums, cultural communities,
and the general public, resulting in an exposé of underground, accessible
slices of passion and expression. Exploring worldly destinations and
suburban sprawls, Over/Under aims to dissect the mainstream to find what is
often looked ³over² and never looked ³under.²


The ARTery @ the LAB
2930 Bristol St.
Costa Mesa CA 92626

DUIU

Invisible NYC in collaboration with Metro Color Collision is pleased to present DIY: The Aesthetics of Life. Unlike other group shows, the artists here have created works directly pertaining to their lives as artists who choose to dissociate from corporate strongholds and make their own clothes, jewelry, stuffed animals or anything that turns unique art objects into a lifestyle and vice versa. Did they figure out the perfect existence to incorporate punk rock productivity and creative innovations? Their creative drive is entirely infused into their daily existence; for them, art is inextricably linked to life as creation is the sole means of survival. This exhibition hopes to convey not only their DIY aesthetics of self-reliance and self-sufficiency but also a philosophy carried on in the true spirit of modern anarchy.

From earlier situationist ideas regarding radical currents of change came the modern notions of social anarchy that these artists embrace. Their work is redolent with many of these ideas including the reclaiming of the contemporary industrial environment, the refusal to fall prey to marketing schemes and enticing labels (think AdBusters), and the liberation of the person from the social and psychological impositions inevitable in urban situations. The artists featured in this exhibition provide a new vision of an old concept that seeks to investigate and assess the mechanics of modern life.

Each featured artist has adapted the DIY ideas that we are presenting as objects of use but more importantly as singular pieces of art. The work of Milton Carter, Joanna Stein, Christine Cioffari, Kayte Terry, Vadis Turner and Kim Cherubin presents an alternative to brand names and corporate logos in this group exhibition. This show is curated by Metro Color Collision, the curatorial team of Julie Fishkin and Matt Lucas. Metro Color Collision is an independent curatorial collective whose aim is to combine creativity and originality in an idea-based exhibition without space constrictions and specific wall obligations. In existence since 2003, MCC works with local artists and galleries as a continuous conduit for creative energy.

DIY: The Aesthetics of Life will be on view from August 4th to September 3rd, 2005. There will be an opening reception on August 4th from 6 to 9 PM.

The EVERYWHERE SHOW

Exhibition runs July 23 - Aug. 16, 2005
Opening Reception Sat, July 23, 7-9 pm

Gary Baseman
Tim Biskup
Marcel Dzama

Friends With You
Camille Rose Garcia

James Marshall (Dalek)
Mark Ryden

Shag

Shepard Fairey


The EVERYWHERE SHOW is a celebration of artists leaving their mark
on all media everywhere. The new generation of fine artists whose voice
comes from Popular Culture and uses their new language to find small
human truths about our generation through their art. Many came from
commercial art, like Warhol, learning to become Master Visual Message
Makers, eventually rejecting the confines of compromise in message.

MENDENHALL SOBIESKI GALLERY

40 Mills Place € Pasadena, CA 91105 € ph: 626-535-9757
Tuesday - Friday, 10am to 6pm Saturday, noon to 6pm
Sunday, noon to 5pm. Closed Monday.

http://www.mendenhallsobieskigallery.com/contact/email/0705/main0705.htm

http://www.garybaseman.com
http://www.friendswithyou.com

Orchard Street Art Gallery presents Tonybones & Resk
This Thursday night, July 21, from 7-10pm

Tonybones hails from the wilds of east texas, not much is known about
this illusive wretch other than that he has a taste for cheap liquor
and a passion for powertools. once thought to be part alligator,
researchers have concluded that he is in fact just ugly.

little or less is known about Resk. while mining for precious ore in
the hills, south american miners found him drinking the blood of a
large chilean woman. some signs point to mental retardation but most
who know him agree he's probably just drunk.

the two of these apes plan to make a really big mess, and eventually
set the gallery on fire. no less than four fights will break out and
at least 3 people will be killed. no arrests will be made as the
police will be busy trying to solve the case of the missing twinkie.