The ShadowPlastic Label

Not quite. We’re moving to the future with an eye on the past. If you want to stay up with SPL, and we know you do, check us out on tumblr at shadowplastic.tumblr.com . We appreciate you patronage and patience as we get ready for another decade and beyond.

This is not a goodbye, we’re just saying hello again. We’ve been working closely with School House LLC on building their brand into a collegiate apparel powerhouse. We also have a slew of freshness in the works for 2010. 2009 was fine, now lets do it again in 2010.

Hopefully, we’ll catch you on the flipside.

Always yours,

-SPL

$30 Open Bar All Night! or $4 well drinks, wine, beer.
Complimentary Appetizers
Costume Contest!
Live DJ: Music and Dancing

NO COVER!

It all goes down at Figaros (26 West 44th Street b/w 5th & 6th Aves. New York City) on Friday October 30th, starting at 8 and ending mad late. Last year we killed it. This year we’re resurrecting it. Be there or be scared.

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The Real McKoy is an amazing Brooklyn based Graphic Artist, Illustrator, Screen-printer, Ideasman and Super Spy. He recently did an incredible mural installation at ACE Hotel’s New York location and orchestrated the decoration of 5 rooms there with artists such as Jasper Wong and Jim Mahfood. He is truly an incredible insominiac and we at ShadowPlastic are overflowing with girlish glee that we managed to entice him to join our squad. What does this mean for SPL?

More expanding!

When you start getting too big for your britches, you get bigger britches. That’s exactly what we’re doing. Pardon our appearance as we restructure our lab and website. We’ll occasionally update the blog with cool things, but with less frequency until the restructuring is done. We apologize to our viewers but trust us, it’s for the sake of progress.

In the mean time, check out The Real McKoy’s ACE Hotel piece below and more of his work at www.therealmcKoy.com.

Photo credit Worm C.
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On 8/06/09 Collective Arts will be having their third artists group showcase. This one will be extra special as SPL cohort and collaborator Jelsen Jargon will presenting samplings from his upcomig book with the lovely Stephanie Land entitiled A Major.

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Few words can be used to describe the immense talent and awe inspiring vision that come when looking at Chase Tafoya’s work. I surmise that the best possible way for the world to describe his art is “WOW!”

Drawing inspiration both from within and from environmental stimuli, Chase creates portraits that depict stories rather than just capture moments that carry with them an ethereal communication between him and his subjects that continues well after a piece is done. He also spreads conscious thought and community awareness as co-founder of P.M.A. (Positive Movement Alliance).

You can currently check out his latest works gracing skate decks in Full Deck: A Short History of Skate Art at Bedford Gallery (1601 Civic Dr. Walnut Creek, CA 94596) until September 11th. Also, be on the lookout for his future collaboration with DSTROYR, Famous, and The Soul Assassins.

Chase Tafoya Fine Art.

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If you are in the Sydney, Australia area and interested in fashion, I highly recommend you check out Fashioning Now running from July 28 – August 28. Part fashion show, part symposium, Fashioning Now brings attention to the realm of sustainable fashion and the efforts being made by some designers and others in the textile industry to help create more eco-friendly solutions to waste management and production that works in accordance with creativity as opposed to stifling it.

Investigating the way in which clothing is produced, used and discarded, Fashioning Now is an exhibition and accompanying symposium featuring innovative research projects from Australian and international practitioners.

Visit fashioningnow.com for more info.

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Tonight, Japanese artist Tomori Nagamoto aka Tomo Lennon will be having his first solo show in New York at Ouchi Gallery. Be sure to stop by and check out his latest series Foreign Soil.

Tomori’s collection of portraits, Foreign Soil, features five major figures in today’s contemporary art/music scene. Artists who had left their native country of birth and are blooming in a foreign land.
(Tomolennon.com)

Tomori Nagamoto -Foreign Soil-.

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Club Europa
98 Meserole Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11222
$8 1/2 to Chanty+5% of register
Special Guest:
Miz Metro
Music By:
DJ ILL P
A short film:
“Married Girl” by Alexandra Lopez
Performances by:
Eyeris with Radio Rose, Bless Roxwell. Jeanette Berry, Linda Laporte, Dama Nilz, Jasmine Solano
JUST ADDED: HER VIRGINS & DIVA from CYM
LIVE ART AND DISPLAYS BY MARTHALICIA
MAKE-UP AND DESIGN BY LAUREN WEAKLEY
LIVE PAINTING BY DANIELLE MASTRION
RAFFLE FOR A VINTAGE GUCCI RAIN JACKET

Friday July 10th (After Europa)
STAY
244 E Houston Btwn Ave A and Ave B
www.stay-nyc.com
11pm-4am
NO COVER
Music by: DJ T.Elle Jamine Solano and Radio Rose

*** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ***

On July 14th, Norweigen artist Bard Hole Standal will debut the first five pieces of the Deinos series as well as displaying a selection of his giclée canvases and prints at Ouchi Gallery in association with The ShadowPlastic Label.

For a little over a year, Bard has been working on the creation of Deinos, a 5 inch resin figure which he modeled, cast and hand-painted himself in his Oslo studio. The figure comes in five colors: black, red, yellow, orange and purple. The numbered 1 of 5 editions of each colorway will be available for the first time ever at Ouchi Gallery through The ShadowPlastic Label. This will be the only opportunity to purchase these figures until the casting of the numbered 2 of 5 editions in two months.

Bard’s work will be on display from Wednesday 7/15 to Sunday 7/19, 12-6p.m. by appointment only. There is an Opening Reception on Tuesday 7/14, 7-10p.m. open to the public.

For more information or to purchase any of Bard’s work, please email The ShadowPlastic Label at info[at]shadowplastic.com.

Download the show press release HERE.
Download Bard Hole Standal’s press kit and price list HERE.

Ouchi Gallery
170 Tillary St, Ste. #507
Brooklyn NY 11201 (MAP)

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CRUNCH, the coolest chain of gyms in the world, is having a contest: make a short film on the theme “No Judgements”, enter for your chance to win $10,000. Easy money.

Crunch Gym Shorts Contest.

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