Sunday, 29 March 2009

A visit from outer space

During this week our gallery has been attacked by forces from outer space spreading their visual virus.
Although we were stronger in numbers, all we could do was watch the virus spread...
... till it matured to it's full form. Visit their mother planet; here and here.

WARNING


We have had complaints that according to the photos on our blog we do not do anything but eat and party in our gallery. That is not true, since the main reason we organize this exhibitions and workshops is art. The production and the promotion of art. Of course, we get hungry and like to party hence the photos. From now on there will be more art and less party photos.

Zlatan Vehabović exhibition part2

We had to make another exhibition of one of our favorite artists, since the interest for his his work was so great. So we planned a series of smaller exhibitions where we would have a chance to draw more attention to the obscurities of Zlatan's work.
This time he brought a study for his large painting 'Mile end'. He held a small lecture about the nature of his work, provided us with the insight on the story behind the painting.

The show was amazing and was followed by a wild party, and Zlatan mysteriously disappeared. We have not heard from him ever since...

Monday, 23 March 2009

Visit to Rijeka

We witnessed the birth of Streetzinerijeka, another amazing blog about street life in Croatia.
We have spent a terrific and relaxed weekend among our friends from streetzinerijeka, drawing, drinking, skating, and getting more tattoos.
Guess our cameraman was not out of his mind when he spoke of late night monsters that spooked him out when he went to the bathroom.
Finally, we have made a pledge to return to this wonderful place and have even more drawings, beer, skate sessions and tattoos.

Lunar's exhibition

Lunar is a living legend of Zagreb graffiti scene, and we were flattered to have him do a show in our gallery.

Gentleman as he is, he took care of the catering long before anybody showed up...

... which left him enough time to set up his work.
Unfortunately, something went wrong in his calculations and he became upset...
... not even the presence of his friends and family could not cheer him up.

Even though the gallery was full beyond its limits...
...and we had to open our studio to make more space for all the visitors hungry for Lunar's art, he was still upset.We finally hired two professional fashion photographers who were searching for promising male models. They were so enchanted with Lunar, that they promised him the cover of their magazine. 
So here we got a sneak preview of Lunar' first cover as a male model. We wish him luck in his modeling career. 
After the photo shoot, smile was finally back on Lunar's face, and we shared his good mood.
The disadvantage of being a 9-5er is that after midnight you automatically vanish and teleport straight to bed. So we were abandoned by Lunar and his friends, until next tuesday.

Tuesday, 17 March 2009

Aorta's exhibition

We had our good friend Aorta come over all the way from boogie down Tuzla to have a show at our gallery.

Aorta is a good friend and a great artist, but as all artist are, he too is a bit strange. We had a barbecue planned for him, and his unusual haircut made us forget all about it.

 
Our younger members were hungry and were not in the mood to wait...

...so we went to the market the day before and got us some Chinese ham for the barbecue...

... and Aorta and his lovely girlfriend Jasmina choose one they liked best.

Luckily for the vegetarian members, we also had a chef from China making some meat-free specials.

As hungry as we were, we quickly ran out of meat, and again had to sacrifice our youngest members to feed the rest.


The sacrifice was made willingly and without hesitation.

Soon there was enough meat to feed all of us... 

... and the crowd was pleased.

After a delicious meal it was hard to do anything but rest...

... so we took it easy.


It was obvious that we were impressed by the skills of the cook...

... and Aorta's artwork. It was indeed a hair-rising show.

Zlatan Vehabović exhibition


For the sole purpose of Zlatan's exhibition, we had some major changes done in our gallery. We installed a new roof, and tore down a couple of walls to make space for Zlatan's paintings.


Of course, The wild bunch was there, as usual, and we all gave our support to the great young painter.


The critics were blown away, nothing but positive stuff about Zlatan and his work. So here is a negative picture of his exhibition. Check more on his blog listed under Zlatan Vehabović on the right side of this page...

Sunday, 8 March 2009

Sunday wall




A week of rain and then a sunny sunday. What other thing would we possibly do than paint a wall. Oko, Lunar and Puma34 waste their lungs for a moment of joy. Let's enjoy it with them.

Monday wall



After a weekend of partying we managed to get up and paint a wall together... So here it is, Ninja Tiger, Fudge, Pekmezmed, Oko and Meho. Trash city kings!

Saturday's barbecue


This time we took care of our vegetarian friends...


... we had a real feast prepared for them...


... and we all enjoyed it.


In return, they let us sacrifice the smallest of our members too feed our need for meat.


Without discrimination, we grilled his ass.


The hunters who killed the little beast performed a ritual dance to impress the females..


... but they did not seem impressed. So it was back to the drawing again.