OverKill Studio

ARTSCOPE 4/10

The immediacy of the show title reflects the medium of choice: Paint it Now at the Distillery Gallery in South Boston makes street art the focal point of its interior walls. Famously created quickly and anonymously on the sides of buildings with the aid of stencils and spray paint, street art has gone from vandalism to valid outsider art form to gallery-worthy over the past decade. Over twenty artists from the northeast were contacted to take part in this year’s show, the second in what may became an annual tradition at the Distillery Gallery. Each invited artist helped fill the main space with a floor to ceiling, wall to wall, wrap-around corners mural painted in black and white: the ultimate exquisite corpse in the form of graffiti art. With allusions to pop culture and current issues, the completed work keeps with the spirit, as well as the methods, of the medium. The show comes down–or should I say gets painted over–on April 23rd.

BOSTON PHOENIX3/10

Street art recently made the acquaintance of the conventional art world during the second ever “Paint it Now” at South Boston’s Distillery Gallery, where for the past two weeks, artists from NYC and Boston have been going to town on the gallery’s walls. During tonight’s opening reception (the installation will hang through April 29), you can check out the 22-artist collaboration as well as meet a host of folks much more talented than yourself. Distillery Gallery, 516 East Second St, Boston | 7-10 pm | Free | gallery.distilleryboston.com

BOSTON GLOBE 4-8-10

PAINT IT NOW The Distillery Gallery and OverKill Studio present their second collaborative painting installation, a black-on-white mural made by more than 20 artists. The seamless piece buzzes with poppy imagery, and individual works have gritty appeal. Through April 23. The Distillery Gallery, 516 E. 2nd St., South Boston. 978-270-1904, www.gallery.distilleryboston.com

Devastate Your Real Estate

Installation and Works by Dana Woulfe, Kenji Nakayama, Buildmore Shrines, Dark Cloud, Josh Falk, Metal Wing, NEVER and Evoker

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Anyone who has attended a party at the Distillery in South Boston knows how cool the place is, and anyone who has hit up an art show in the space’s lobby in the past year or so knows how on-point their nontraditional collective vision can be. So it’s cool to see another art showcase open up here, this one dubbed “Artageddon” and billed as “20 artists without gallery representation.” There’s an opening reception tomorrow and the exhibit runs to Sept. 24. The details posted below, from those involved:

The Distillery Gallery Presents: “Artageddon”

Featuring works by Daniel Benayun, Thomas Buildmore, Laurie Carman, Scott Chasse, Corey Corcoran, Michael Dacey, Robert daVies, Thomas Dupere, Josh Falk, Jarrett Golz, Vanessa Irzyk, Ryan Lombardi, Fish McGill, Kristen Mills, Kenji Nakayama, Tom Noffsinger, Sheryl Pace, Morgan Thomas, Judith Uehling, Dana Woulfe, Nick Z, and more TBA….

Sept. 3 to Sept. 24, 2009. Opening Reception: Sept. 3, 7 to 10 p.m. Free and open to the public. 516 E 2nd St., first floor. Contact: Scott Chasse, gallery director: (978) 270-1904 / scottchasse@gmail.com

As the tumultuous world of commercial galleries continues to scramble for readjustment to today’s sales-savy artists, alternative methods of display are at the forefront of a battle, a battle which The Distillery Gallery* has deemed: “Artageddon.”This exhibit gathers twenty artists from Boston and beyond who are moving forward in their careers regardless of a lack of gallery representation. Embracing alternative venues, social networks, street campaigns, and other creative outlets for their work, these artists are helping to shape the future of art commerce. Rather than rely on commissioned gallerists to vend their works, artists of today have the ability to independently exhibit and sell to a degree unparalleled in the past.“Artegeddon,” as an exhibit, highlights merely a fraction of the enormous pool of talented artists whom are diligently pressing forward amidst this transitional point in time. “Artageddon” as a concept will prompt fallout and unknown consequence which the exhibitors will continue to navigate and embrace.

That’s right, fans. We did an installation at DiscMakers in Central Square…and if you give us enough money, we’ll do yours too!

SICK COLLABO btw Morgan Thomas, Thomas Buildmore, and Kenji Nakayama