Most people that have attended the Bread & Butter in the past are already familiar with the “untitled” exhibition that takes place at the tradeshow. Over the past years, the exhibition has showcased and collaborated with well-known artists and companies like Parra, Maiden Noir, Sheone, Jeremy Fish, Haze, Shepard Fairey, The KDU, Stash, Mode2, and hundreds more.
Each exhibition focuses on a specific theme and presents collective works from diverse artists, with special attention to new motifs and unique display techniques.
The “untitled” book is a printed document of the exhibition that gives praise to street culture in all aspects, from graffiti to photography, from toys to clothing and everything in between. In this feature we preview “untitled” No. 8, the exhibition and also the book. Once again the team impresses and presents a range of interesting artists and brands. They go further this year and have a strong line-up of clothing collaborations in the pipes, including t-shirts, as well as hoodies. The clothing, just like the book and the exhibition, underlies the theme and perfectly fits into the “untitled” showcase. Make sure to pass by the exhibition, should you visit Bread & Butter next week!
View the Feature here…

“Shaft” by Doze Green & David Ellis – Two of the most influential graffiti turned fine artists active today, New York City residents Doze Green and David Ellis fuse the true meaning of hip-hop with contemporary art styles to create a hybrid of visual sounds that are truly unique and original. In their collaborative book and project, Shaft, each artist takes their trademark styles and characters and interconnects both elements on a site-specific project upon an elevator shaft. The results epitomize the roots of hip-hop and both artists reflect the 21st century urban landscape.The 128-page book comes with a pull-out poster that captures the entirety of the shaft project. Shaft is being released in conjunction with the Rubicon Sun exhibition from Doze Green and David Ellis at FIFTY24SF Gallery this December.
You can purchase the book now here.

Next week, 6th of December, the Upstairs Gallery of the XLarge LA store will host the opening of the Andy Howell exhibition. Of course they have some collaborative goodies ready for the exhibition. There will be a XLarge x Andy Howell t-shirt and also playing cards.
After the jump all the details for the opening.

Here a little announcement about the upcoming exhibition “Highmath” being presented during the next Berlin Fashion Week in January 2008.

The art magazine Arkitip is curating its first exhibition in Germany and as the first external source ever, Wood Wood will design a whole issue of the magazine, which will serve as the exhibition catalog.

The “Highmath” exhibition will be shown from 31st of January till 1rst of March 2008 and feature works of Andrew Schoultz, Chris Lindig, Ed Templeton, Evan Hecox, Cody Hudson, CR Stecyk III, Eric Elms, Gary Benzel, Geoff McFetridge, Jo Jackson, José Parla, Josh Petherick, Kaws, Killpixie, Michael Leon, Kevin Lyons, Michael Perry, Parra, Phil Frost, Perks, Peter Beste, Peter Sutherland, Richard Colman, Ryan Waller, Shepard Fairey, Todd  St. John and Steve Harrington.
Both the exhibition and the upcoming Arkitip x WoodWood issue are certainly something to look out for!

BANKROBBER GALLERY, London, in collaboration with VANINA HOLASEK GALLERY, are pleased to present for the first time in New York, an exhibition of works by Banksy, on view from December 2nd through December 29th, 2007.
With the current hype around the artist you can expect a full house on the opening night. More information on the event and the artist here.
After the jump the full flyer.

Alakazam is a creative project based in London and James Jarvis, Will Sweeney and Zongamin are the founding members of it. Basically it is their own small clothing line that brings out every once in a while fresh new t-shirts and some other pieces, such as Medicom Japan collaborations.
After recently collaborating with Amos Toys on some t-shirts, the brand now got together with Japans Undercover. The result of the collaboration are some t-shirts and a reversible zip hoodie. The pieces were created for the upcoming Susumu Mukai & Will Sweeney Exhibition. Pics via JunTakashi.
Check out all pieces after the jump.

Kingston`s photographer Peter Dean Rickards aka The Afflicted Yard captures the Jamaican culture in all its roughness since 1999: violence, sex, drugs, music.
His picture world is relentlessly authentic without provoking for provocation`s sake. His palette of themes range from bloody slaughtering scenes at a country meat market to gun waving ganglords and Jamaican celebrities like Lee Scratch Perry, Ninjaman,Bounty Killer, Sizzla, Buju Banton, Monty Alexander and Sean Paul. Magazines like I-D, Lodown, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Complex, Vibe, NEON and XLR8R already published images from Peter Dean Rickards. His photoseries “Drunk in Miami” recently created a great hype on various fashion and photography blogs.
We sat down with Peter Dean Rickards to talk about his life, his views and his upcoming solo show at MILIEU Galerie / Artspace in Bern, Switzerland.
Read the Feature here…

10.Deep in conjunction with Supertouchblog.com, DR. Romanelli, LTD Magazine and Thunderdog Studios bring you “The Beast Within”, an art show featuring monster inspired art by 65 artists spanning the realms of street and fine art. We reported about the event already, when we presented the 10.Deep x Pushead t-shirt that is made especially for the occasion (see again here).

The Oct 30th event will be an invite only affair at The Showroom NYC, hosted by Mr. Kick Push Himself Lupe Fiasco. The Event will double as a pre release party for his upcoming album “The Cool”.

For the event 10.Deep will be giving away a special 10 Deep x New Era “Frankenstein” Fitted Pillbox cap. With only 100 on hand, you better make your way out there early!

Niels Meulmans initial recognition came as Shoe within local and international graffiti culture. This evolved into a business for decorative lettering when he was 18. Eager to learn more, he became apprentice to Dutch graphic design master Anthon Beeke to learn the trade. Throughout the nineties he ran his own design company Caulfield & Tensing, before joining BBDO as senior art director. In recent years he has been working under the name Unruly, a flexible creative outfit that specializes in typographic design. Meulmans designs and artwork are part of the permanent collection of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and the San Francisco MOMA. Other essential works include a signature shoe design for sports brand Umbro, logo and corporate identity for Dutch television channel Talpa and the Unruly Accessories silk scarf series. Now it is time for Meulman to use all his fields of expertise and to go back to the essence; the art of writing, or Calligraffiti as he calls it. Thursday September 13th 2007 will see the opening of a large solo exhibition (to be held at the BG venue in Amsterdam) of new art by Niels Shoe Meulman. An ancient story about a king and a calligrapher is the starting point for this show, which features a large variety of works on paper, a Calligraffiti booklet, special guest artist and good friend Eric Haze (who will also be exhibiting his recent works) and limited edition Patta x Shoe x Haze t-shirts. Patta also produced a series of indepth interviews about the legend Shoe, covering his whole career from the graffiti days, his design career, the advertising work and his passion for Calligraffiti. in addition, they conducted mini interviews with friends and colleagues like Bando, Haze and Rammellzee.
Check out the first video here below.

 
Openers is one of the latest Japanese web magazines that we came across and it is published by some very interesting people, from Japanese fashion brands, design agencies and also the head of Medicom Toy Group.
Taking a bit of a different approach than Honeyee, maybe concentrating overall more on high end fashion, Openers recently also featured pictures and a summery of the Medicom Exhibition. They have some nice images up, previewing what new action figures and also Fabrick collections they will be releasing later this year. Both the magazine and the feature, definitely worth checking out!
Some more pictures after the jump.