boo to this gray weather
tonight i'm going to this vice magazine art gallery opening for an artist named david choe. the exhibit is called tokyo prison art. i'm not sure i believe what they are saying about the exhibit (knowing vice, it's probably a hoax, right?) here are the details, anyhoo:

Hey all,

Our friend the artist David Choe got arrested for punching out an undercover detective in Tokyo in December of 2004. Then he spent four months in solitary confinement in a Japanese prison. Deprived of his usual drawing and painting tools, David improvised materials out of whatever he could scrape together in his tiny cell ‹ including soy sauce and his own urine.

His prison stay resulted in the works in this show, a stunning collection of drawings that illustrate what a genius draftsman gets up to when he has nothing to but draw. There are lots of dirty renderings of nubile women, and there are also fantastical imaginary landscapes and tableaus that are apocalyptic, hilarious, and beautiful.

You really should come see them. If you can't make the opening, they're up for four weeks afterward.

Here's the info:

Vice Magazine proudly presents:
DAVID CHOE
TOKYO PRISON ART
April 22 - May 17, 2005

The powerHouse Gallery
68 Charlton Street
(two blocks south of Houston between Hudson and Varick Streets)
New York City

Opening Reception: Friday APRIL 22nd 2005, 6:00­9:00 pm
Complimentary Guiness and Harp

Exhibition open to the public April 22 - May 17th
Monday through Friday, 11:00-7:00, Saturday 12:00-6:00

For gallery information, please call (212) 604-9074, ext. 100


then, i am heading to carroll gardens (in brooklyn!!) for jay, kyle and josh's birthday party. looks like the party will be inside... with the weather looking the way it is. refer to good times roll for further details.