Upset will be holding a silent art benefit Saturday, May 2nd in Chicago. All money raised will go to the families of Andrew Cazares, Fausto Manzera, and Nazon Simmons. Thank you to Stef for all your help and to Rumble Arts Center for letting us use their space.

A huge list of artists involved will be announced soon! Artwork will go for cheap and is for a great cause. Don’t sleep!

Street Unity
Silent Art Auction
Saturday, May 2nd 8-11 pm
Rumble Arts Center
3413 W. North Avenue, Chicago

Martha Cooper’s 25th Anniversary Edition of Subway Art and Going Postal Book Signing
First Ever Chicago Sticker Exchange – All Stickers $5
and Making Deals Zine Premiere
Time: Friday, May 1st 6-10 PM, Chicago

For the first time in her thirty year career, famed street photojournalist Martha Cooper will be coming to Chicago to release the highly anticipated 25th anniversary edition of Subway Art published by Chronicle Books. The new edition of Subway Art features new photos and text and comes in a beautiful large-scale format. Going Postal, Cooper’s new book about the burgeoning postal sticker art scene in New York will also be available. Both books will soon become street art and graffiti staples. MR. THOR will be creating an art installation for the space.

To coincide with the Going Postal book release, Upset, a collective of artists from Chicago and New York, presents a handmade sticker art sale featuring work from many of the artists in Cooper’s postal sticker art book. Over 30 artists from New York and Chicago are involved in the sale. All stickers sell for only $5 and artists are also encouraged to bring their work and exchange stickers with other artists. Featured artists include Blanco, C-Damage, Faust, Overconsume, Stomach, and more.

The Making Deals zine premiere takes place at the Novem Studios store, only a few doors down from the Martha Cooper event. The New York City based zine compiles images and interviews with people creator Frank Serpico finds personally interesting including graffiti, drug dealing, 70s cinema and sports, and urban mayhem with a focus on New York and Chicago—the artist’s hometown. Making Deals Issue One is printed in a limited edition of 100 and features an interview with Chicago graffiti legend Sivel. For the premiere, Serpico, who is also co-founder of Upset, will have illustrations and paintings available for sale.

Martha Cooper Subway Art and Going Postal Book Signing
1114 N. Ashland Chicago IL.
For more information visit:
upsetmag.blogspot.com
novemstudios.com
makingdealszine.blogspot.com

Upsetters Upsetting
In addition to my solo show at 32nd and Urban
I’ll have something in the Homies group show.

THE UPSET: A MULTI-MEDIA ART EVENT
FEAT. ARTISTS FROM CHICAGO and NYC
with Pop Up Shop from NYC’s Coat of Arms.

Opening Night: Friday, May 16th 2008, 6pm – 11pm

The Upset, a collective of artists and photographers from Chicago and New York City,  is pleased to present a self-titled multi-media art show at Co-Prosperity Sphere in Chicago.  The show features over thirty artists with work ranging from photography, paintings,  illustrations, street art, and video installations.

The show, which aims to champion the work  of underexposed artists, runs for two weeks from May 16th through May 25th.

Additional hours are May 17th,18th,24th, and 25th  from noon-6 pm.
Co-Prosperity Sphere is located at 3219 South Morgan Street in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago.

The Upset is a community of friends, photographers, and artists who have pooled their  talents into an artist’s collective. With a focus on American street culture, The Upset currently  curates art events and publishes an independent magazine.

For more information, visit: www.upsetmag.blogspot.com.