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Monday, February 20, 2006

Art Opening with DJ and Dancing


Friday 2-17-06 Gallery Opening Zimad
7-10 PM With DJ Alien Hua spinning trance electro world auralness to dance to...

Green Corner/Rincon Verde
11 Bruckner Boulevard (Art & Antique Row at Lincoln Avenue)

Featuring the art of muralist, tagger and vaunted painter Zimad, otherwise
known as Luis Laboy Jr. Zimad came up in the Bronx, inn 1982 was included
in the group exhibition at Fashion Moda New York City, titled, "The South
Bronx Show" with other artists such as, Ladypink, Tracy 168, Daze, Crash,
TKid, and Aone.

A graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology art, Zimad has been
exhibited in "Space Time Light Gallery", at Sotheby's auction house in New
York, and at Guernsey's Graffiti Auction with the works of Haring and
Basquiat at the time.

In July 2000 he exhibited at a group show at "American Vision 145
Gallery", featuring artists Henry Charfont, Rom Rios, Duro, and Zepher, more
of his graffiti peers.

Recently, Zimad has been featured in 2 documentary's, 1 by EAC called "From
the spray can to the canvas" and the 2nd produced by MTV.

***And he co-created the Mural in Brook Park, with our own Span***

http://zimadgallery.com

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