Straight from C215’s flickr, shots from his recent trip to Casablanca!  C215 is in a group show called Justice at the Long Arm Gallery in Bristol through April 24, 2009.

Quick Bits: Barry McGee, Ed Templeton and Raymond Pettibon at Circleculture Gallery (Berlin) today (April 9) curated by Aaron Rose (Beautiful Losers); Ripo has a solo show in Brussels going on now; Galerie Helenbeck is coming to NYC (via Martha Cooper); Bruno Leyval, C215, Dan23, Least Wanted and MC1984 are showing Justice at the Long Arm Gallery (London); and The London Police are at StolenSpace Gallery (London) opening tonight (April 9); Daze in Rio de Janeiro (via WhatYouWrite).

Stencil master C215 - from the smoker series

Stencilist C215’s Junk Store at Ad Hoc Art in Brooklyn, NY is definitely in our ‘top 3 NY shows’ of 2008.  Featuring subjects from his recent trips to India, Brazil and Israel and cleverly tied together with stencils of his passport stamps in the pieces and on the walls.  Its a lot to take in, but here’s a sampling:

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He made excellent use of suitcases, metal and found papers/objects as surfaces. As usual his placement is spot-on - such as a wrecked car stenciled on bent metal, cigarette butts on the ground around the smoker and his subjects depicted on objects from their home country.

C215’s self-portrait

Opening this Friday, December 12, and running through January 4 at Ad Hoc Art.  Linocutters features Richard Mock, Swoon, David Ellis, Mike Houston, Martin Mazorra, Dennis McNett, Judith Supine, Elbowtoe, Gaia, c.damage and Imminent Disaster and will show the original wood/linos as well as the prints pulled from them.  Stencilist C215 will be in the project room.

C215 was recently in NYC for the Stencil History X show. Here are some highlights…