GROUP INK Group show of graffiti and street art

gallery nine5 is pleased to present as our 2014 summer exhibition, Group Ink, a group exhibition for graffiti artists and their work, which turns a “private” space over to the public sphere. Uncurated, unregulated, and unsellable, the gallery’s white walls will serve as a blank slate for graffiti artists. Participating artists come from all over New York City and the world, including, TATs CRU (Bronx, NY), Bisco Smith (Venice, CA), Shiro (Japan), Vor138 (Brooklyn, NY), and Rubin415 (Brooklyn, NY). The exhibition will open on June 25 with bare white walls. Over the course of four weeks, invited artists will have the freedom to paint and tag the walls, building upon each other’s and their own pieces. At the show’s conclusion, the gallery will have been transformed into a vividly colored, vibrant space. The back room of the gallery will be dedicated to a small group show, where pieces by gallery nine5’s artists SHAKA, Alben, Tapp Francke, and Steve Ellis will be available for purchase.