Gallery Report: PAINT IT BLACK 3rd [WARE x GRIMB]
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
今年のハロウィンはめっちゃやばかった!やっとこのわけわかんないコスプレ祭りがおもっきり日本の文化に入ってきた。(31日のもりあがっていたアメ村はその現象の証拠になるぐらい)イベントやパーティが多過ぎて、この三日だけの最高なアートギャラリーも見逃しやすいから気をつけなきゃ。
Halloween in Osaka was pretty mad this year – if ever any proof was needed that the big H is now an official Japanese holiday in both spirit and practice, Amemura on the 31st was it! But amid all those crazy costumes and parties, you might have missed out on an amazing 3 day art show put on over at Psychowheels.
友達から電話あって、ぎりぎり間に合った!仕事の後チャリでダッシュにいってみた。
I nearly did – A good friend of mine alerted me just hours before the final curtain and I huffed it over on my bike as fast as I could to soak up the last few moments of PAINT IT BLACK 3rd. (As the name implies, it’s the 3rd annual installment of said gallery.)
カスタムカルチャーの影響されているアーティスト二人、WAREとGRIMB。
One Sculptor and One Painter – WARE (madsculptures) and GRIMB respectively, put on a true Krazy Kustom Kulture show with a unique Japanese twist!

Psychowheelsの隣の部屋にギャラリーが出来ていた。WAREのフィギュアモデルは綺麗にピンストされた飾り棚の中に飾られていて、GRIMBの絵はチェーンでかけられて、すごいかっこよかったぁ!二人の力を合わせられてめっちゃ迫力あった。
The gallery was set up in a cleared out and renovated storage space next to the shop. The two artists work really play well off each other and form a nice cohesive whole. WARE’s sculptures were housed in beautiful pinstriped cabinets interspersed with GRIMB’s nice hand-painted panels hung by hooks and chains.

細かいところまで本当に上手く彫られていて、丁寧に塗られていた!てかったいる脳みそ、エド・ロス風なモンスター等はよかったけど一番気に入っていたやつはやっぱりチンコまんじのヒトラーやった!ギャラリーの目玉になったゎ!
I was blown away by the detail in the lacquered brains, fez donning monkeys, and hotrodding monsters but really, it was the Hitler bust surrounded by a swastika of pink phallic penises that definitely stole the show.
短い期間やけどPSYCHOWHEELSの店にいろんなえぇ作品はずっと置いてあるんであの辺にいったらチェックしてな!(上にリンクされたブログにも写真いっぱいあるし)
Though the Paint it Black show was all too short, Psychowheels still has a nice collection of paintings, drawings, and figures permanently on display in their shop. If you’re in south Horie/Sennichimae, do yourself a favor and check em out! (more photos on those guys’ respective blogs linked above!)

























