Mitch O'Connell at Zombo Gallery in Pittsburg
LinkPittsburgh's Lawrenceville neighborhood is home to a growing community of restaurants, clubs and galleries. The area's newest and most hip 'n happenin' art space is Zombo Gallery!
This month's exhibiting artist, Mitch O'Connell, can be summed up in 3 words: Hot, Handsome and Hunkalicious! He's a beloved hanger-on of the popular "Lowbrow" art movement. His work has been featured in magazines from Newsweek to Playboy, on CD's from The Supersuckers to Less Than Jake and exhibited from New York to Berlin. His popular tattoo designs are also a fixture on the walls of tattoo shops around the world. He's treasured for his sense of humor, especially when it comes to pricing his paintings. Likes include: "keeping it real", "letting it all hang out", "doing his own thing" and "getting down". Dislikes include: gallery owners who favor artists whose work is "good" and "sells". My God, doesn't "adequate grooming" count for anything anymore in this crazy, topsy-turvy world?!
Mitch will also be signing copies of his new book from Last Gasp Publishing, "Mitch O'Connell Tattoos", a 264 page collection of the cream of the crop from his tattoo flash. Also available for your purchasing pleasure, (besides the original fine art masterpieces) will be skateboard decks, giclee prints, black light posters and whatever else Mitch decides to lug all the way from Chicago. His work has been described as "The best in the biz" by Tattoos.com, "One of the defining artists of his generation" by Tabu Tattoo Magazine and "One of the great artists of the lowbrow art scene" by Barracuda Magazine. Hey, we had to throw a few real quotes in here somewhere!
The opening party begins at 5:30 PM on Saturday, November 3rd 2007, and will include lots of free liquor (for Mitch). Patrons can fight over what he's unable to consume (good luck!). DJ Zombo is guaranteed to keep the joint rockin' all evening long.
Never Forget To Get Drunk will run from November 3rd through December 1st, 2007. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Friday from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Saturday from Noon to 6:00 PM, or by appointment.
Zombo Gallery
4900 Hatfield Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15201
412-904-3703
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Zombo Gallery? I'll bet you can do anything there...
Actually, the Lawrenceville neighborhood is pretty hopping: dorkbotpgh happens at Brillobox, there's a couple of nice restaurants, two robot factories, some dotcoms, it is close to the City, and easy to get to from CMU or Pitt (if you're a student).
Also, please fix the article link, I think it is missing the http:// prefix.
Also please fix the spelling of Pittsburgh in the title.
S'okay, people don't generally care about Pittsburgh anyway! =_)
Yes, Drew, HILARIOUS.
Actually, Pittsburgh is turning into a great place to live: Lots of tech jobs, lots of museums and galleries and restaurants. And of course a ton of college and professional sports options.
Pittsburgh has repeatedly been called America's Most Livable City, and it really is.
I do not live there currently, but I do love it, something I didn't expect.
But yes, please do change the spelling in the title - Pittsburgh is the first of many cities to reclaim its H, and that's something some of us really care about.