MASS APPEAL / HUFF POST – DETROIT SHOW
MASS APPEAL 9/27/16
“Wastedland 2” Turns Detroit Factory into Graffiti Wonderland by Ray Mock
“Wastedland had the feel of a 90’s rave setting mixed with a 907 Mad Max vibe.” -DONT (Detroit Graffiti Writer)
photo by Phil Conners
HUFFINGTON POST 10/26/16
“When Counter-Culture Becomes Culture: Wastedland 2 And Andrew H. Shirley”
“A native of the big D, the slim-framed Mr. Shirley has spent half of his 40 years outside of it; writing graffiti, pitching and creating art projects, promoting scenes, studying film making and custom bike-making… generally pushing the margins of cultural acceptability in a way that looks sketchy on a resume – but would make smart brands salivate, if they had the guts.”
WASTEDLAND : DETROIT exhibition debut 9/16/16 9:07 pm
“A new Wizard of Oz for the Anarchist Street Youth.” Charlie Ahearn Director of Wild Style
WASTEDLAND: DETROIT exhibition will debut Andrew H. Shirley’s film Wastedland 2 in a 7000 sq foot space in Matt Naimi’s new “Make Art Work” facility at Recycle Here (1331 Holden St.) For this group exhibition, the film will exist as a centerpiece to a decaying post apocalyptic play land of kinetic sculptures and colorful graffiti pieces (from Detroit’s own graffiti artists: ARMY, BRZM, DRAKE, DONT, DYKE, ELMER, FOUR EYES, LIGER, MINCE, PERU, PORAB, REVEREND, SECT, SKWAT, TOUCH, TURDL, YOGRT and others) along side artifacts and characters from the film.
The show opens under a full Harvest moon- Friday September 16th at 9:07 pm. The Unstoppable Death Machines will be playing with local acts DJ Ihatejail.com (Crazy Jim from Wolf Eyes), Ishtar, Lt. Dan, and Dj’s Abacus, Prismviews, Black Noi$e, Abby and 100% Halal Meat- at 10:30pm until late.
Exhibiting Artists: Adam Void, Amanda Wong, Amy Smalls and George Vidas , Ben Wolf, DARKCLOUDS, EKG, Greg Henderson, Hugo Domecq, RAMBO, Ryan C. Doyle, UFO 907, William Thomas Porter, WOLFTITS
