from the New York Times

April 15th, 2008 11:11 AM

Gallery Opening | Crass Commercialism

By SABRINA MANSOURI

Half Gallery owners Andy Spade, Bill Powers, James Frey. (Kaya Yusi)

Half Gallery, the new gallery on Forsyth Street owned by Andy SpadeBill Powers and James Frey, held its inaugural show last Thursday night for Matt Damhave, best known as a co-founder of Imitation of Christ. Since leaving the label, Damhave has created graphics for the band Gang Gang Dance and most recently contributed artwork to Chloë Sevigny’s look book for Opening Ceremony. Chloë’s brother, Paul Sevigny, was the first to buy a piece, an image called “Already Crass.” The exhibition runs through May 10th. For more information, go to halfgallery.com

The artwork of Matt Damhave. (Kaya Yusi)

 

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