This Friday, June 8th from 7-11pm you can check out Mike Moses‘ first solo exhibition here in New York at 8 of Swords in Brooklyn.  From the artist:

“Machines Beyond Repair” is a collection of work spanning different media and format from the past two years. The pieces reflect a variety of experiences, some fairly unpleasant, that have not only shaped my artistic processes, but my entire world. Nearly every aspect of my life has changed fairly drastically and this body of work reflects exactly that, at times violently.

Loss. Expansion. Bewilderment. These are the iron horses; rusted, blazing, and broken are these machines.

More details available via the Machines Beyond Repair event page on Facebook… but I hear this is sponsored by Coney Island Lager, and I’m pretty sure that means there will be beer. Bring your friends!

The second “Ladies, Ladies” art show is fast approaching. With nearly 100 female tattooers participating this year, it’s not to be missed! Hop over to Tattoo Culture in Brooklyn on Thursday, May 17th from 7-11pm. More information can be found on their FB page.

This is novel and cool and I’m mad I didn’t think of it first.

Tattoo by Mark Cross at East River Tattoo in Brooklyn, NY

This Thursday, 8 of Swords Tattoo in Brooklyn, NY is putting on the Original Zombie Art Show. From the event page on Facebook:

These works are being displayed during the Easter holiday to intentionally coincide with our tongue in cheek “celebration” of Jesus Christ’s Biblical rise from the dead, therefore he was the “Original Zombie”.

If you can’t make it for the opening reception (7-11pm) the art will still be up through May 7th.

While I wasn’t present when Mark cross tattooed the Atlantic Cod below, I was there for the third (fourth?) visit from a middle aged Polish man–within a week. If there’s one thing I envy a tattooer for, it’s the sheer number of characters you must come across in the average work week.

Tattoo by Mark Cross at East River Tattoo in Brooklyn, NY