Date: April 3rd 2008 2:32a.m.

Hello Everyone,

Draw Rings 2

This Friday, April 4th, 2008 I'll be in the, Draw Rings 2 (The Return) art opening at Rhinoceropolis - all my work there will be brand new, mostly comprised of full colored screen printings of my latest drawings. They look fantastic.

"Promise", Full-color screenprint on Bristol Board. 1 of 15. 9" x 11"

I'll have copies for sale that you can buy from me right there and take home. The prices will be democratic. The rest I'll be putting on the site soon.

The screenprints are graphically dense and deliciously colorful. The process from turning the drawings into screenprints is long and time consuming - much like a lot of my work, but the final result is some of the most unique work I've done. Each screen print is a compilation of at least five separate drawings. Many of the pieces deal with realities we attempt to deny, by either covering them up with half truths or spinning the situations to suite our tastes. We all do it, and perhaps we shouldn't. Maybe the first step to understanding why we do it is to admit that we are flawed individuals.

I've continued to work with my experimental typography of deeply stroked text and word games and have coupled this with my very much historically routed cross hatching style.

Here's a little bit about the show:

A group show of 22 of denver's most talented young artists showing in one space, on one night? Are we crazy? Why, yes, we are!
This is the second installment of the Draw Rings group exhibition, after the unprecedented success of last year's Draw Rings, there was no other option but for, "the return." At the core of Draw Ring's aesthetic and conceptual goal, is the idea to allow an avenue for experimental talent and pure creative expression to have complete freedom, without concern for commercial viability. Draw rings is a social event and situational performance that attempts to operate completely outside of the established, more conservative Denver art market.

These are youthful artists, being themselves. Denver, simply put, this is your future.

Rhinoceropolis
Friday, April 4th
6pm- infinity
3553 Brighton Blvd.
Denver, CO, 80205

Please come! They'll be over 20 artists showing, including my good friends and former RMCAD schoolmates, Terry Campbell, Justin Beard and Travis Egedy. as well as DJ's - including Odd Nosdam of the anticon collective. They'll be spinning all night long. I'll be there, all night long as well.

Print The Fun on the Shirts?

I'm once again planning to take a crazy Dharma Bum adventure on my bicycle, riding thousands of miles and sleeping in a tent for months at a time - this time across Europe. Like last year, I was thinking of making t-shirts to help with the costs of food. Interested in getting a t-shirt? Reply/contact me and let me know. I'll have more firm plans on the shirt printing soon. For examples of the shirts in the wild, check out the Flickr Pool!

Hope to see you and all my friends at the show on Friday. More fun things to come in the very near future,

Justin Simoni
http://justinsimoni.com