The Deranged French Connection

Jonathan LeVine is hosting two first-class French artists, WK Interact and Space Invader, at his Chelsea, New York gallery. Read more about the antics of these crazy Frenchmen and see images below.

Were you expecting James Earl Jones?

The opening reception for the two-man show brought out hundreds of street art fans, including five of the models WK used for his massive grunge portraits that took up most of LeVine's main room. The paintings are very reminiscent of the zoom effect photographer's use when they zoom out while pushing the shutter button. It was a ton of fun trying to match the subject of these twisted paintings with their subject.

Space Invader showed up towards the end of the event, donned a Darth Vader mask, and proceeded to sign everyone's books by lathering a layer of blue paint on the bottom of his shoe and stomping on the book. Brilliant.

Invader took up the second gallery with giant renditions of famous (IMO) album covers, including The Clash's "London Calling," Iron Maiden's self-titled debut, and Nirvana's "Nevermind." Here's the catch, all the paintings were done mosaic style using the squares from Rubik's Cube puzzles. No word on whether he completed the puzzles before he destroyed them.

The show is on display through July 25.

Words and photos by George Koroneos

Patrick

Josh

Walid Ghanem

Cyril

Sebastien Agneessens

Lila Wolfe and Adam Wallacavage

I will crush you!!!

Fingering it out

David Choe and Lori Zimmer

Kimberly Burke and Steve Hash

Mr. Intensity

Andrew Michael Ford (center), Nicola Verlato (right), and friend

Scott Albrecht and Steve Lew

Asphyxiation

Jonathan with Ivory and Shelter Serra

Daze

WK signs for the fans

Check out the Rubik's Cube fan, Javana 'Rev' Mundy

Space Invader's signature shoes

Signed and delivered

Space Invader scanning "Top 1O Movie" by Space Invader. Supposedly, it's a working barcode that grants access to a movie trailer.

WK Interact sucks at Space Invaders

Jonathan Licked

Manuel Bello and his lady

A face only a mother could love

For more information visit www.jonathanlevinegallery.com

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