We've been keeping up with our January 2013 cover artist Aryz while he's in San Francisco for his Style Is The Limit exhibition at Fifty24SF. We had stopped by last week while he was setting up and cruised by again yesterday to get a few pictures of the finished exhibition. For those of you who are lucky enough to be in the bay area, the show opened on Friday, April 13th.

We stopped by FIFTY24SF Gallery in San Francisco yesterday to say hello to January 2013 cover artist ARYZ and snap a few more teaser shots for you as he prepares for his new solo show, Style Is The Limit, opening this Friday, April 19th.

Tilt Warning Customs has teamed up with artists to build an entirely custom classic pinball arcade art installation featuring five mechanically restored vintage 1970s machines reimagined by COOP, Frank Kozik, Alex Pardee, Sam Flores, and Jeremy Fish. Should the Kickstarter funding come through, they will start by opening at FIFTY24SF next year.

Escif and San’s exhibition titled “See you in Croatan” opens tonight in San Francisco at FiFTY24SF. Here are photos of the duo working in the Upper Playground backyard. The following pieces will be installed outside, not in the gallery.

FIFTY24PDX Gallery in Portland, Oregon is opening a new photography show tomorrow, April 7, featuring Estevan Oriol, Austin McManus, and Megan McIsaac. The show, How the West Was One, brings a photographer from 3 major West Coast cities: LA, San Francisco, and Portland, and some distinct characteristics that comes from living in each city. More after the jump . . .

FIFTY24SF Gallery Books adds "Backyard Shakedown" to a growing line of book titles available exclusively from Upper Playground. This 96-page hardcover book compiled by Austin McManus features a collection of photos from over 40 of today's most recognized contemporary photographers including Boogie, Ricky Powell, Maya Hayuk, Estevan Oriol, Mike Brodie, Andy Mueller, Dustin Aksland, Heidi Johanson, Keith Sirchio, Ross Farrar, David Uzzardi, Peter Richards, Massan Fluker, Brian Stevens, Ken Goto, Peter Beste, Chuey, Benjamin Belsky, Jason Fulford, Cheryl Dunn, Corey Arnold, Peter Sutherland, Dylan Maddux, Norma Cordova, Amanda Lopez, Angela Boatwright, Silver Warner, Mathew Scott, Kento Mori, Robert Yager, Yuri Shibuya, Thomas Campbell, Nathan Perkel, Tod Seelie, Ricky Adam, David Choe, Sue Kwon, Jody Morris, Pverts Crew, Andrew Paynter, Maxim Ryazansky, Michael Schmelling, Bob Kronbauer and Austin McManus. www.upperplayground.com {moscomment}