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April 22 will be the opening of Built to Expose in ‘de Cantine’ in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. An exhibition of skateboards painted by an extraordinary selection of the netherlands best artists, tattoo-artists, illustrators, designers and skateboarders. Over 35 different artists all with different styles contributed to a bizarre, extraordinary and must see exhibition. Artist like for example: Erik Kriek, Def P, Peter Pontiac, Typex, Angelique, Hoving, Hein de Kort, Claudia Hek, Luuk Bode, Rob Admiraal, etc, etc, etc… 

Whilst surfing the net one day for inspiration and possible contacts for design work I found a few designs up on Streetphire that looked pretty good. They were by a lad called Kevin Newbury who originates from the Northeast and rides BMX and also skates. After looking at a few more of his designs and getting to know Kevin better he ended up doing some design work for Valleyside; He told me not too pay him until I was more established and could afford to pay for his design work which I thought was cool. In return for his time I wanted to help promote Mr. Newbury in some small way... I thought he would make a cool person to interview because he genuinely likes design work and gets enjoyment just from seeing his designs being worn and not just Making dollar...

We've got a category on FATBMX dedicated to Comics and Art. Every once in a while we go over to the local graffiti spot to take pics of the latest pieces but sometimes we receive some reader art. These paintings come from the hands of Dutchy Vincent van Gogh, uh I mean Michael de Wit of Medow Design. After quitting his job as art director at Globe he had some free time on his hands and started painting. One of the boards ended up in the Dogtown exposition at the ASR trade show. If you're interested in a Medow painting, contact www.medowdesign.com but don't expect something to happen anytime soon as Mike just found a job over at Vans doing all kind of design stuff.

BdJ

"Graffiti art is constantly changing. Fresh coats of paint and newly pasted posters appear overnight in cities across the world. New artists, new ideas and new tactics displace faded images in a perpetual process of renewal and metamorphosis. From Stockholm to Tokyo, Barcelona to Los Angeles, Melbourne to Milan, wall spaces are a breeding ground for graphic and typographic forms as artists unleash their daily creations." by Tristan Manco

Eindhoven has a legal sport for graffiti artists or whoever wants to express their feelings with a spraycan. Some of it is good, some is rubbish, but everybody needs to start somewhere. It's better to do it at a legal spot. The tFAT piece you see here is not made by the FATBMX crew. We stopped doing this in 1985 when we made our first "piece" and got caught (and spent the next day cleaning the wall). Enjoy part one of the Berenkuil art. Part two follows later and can also be found in the Comic 'n Art section on FATBMX. BdJ

Hi.... i send u... some images invitation of the owr next comp... first old xchool.... so.... i want to be member of fatbbmx could u say me how i can to be?... tnx x all Visita nuestro grupo: Street Riders BMX Club Eduardo Paredes Martínez - Presidente Mérida, Yucatán, México.

Michael de Wit was asked to paint one of the DowTown decks that were on display at the ASR trade show in San Diego. That's modderfokking Kindje from Veghel we're talking about here! Congrats to our friend and enjoy the pics in the Comic 'n Art section here on FATBMX.com. Press from Holland in da house! BdJ

Artsy Fartsy shows in BMX are nothing new but it's cool when organizations and photographers/artists go out of their way to make it happen. At the Rebel Jam in Berlin, Germany most of the respected BMX photographers had photos on display and were present at the very cool photo exposition. A few DJ's kept the tunes going, drinks were available and a good time was had by all. Enjoy this photo report of the photo expo from the 2005 Rebel Jam.

Just outside from the H10 Marina hotel in Barcelona (near Port Olympic) a few walls are sprayed with some decent graffiti. One really caught our eye and we had to take a picture of it. It said "Robo Crap" but we're not sure if it has anything to do with Robbie "Robo" Morales' FIT team visit to Barcelona a few years ago. Anyway, while we were at it, we shot the other pieces too. Enjoy this week's version of the "Comic and Art" section on www.fatbmx.com. BdJ