LONDON///BAST & JUDITH SUPINE GET BOOBY TRAPPED…

January 29th, 2008

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Brooklyn boys BAST and JUDITH SUPINE brought their respective brands of unique street art stylings to the old country when their joint show, “Booby Trap” opened at Fogtown’s vaunted LEONARD STREET GALLERY last week. For those in need of some quick catch-up, Bast’s colorful world is one overrun with cartoon characters gone wrong and lewd women gone right while Judith Supine’s vision of twisted human figures is permanently tainted with a trademark radioactive yellow glow. Prone to frequent unauthorized public art “installations,” the boys’ work loses none of its streetwise spontaneity when migrating to the white walls of galleries, a fact clearly evidenced by the rate at which rabid British fans snapped up the duo’s work on opening nite. HAVE A LOOK:All photos by EDDIE DANGEROUS

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