BRASIL///TIM BISKUP///”MADE IN AMERICA” AT GALLERY CHOQUE CULTURAL…

February 4th, 2008

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In his never-ending quest to expand US/Brasil relationships, de facto art ambassador JONATHAN LEVINE brought a motley crew of filthy Americans including TIM BISKUP, SHEPARD FAIREY, ANDREW BRANDOU, DALEK, SHEPARD FAIREY, AJ FOSIK, CAMILLE ROSE GARCIA, MARS 1, SOUTHER SALAZAR, GARY BASEMAN, SHAG, and JEFF SOTO to the esteemed Choque Cultural Gallery in São Paulo for the opening of “Made in America” early last month in a rowdy cultural exchange that might best be summed up as one long “lost weekend.” Our boy TIM BISKUP was on hand to do his share of dirt and can remember only parts of the week’s blurry proceedings, but luckily his Leica was on hand to capture the action. Following are the flix we CAN print. HAVE A LOOK:

All photos by Tim Biskup & LostArt Brasil…

OPENING NITE: 
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Tim Biskup’s inner demon…

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Mr Biskup flaunts his banana in the purple room…

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Art by Souther Salazar…

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Souther Salazar: Half-shark, alligator, half-man…

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Art by Dalek…

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Artist Pjota…

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Kind of blue: The lovely Kristi…

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The ferocity of AJ Fosik…

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Choque’s new mascot, Haru…

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Choque’s lovely Alice goes through the looking glass with Mr Biskup…

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Brasilian actress Maira Chasseraux…

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Local color…

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Jeff Soto…

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Choque Cultural’s Baixo & Mariana…

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Artist Speto flashes the neck bling…

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Magoo by Speto. Someone needs to animate this guy asap…

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The Baseman faces the music…

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Adam Neate & Jonnie Levine…

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Artists Yumi and the incredibly-named Titi Freak…

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Titi Freak by Speto…

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BBC interviewing Baixo from Gallery Choque Cultural

DINNER:
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Meat: the official food of Brasil…

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Kristi, A J Fosik & (YoYo Champ) Titi Freak get ready to draw for their supper…

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Kristi gets a freebie from Biskup/Fosik…

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The winning napkin…

AFTERPARTY:
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DJ Alphabeast (aka: Tim Biskup) rocks out at club D-Edge…

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Then it was on to Studio SB to catch Jumbo Elektro…

CATWALKING: 
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Jonnie meets his match backstage at the Floor 2 fashion show…

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The subway train of fashion always arrives on time…

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And the passengers are all superhuman…

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Meanwhile, Mr. Levine finds love with Brasilian pop star Supla…

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While Biskup and AJ Fosik release their inner Electro…

AFTER HOURS:
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Brasilian electro poppers Cansei de Ser Sexy (CSS) DJ’d at LoveStory…

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Where Biskup tried to get closer to Lovefoxxx…

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The crush…

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Jonnie plays a game of human whack-a-mole beneath the VIP area…

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Then it was outside to work off those 12 cans of Red Bull…

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Maira Chasseraux takes control of the Baseman…

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And lays him out, once and for all…

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