DECOY: Opening reception with Beat Tactics April 18, 2007

Sparky's Espresso Café proudly presents The Most Important Places by DECOY, opening Wednesday, April 18th 2007 from 6-8:30pm.

Sparky's Espresso café, known for its intimate café environment, is rapidly becoming a hotspot for local artists. For at least the past year, an assortment of edgy, underground and experimental artists have graced Sparky's walls. Last summer, DECOY, a female DC street artist filled Sparky's to capacity, during her opening exhibition. Sparky's is excited to welcome back DECOY, on Wednesday, April 18th. The show will feature 6 new paintings by the artist, whose two-headed characters adorn the U street corridor and appear on the cover of The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, by Dinaw Mengestu, a fictional story about Logan Circle.

DECOY originated as a conceptual project by the artist in the form of t-shirts that were screened with the randomly selected word "Decoy", postured as a nonexistent clothing label. The name stuck and developed into its own entity, fusing into the representation of the artist's various creative endeavors, which include contributing to Mark Jenkins' blog about local street art, Pretty City; creating promotional artwork for Catalyst Theater and composing the CD art for local musician, Andy Matchett's solo project, Three for Three.

As part of Sparky's monthly rotation of emerging underground artists, The Most Important Places will feature 6 new original paintings by Decoy through the middle of May. The opening reception on April 18th from 6-8:30pm, will include limited edition t-shirts, ties and paintings for sale as well as DJ Beat Tactics, spinning soul and street sounds. Sparky's staff will serve their usual delicious coffee, beer and wine.


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