Le Dernier Cri (The Last Cry), hail from Marseilles, France, where for the past 16 years they have been producing legendary volumes of painstakingly handmade, beautiful, vibrant and violent monograph prints, books, and videos featuring some of the most irreverent underground artists in the world.

Operating out of an abandoned maternity hospital, French artists Pakito Bolino had created a truly inspirational self-publishing monster with an extremely prolific output of hundreds of books and posters, all hand silk-screened in small print runs of around 150, all under the radar of both the book and art worlds.

Vomir Des Yeux appropriately translates to Puking Eyeballs and their extreme combination of loud colors, offensive imagery, scruffy line work, and a vehemently uncommercial attitude may invoke your eyeballs to pop out of your skull, just as it has provoked several customs borders to ban their works, confiscate their books and in Switzerland actually burn them. Stemming from a long tradition of satirical underground publishing in France, LDC grew out of the early 80s punk scene armed with rebellion and an adventurous spirit to experiment and push the boundaries of style, taste, and function.

This exhibition will include prints by Pakito Bolino, Caroline Sury, Mike Diana, Matt Brinkman, Ota Keiti, Leif Goldberg, Valium, Stu Mead, ATAK, Moolinex, Julien Rictus, LEO, Pigassou, Ichiba Daisuke, Emre Orhun, Fredox, Nemoto, and Ms. Bastion as well as many of their silk-screened books and mindbending animations. While having shown extensively in Europe with a recent 15 year retrospective in Paris, this marks their first ever show in NY and we are happy to have them.

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Cinders Gallery is an artist space located on a shady tree-lined street in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. We have a gallery that is host to monthly art shows as well as other events that have included live music, readings, slide shows, and performance. There is a store section that features drawings, paintings, prints, t-shirts, artist books, zines, and other handmade goodies.
The idea for Cinders began from a desire to create a space to show art that felt more homey, warm, and inviting than the often cold and intimidating atmophere of galleries. When we realized that we were not alone and that there was quite a significant community out there who felt the same way, we were inspired to start bringing these like-minded people together under one roof. As we searched for the right location, our house literally burned down in front of us, leaving us basically homeless but also putting the requisite "fire" under our asses to quickly make it a reality. Thus "Cinders" was born. Born out of tragedy and the basic DIY tenet of: If you are unhappy with the way others are doing it, you just have to do it yourself.