Time for a little gratuitous self promotion. I was asked to donate a print to a project called No Fin No Future in Japan and after reading their mission statement decided to give them a copy of my diptych Untitled: The Heartbreakers + The Ramones. They're just finished up hosting a booth at the famed Fuji Rock Festival this weekend and are now preparing for their fund raising event on 07.30.09.

PangeaSeed, a Japan-based nonprofit organization, is ramping up its inaugural activities in Tokyo this summer with events tailored to spotlight the organization's dedication to increasing awareness of the plight of sharks. Of the 400 shark species, more than 100 are endangered, with many species so overexploited it may be impossible for them to recover.

The events will showcase the issues surrounding shark finning in Asia and other parts of the world, where sharks are killed to satisfy culinary and medicinal demand. In finning it is common to cut the fin from a still-living shark, then discard the rest, as the fin is worth many times over the shark as a whole.

On 07.30.09, PangeaSeed will host its first event, No Fin, No Future at Super Deluxe in Nishi Azabu, featuring never-before-seen art and photography from global artists such as Mr. Brainwash, Josh Keyes, Ju$t Another Rich Kid, Dave Kinsey and many more.

Check out the press release here and the flyer for the event here. Don't forget to check out PangeaSeed's site and SuperDeluxe's site for more information.

A little trivia for anyone who's a fan of Mr Brainwash: he was the guy who did the prints for the Levi's/Fader space in New York last spring and he's just designed the cover art for Madonna's new record Celebration. Check it out here. I'm a huge fan of color halftone and he does it to perfection.

No Fin No Future
Various Artists
Super Deluxe (Tokyo)
B1F 3-1-25 Nishi Azabu, Minato-ku
07.03.09
Doors open at 6:30pm