The HoZac Blackout Fest Art Show kicks off the 2014 HoZac Blackout Fest on May 15th! The night will feature live music from the Counter Intuits, Nones, and Toupee, PLUS some great art for you to check out. Tickets are ONLY $10 - you won't find a better art opening in the city for the rest of the year, guaranteed.Peep this rundown on the artists we’re featuring, hand-picked by the dudes at HoZac Records.Andreas Schonfeldt is a South African illustrator who has designed album covers for bands like Sticky Antlers and the Make-Overs (who played last year’s Blackout Fest!). Schonfeldt paints, he draws, he makes dioramas, he silk-screens, and he hides his work in train stations for people to find and take.RUBIN is a Finland-based street artist who’s been tagging stuff since he was nine years old. His bold, geometric graffiti has been featured in VICE magazine and has worked with brands like Heineken and MTV. Now he lives in Brooklyn, but spends his summers in Scandinavia.Brian Shanley, another Chicago local, is one of the original photographers of the U.S. punk scene. He experienced the Ramones, Iggy Pop and the Dead Boys in their prime and lived to tell the tale. He was also the visual genius at the legendary Wax Trax! Records.Paul Zone is a California-based photographer who also captured key members of the punk movement on film in the 1970s. He’s photographed Suicide, the New York Dolls, Blondie and various members of bands like the Kinks and KISS.David Head, Jr., makes prints of Little Richard, horses, and shapes. He’s also made some posters for the Empty Bottle in the past! Now he works as an artist, art director, and designer in NYC.Ray Borchers makes one-of-a-kind t-shirts with Sharpie markers, and we’ll have some of her shirts on display at the Art Show. She drew Keith Richards, Alex Chilton and Sharon Tate, among others, on t-shirts for his “Cult Crush” series last year. And, hey, she’s a Chicagoan!

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