~DICE & PALS/2003

DICE OCt 2003

DICE and ZIP, outside PEARL PAINT on CANAL ST., Lower Manhattan, NYC, OCT 4, 2003
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH

a young(er) DICE – way back in FALL 2003 – makes artlovers on artnet !!
see: artnet/FALL 2003

looking to see if there were any more DICE shots on that roll – think so.
yep. tons more. and others. artnet (meaning Walter Robinson) wouldn’t publish them
at the time !!

It was a book signing for COPE 2 – “TRUE LEGEND” – and featured the debut of 3 new Molotow Premium spray paints: Night “SEEN” blue, Middle Calypso by “COPE 2” & “CES FX” Violet.

just 5 years ago, Saturday October 4th 2003 – it was back in the day in a lot of ways – but not that far back – even then, things had already turned very tightened down – the poster said in bold black letters:
“MUST BE 18 YEARS OR OLDER TO PURCHASE PAINT”.
but it also was titled:
“Pearl Paint invites you to come meet some of the Molotow Premium sponsored artists’ NYC Graffiti legends: SEEN UA, COPE 2 and CES FX” – “In store will include art work, can signings, live demonstrations and a question and answer session” – which I doubt you’d see any time today.

SOME ARCHIVAL PHOTOS FROM THE EVENT, OCT 4, 2003
ALL PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
note: ALL PHOTOS ARE PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT & REQUIRE PRIOR WRITTEN PERMISSION FOR ANY OTHER USE. SEE: CONTACT/HOME PAGE/artloversnewyork.com

Cope # 1
the poster for: COPE 2 – “TRUE LEGEND”

Cope # 2
a page from: COPE 2 – “TRUE LEGEND”

Cope 3
JOSHUA/IVORY was there

Cope # 4
DICE was there with his tag book

Cope # 5
TIPE

Cope # 6
DAZE, at least that’s what he said – must be DAZE 0.2

Cope # 7
DAZE had his tag book

Cope # 8
SEK6, OCT 4, 2003

Cope # 9
SEK6

Cope # 10
SEK6

COPE # 11
GIGGLES with her tag book

Cope # 12
TIPE, SEK6 & DICE

Cope # 13
SEEN mural in the PEARL PAINT window

Cope # 14-SEEN
SEEN, OCT 4, 2003

Cope # 15
COPE 2, OCT 4, 2003