I guess it was my second year of college when I first saw Clark Derbes. There used to be an abandoned movie theater near the North Gates of LSU which became a legal graffiti wall. It was a pretty interesting place; artists, homeless people, truckers, students and just plain crazies hung out there at all hours of the night. I got into graffiti for a little while and one of the first people I saw out there was Clark. He definitely stood out. He's a tall, lanky, animated dude that had a really unique style of painting. Instead of doing the normal letter based graf he was painting huge robots that were pretty detailed and extremely original.

Over the last few years I have had the chance to hang out with Clark on several occasions and every time is a treat. He's a hilarious guy with plenty of stories to tell. He's been bouncing back and forth from BR to Vermont for the last few years, and right now he's in town (for a little while at least). Lately he's been working on a joint art show with Wylie Sofia Garcia titled "He Said/ She Said". The show opens up this Friday night at Plus1 Gallery. Jon and I had a chance to stop by and see what those two were up to. Here's a little video about the preparation for the show.



CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO (it's a big one so be patient)

You can see more of Clark's work at www.annconnelly.com and some of Wylie's stuff over at www.myspace.com/wyliesg. Also, the music in the video is from AF the Naysayer who you can find at www.myspace.com/afthenaysayer. Hot beats coming at you from Lake Charles.