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Tattoo Artist Mark Cross Is Opening a Gallery, and Its Name Is MuddGuts

November 13, 2013 By Adam Lehrer

Photo: Sandy Kim

Two big-deal dudes on the underground art scene in Brooklyn are opening a gallery in Williamsburg this week. And it’s name is MuddGuts.

Mark Cross is a tattoo artist at Greenpoint Tattoo Co. and an accomplished photographer who has been compiling the MuddGuts photo blog for a few years now. His partner-in-weird is Lele Saveri, a moustachioed and heavily tattooed Italian photographer who formerly served as VICE Italy’s photo editor and this summer has been charming folks into buying limited-edition zines at The Newsstand, in the Lorimer/Metropolitan station.
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Tags: Arts + Culture, Greenpoint, greenpoint tattoo co., lele saveri, mark cross, mudd guts, sandy kim, the newsstand, Williamsburg

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Shirts & Destroy Leaves the City, But You Can Still Rock Its Tees

July 12, 2013 By Adam Lehrer

(Photo: Natalie Rinn)

Shirts & Destroy – a company that releases tee shirts designed by local artists, tattooers and bands – has closed its Greenpoint store and is leaving the city.

Ryan Begley opened the brick-and-mortar version of his online shop two years ago, but had to close it earlier this month due to – you guessed it – a rent hike. Two of them, actually: one at the shop at 293 Manhattan Ave. and the other at his Lower East Side apartment.
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Tags: Arts + Culture, bars, closings, despise you, Greenpoint, greenpoint tattoo co., integrity, kings avenue, ryan begley, shirts & destroy, st. vitus, t-shirts