For all of our friends in London, here's a group show that promises to be really good. Most of the artists you may know about from the pages of EVB - Ignacio Lozano, Florent Routoulp, Ryan Pfluger, Stuart Sandford and Jeff Hahn - and some have yet to find their way to us - Eiki Mori, Sakiko Nomura and Daniel Karlsson. So if you're around, get over to Brick Lane (skip the curry) and check them out.

From the press release: Boy BANG Boy is a provocative exhibition celebrating the image of the boy. The exhibition brings together selected artists, from around the world, who work predominantly with the photographic image. The artworks presented are prevalent, whether intentional or not, of narcissism, egoism, voyeurism and the romanticism found or achieved in everyday life.

In both artistic and commercial photography there is a well established genre of the image of the boy; a fashion magazine's staged snapshot of a lean young man - he is Narcissus, the unobtainable beauty. Whether the artist strives for reality or has created an alternative world of fantasy, photography’s ability to deceive is one of its most intrinsic values and the medium’s inherent voyeuristic nature cannot be denied.

The internet age allows an entire generation to willingly broadcast its most personal moments to the world. Gone are the manufactured idols of Saturday morning television the broadcasted images of selected perfection - where the cool kid is the most lusted after. Today, anyone can be the star of the show. The short clips of overtly sexualized posturing or the half-naked bathroom snap shots are a dominant form of self-expression. The rise in access to all areas of what was once someone’s private life can be compared to the works in this exhibition - self portraiture, found image and the set piece snapshot. Quiet moments made suddenly very loud with the attitude and opinion of what it means to be a young male in an impossibly diverse world.

Boy BANG Boy is co-curated by artists Stuart Sandford and Sichi
and is presented by EASTGALLERY, 214 Brick Lane, London E1 6SA.

The exhibition launches on Thursday August 5th 2010 with a preview evening from 7pm.
Open until August 18th, Tuesday - Sunday, 1pm - 7pm.

This week's East Village Boy of the Week is Mody, from New York, via Amsterdam
Photographed for EVB by Bobby Collins

I met my good friend Mody about eight or nine years ago while living in Amsterdam. As an Arab guy, we were always skeptical that he'd get a visa to come to New York City with me, but he got lucky and was able to, so we went around the city together and this is what I shot. Unfortunately, all of the "see something say something" propaganda was a bit gloomy, but we always have fun anyway! - Bobby Collins

Photography for EVB: James Chiang
Art Director/Stylist: Ken Baldwin
Prop Stylist: David Davis
Model: Kirk Pelarde

All clothing by Walter Van Beirendonck, Spring/Summer 2010 collection and archive.
Special thanks to Walter Van Beirendonck, Ben Ospital at M.A.C. Modern Appealing Clothing, Andrea Cammarosano, and Franklin Melendez

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This week's East Village Boy of the Week is Andrew, from Glasgow, Scotland
Photographed for EVB by Jonathan Pryce

I met Andrew through Daniel Stern, my partner at Les Garçons De Glasgow. Being a street style photographer I mostly concentrate on the way people wear their clothes and the style they portray through this. I started shooting Andrew as a typical fashion/style shoot in my apartment, however the more we photographed the more I saw his personality through his body, not his clothing. He stripped a layer at a time, and eventually got to the state which truly showed the persona he has. I think I managed to capture a Glasgow boy with true style. - Jonathan Pryce