All images courtesy Bose Pacia

​The young, Queens-born tape artist Aakash Nihalani did the geometrically stoned cover for Das Racist's Shut Up, Dude mixtape. He's had his distinctive, oddly placed, brightly colored tape installations ripped off by everybody from other street artists to Vampire Weekend. And he's got a new, Jeff Koons-pranking solo show up this Thursday at Dumbo gallery Bose Pacia, entitled Overlap. Das Racist, of course, are playing the afterparty at 17 Frost. In advance of Nihalani's solo debut at the gallery, we chatted a bit about the upcoming show and his brushes with various local musicians, both friendly and otherwise.

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Nihalani's "Drop," via the artist's photostream

​Not actually made by Aakash Nihalani, clarifies the artist in an email. He refers you instead to a comment on another blog "that I think says it pretty well." Want to see the real thing? Actual recent Nihalani work, here. Anyone know who did the dirty (and, um, suspiciously derivative) work for VW in lieu of the real thing? [Earlier]