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Play Imagination Moving Sale Extended!
Okay, you still have time to buy a ticket and jet off to Singapore to save on some totally awesome hot toy action. But you’ll probably have to leave in the next 24 hours. Play Imagination had a Moving Out Sale last weekend (August 23rd and 24th) and I guess they still have stuff they [...]
Continue reading...Bay Area Collectible Toy Show
27. August 2008
This weekend’s Bay Area Collectible Toy Show was touted as the event to attend if you missed SDCC ‘08. A slight case of wishful thinking perhaps, as this Oakland affair was geared more toward mainstream kids toys and a handful of celebrity guests whose heyday occurred long before the attending children were even conceived. Nonetheless, [...]
Continue reading...The BLAB! Show
27. August 2008
The 4th Annual Blab! Show will take place from September 6th to September 27th at the Copro Nason Gallery in Santa Monica, CA. There’s a dedicated Blab! Show website where you can view details of fine art pieces by Tim Biskup, Shag, Gary Baseman, Travis Louie, Gary Taxali, Walter Minus, Sas Christian, Ron English, Luke [...]
Continue reading...Ignite What’s Next Art Tour
26. August 2008
Sparks, Upper Playground, and Juxtapoz are getting together this fall with a follow up to last year’s inaugural Ignite What’s Next Art Tour. Three different events will showcase live painting by three of the top artists from the world of contemporary art: Sam Flores, Alex Pardee and N8 Van Dyke. Each event will also include [...]
Continue reading...Prime Surreal Estate
26. August 2008
I love when Jersey represents. The Prime Surreal Estate tour is actually co-sponsored by New Jersey’s mayor. Nice! The artist roster includes Amie Robinson, Anthony Ausgang, Carlos Bautista, Christopher Conte, Clark V. Fox, Fred Harper, GAIA, Hiroshi Kumagai, Jason Freeny, John Breiner, John Kolbek, Jon Rappleye, Kirk Bray, Mark Dean Veca, Maze Georges, Michael Motorcycle, [...]
Continue reading...Shepard Fairey Explores the Duality of Humanity
26. August 2008
There are a lot of mysteries about the world, society and life itself. In September, at the Shooting Gallery and the White Walls Gallery in San Francisco, Shepard Fairey explores the complexity of life, society and war in his solo exhibition Duality of Humanity. There will be a stunning amount of painting, over one hundred [...]
Continue reading...Upcoming: Le Merde Drops Some Art at Rotofugi
26. August 2008
Yeah, October is still a little far off, but when you’re trying to outline your toy and art calendar, it’s best to plan ahead. So, mark this date down. October 10th . Not because it’s Mario Lopez, Bai Ling and Brett Favre’s birthdays (thank you Wikipedia!) but because it’s the opening of “Vanfar and Boko [...]
Continue reading...Party with Dunny Series 5 at Rotofugi!
26. August 2008
If you can’t make it to the Shoparooni in Cleveland, Ohio. Well, don’t fret, you have another chance to party it up in all that hot Dunny Action…if you happen to live in Chicago area that is. Toy superstore Rotofugi will be having their own Dunny Series 5 Release Party on September 3rd. This will [...]
Continue reading...Camille Rose Garcia Presents Ambien Sommambulants
26. August 2008
You know who’s super cool? The artist Camille Rose Garcia. And if you’re cool, then you undoubtedly have the Necessaries Toy Foundation doll quartet produced back in way back in 2006. Besides those awesome dolls, she is really known for her beautiful, dreamy, and eerily creepy painting. Opening September 6th at the Johnathan LeVine Gallery [...]
Continue reading...MINDstyle Charity Auction on eBay
25. August 2008
The auction includes original paintings, rare toys and limited-edition collectibles from KAWS, Joe Ledbetter, Michael Lau, Ron English, Buff Monster, tokidoki, Shepard Fairey, Devilrobots, Amanda Visell, Doktor A, Tim Biskup, Kathie Olivas, Brandt Peters and many more.
Continue reading...Noop Show By Coarsetoys at Rotofugi
25. August 2008
Noop will be in the house! Who’s house? Why Rotofugi’s house! On Friday September 12th from 6 to 9 pm, Coarsetoys creator Mark Landwehr will be in attendance at Rotofugi’s Gallery in Chicago to celebrate the release of his newest figure Noop! There will be an exhibit up until October 5th of Landwehr toys and [...]
Continue reading...Bounty Hunter BxH Exhibition
25. August 2008
Toy fans in Taiwan will be treated to what sounds like an excellent exhibition by Bounty Hunter. Relying heavily on my Google translation of a press release from Taiwanese toy shop AROFOS, the Japanese BxH brand is very popular in the apparel sector, but they feel that Bounty Hunter’s toy designs are underrepresented. To that [...]
Continue reading...Michael Lau Auction and CSBOOTH15.5 Postponed!
22. August 2008
Both MINDstyle's "This One's For the Children of Sichuan" auction and Michael Lau's CSBOOTH15.5 have been rescheduled. Although it's not at all in the same ballpark, this is probably good for Michael Lau fans living in dry climates with dry wallets from the past couple weeks of CSBOOTH15 figure drops.
Continue reading...KAWS Teaches Kids Character Design
22. August 2008
Aaron Rose, director of the documentary, Beautiful Losers, and NIKE have organized a series of over 30 artist-led Make Something workshops in Tokyo, NYC, San Francisco, and LA. Designed to bring street-level art instruction to disadvantaged urban youth, the roster of instructors includes urban art heroes like Shepard Fairey, KAWS, Eric Elms, Mister Cartoon and [...]
Continue reading...Vaginas Vs. War at Phillips de Pury Auction
22. August 2008
While going through the Phillips de Pury Urban Art auction catalog, I noticed a few toys that were reproductions, but also a few toys that were, um, reproductive. The most obvious of these is the 13-inch fiberglass Vagina Brain Monster by Carlos Enriquez Gonzalez.
Continue reading...Play Imaginative Moving Out Sale This Weekend
21. August 2008
I hate moving. But you know what I love, a moving SALE. But usually I like them to be down the street not all the way in Singapore. If you happen to be in that neck of the woods this weekend, you so have to go to the Play Imagination Moving Out Sale (August 23rd [...]
Continue reading...Some Crazy Shit in Switzerland
21. August 2008
Just saw this on Wooster Collective. Normally I go for small stuff: mini figures, tiny reproductions from Rement, etc. but in sheer funny, pound for pound, there’s nothing like an artistic reproduction of a dog turd the size of a house escaping from a museum, taking down power lines and breaking into a child’s window. From [...]
Continue reading...Dunny S5 Party @ Pink Ghost
21. August 2008
Dunny lovers already have their calendars marked for September 4th, the day Series 5 is released. If you’re lucky, your local shop will have a Dunny release and trading party. Anyone near the Ft. Lauderdale should head over to Pink Ghost. They’re having their Series 5 Release and Trading Party on Thursday, September 4, 2008 [...]
Continue reading...Julie West Sickly Sweet Pieces Now Available
21. August 2008
ToyCyte has been covering Julie West’s Sickly Sweet show from a west coast distance, and I’m happy to report that My Plastic Heart has a few of Julie’s pieces left for those who were not able to make the event. The work included customized toys like UniPo and Neighborwood, as well as unique wooden [...]
Continue reading...The Characters Are Taking Over at Pictoplasma NYC
20. August 2008
On the weekend of September 5th, in every one’s favorite town, New York City, The Pictoplasma NYC event will take hold of the city (or rather the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at New York University). The peeps of Pictoplasma claim that the “characters are taking over” and that “our visual culture is being [...]
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28. August 2008
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