Tag Archive | "Banksy"
Banksy’s Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill
I’m having some wicked flashbacks from looking at British artist Banksy’s New York debut show. When I was a kid, I had a friend who was really into little stuffed mice. Like real mice. Stuffed. She played with them as if they were Barbies or Little People. She loved them, but they just creeped me [...]
Continue reading...Urban and Street Art at Phillips de Pury Auction
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Urban and street art have plenty of crossover room for toy collectors. In fact, many street artists have done their thing on platform toys like Dunny and Qee. Check out pieces from Banksy, Buff Monster and David Choe.
Continue reading...Kaws Chum, Companion and Ad Art at Auction
Friday, August 15, 2008
I've got a few exclusive pics of the KAWS pieces which will be offered at auction. There's a yellow Chum, a 1999 Companion and a Kate Moss ad art piece. Get your bids ready because you know you'll be competing with Kanye.
Continue reading...Buff Monster in Urban Art Auction
Thursday, August 14, 2008
When I wrote about Buff Monster’s series 2 figures here, I was kind of shocked at a pricetag of $29.99 for a mini-figure. But that’s nothing compared to what’s about to occur over the next two months. Way back in April, Sunny brought news of Phillips de Pury & Company to ToyCyte regarding their auction [...]
Continue reading...The Opposite of Writer’s Block: Mike Leavitt’s Art Army
Monday, July 14, 2008
“His own art wasn’t enough anymore. Art itself wasn’t enough anymore. But he knew it was the answer…he needed a little help.” You can hit the jump and watch a stop motion animation primer on The Art Army or you can first read through as I pick Mike Leavitt’s brain. Mike makes art. Interactive art. [...]
Continue reading...CANS (film) Festival
Thursday, June 26, 2008
London’s Cans Festival [tagged] occurred at the beginning of May and people are still talking about it. Compare that to the dying-out buzz over L.A’s Mr. Brainwash show, which is starting to turn negative amidst accusations of appropriation. If you missed The Cans Festival, and want to see some of the artists from whom MB [...]
Continue reading...Mr. Brainwash Life is Beautiful Solo Show
Friday, June 13, 2008
Mr. Brainwash (aka MBW), the distinctive graff artist and billboard bandit who has tagged up the streets of Los Angeles and New York, opens his first major solo show June 18th in Hollywood. In an enormous former CBS building, Mr. Brainwash will launch a large scale art event and show over 100 pieces of artwork [...]
Continue reading...Playing With Politics: Australian Prime Minister’s Nephew Channels Banksy
Monday, May 26, 2008
Van Thanh Rudd, the nephew of Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd, has stirred up a storm over a controversial entry into the Ho Chi Minh Young Artists Exhibition (opening June 6th). The entry features Ronald McDonald holding the Olympic torch next to a burning Tibetan monk. The Melbourne-based Vietnamese/Australian artist’s painting was set to hang [...]
Continue reading...Souvenirs From the Cans Festival
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
I’m still pouring over all the images from last weekend’s Cans Fest in London. The Cans Festival website has updated photos from the event. You can also now get a souvenir program from Pictures on Walls. Send an A5 SASE to Pictures on Walls @ 16 WILLOW STREET LONDON EC2A 4BHE to get one of [...]
Continue reading...The Cans Festival Aftermath: Sick Stencil Slideshow Up on Flickr
Monday, May 5, 2008
If you were at Derailed in Santa Cruz, CA this weekend, unless you have a private jet, you probably didn’t catch the Cans Festival in London. Luckily, this modern age (and one awesome attendee called Romanywg) make it possible for the rest of us to see. I predict heavy traffic flow to Romanywg’s Flickr [...]
Continue reading...The Cans Festival: A Street Party of Stencil Art
Friday, May 2, 2008
Here at ToyCyte, we appreciate a good pun and a great secret. London’s Cans Festival is set to deliver on both. It begins with a riff on the French Cannes Film Festival and will end at a so-far undisclosed location in London. The concept? A 3-day (May 3, 4, 5) stencil-fest open to the [...]
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