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Giant Robot Year of the Ox Group Show

Friday, March 13, 2009

This weekend, Giant Robot reclaims the “zodiac” from California’s Zodiac Killer and brings it all back home in the form of a group art show in Los Angeles. The Year of the Ox show celebrates the year 4707 on the lunar calendar. Pieces will include illustration, oils, pencils, prints, watercolor, sculpture, and other media “all [...]

ART + ACTION = Obama 08 Online Auction Begins

Monday, October 27, 2008

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The first stage of the two-part auction for the custom pieces was held during the exhibition and was a huge success. The second, online auction phase began Friday with many additional groundbreaking custom works available for bidding. The ART + ACTION online auction will be held for one week only on eBay, with proceeds going [...]

Bigfoot Tikis Hit Hawaii

Friday, October 24, 2008

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Barack Obama isn’t the only one jetting off to Hawaii. The Bay Area artist Bigfoot is heading out to Honolulu this Saturday night for his solo show [blogged] at Split Obsession (opening October 25th from 6pm to 9pm). And he’s not going alone. Along with some limited edition shirts and silkscreened prints, he’ll bring along [...]

ART + ACTION = Obama 08 Custom Toy Show TONIGHT!

Friday, October 17, 2008

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The 2008 US Presidential Election will be a historic and groundbreaking event. While the race and gender of the candidates is unprecedented, so is the huge outpouring of art. The latter can be seen tonight in NYC at ToyTokyo's The Showroom where Jailbreak Toys presents an evening of customized Barack Obama action figures by Brin Berliner, Damion Silver, Bigfoot, Denise Despirito, Leecifer, kaNO, Brent Nolasco, Matt Hawkins, Brian Colin, Dionysus Cho, Erick Scarecrow Jeaux Janovsky and more. Regardless of how you lean politically, a show of this nature has never before been attempted. All figures will be for sale with proceeds going to fund the Campaign for Change. You can look back at all the coverage of ART + ACTION = Obama 08 here, or scroll down for our exclusive pictorial. ToyCyte's NYC correspondent will be bringing us coverage of the show, so stay tuned. Tonight's event begins at 7PM EST. There's a rumor that Amber, the Obama Girl, may make an appearance. Wish I could be there.

Hurley’s 2nd Annual Art Chest – Bigfoot and Lola

Thursday, October 16, 2008

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Hurley’s 2nd Annual Art Chest – Bigfoot and Lola

Last night oodles of scensters, celebrities, art afficidanos and just people who care, came out to celebrate clothing company Hurley’s 2nd Annual Art Chest – an event to benefit the Boarding for Breast Cancer oganization. The event, that went to raise money for a very worthy cause, included a slew of artist and celebrity-customized corsets [...]

Barack Obama Meets Bigfoot

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

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Maybe you can’t make it to elusive artist Bigfoot’s Hawaii signing on October 25th, but if you’re in the New York City area, you can see Bigfoot’s custom Barack Obama action figure. Who knows when the next Bigfoot vinyl is gonna come around, so dig into your pockets and catch this one. Said Bigfoot in [...]

Art + Action = Obama 08: Current Lineup

Friday, October 10, 2008

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Here's the current lineup of Art + Action = Obama 08: Bigfoot, Brent Nolasco, Brian Colin, Brin Berliner, Cope2, Erick Scarecrow,Indie, Leecifer, MARS-1, Peat Wollaeger, Phetus, pocketwookie, Spok-spok, Suckadelic, Voltaire...

Bigfoot Sighting in Hawaii

Thursday, October 2, 2008

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There will be a rare Bigfoot sighting in Honolulu, Hawaii at Split Obsession on Saturday October 25th from 6-9PM. The show will feature original art, limited prints, limited tiki figure sculptures, t-shirts and more. Could “more” mean more like his 2004 vinyl? On the island, they aren’t as weird about signings as they are getting [...]

Bigfoot for Some Big Boards

Friday, August 29, 2008

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You got some big feet? You like to skate? Well it’s time to get yourself the super duper limited edition skateboard by Bigfoot. There was a ridiculously low number of these made, only twenty! The base has a “professional art print” on it and the top side is some totally custom one of a kind [...]

Mexico City Nike Superstore Opening Update

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

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Mexico City Nike Superstore Opening Update

Yeah, I wasn’t in Mexico City last week either. Bummer, no? So, why would I want to be in the world’s most populated city (and one of the most polluted?), well to breath in the sweet fumes of spray paint wafting from the direction of Jed Lebbetter, Jason Maloney, Jesse Reno, Bigfoot, Carlos Ramos, Tizinda, [...]

This is Sportwear – Nike Gets Arty with Jled, Maloney, Bigfoot, and more.

Thursday, August 14, 2008

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This is Sportwear – Nike Gets Arty with Jled, Maloney, Bigfoot, and more.

This ain’t just a store opening, this is a total art explosion! On August 15th, in Mexico City, Nike will be opening a Nike Sportswear Flagship Store in the heart of this bustling city. And there won’t be just the standard cutting of the tape, no way Jose. Nike is jetting in eight artists including [...]