ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected

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.

Buff Monster in Urban Art Auction

Thursday, August 14, 2008

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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 [...]

CANS (film) Festival

Thursday, June 26, 2008

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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 [...]

Blek Le Rat is Getting Through The Walls

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

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Still mooning over The Cans Festival? Get this tight Blek Le Rat continuous tone photograph from Black Rat Press. Getting Through The Walls is available in an edition of 200 on Fuji Crystal archive paper signed by the photographer Sybille Prou and Blek le Rat for £150.00. Related posts The Cans Festival: A Street Party of Stencil [...]

Souvenirs From the Cans Festival

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

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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 [...]

The Cans Festival Aftermath: Sick Stencil Slideshow Up on Flickr

Monday, May 5, 2008

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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 [...]

The Cans Festival: A Street Party of Stencil Art

Friday, May 2, 2008

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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 [...]

It’s Sex Pistols Week!

Thursday, April 24, 2008

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As Sunny just posted, Set B of the Sex Pistols Kubricks dropped today. And unless the fuzz have buffed it, this week there’s a brand new OBEY Johnny Rotten along with imagery by French graf artist, Blek Le Rat. Peep it if you’re near Sunset and Guitar Center and let us know if it’s still [...]