ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected

Mars-1 and Doze Green Take on Meter Maids

There is no leaf unturned when it comes to tribute shows. Just saw this on Hunt & Gather:  Tonight in San Francisco, the Lower Haters Gallery will host a homage to one of the most hated groups of professionals, this side of the LAPD: Meter Maids. Artists involved in The Meter Maid Studies include: Mars-1, [...]

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Upper Playground Releases Volume II: 10 Years of Artistic Endeavors

Upper Playground always has these great free catalogs in their shops that are cut more like paperback novels than anything Lillian Vernon.  I’ve been saving them because it’s handy to have the artist bios/statements and view each designer’s range and watch how they (and the company) have evolved. To commemorate its upcoming 10-Year Anniversary, Upper [...]

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Art Toys at Phillips de Pury Auction

The Urban Art auction has three areas that will be of specific interest to toy fans: Japanese and western kaiju, art toys and urban/street art. A variety of plush, busts, vinyl, customs and remixes from Kaws to Kozik are available.

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Doze Green Graffiti Selling For More Than Your Car

The Leonard Street Gallery is currently showcasing an exhibition, War Pen, sponsored by Japanese beer featuring the work of Doze Green: From B-boy to graffiti legend, he’s become a proponent of the avant-garde “fusionistic” art movement. Best known for his characters, Doze Green has begun to concentrate on canvases that blend wildstyle techniques with metaphysical concepts…Doze [...]

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Upper Playground and Pals Get the Last Laugh

Skid row is cleaning up. San Fran based retail giant Upper Playground along with Estevan Oriol (photographer/director) and Mister Cartoon (artist) will be injecting Los Angeles’s seedy downtown area with four “one of a kind retail establishments”. They’ll be apparel pieces galore as well as the finest of fine art – urban style of course. [...]

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