Remember Jeremy Fish’s Barry the Beaver? Lisa from Upper Playground just sent me this video shot on location with Jeremy Fish at Good Vibrations in San Francisco. How awesome and awkward is it when two women comment to Jeremy that they’ll think of him when they’re using the vibrator? You can still get a Barry [...]
Continue reading...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...Wednesday, July 2, 2008
There’s only room for a certain amount of favored toys on my desk. While some of the mini-figures rotate (Qees, Dunnys, a Trexi or Fatcap here and there), a Kaws NYC bus stop and Jeremy Fish’s Get Small Series Bunnyskull (above right) are a part of the permanent tabletop collection. The bus stop is [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Fresh off the success of his recent Barry The Beaver vibrator signing, Jeremy Fish is embarking on a solo show, Seasons of Change, at New York’s Joshua Liner Gallery. As written up in Juxtapoz: Jeremy Fish pulls inspiration from a grab bag of folk and pop-culture sources, including Balinese fairy tales, Goth jewelry, children’s book illustration, tattoo [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 30, 2008
OK so the title and subject of this post rival the title of this post and the content of this post for keeping my ego as a legitimate journalist in check. That said, props to Jeremy Fish for putting out a truly new platform (adult) toy: The Barry The Beaver vibrator. This unique collaboration [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 22, 2008
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. [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 5, 2008
No, I’m actually not talking about guys with goggles, girls with wings or the faux-fur werewolf who were all temporary citizens of this weekend’s Maker Faire in San Mateo, CA. I’m referring to some of the indie designers who were showing their character(s) in the Craft Zone (next to the “Diet Coke and Mentos fountain“). First [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 2, 2008
I always love getting word about a new local show that I can basically walk to. From Alex Pardee’s blog: My face feels like its melting. Not because i have been drinking Deathklok riffs for breakfast. And not because I decided to bob for apples in the Toxic Avenger’s piss. Sometimes…you just wake up, and your [...]
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