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Need your daily fix of art and toys? Why not make your way down to Santa Monica on April 4th and “OVERDOSE.” The catchy title is for the upcoming group exhibition at the Copro Nason Gallery. Not only will HI*FRUCTOSE vol.11 be making its premiere, but there will also be signings by Attaboy, Joe Ledbetter, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 16, 2009
Well its the beginning of a new week, and let’s start it off with some good news! This past Saturday Double Punch in San Francisco held the opening reception for the group show Continuous Spectrum, which will runs through April 5thth. The artists featured are Mark Todd, Martin Ontiveros, Bwana Spoons, and local artist Jesse [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 13, 2009
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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, [...]
Continue reading...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 [...]
Continue reading...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...
Continue reading...Monday, September 29, 2008
Beyond seeing toys on your television and being able to call out, "I have that," Toys Are Us is interesting on a number of levels. For instance, the interviews with Frank Kozik and Brian Flynn are particularly educational, from their perspectives on who gets "O.G." credit for the designer vinyl movement (hint: it's not Michael Lau) to some choice words for and against extended colorways.
Continue reading...Friday, September 26, 2008
This is what I’ve been waiting for. It channels a couple of my passions (customs and change) into one unique art event. Jailbreak Toys, makers of the Obama Action Figure, will present ART + ACTION at Toy Tokyo’s gallery: The Showroom NYC on October 17th. Contemporary artists, toy designers and graf writers like Mars-1, Peat [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 19, 2008
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You have toys on your shelves, you’re reading about toys right this second, and knowing you, you probably dream about toys. So why not let toys take over your TV too. You can have plastic, vinyl and their makers invade your living room with the documentary Toys Are Us: A Revolution in Plastic (the Director’s [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 9, 2008
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The painting at left is called Homemade Universe by MARS-1 and it’s part of his new The Nature of Time exhibit opening Thursday June 19th in Portugal. The show runs through July 31st. Speaking of the universe, wasn’t I just saying that I wanted more of MARS-1’s paintings in this post on his SDCC ‘08 [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 24, 2008
STRANGEco has finally given us a visual complement to Greg “Craola” Simkins‘ large-scale original figure hints, which date back to last October in a Fecal Face interview and last January in a Vinyl Pulse interview (both good reads). Greg’s previous releases (a walrus for Upper Playground and the standard and chase Scurvy Nevil for the [...]
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
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