Tag Archive | "Phillips de Pury"
Bob Conge Teaches a History Lesson With Sum and Son of Sum
We’ve written about Bob Conge’s Night Gamers and custom Eyezon here on ToyCyte. But for Bob’s triumvirate in tomorrow’s Phillips de Pury auction, I turned to toy art consultant and kaiju collector, the enthusiastic and effusive, Mr. Steve Agin. Bob is a major force in the current burgeoning toy art scene. Working tirelessly from his [...]
Continue reading...Grass Hut x Gargamel Pieces For New York Auction
Friday, October 24, 2008
From a Grass Hut in Portland, OR to an auction house in New York, NY, the faces of western kaiju have beards. The Phillips de Pury auction will present a generous selection of Grass Hut pieces, including figures by Martin Ontiveros, Bwana Spoons and Scrappers x Gargamel, Mike Le Merde. The toys are a [...]
Continue reading...Tado, Thomas Han and Gargamel Circus Punks Up For Auction
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Customized plush has completely taken off in recent years, but some might credit Circus Punks with starting the craze. Circus Punks refer back 150 years to their Americana predecessors–the knock down dolls. Carnival booth proprietors handpainted the dolls, which were then battered by baseballs in the quest to win large, deformed stuffed animal prizes. Paul [...]
Continue reading...Shepard Fairey and Barry McGee Rotocast Vinyls Up For Auction
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Tokion Magazine was founded in 1996 and began devoting many pages to the then still-taboo topic of graffiti. “Neo-graffiti” is a term they coined in the title of their Neo-Graffiti Project 2000, which featured classic subway graffiti artists working in new media. This was back in ‘99. It’s practically ten years later and a [...]
Continue reading...Take a Trip on the Mushroom Carousel by Carlos Enriquez-Gonzalez
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
I asked Steve to answer a question oft-lobbied at toy art, particularly kaiju: Why is this art? Steve replied by paraphrasing the Potter Stewart pornography quote: "When you look at Vagina Brain Monster, you know you are looking at art."
Continue reading...Vaginas Vs. War at Phillips de Pury Auction
Friday, August 22, 2008
While going through the Phillips de Pury Urban Art auction catalog, I noticed a few toys that were reproductions, but also a few toys that were, um, reproductive. The most obvious of these is the 13-inch fiberglass Vagina Brain Monster by Carlos Enriquez Gonzalez.
Continue reading...Urban and Street Art at Phillips de Pury Auction
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Urban and street art have plenty of crossover room for toy collectors. In fact, many street artists have done their thing on platform toys like Dunny and Qee. Check out pieces from Banksy, Buff Monster and David Choe.
Continue reading...Kaiju at Phillips de Pury Auction
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
The auction includes both Japanese and western Kaiju. Some of the items: Japanese monsters from Popy and Marmit and modern takes from BLObPUS, Mark Nagata, Dead Presidents x Gargamel and the Grass Hut collective.
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Friday, October 24, 2008
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