Tag Archive | "Ron English"
Art + Action: Custom Obama Action Figure Show
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...Upper Playground x Digital Gravel Obama Shirts
Friday, September 12, 2008
I’ve been covering all of the awesome Upper Playground x Barack Obama prints, which each retailed for $200 and sold out faster than Joe Lieberman. Well get ready to wear your politics and drop a zero off the pricetag, because if you missed out on the prints, they’re back as shirts. Upper Playground and Digital [...]
Continue reading...Ron English x Burton Snowboards
Friday, September 12, 2008
For the launch of Private Stock, a collection limited to just 100 retailers, Burton collaborated with Ron English on two snowboards and a boot. Ron’s art is used on the Burton Hero and women’s Blender snowboards ($400 each), as well as the Freezone Boot ($200). The Private Stock collection is so exclusive that you [...]
Continue reading...Devil Dog Art Show
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Get your most Satanic Halloween costumes ready to don for the Devil Dog Art Show opening Halloween night October 31st. In honor of the little Devil Dog vinyl figures by Osaka Popstar x Secret Base, one hundred artists (like Nathan Jurevicious, Shepard Fairey, Ron English, Mad Barbarians, Brian Flynn, Buff Monster, Erick Scarescrow, among many [...]
Continue reading...New 8″ Dunny: Sneak Peek
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
There was some excitement on the Kidrobot forum yesterday when someone posted a picture of a new 8″ Dunny. That’s against their forum policy, and of course the picture was removed. I didn’t get a chance to see it, but Spanky Stokes did some internet detective work. Here is a picture of the 8″ Dunny. [...]
Continue reading...Camille Rose Garcia Show Update
Monday, September 8, 2008
I was really bummed not to be in the Los Angeles vicinity over the weekend, but as we all know, I had to do my shoppin’ at my local Target. So I surrounded myself with the masses instead of the massively awesome art at Camille Rose Garcia’s “Ambien Somnambulants” show and the Panoramic Project III [...]
Continue reading...The BLAB! Show
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
The 4th Annual Blab! Show will take place from September 6th to September 27th at the Copro Nason Gallery in Santa Monica, CA. There’s a dedicated Blab! Show website where you can view details of fine art pieces by Tim Biskup, Shag, Gary Baseman, Travis Louie, Gary Taxali, Walter Minus, Sas Christian, Ron English, Luke [...]
Continue reading...Prime Surreal Estate
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
I love when Jersey represents. The Prime Surreal Estate tour is actually co-sponsored by New Jersey’s mayor. Nice! The artist roster includes Amie Robinson, Anthony Ausgang, Carlos Bautista, Christopher Conte, Clark V. Fox, Fred Harper, GAIA, Hiroshi Kumagai, Jason Freeny, John Breiner, John Kolbek, Jon Rappleye, Kirk Bray, Mark Dean Veca, Maze Georges, Michael Motorcycle, [...]
Continue reading...MINDstyle Charity Auction on eBay
Monday, August 25, 2008
The auction includes original paintings, rare toys and limited-edition collectibles from KAWS, Joe Ledbetter, Michael Lau, Ron English, Buff Monster, tokidoki, Shepard Fairey, Devilrobots, Amanda Visell, Doktor A, Tim Biskup, Kathie Olivas, Brandt Peters and many more.
Continue reading...Hi Fructose Collection Now Pre-Ordering
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Hi-Fructose Magazine is now pre-ordering its magnum opus, the Hi-Fructose Collected Edition Box Set. The compendium reprints a best of selection from the first four hard-to-find volumes of Hi-Fructose in one hardcover 250-page edition. Printed by Last Gasp, the Hi-Fructose Collected Edition Box Set will be packaged in a “candy box” which will include: [...]
Continue reading...Abraham Obama (and Ron English) Hit the Campaign Trail
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Abraham Obama is hitting the campaign trail! Ron English has been taken his show on the road and is doing wall installations of his stellar Abraham Obama images in three US hot spots. Last Saturday, Ron hit Jetset Graffiti on Sunset in Los Angeles, today he’ll be San Francisco doing his thing at 111 Minna [...]
Continue reading...Obama x Grotesk x Upper Playground: Sold Out!
Friday, August 15, 2008
Dang, I got swamped and snoozed on reporting this by a couple days and it’s already gone. The latest Barack Obama art print for Upper Playground by Swiss graphic artist and current Brooklyn resident Grotesk has sold out. In the last decade Grotesk has developed a passion for folk art, street photography, hand-painted signs, vintage [...]
Continue reading...Toy Designers for China Earthquake Charity
Monday, August 11, 2008
ToyCyte has been covering efforts from the toy community from adFunture to Brothersfree for aiding the victims of last May’s tragic earthquake in China. Most of the projects have been isolated episodes without the far-reaching momentum of a group event. Today brought rad news of a noble (and highly necessary) charity that is sure to [...]
Continue reading...San Diego Comic Con -Surviving Day Two
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Day one of the comic con for me was spent ogling the toys. Twenty four hours, after my drool had been wiped clean from the many glass enclosures, I could actually take a moment to talk to some of the geniuses behind all this great work and be envious of the peeps in line for [...]
Continue reading...ToyTokyo Exclusives Latest Updates
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
I’m really digging the diversity of the ToyTokyo (Booth #5237) SDCC ‘08 exclusives and this is the third installment of exclusives [tagged]. Barack and Buff? tokidoki and Daniel Johnston? Kaiju and Plush? It’s an inspired mix and ToyTokyo continues to release images of the exclusives. Here’s an update to the previous posts with new photos [...]
Continue reading...Crimes on Canvas: Las Vegas’ Biggest Art Show of All Time
Monday, July 14, 2008
M Modern Gallery is curating an outstanding exhibition of Pop Surrealism at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas July 18th & 19th. The event is part of the 3-day extravaganza celebrating 944 Magazine’s 3rd anniversary that includes a poolside concert by De La Soul. CRIMES ON CANVAS includes original paintings by: Amanda Visell * [...]
Continue reading...The Opposite of Writer’s Block: Mike Leavitt’s Art Army
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...ToyTokyo SDCC 08 Exclusives Updated
Monday, July 14, 2008
I’m really digging the diversity of the ToyTokyo (Booth #5237) SDCC ‘08 exclusives; a couple of which made this week’s ToyCyte SDCC ‘08 Weekly Roundup. Barack and Buff? tokidoki and Daniel Johnston? Kaiju and Plush? It’s an inspired mix and ToyTokyo continues to release images of the exclusives. Here’s an update to the previous post [...]
Continue reading...Ron English’s Abraham Obama Poster Now Affordable
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
You’re going to have to do your own coloring to match this Boston installation, but Ron English’s Abraham Obama poster (originally a limited edition for Upper Playground, which historically dropped the day Obama clinched the Democratic party nomination) has now been made into an open edition. While the limited screen print had a pricetag of [...]
Continue reading...ToyTokyo SDCC 08 Exclusives
Monday, July 7, 2008
I’m really digging the diversity of the ToyTokyo (Booth #5237) SDCC ‘08 exclusives; a couple of which made this week’s ToyCyte SDCC ‘08 Weekly Roundup. Here’s what is planned so far: SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON DEBUTS Barack Obama Action Figure in White Suit (200 pieces) Mark Bode’’s “Bode Broad” L.A. Version Ron English MC Supersized “Glitter Version” Nathan Jurevicius Peleda SDCC [...]
Continue reading...Upcoming Events
Friday, September 26, 2008
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