ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected

Plush Monsters Descend on San Francisco: A Virtual Tour

Monday, October 13, 2008

This was one of the most "pure fun" art shows I've seen in a while. It must be pretty hard to hang plush in a gallery setting, but they pulled it off with good lighting and a cool backdrop. Credit to Katie and G1988 for an awesome show and inviting me in early to take pictures. Art toys abounded, but no one was taking themselves too seriously between the spooky muzak and Kaiju Big Battel's psychedelic presence. It's also always great to see (in person) art by international designers I write about (like Tim Tsui, the inimitable Doktor A and DGPH to name a few), and it's also nice to watch local artists like Leecifer and Anna Chambers have their pieces snatched up quickly. For those who couldn't make it (the show runs through November 1st), enjoy a virtual tour below.

Monster Art Rally Custom Plush and Vinyl Sneak Peeks

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

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Monster Art Rally Custom Plush and Vinyl Sneak Peeks

Custom plush and vinyl monsters are coming to G1988 in San Francisco TONIGHT. There will be an opening reception from 7-10PM with at least a handful of artists present. The furry frightfest is a global gallery from Hong Kong, The Netherlands, Germany, Australia and beyond. Monsters were created by Brandt Peters, Leecifer, Dan Goodsell, Tim Tsui, Kathie Olivas, kaNO, Jesse Hernandez...BE THERE!

Custom Obama Action Figure Sneak Peeks

Friday, October 3, 2008

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Here are a couple sneak peeks of custom Barack Obama action figures from Jailbreak Toys’ upcoming Art + Action show. Above is kaNO’s custom Obama. The idea behind the custom is “the revolution will be televised” with a gentle dig at media overexposure. There’s also room for interpretation. I like to think of it as [...]

Dia de los Muertos Plush Art Show

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

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Proximity to Halloween ups the chances of TWO Day of the Dead posts (so far and it’s still early) in one day (the first one being Phoebe Marie’s awesome Dunnys for the Spooktacular show in Cleveland). Jason sends me info for this Dia de los Plush show at Phoenix’s Red Hot Robot. Over 20 [...]