LA’s Munky King just put up the fantastic results of their DIY Pushers Show, based on the popular ‘Pusher’ figure by Thomas Han, released in a blank DIY form back in August. The show included custom Pushers by Joe Shea, Nathan Spoor, Elizabeth Ito, Marka27, Kii Arens, Racecar13, Axis, Brandt Peters, Dave Pressler, Paintmonster, Luke [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 24, 2009
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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...Friday, March 20, 2009
LA’s Munky King will be presenting its first group show of 2009 with their DIY Pushers Show, based on the popular ‘Pusher’ figure by Thomas Han, released in a blank DIY form back in August. The show is scheduled to include a huge array of top-notch artists, including (but not limited to) Joe Shea, Nathan [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 12, 2009
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The always-anticipated Luke Chueh and the always-interesting Thomas Han will get together for a joint-show opening March 20th at Corey Helford Gallery. Luke’s first solo show at the Culver City gallery features paintings and drawings that are “as sweet as they are vicious. Adorable bears, monkeys and rabbits find themselves in disturbing and ironic narratives [...]
Continue reading...Friday, December 19, 2008
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Amanda Visell had one of the handful of sculptural pieces, which was in the company of a pair of swans by Scott Radke and a complex game of cat and mouse by Daniel Elson. Luke Chueh, Joe Ledbetter, Anthony Ausgang, Peek-a-boo and Thomas Han brought the familiar names and the big colors. Peter Gronquist and Alex Pardee upped the creepy ante...
Continue reading...Thursday, November 20, 2008
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Gallery1988 just announced its upcoming exhibition, a tradition at the venue: “The Vivisect Playset (Round 5).” For five years now, Luke Chueh and Gallery 1988 curated and hosted The Vivisect Playset, an art show featuring artists who regularly employed animal characters in their work to illustrate the human condition. The show has illuminated the talents [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Yup, you can get some hot pusher or Kaiju action, and you can get it less than full price, from Los Angeles toy mecca Munky King. Right now, they are having two sales. One is their Thomas Han-designed Pusher sale. These limited edition six-inch vinyl are amazingly cool and beautifully executed. If you haven’t already [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 23, 2008
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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...Friday, October 17, 2008
Sketch for Change is a project comprised of sketches by Joe Ledbetter, Tim Biskup, Amanda Visell, Jeff Soto, Bob Dob, Gary Baseman, Thomas Han, Shag, Glenn Barr, Luke Chueh and about a dozen other artists culled from the 'lowbrow' scene. The idea was cooked up by a group of friends in Los Angeles looking for unique ways to help raise funds for Barack Obama's Campaign for Change. The 21 artists were affiliated with the recent Baby Tattooville art retreat.
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 15, 2008
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Did you get to spend a romantic weekend in Riverside, CA with Jeff Soto, Thomas Han, Joe Ledbetter, Michael Whelan; Shag, Glenn Barr, Brandi Milne, Amy Sol, Daniel Peacock, Ana Bagayan, Dave Cooper, and Bob Dobb? If you did, than that means you were at Bob Self’s second annual Babytattooville ( the “unique opportunity for [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 2, 2008
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Check it out. Gallery 1988 just got in a shipment of STRANGEco’s Vivisect Playset special SDCC ‘08 edition. The collector’s edition set features all ten figures by Anthony Ausgang, Luke Chueh, Peter Gronquist, Thomas Han, Joe Ledbetter, Greg “Craola” Simkins and Amanda Visell (including chases) in exclusive Comic-Con colorways. It comes packaged in a deluxe [...]
Continue reading...Friday, September 5, 2008
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I didn’t really like Circus Punks until I saw them up-close. I can see why a lot of artists use this platform plush as a canvas. Some Circus Punks are cooler than others, and I really like the new 15″ Circus Punk by Thomas Han. It’s a two-sided Circus Punk featuring his quirky style and [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Elusive is a word that Thomas Han uses to describe his artwork. It can also be used to describe him as an artist. He doesn’t do a lot of interviews, and he mostly stays out of the spotlight. If you believe everything you read on the internet, you wouldn’t know how to describe Thomas Han. [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 12, 2008
This year we saw the release of Thomas Han’s Monster Pusher in regular and GID version. Now Munky King has a new edition for all of you creative types: the DIY Pusher. The limited edition vinyl comes with 4 removable masks (Spirit, Pirate, Monster, Animal). If you want to make your very own Pusher, now [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Vivisect Playset newbies and completists take note: Sunny reported that the original series is half-off here and STRANGEco has just announced a Special Edition for SDCC ‘08. The set, which includes ten new colorways of the figures by Anthony Ausgang, Luke Chueh, Peter Gronquist, Thomas Han, Joe Ledbetter, Greg Simkins and Amanda Visell, will [...]
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