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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...Friday, February 27, 2009
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A new red and white colorway of Yoskay Yamamoto’s Koibito is now up for pre-order at Munky King. The 7-inch vinyl figure is limited to 1000 pieces for $80 each. A ship date of late March is anticipated. There have been numerous production and custom colorways of Koibito that have, without fail, sold out. Place [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Gino Joukar, a Los Angeles-based pop surrealism and urban art collector, is curating Movers & Shakers, a group show with an amazing roster. For a Valentine’s Day date that seeks to go beyond dinner and a movie, POVevolving Gallery is the locale. There are over 80 artists involved, and a sampling reads like a who’s [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 10, 2008
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I just returned from LA, but I already want to go back. Munky King is doing a formal release of Koibito by Yoskay Yamamoto on Thursday, December 11th from 7-11PM. Yoskay will be signing, with special custom pieces available. In fact, there will be an added special surprise for a small number of customers first [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 21, 2008
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Something fishy is about to go down at Munky King. But don’t worry: it won’t be a smelly affair. It’s a party to celebrate the official release of the very much anticipated Koibito figure by Yoskay Yamamoto. Being released with be the Gold Koibito in a limited edition of 500, and a special Munky King Exclusive edition of 150, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 31, 2008
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Gallery1988 San Francisco follows its monstrously fun Monster Art Rally with another group show: Imaginary Friends, starring Andrew Bell, Cherri Wood, Israel Sanchez, Ken Garduno, Scott Campbell and Yoskay Yamamoto. As for Yoskay Yamamoto, he continues to blend his Asian heritage with urban pop art in these mixed media pieces seen below. The show kicks [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 8, 2008
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Sunny first blogged Crazy 4 Cult 2 & Ain’t It Cool News’ collab contest here, and since then Gallery 1988’s blog has been packed with the kind of imagery that makes us film buffs and cult geeks remember why it’s OK to never leave the house. G1988 currently has two contests running: Though entry into [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 31, 2008
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Yeah, I didn’t get my hands on one of the Yoskay Yamamoto prints at the Munky King booth at SDCC either. Woo for us. But if you still aching for some hot Yoskay Yamamoto paper and ink action, you can go to A Paper Tiger and get a “Raijin” Giclee print (on Sommerset velvet archival [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 30, 2008
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I love Herschell Gorden Lewis, Plan Nine From Outer Space and Office Space as much as the next guy. What do those things represent? Why the world of cult films of course. Gallery 1988 will honor all thing celluloid, cool and campy at their Crazy 4 Cult 2: This time it’s personal on Friday, August [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 28, 2008
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Signings here and signings there, signings were just about everywhere at the San Diego Comic Con. In my haste to try to squeeze in as much as I could on my daily rehashes of all things SDCC, I neglected to post a couple of photos I snapped of some hot sketch and autograph action [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Yoskay Yamamoto is one of the artists on my must-see list. To promote his Koibito toy, he created these limited edition gocco prints. In case you didn’t know: “gocco” is a self-contained compact color printing system that is popular in Japan. I didn’t know that either; I had to wiki it. Each hand-painted print is [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 21, 2008
I’ve been waiting for Munky King to release their signing schedule for San Diego Comic-Con. The schedule is finally online at their Comic-Con page. The major dilemma is whether Hana and crew will be able to beat San Diego traffic and make it to Luke Chueh’s signing on time. Thursday 7/24 10:30am-12:30pm Pocket Full of Monsters 1pm – [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 16, 2008
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Put on your dancing shoes and get ready to party the night away with the Vinyl Kings! On Thursday night (July 24th at 8:30pm) down in SDCCland, Vinyl Pulse and Munky King will present a “Art and Music Extravaganza” at the BASIC Urban Kitchen + Bar. They’ll be various DJ spinning tunes, pretty things to [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 14, 2008
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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...Friday, July 11, 2008
Recently we saw Phu’s custom Yoka made for “Beasts of Burden” presented by Subtext and Cardboard Spaceship . This time we have preview pictures from Yoskay Yamamoto. His custom Yoka is simple yet beautiful. The Yoka is made of vinyl, but his painting techniques emulates a smooth wood finish. The end result is really elegant. [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 23, 2008
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I saw this picture of the all-black Koibito on the Project: Gallery blog. In case you’re not keeping track, this is the fourth colorway of Yoskay Yamamoto’s walking koi. To summarize, here are the four editions that we’ve seen: Project: Gallery: white and silver Standard: red and white Munky King: black and gold San Diego Comic-Con: I’m guessing [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 20, 2008
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Every year, fanboys and fangirls of varying stripes descend on San Diego for Comic-Con. Although the event has extensive programming, there’s one activity that unites the collectors with the cosplayers, the MMP gamers with the manga readers, the superheroes with the steampunks: the pursuit of SDCC’s exclusive toys. ToyCyte will be publishing a weekly bulletin of [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 20, 2008
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Summer is the time for art shows, and Gallery 1988: San Francisco is ready to open a great one. Tonight is the opening reception for “Everyone in Together,” a group show featuring over 40 artists [blogged]. Shown at left is a new print that will be released at the show: “Into the Real” by Krista [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 11, 2008
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Yeah, like you needed yet another reason to jet out to Southern California for the San Diego Comic Con. Well, if you have already decided to descend onto the oh so crazy scene that is SDCC, here is a trio of items to add to your “must buy” list. Los Angeles toy store, gallery and [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 10, 2008
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I saw a blurb about this art show on Yoskay Yamamoto’s blog, and I had to learn more. Opening on Thursday, June 19th, Ode to Edo is a group art show that honors the legacy of the Samurai. Presented by the Jerome Jenner Gallery, the international exhibit takes place at the SMASH in Toronto, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 3, 2008
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The annual Culver City Art Walk took place this past Saturday. Project: Gallery had a special group show called “insider trading” which featured their gallery represented artists. If you missed the show, the images will be online on June 3rd. Yoskay Yamamoto presented his painting “Kirin” (above left) at the show. This has been a [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Yoskay Yamamoto posted an update on his upcoming Koibito toy. The left colorway is the Project:Gallery edition he did for his solo show. The middle is the standard colorway, and the right is described as the Munky King edition. The release date still hasn’t been arranged, but he said it will be available “around this [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 7, 2008
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“Nightmare of Daydreamer” is a painting from Yoskay Yamamoto’s solo exhibition, “the upside of down.” It is now available as a limited edition print from a paper tiger. It is a small run of 25, and each giclee print is produced on velvet archival paper. The print is going for $100 and you can buy [...]
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Thursday, April 2, 2009
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