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Who doesn’t love Star Wars? If there is someone out there who doesn’t, well, I don’t want to meet them. Dov Kelemer and Sarah Jo Marks of DKE Toys are paying tribute to this beloved cultural phenomenon with the Vader Project where a wide (and a should add, amazing) variety of artists are customizing a 1:1 scale Darth Vader helmet.
Just announced, in addition to the major list of artists, thirteen Japanese designers signed on to make some Vader magic, they include interpretations by Bounty Hunter, Chino, Dehara, Devil Robots, Gargamel, Itokin Park, Mad Barbarians, Mori Chack, RealxHead, Secret Base, T9G, Touma, Usugrow and Yoko d’Holbachie.
“This could not be a timelier event,” Kelemer said. “The pop surrealist/ lowbrow/graffiti/designer art scene is exploding around us. A canvas is what you make it, from bunnies to cows to toilet seats. The ‘platform’ group show has been around, and we have seen it all.”
The show will be on display from July 19-21 and will include pert near 100 artists such as:
Troy Alders, Kii Arens, Attaboy, Anthony Ausgang, Axis, Aye Jay, Gary Baseman, Andrew Bell, Tim Biskup, Mark Bodnar, Andrew Brandou, Buff Monster, Mister Cartoon, Mr Clement, Robbie Conal, CRASH, Steven Daily, Dalek, Cam de Leon, Bob Dob, Tristan Eaton, Marc Ecko, Eelus, Ron English FERG, David Flores, Brian Flynn – Hybrid Design, Paul Frank, Sunich, Huck Gee, Fawn Gehweiler, Mike Giant, Girls Drawing Girls, Gris Grimly, Joe Hahn, Haze XXL, Jesse Hernandez, Derek Hess, Jeremyville, kaNO, Sun-MinKim & David Horvath, Jim Koch, Frank Kozik, David S. Krys – DSK Designs, Peter Kuper Wade Lageose – Lageose Design, Joe Ledbetter, Simone Legno – Tokidoki, Mad, Marka27, Mars-1, Bill McMullen, Melvins, Brian Morris, Nanospore, Niagara, Mitch O’Connell, olive47, Estevan Oriol, Alex Pardee, The Pizz, Plastic God, Playskewl, Dave Pressler, Ragnar, Jermaine Rogers, Erick Scarecrow, J. Otto, Seibold, Shag, Sket-One, Shawn Smith, Winston Smith, Jeff Soto, Damon Soule, Bwana Spoons, Jophen Stein, Suckadelic Gary Taxali, Cameron Tiede, Touma, UrbanMedium, Michelle Valigura, VanBeater and Amanda Visell
Sunny Chanel - who has written 653 posts on ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected.
Sunny Chanel loves her toys. If she was doll, she'd want to be a Blythe. When not scouring for hot toy news, she eats, sleeps and writes in San Francisco. She also edits the magazine Punk Rock Confidential and writes about baby stuff and infant culture for Babble.com.
Fri, Jul 11, 2008
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