Tonight, (9th June 2007), The Showroom NYC sees a collection of over 100 Artist’s original work in collaboration! Curated by Poor Al and Tristan Eaton the show comprises collaborative artworks by dynamic duos such as: Ron English x Daniel Johnston, Stash x Futura, Jeremyville x Bigfoot and Tris x TLP (sneak below thanks to Supertouch)
Faile have their first hometurf debut from tonight (Thursday 7th June) with the chance to see their work only lasting until this coming Sunday (10th June).
The Faile show on Lower Manhattan’s Chrystie Street (#201) is looking incredible from the preview images by the folks at Wooster Collective.
“It’s by far one of the best show’s we’ve seen all year. It’s definitely worth a trip downtown and proves that you don’t need white walls and Chelsea address to make an impact.”
There is also a tonne of photos from last night special preview over on Supertouch.
A 4 foot tall Kaws Companion! Set to be released exclusively through the OriginalFake store in Tokyo on 8th June 2007.
Stats
Weight: 35 kg
Price: approx £1950 (tbc)
Shipping: stupid amount
Limited Edition: 20
Producer: Medicom
Available: end of June 2007
All these details are yet to be confirmed. It looks like these will all get picked up at OriginalFake by hungry Kaws fans in Japan!
Plus Plush kicked off with a Monday night party last night. Huge thanks to all the people who passed through the doors to check out the show.
The show was made up of 14 customised plush toys, plus 14 pieces of artwork by 14 different artists: Muju, Peskimo, Hicalorie, Julie West, Jawa, Triclops, Squink!, Tortoy, Hide, Sichi, Sneakyraccoon, Mr Pinks, Potatomo, What What.
The flyers doubled up as a template of the toy for people to doodle on, thanks to Letraset for the pens. The public wall was pretty much filled at the end of day one. Anyone who is interested in taking part, head to Bodhi on Brick Lane, London. The show rocks on until the 10th June (with a possible extension currently being discussed).
A special big thank you to Mr and Mrs Muju for creating the special plush and bringing Giant Muju and his mini friends along for the fun. Anyone in Brighton for their summer holiday make sure you visit ToyLife!!!
We will bring you full coverage of all the pieces in the show soon.
“Artist Damien Hirst has unveiled a diamond-encrusted human skull worth £50m – said to be the most expensive piece of contemporary art. The 18th Century skull is entirely covered in 8,601 jewels, while new teeth were made for the artwork at a cost of £14m.”
Hirst was inspired by an Aztec turquoise skull at the British Museum, and hopes that his work will eventually be displayed at the institution. Other Hirst works, also on display at the White Cube gallery in London, include a painting of his son’s birth by Caesarean section and a tiger shark cut in half and suspended in two tanks of formaldehyde.
The centre piece of his new solo exhibition “Beyond Belief” has a price tag of just £50million.
Not yet having experienced the piece up close I’m not passing judgement on the works at “Beyond Belief”. The skull bling however reminds me of this piece by Mauro Peruccchetti which featured in his Beaux Arts exhibition Blast!
OK so it’s crystals not diamonds and possibly not a real skull (series of 9) and it was a much more reasonable price, but until you have £14million to spend creating a peice of art you can’t expect to price art at £50million. However, ideas do come for free.
Check out Peruccchetti’s work of giant Jelly Babies and sweet looking hand grenades at the Beaux Arts site. Beyond Belief runs until the 7th July at both Hoxton Square and Mason’s Yard White Cubes. Viewing ‘For the Love of God’ at White Cube Mason’s Yard is restricted to ticket entry only. Tickets are available from White Cube Mason’s Yard on the day or book in advance from their website, to collect on the day.
The Thunderdog Collective arrived in London on Thursday 31st May 2007 to mark their territory at Exposure. The venue proved too small for the eager audience, causing not only a queue outside but also near tropical conditions inside. As part of the ongoing relationship with Corbis, the Thunderdog Collective had many iconic images available as affordable framed prints. The event also saw the debut release of the first production S.P.U.D. (500 regular, 100 GID chase).
Those who nabbed a S.P.U.D. seemed to easily score a GID.
Who wants some more Thunderdog in London… you’ll have to wait and see…!
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As the flyer states, Sunday 22nd July is gonna be a “Buff Fest”.
From 12noon to 3.00pm – The official release of the awesome looking MINDstyle Buff Monster vinyl.
Then from 4.00pm to 7.00pm – Limited edtion toys, prints and apparel can be purchased at Barracuda. There’s also a chance you could win one of five hand paint Buff Monster toys.
Damn, you Americans have got it real good haha.. be sure to be there and take some pretty pics for us folk that can’t make it 
Palace of the Brine is a new exhibition by Attaboy. It opens with a party on Friday 8th June 2007 at Rotofugi. Atta will be on hand to sign his Arctic Shmee Qee Toy (from 7-8pm) with the gallery open 7-10pm. Free sodas are supplied by Goose Island. The exhibition Continues through to June 30, 2007.
Palace of the Brine delves into Attaboy’s ongoing conflict between the guilt-ridden worker bee drones and the remorseless cephalopods for the attention of the Brine Queens. It’s a world where hairy bursts of color float in the corner of your eye. The exhibition will showcase new paintings and drawings hovering off moldy walls, casting shadows behind them. Attaboy’s transparent spraypainted plastic works will also be shown as well as the release of the Arctic Shmee Qee figure designed by Attaboy.
Latex for fun?
“The project started with a simple idea: create disposable “designer toys” with pure d.i.y. ethics. We started drawing over balloons what we would like to draw over vinyl toys, but we couldn´t afford. That´s how the Latex for fun project was born… and in a few months 135 designers from over 20 countries participated; Their work reflects various styles, personalities and cultures, but all of it shows how vibrantly creative the collaboration of a spontaneously generated global design network can be.”
The show will be open untill june 2nd and includes a selection of works featured in the book (Latex for Fun, die gestalten verlag, 2007) in addition to large scale prints by Jeremyville, Gastón Caba, DGPH, Gregori Saavedra, Sauerkids, Michele Angelo and Comte d´Urgell.
To complete the show, latex toy designs will also be created especially for the occasion by Jeremyville, Jon Burgerman, Sauerkids, Gastón Caba, DGPH, Pulcomayo, Hello Bard, Craig Atkinson, Christian Lindemann, Oli / ICFF, Miss Lotion, Lala Ladcani, Gregori Saavedra, Zosen and Max-o-matic.
Read on for exhibition pics courtesy of max-o-matic..
Reach was the special guest artist at the 7-Days shopping centre (Shanghai), thanks to adFunture. In addition to the #84 opening, the display was made up of a wider collection of artwork, alongside the latest designs for the new adFunture toy and clothing lines.
Reach was on hand to sign.
FUSQ pink is revealed with its graphics applied, this is the Reach pink edition. There will be 3 other colourways available – a second official Reach x adFunture release and two special store exclusive editions (one in Japan and one in Europe).
Beautifully vivid colors on classic dark backgrounds make up Sam Flores’s latest additions to Upper Playground’s FIFTY24SF spring apparel line. These eye-catching shirts are available for men in sizes small–XXL, and for the ladies in small-XL. Set to sell out fast, so head to your nearest Upper Playground whilst you can, or visit www.upperplayground.com
More of Sam Flores’s additions to the spring line include housewares, books and New Era’s.
Upper Playground today launched a new set of tshirts featuring designs by Jeremy Fish as part of their ongoing FIFTY24SF apparel line. In keeping with his recognized style of striking, bold lines and unique image combinations, this new collection of shirts highlights Fish’s innovative imagination.
Pick them up online at Upper Playground, or visit their stores. UK people can now head to the new Upper Playground in London (more about that coming soon in our London City Guide).
