Heres a sneak peak of a custom Camobot by Riot68 for the custom toy show “Art Toy Alchemists” which runs on 2nd June in California.
Really grimey and fits the platform perfect! Look out for more info on Riot68 from VA in the next month.
Ken Keirns @ Rotofugi
Coming to Rotofugi, is the exhibition of Ken Keirns work, named “Hot Babes in Toyland” exhibition. Opens May 4th at 7pm – 11pm and runs until the 27th May (Sat 12 – 4).
Designer Toy Store & Gallery
1953 W. Chicago, IL 60622
312.491.9501
Ink This
From May 8th at the Coningsby Gallery, London, Ink This present an exhibition. A collection of 37 UK and International designers and illustrators, in the latest installment of “dreams & nightmares”.
For full details on the artist line-up, click the image. A special event is on 9th May – from 6:30PM until 9:30PM. The exhibition continues until the 11th May.
Furi Furi @ Pixie
Furi Furi are back on the toy scene and dancing with the devil… a mischievous devil. Meet VIL THE DEVIL, a character from the Girls Power manifesto series.
DEVIL’S SWEET SMILE will take place at Pixie in Taipei from 11th May until the 3rd June 2007. Expect lots of evil goodness from the Furi Furi team: original artwork, screen-prints, photographs, sculpture.
Some special tshirts will be available, including an exclusive Pixie vs Furi Furi collaboration tee, plus a Devil’s Sweet Smile – both limited to 100 pieces.
The exhibition launch takes in 2 events, firstly is the opening party on Friday 11th May from 8PM – 10PM. Then on the following day (Saturday 12th) from 4PM – 6PM the Furi Furi team will be activly live painting and available for signings. If you go to the opening party you’ll be able to grab a free fan to waft away the heat!
Plus we can reveal the development of a very nice looking, soon to be launched, toy of VIL. Shown here are the sculpt prototypes.
Monster Burp @ G3 view
Here are a few photos from Lazy Oaf’s Monster Burp show at G3, London. It took a while to get around to putting them up so enjoy them here or head over to G3 (around the corner from Playlounge) before the show closes on April 27th.
Which leads us nicely on to Peskimo’s entry in the show, a mighty gocco print. Limited edition deisgned especially for Monster Burp and available online at the Peskimo shop. You can get one delivered to your front door for as little as £6 – you even get to choose the colour of paper it is printed on (choice of four types available).
More photos from the show after the jump:
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TRISTAN EATON GOES TOKYO – pt2
Tristan Eaton heads to Japan, on what seems to be an annual adventure to Gallery Lele, Tokyo. This time last year he unveiled some super-limited Runts, now the Runts have some Super Giant Manga Fun!
An exhibition of new works and new toys will start this coming Tuesday, 24th April and continue through to the 13th May. A party to celebrate the show takes place this coming Friday, 27th May 7PM – 9PM.
Matzu Mtp @ Fifty24SF
This guy has been on my radar for sometime now and he makes a worthy arrival at Fifty24SF next month. Originally from Japan and now based in New York, Tomokazu Matsuyama aka Matzu Mtp has exhibited his work throughout the US and Asia. This show of new works, titled Polarize, also incorporates a limited edition book launch.
The exhibition kicks off on May 3rd and runs through to the 31st.
Read up on Matzu through this Theme magazine article.
Attack of the Zliks!
ATTACK OF THE ZLIKS!
AN ART SHOW OF SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN USUAL PROPORTIONS
The teasers above are of customs of GIANT 19″ Zilks by Doktor A., Brandt Peters, Julie West and Kelly Denato. There’ll be those and many more on display at MyPlasticHeartNYC
Opening Reception
April 20th, 2007 6-9PM
Show runs through 05/20/07
I AM 8-BIT
On Tuesday 17th April Gallery1988 launches the latest installment of I AM 8-BIT.
On show are over 200 original artworks inspired by classic video games by over 100 different artists. The opening night’s extravaganza will include performances by DJs ComputeHer and 8 Bit Weapon, a giant 5-and-a-half foot Atari 2600 controller (that works!), “Mega Man 2600,†playable on giant controller (developed exclusively for I AM 8-BIT to celebrate the Blue Bomber’s 20th Anniversary), complimentary refreshments and other awesome surprises!
VA sneaked a peek at the early stages of set-up for the show – so much goodness in one place:
Gallery Nineteen Eighty Eight, 7020 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90038.
Untitled
Untitled kicks in to action next Thursday (12th April 07) at Eye Jammie Gallery (516 West 25th St, NYC). An Exhibition Of Original Skateboard Art by Sket, Mad, Filth, Shepard Fairey, Cycle, Mike Giant and many more.
Curated by Cey Adams.
Attaboy + Annie Owens
The Gallery At Screen Arts Presents Swarmy Weather, and exhibition of Annie Owens and Attaboy’s latest creations. On Friday April 6th the show kicks off with an opening reception (6pm -midnight). The exhibition runs until April 30, 2007.
Expect to be waist deep in murky water surrounded by creatures with teeth and girls on choppers and everything in between. Suitably located in one of America’s oldest and humid cities, St. Augustine, Florida. The city is a picturesque scene of children floating downstream – their houses overcome by the floods as mosquitos and winged insects swarm, sometimes underwater. The art represents pretty much the same.
AttaBoy will be in attendance at the show so please pop along to meet him, eat some snacks and drink some cheap beer while you’re at it. The Gallery At Screen Arts, 228 W. King Street, St. Augustine, FL 32084
Atta and Annie are the powers behind Hi-Fructose magazine.
D*Face – Eyecons view
D*Face’s new show Eyecons opened last night at o contemporary, Brighton. The packed out opening party saw the crowd line the streets to access the event. D*Face shows new works including canvases, sculpture and a giant inflatable D*Dog.
Huge thanks to Mr Muju for the photos. Check out his amazing artwork and plushes and more at Muju World, and drop by Toy Life the next time you hit Brighton. More photos after the jump…
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