Big shout out to Jason Freeny at Moist Production, who's created some great images and hand customised vinyl toys showing the anatomy of various well knowns. From Mr Potato Head and a Lego man, through to Kidrobot's Dunny, and others like Qee, Domo and more. You can buy some of his stuff on his site and, if you're quick, a hand customised Nemo is up for grabs on Ebay until 21st September...
This is an Escher print I haven't seen since I was about 4. I think it's supposed to be oriented portrait but it was hung on the dining room wall like this so, bizarrely, it's now the only way I like it. Fits on the blog better this way too, sorry Escher...
Wonderfully crafted and intricate sculptures, for want of a better word, are the product of Mike Rea. I love this piece, titled "A prosthetic Suit For Stephen Hawkin w/ Japanese Steel" from 2007, which is massive and actually accommodates a real size human. His website is a bit small and faffy, but well worth a look around. I'm totally in awe of his work.
I've been keeping an eye on Deth P. Sun's work for a while now, so it's about time it got a post. If you're in San Francisco between now and 9th September drop by the current exhibition at Double Punch.
It's been over three decades since Blek Le Rat started stenciling around Paris. Without a shadow of a doubt, he's the pioneer and, looking at his back history it's interesting to see where the medium developed from. It's a shame so few people even know of him, in comparison to the other B word anyway.
He's got an exhibition on at White Walls Gallery in San Francisco which is on now and finishes on 5th June 2010.
I'd also recommend getting his book, "Blek Le Rat - Getting Through The Walls" which is out through Thames & Hudson. I got my copy signed by Blek Le Rat when he was promoting the book at London Graphic Centre and, amazingly, there was virtually nobody there.
Amazing images by Kiev born Mark Khaisman, who now resides in Philadelphia, and creates his works by layering brown packing tape.
This is what a decade of Playboy centrefolds looks like. It's 1988 - 1997, in case you're an aficionado on such things, and it's a work by Jason Salavon where he's used "...point-by-point mathematical averaging..." to produce the image.
A Beautiful Machine is a two-week event curated by McFaul Studio and howies and is running from the 26th March to 9th April. A combination of art, talk and ride based above the howies store in Bristol.
I'm too busy laughing right now, but I'm going to have to watch The Spy Who Loved Me again now, just to find out where the big fish featured in the story. And what's that? Lovers Fishie Club? I'm very confused now. At least Gary Wilmot, err, sorry, Roger Moore, is ready for settling down with his Lotus Esprit estate. See the original American version of the poster and more movie posters from Ghana over at Empire.
Known the world over for his skills as a tattoo artist, Scott Campbell is showing artwork in Europe for the first time. This is a stack of a hundred $1 bills with layers carved away to create an image. His show opens at Lazarides on Greek Street today.
Wonderful stuff by Bulgarian artist, Stefan Kanchev. Sadly no longer with us, but love his work which won him deserved recognition throughout his life and posthumously. I'm going to spend some serious time meandering through the amazing body of work on his site.
Great work from The Little Friends of Printmaking. A couple with a massive commitment to creating excellent, intricate prints. Buy some at their shop...
Haven't managed to find out who this is by, but it's pretty striking when you turn the corner. It's in the area of Saint Sulpice, I think on Rue Bonapart, if anyone's there and wants to see it.
All over Paris you'll spot Gregos faces glued to various walls. This one was in a side street opposite the Louvre.
True Stories by P.M. is a retrospective exhibition of Phil's comic book works since 2004, running from 12th September - 28th November at Riverside Gallery in Richmond upon Thames. Make it there for a squizz if you can, more info here.
I've been doing a fair bit of gardening recently, so I'm going to have to plan a bit of Moss Graffiti. On my own property, of course...
Found this in a drawer the other day, it was given to me by one of the Toasters collective back in something like 2000 (or 2001 maybe?) when we helped out on a graphic design student thingemy up north. Was tough to have a conversation with at points, as was generally looking for places to stick these. Walking through the streets you'd just hear the occasional twang of a bestickered hand slapping a lamp post.
