Show & Tell Gallery just released a new limited edition print from Canadian street artist Dan Bergeron (aka fauxreel).  The image is taken from Dan’s “Faces Of The City” series, titled “Junction Joe”, it is a capture of a street installation put up on the late Serge Gainsbourg’s house on the rue de Verneuil in Paris.  This series is a ongoing look at frailty of urban architecture and human existence, so far variations of this series has appeared in Paris and Toronto, and Dan will be hitting London in the next couple of months.

This print is available in 2 sizes.

Chromogenic Print
Limited Edition Of 15
Signed & Numbered
24″ x 16″
$180

Chromogenic Print
Limited Edition Of 3
Signed & Numbered
48″ x 32″
$1200

Check it out here

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I know a good deal when I spot one and when I ran across this piece, “Wisdom of the Ancients” tryptic by Jeff McMillan, I had to pull the trigger. I’ve seen the original and I can’t believe all this talent is crammed so lovingly into a small space.  Yes, so what, I’m on holiday visiting my parents for Chinese New Year and yes, I am stuck here in Katy, TX and no, I’m not shopping my way to happiness…or am I?  True: I was checking in on my Society6 studio to see if my artist peeps had posted art for sale and yes I do love Jeff McMillan’s work cos he’s um, AWESOME.  But the print that is less than $50 + reasonable shipping is 40 inches by 17 inches!  THAT IS A RIDICULOUS DEAL!  The giclee comes unsigned and unnumbered but Jeff is such a great guy, I bet when you art star stalk him, he would oblige you with a signature and maybe treat you to a Mountain Dew.

http://www.society6.com/studio/anniesalist/Wisdom_of_the_Ancients_Tryptic

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Jeff’s bottle is third from the left.

One of the perks of this job is getting to work with truly amazing people all of the time. But occasionally, I get to collaborate with people who have had a direct impact on my life. Such is the case with Dave McKean.

Dave McKean is what we used to refer to as a “hyphenate.” He’s a multi-talented illustrator-photographer-comic-book-artist-graphic-designer-filmmaker-musician, who just happens to excel at each one of his specialties.

As an artist, Dave McKean changed the look of comic books when his illustrated-photo-assemblage works began gracing the covers of Neil Gaiman’s reboot of the Sandman character at DC Comics. He next tackled an incredibly ambitious Batman tale that focused not on the caped crusader, but instead on the mental institution that housed the more macabre among his rogues’ gallery. That story written by Grant Morrison was Arkham Asylum, and it quickly became (and remains) one of the best selling graphic novels of all time. His comic book works have won numerous well deserved accolades and awards, but he’s also won a World Fantasy Award for “Best Artist,” three Spectrum Awards in the categories of “Advertising”, “Book”, and “Comic,” A British Science Fiction Award in “Short Fiction” (shared with Neil Gaiman), and his film directorial debut, MirrorMask premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2005. His concept designs shaped the look and feel of two entries in the Harry Potter film series, and if your CD collection veers on the darker side of pop, metal, and avant-garde, odds are you’ve got a few Dave McKean images there, too. Did I mention that he’s an accomplished jazz musician and discerning foodie?

So it would be an understatement to say that I’m feverishly proud to welcome Dave McKean this weekend at two incredible events:

On Friday, February 12th, from 6-9 PM, Dave is signing comics, books, DVDs, CD’s and limited edition art prints at La Luz de Jesus Gallery (inside the Soap Plant / Wacko complex at 4633 Hollywood Blvd., LA, CA 90027). For every item that purchase at the signing, Dave will sign one item that you bring from home. NO EXCEPTIONS! So don’t bring your entire collection of Sandman comics for him to autograph unless you plan on buying 75 items at the signing. He’s a wonderful guy and he’ll be happy to speak with you and answer questions -especially about his new body of work, which is debuting on Saturday night at Billy Shire Fine Arts.

New Works from Early Cinema is showing in conjunction with Nitrate & Kinogeists, an event sponsored by Chicago’s Century Guild and includes highlights from their inventory of historically significant and undeniably beautiful silent film posters, most of which have been lost and unseen by the public before now. In addition to large format paintings, Dave has included a series of ten smaller ink illustrations that are priced for fans. Believe me -you can totally afford these, so check out the preview on Thursday evening. Whether you’re a comic book fan or a patron of the fine arts, if you’ve been looking to add a McKean original to your collection, this is your opportunity to do so. There are also some limited edition prints for which this will be a Release Event.
Since the exhibition references and pays tribute to lost films from the silent era, there will be Video Installation with two screens playing footage of recently unearthed and restored films previously thought lost.
The artist’s reception is Saturday, February 13th, from 7-10 PM at Billy Shire Fine Arts, 5790 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232. A full and complete preview will be available by Thursday evening. The paintings and posters are live on site now.

Other Criteria, a manufacturer of luxury fabrics, and Damien Hirst have collaborated to produce a series of cashmere blankets adorned with images from Hirst’s New Religion collection, a project exploring the nature of human belief.

Other Criteria’s luxury blankets are 100% cashmere, made in Scotland and finished by hand, mimicking techniques used in the mid-19th century. Each includes two New Religion labels.

Cashmere Blanket — Damien Hirst
Made on Jacquard Loom and finished by hand
Two labels (New Religion)
Unlimited edition
Exclusive to Other Criteria

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Jason Maloney, resident artist at Hurley, designed a new plush elephant named ‘Tippsy.’ This adorable 10″ inch plush is available in four colors and comes complete with the artist’s embroidered signature on its belly. Available through www.ToyTokyo.com, select Hurley outlets, and www.jasonmaloneyart.com this super soft, limited edition designer plush elephant even squeaks when squeezed!  $19.99 each while supplies last.

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I recently stopped over to the Crewest Gallery to see the Printed II show, which I was luckily enough to be invited to participate in.  We had a great time and here’s a few pictures from the show.  To see all the available prints, please check out Crewest website www.crewest.com/shop/prints_posters/prin ted_II.html

Photographs provided by my bad iphone and Taylor Brittenham. Additional photographs from Mic Macias.

Printed II @ Crewest Gallery

December 5th thru December 31st, 2009.
An exhibition curated by Two Rabbits Studios and featuring the best selection of hand printed art posters by some of today’s most innovative street artists, activists, and designers.

Exhibiting Artists:

Adam Hathorn, Ashira Siegel, Billy Bishop, Bill Green, Branded, Hit + Run, Cat Cult, Clint Wilson, Contra One, Dash 2000 Fidel, Delicious Design League, Deadmundo, Dethkills, DKNG, Enik, Euth One, Firehouse, Geraldine Lozano, Hero Design Studio, James Bentely, Ken Garduno, Lucky Bunny, Mas, Max Nuetra, Mad One, Man One, Michael Alvarez, Michael Hsiung, Miles Grobman, Neko Sluts Crew, Ron Donovan from Firehouse & The Nor-Cal Posse, Septerhed, Shark Toof, SPRFKR, The Bungaloo, Tom Haubrick, WERC, Will Manville, Vyal, Yo What Happened To Peace and more…

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I recently got a package from Colorada-based designer, illustrator, and Paper Cut Zine creator John Fellows, which contained his latest Paper Cut Summer 2009.  It’s filled with some nice linocut designs of surferes, characters, and even some photographs of some skateboards he did for Hessenmod Skateboards.

Check out some excerpts from Paper Cut, which is a collection of recent linocuts & photographs by John, and get your own.

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Just in time for those pre-holiday sales I suppose.  Designer Yael Frankel presents her third Stick Me collaborative sticker book. The book features 7 illustrators / photographers designs as stickers.  Cover design by Michael C. Hsiung and Yaelfran.

BUY ONE TODAY – http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=34678120

$12 book (5 pages have 6 stickers (2 x 2 inches) and 2 page have 24 stickers (1 x 1 inches))

Remember: the cover is a sticker too!!!!
Artists:
Michaelchsiung
Marisolspoon
Cathycullis
Joojoo
Enrouge
Cb78
Ohmycavalier

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Yes, folks I have some of the new prints and a T-shirt that I made for the Alternative Press Expo (APE 2009) available now on my shop.  All the prints were silk screened by my buddies at FRESHPRESSED – 18.6″H x 12.5″W, plasticol, on paper. All prints are signed and numbered out of an edition of 5 and some 10.  All prints $20 and shirt $25

To see the rest of the stuff I have, please click see more.

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on this glorious sunday, novemeber 1st, i will be part of CANZINE, Canada’s Largest Zine Fair and Festival of Alternative Culture. i will be at the gladstone hotel on queen west and gladstone, from 1-7 pm with a cool guy and gal by the name of nimit malavia and martha chan.

please come by and check out the zines i will have:

all in all, 24- 5.5 x 8.5″ pages of fun in the sun- with a mylar cover and original drawing on the inside cover.

sleep warm series, 1-4, also 24 pages of 4.25 x 5.5″ of the little nuances of my creative living, guaranteed to make you sleep warm at night. there will be a special price for these, so come and see. i have a bit more of the 4th issue since i just made it, but very few of issues 1-3 left. make sure you get one- each of these have an original drawing for a cover and a little love note on the back.

and last but not least, why so serious? a 5.5 x 8.5″ 12-page, collaborative effort, (kind of a conversation) between erika danusasmita and i.

there will also be some other nice surprises, so come by and check it out. i’m excited and you should be too!

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also- if you haven’t been to the store in a while- i recently updated with a few things- shrek it out /

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Book City Jackets, makers of fine kraft paper book covers, is proud to announce the release today of the second set in its Artists Edition series. The Artists Edition series consists of limited-edition runs of original work by artists with diverse backgrounds and was initiated with the goal of converting books into new works of art that can be displayed on a bookshelf, coffee table or whereever else art-loving (or privacy-seeking) readers go.  Available through its website and from fine retailers on October 20th, Artists Edition No. 2 features original drawings by Nishat Akhtar, Cheeming Boey and Michael Hsiung.

Brooklyn-based Book City Jackets was founded in 2008 with the mission to make every book beautiful through the production of unique book covers printed on recycled kraft paper.

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House Industries announces the opening of its Type as Object show at New York’s Type Directors Club. The show will open on October 20, 2009 and run until November 20, 2009. House Industries principals Andy Cruz and Rich Roat will give a short introductory lecture at the opening. Type as Object will feature the three dimensional objects that House has derived from its 16 years of creating a tangible experience around its digital type. House Industries has exhibited previously at Shepard Fairey’s Subliminal Projects Gallery and at 222 Gallery in Philadelphia.

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What vinyl sculpture does the CNN reporter on iReport need to get this year? Yoskay Yamamoto’s Bronze Koibito of course…VIEW here.

More news from Yoskay coming soon.