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Jul 09, 2008
Riverside Art Musuem – Sea No Evil Art Show Benefit (7.12)
Three floors decked out with original pieces of art by many big hitters. This event has been put together to help increase awareness and to help fundraise the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. With special guests Matt Costa and Shepard Fairey bringing on the jams all night on the third floor. While the two lower levels will be used to display the donated art pieces available for purchase through the silent auction the night of the reception. Artists include Alex Snelgrove, Deph, Miss Pinny, Revok, Gliebe, Jeff Soto, Shepard Fairey, Lola, Mark Mulroney, and that’s just less than half of the list! Founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Captain Paul Watson will be playing MC for the night whom will also be dropping knowledge on what’s going on with out oceans all around the world. This exhibit will be held at The Riverside Art Museum on Saturday July 12th starting at 6PM. [Source Sea Shepard]
Riverside Art Museum
3425 Mission Inn Avenue
Riverside, CA 92501
Buff Monster – The Sweetest Thing (8.23)
Said to be his last big solo show BuffMonster is back once again at the Corey Helford Gallery to showcase some new work. Opening reception will be August 23rd from 7-10PM. If you're a Buff fan and in LA, definitely check it out.
Corey Helford Gallery
310.287.2340
8522 Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
In Taipei for TTF
Hi all. I just got into Taipei last night to cover the Taipei Toy Festival. We’re going to bring you all the toys you want to see and the stories that matter. I’m off to the opening of the show right after this post is complete. In the meantime I thought I’d share some pics of ZhongXiao Rd. which is located in a busy shopping area of Taipei (and yes, is where my hotel is located). If you’ve never been to Taipei – one constant are the scooters and more scooters! Enjoy. Toys coming up later today.
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Alex Pardee Interview + solo @ SURU
If you've always been curious about the man behind the insane art, check out a great interview with Alex Pardee by Yevgeniy Shukhman at SlamxHype. Also, if you're in LA check out Alex’s solo show, Scratch and Abrasions, which opens this Saturday, July 12th @ SURU.
SURU
7662 Melrose
Los Angeles, CA
323.655.0770
Tokidoki Tigers Debut @ TTF
It’s already Thursday in Taipei, so that means today is the start of the Taipei Toy Festival. We’ve already hopped on a plane and are ready to bring you sweet coverage of the show. Our first TTF news is that STRANGEco will unveil tokidoki’s Tiger figures at the show. So where can you get these wild cats? Any guesses? SDCC of course! The tokidoki tiger will be available in four colorways(yellow, orange, pink, and white). If you look closely, you’ll see that the orange and white have slight differences from the Yellow and Pink. STRANGEco’s done a great job of keeping this cat in the bag (just couldn’t resist!).
Muttpop x Ohm – TCHO! protos @ SDCC
Muttpop’s work on the TCHO! miniseries is nearing completion. The series features characters drawn from the TCHO! french underground comics anthology from multiple artists. Ohm translated each artists visions into turnarounds for the jump to 3D. The clever teaser pic above showing off the vinyl proto figures stars an in-focus Captain Biceps, created by Tebo and Zep. Be sure to drop by the DKE booth @ SDCC to get a first look at the entire series.
