Plush Week opened on Tuesday, February 7th at Gallery 1988 on trendy Melrose Ave in West Hollywood, California. This week-long show (hence the name) featured an incredibly diverse and high quality collection of designer plush toys from including Anna Chambers, Jenny Harada, Shawnimals, Thomas Han and many many more. While our first love is designer vinl, this show just might make us true believers in the power of plush.
Curated by Katie Cromwell (Gallery 1988) and Jon M. Gibson (I am 8-bit), Plush Week was certainly one of the most impressive collections of designer plush we’ve ever had the pleasure to see.
Judging by the huge turnout (especially since it was a Tuesday night), we were not the only ones impressed with the show offerings. The gallery was crowded to the point that walking around involved politely navigating through and around people soaking in the plush art and taking picture after picture. While not quite as crowded as the night of the LA Dunny opening held about a week prior, it was close and that’s quite an accomplishment from our point of view.
Cuddly Rigor Mortis
Klayco
Tsai-Fi
Michelle Valigura
Anna Chambers
Murphy’s Original Stupid Creatures
Winona Regan
Parskid
Jenny Harada
Social studies
Lost Monster
Crump
Love Ablan
Heidi Kenney
Brandi Milne
Jake Henzler
Thomas Han & Eunice Chang
Lost Monster
Jason Sho Green
Lost Monster
Jen Rarey
Suicide Kittens
Longo-Land
Sandra Equihua &Kelie Smith
Kate Sutton
Renee Gontarski
Monster Factory
Crump
Love Ablan
Creature Co-Op
OH MY GOSH
i am *IN LUUUUVVVV* with those ann chambers characters!!!!
Jake Henzler’s are the best ones.
.nick.