NYC’s Boo-Hooray Gallery announces the first retrospective gallery exhibition by subversive toy-making geniuses, SUCKADELIC. Intentionally confusing, misleading, disappointing and really funny, SUCKADELIC’s limited edition parodies of action figures reverberate with a vicious wit and are oddly eyeball-pleasing in the manner of all kinds of toothsome 20th/21st century collage and montage art. The toys and their aggressively situationist piss-take packaging comment on pop culture commodification and the consumer habits of compulsively shopping kidults: The very process that made KAWS, Takashi Murakami and Michael Lau art-stars on the Art Basel Miami/Armory Show/Venice Biennale tip.
Surrealist painter Greg “Craola” Simkins is one of my favorite contemporary artists. Since his amazing paintings sell for thousands and thousands of dollars (and deservedly so), the chances of a working gal like me being able to add one of his masterpieces to my modest collection of artsy fartsyness is somewhat slim. Fortunately, Greg has just released this totally cool new vinyl collectible toy, the Cap’n Rotnclaw – Custom Brine edition. Continue reading Cool Thing of the Day: Cap’n Rotnclaw Vinyl Collectible by Greg Craola Simkins→
OK, I think you will agree that this is a truly unique pink thing. Artist Emilio Garcia is back at it with another small run of his Jumping Brain resin figure. The Neon Pink Jumping Brain is exclusive to Urban Angel Gallery. There are only 20 pieces available at £150.00 each (about $246). These are signed, numbered and include a nice plush (toupee-like) base. Because, you know, it’s ART!
