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Five Points Festival Returns to Brooklyn June 25th!

five points poster
Five Points Festival Poster with artwork by Creon (@chknhead)

Holy Collectible Designer Toys, Five Points Festival is finally back after a two year, pandemic-induced hiatus, and we are soooo excited for a huge comeback celebration! Woo! Sponsored by Clutter Magazine, Five Points is the premier event for finding the coolest designer art toys and other collectibles, plus action figures, comics, street art, jewelry and assorted unique ephemera. Get  your tickets now for the weekend of June 25th and 26thContinue reading Five Points Festival Returns to Brooklyn June 25th!

Five Points Festival 2019: The Photo Recap!

Clutter Booth Display
Clutter Magazine Booth Display (All Photos By Gail / Jamie)

I feel no shame admitting that I had stuffed animals on my bed into my thirties. Despite being a grown adult with a day job, I still love and collect toys, and I especially have a sick fetish for Designer Art Toys. This is why the annual Five Points Festival is my jam. Thanks to this awesome blog, I was able to score press passes once again to this year’s Five Points Fest, which took place the first weekend in June.
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Pink Thing Of The Day: Pink Mannequin Torso with Graffiti

Pink Graffiti Torso
Photo By Gail

If you haven’t yet discovered the coolest hotel in downtown NYC — also know as the citizenM Hotel located at 185 Bowery — then you need to head over there and have a cocktail or three in their immersive, in-house Museum of Street Art (MOSA). Intended as a tribute to the late, great 5 Pointz, 20 artists were commissioned to create the artworks that line the walls of  hotel’s lobby/cafe, extending across 21 stories of the 300-room hotel’s stairwell, and even out into the public plaza in the front of the building, which is where I spotted this Hot Pink Mannequin Torso covered with names of famous cosmopolitan cities. I don’t know whose work this is, but maybe he or she will see this post and claim credit for this fun and provocative piece!

Note: The piece was created by Ja’akov for Yab Design.

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Jeff Chien-Hsing Liao’s New York: Assembled Realities At The Museum of the City of New York

Lynn's Trapeze Coney Island 2010
Lynn’s Trapeze Coney Island, 2010 (All Photos By Gail)

Taiwanese artist Jeff Chien-Hsing Liao came to New York at age 18 to study photography, and has been inspired by both city and craft ever since. Continue reading Jeff Chien-Hsing Liao’s New York: Assembled Realities At The Museum of the City of New York