Just Another Art Blog

Folks, pull out your calendars and mark down another awesome art show curated by the lovely Laura Kuenzli, curator and owner of the Rivet gallery in Columbus, Ohio.

Rivet presents “The Decadence of Decay” featuring the 3D artwork of Amanda L. Spayd and Cris Rose.

Opening reception on Saturday, March 6 from 7-10pm. This is your chance to chat with one of the artist in person as Amanda L. Spayd will be in attendance. Complimentary beverages provided by Magic Hat. What are you waiting for?

Exhibition will be on display March 6 through March 31.

For any additional information, please visit the show page here!

Please contact Laura ( laura@rivetgallery.com ) for interest in artwork.

Ana Bagayan
“Critters”
15″x21.5″
giclee print on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper
signed and numbered
edition of 30
$100 plus shipping

Available to purchase at Ana’s store.

In addition to the print, Ana has added an older painting entitled, Dunce Corner, and a new drawing so head on over to check those out as well.

Winter is still around, in fact has only really begun, and people enjoying (or fighting) the white masses all around the globe (well the northern hemissphere at least) when artist and toy customizer Brent Nolasco announces together with mphlabs the release of the 2nd colorway of Brent’s cute and creepy Gordo character. His hand-painted Gordo Jessamine resin figure will be released on Wednesday, January 27th @ 1 PM EST for $75 from myplasticheart and  myplasticheartnyc.  Available in very limited numbers, the Jessamine edition continues Brent’s hands-on approach from the beautiful hand-painted design he already prooved in the first colorway the Blue orchid. And as icing on the cake: have you noticed the inclusion of a little tuff of moss on Gordo’s forehead? How awesome is that!?! Just enough to make us think of warm spring time and lush meadows right now…

More pics after the jump… (more…)

Brandt Peters x KidRobot
“Dead Bunny”
6.5″ tall
vinyl
edition of 200

Releasing Thursday, February 4th @ all KidRobot locations, kidrobot.com, and select retailers.

The past year or so has seen poor toy release after poor toy release; to the point where a lot of collectors have refined the collections or sold them off all together. Of course there are always exceptions, I know some would argue about the 3A Toys and the Coarse toys but the giant companies left a poor taste in the mouth’s of collectors. I will be the first to admit I am one of those people that weren’t impressed with the toys being released and sold off most of my collection. However, the Dead Bunny by Brant Peters might have be biting my tongue and buying my first toy in over a year. Its an amazing new sculpt and brings one of the imaginative characters of Brandt to life perfectly. The internet has been a buzz since the release of teaser picture of few weeks back and seems this is going to sell out in seconds, and is destined for the art toy “hall-of-fame” [that is if 50 colorways aren't made]. 2010 seems to be the year companies will put the “art” back in art toys if this release is the way the year is starting.

Blamo Toys
“Mr.Cappy”
approx. 5″ tall
resin or brass body and rusted bottled caps
resin: open edition, brass: limited to 6
$130 [resin], $225 [brass]

Available to purchase at Blamo Toys’ store.

Jeremiah Ketner is having another studio sale. He is making a handful of older pieces available at discounted prices for a limited time. So head on over to his webstore to check them out and pick up one if you can because the paintings are gorgeous and the prices are unbelievable.

Took a much needed sabbatical after an intense end of the year, but we’re back and will keep the news coming your way! So without further ado, let the updates begin.

…Chris Ryniak, artist

After 2 months of silence in nonsense land (we sincerely apologize) it was about time to post another feature of our interview series “And the rest is nonsense: 66 questions to…”. After Brent Nolasco and Okkle, we are proud to present to you painter and customizer Chris Ryniak in our little interview feature.

Though in the middle of holiday shopping for the family and preparations of his upcoming solo show on February 13th at Copro Gallery Chris gladly took the time (45 minutes to be exact) and answered our questions and allowed us to take a glimpse at his personality. Read the full interview after the jump.

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Yesterday night the opening reception of the “Don’t Wake Daddy IV” (covered) show at Feinkunst Krüger took place in Hamburg, Germany. Since I had marked it down in my calender the anticipation of seeing all the amazing drawings by 28 international artists in person grew with every single day approaching the opening. And what a blast we had… (more…)

“Stuff This III”: group show featuring a plethora of plush artists
December 5th – December 30th
Opening Reception Saturday, December 5th from 7-10 PM @ Rivet Gallery.

A preview can be seen here.