Graffiti Workshop for Teens with Louie KR1 Gasparro on January 27 in Long Island City

OKABALOO will be hosting our buddy Louie Gasparro on January 27th for a graffiti workshop geared towards tweens and teens. Louie will be teaching the art of the letter, showing attending kids how to write their names in a classic graffiti lettering style!

KOLORSTORM - Art as an Answer 

OKABALOO

35-52 32nd Street

Long Island City, NY 11106

January 27, 2017 from 4-6PM

For more info check out the OKABALOO website as well as Louie Gasparro's website.

Plaseebo Sends 50 Pieces to the It's Not Funny Show in Rochester, NY

It's Not Funny opens this Friday April 7 at the Rochester Contemporary Art Center and Plaseebo has 50 pieces in the show. Here is a sampling.

“The Woof Misfit Robot”

“The Doublethink Night Gamer"

“The Toxic crusader”

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The opening reception is April 7 from 6:00 - 9:00 pm and an Artist's Talk is scheduled for April 8 at 1:00 pm. If you are in the area you should definitely check it out.

Inside 3D Printing Conference in NYC March 14/15 - Free Entry If You Register This Week

Looks like if you click here and click Register before the conference begins, entry is free. Seems like a good thing to go to if you use a 3D printer. And FREE is the right price.

Nugglife Hustling with NEW Apparel, Pins, Custom Toys and Paintings

Ian writes:

 

It's been a hectic past 2 months building the Nugglife Brand.  Making the first big move into expanding and becoming more than just an art/toy based company.  For almost 9 months prior to this past NYCC we have been in full motion, expanding into cut n sew clothing.  Expressing the brand in a premium urban designer wear inspired by the New York hustler. We keep the quality of the apparel on the same plane as our art. Relating the two is important to us, and as the series builds it allows us to fully expand bringing our characters lifestyle into apparel.  

Be ready as we have full collab resin pieces and customs dropping the next couple months, and a full winter drop.  Peep all the goodies dropped at NYCC this past month! NYCC 2016 was the first official launch of the Nugglife Brand as whole.  

'KOLORSTORM: The Art of Louie "KR.ONE" Gasparro' Available on Amazon Now

NYC graffiti art, heavy metal, comic books, and fantasy art intersect here in Louie “KR.ONE” Gasparro’s visual autobiography. This legendary Queens artist-drummer weaves these powerful influences into a medium he calls "Graffantasy," creating tags, wall pieces, paintings and illustrations, model trains, jackets, and more.

Gaze at this modern Renaissance man’s work from 1977 to the present, and trace his evolution from his adolescent days watching bombed subway cars whirring by in a KOLORSTORM, to the underground period tagging trains and evading cops, to his legal works and whole–school buses. Starting with a scrapbook-like photo collection from Louie’s youth and his other career as drummer of several heavy metal bands, the book moves on with elaborate sketches from the artist’s blackbooks, and colorful concert posters and album covers.

Through a stunning array of styles and techniques, witness KR.ONE’s transformation from restless punk to major decorative artist and abstract painter.

Kolorstorm is available on Amazon now.

We've enjoyed working with Louie on several different projects and shows, including his participation in The Grand Slam All City Style show, painting several commissioned ACS trains for Bigshot Toyworks and Klim, and painting live at the Bigshot booth at two successive NY International Toy Fairs. Louie is both a talented artist, and a great guy. Support Queens artists!

MIST Solo Show at Wall Works New York Opens Saturday June 6 in the Bronx

Worth posting: A gallery called Wall Works New York in the Bronx will be hosting French graffiti legend MIST in his first solo exhibition ever in New York! Opening reception is Saturday June 6 from 5-8pm. There will also be a limited-edition print available through the gallery, so it's highly recommended that you make your way to Wall Works, which is located at:

 39 Bruckner Blvd, Bronx, NY. 

Why am I telling you about a gallery show? Because MIST has designed some of my favorite art toys. We even have a couple in the shop, available for purchase: his Lucius character (to the right), and the giant Holybrikus. Buy your own MIST toys here.

MIST's toy designs mimic his signature angular characters and shapes he applies to walls and canvases. You can even see echoes of the classic MIST toy shapes in the 2D piece above. Looking at the toys next to his graffiti and more abstract painterly piece, you can definitely pick out a signature style which is consistent throughout his work.

Foox interviewed in Creem about his New Money show

I had the distinct pleasure of attending the opening night party of Foox's New Money show at a hidden back bar in the ridiculously swank Beautique next to The Plaza and the Fifth Ave Apple store.

This was the first time in my life I was escorted into hidden lounge literally through the kitchen... One of those quintessentially New York "Baller Moments" you only see in movies.

When I tell you that Foox operates at the next level, this is why. 

Check his short but sweet interview in Creem Magazine here: 

http://creemmag.com/david-foox-new-money/

Coffee and Fried Chicken!

M and R, stars of the Coffee and Fried Chicken blog

And now for something completely different...

Coffee & Fried Chicken (in addition to being a delicious gastronomic combo) is a new blog from Kun-I Chang and Shihwen Lin.  The New York-based duo's blog features the daily life and interactions of R, a white rabbit who lives on coffee and M, a black monkey who loves fried chicken (that's straight from the description, don't send your letters and postcards my way).  I'll let the creators explain it.

Coffee & Fried Chicken was born on April, 7th, 2012 When M and R exchanged their vows. 

M designed the monkey & rabbit characters as the body doubles for themselves, and together they share their story with friends and families through the two characters. 

Since both M and R are a bit camera shy, they decide to use monkey & rabbit to capture little moments in their lives.

While the concept seems strange, the characters are cute, the photography is beautiful and the stories look fun to follow.

-The Highest Fever

@thehighestfever

The Toy Mafia Takeover this Thurs at Toy Tokyo

Join the Toy Mafia crew as they takeover the Toy Tokyo Underground spot on Thursday, September 19th, 2013 from 7PM until 10PM.

Featuring exclusive Designer Toy releases fromGreen Plastic Tunnels, Mechavirus, Ministry of Kongz, and Rampage Toys. There will also be a new version of the ultra-popular Toy Mafia t-shirt that will have you glowing from ear to ear. First dibs on all these releases (and more!) are for those that attend the event, where the drinks will be free, the partying will be hard, and the fun will be flowing!

Día del Helado Muerto Opens Today at The Clutter Gallery (Beacon, NY)

Clutter Magazine proudly announces the very first group exhibition in our Beacon, NY location! For this inaugural Designer Toy show outing, we are partnering with Brutherford Industries to curate a show using the "Ice Scream Man" platform with a Día de los Muertos theme. "Día del Helado Muerto," a custom toy show using Brutherford's Ice Scream Man platform, will have its opening reception this Saturday, November 10th at 6PM until 9PM and be available for viewing through January 5th, 2013 at The Clutter Gallery, 163 Main St., Beacon, NY 12508.

Participating artists include: Angry Woebots, Brown Magic Paint Co., Brutherford, Carson Catlin, Danny Frankenstein, David Ayllon, DrilOne, Frank Mysterio, Grimsheep, J★RYU, JC Rivera, Josh Longo, Julie B. of Pretty in Plastic, Lana Crooks, Leecifer, Mark Nagata,Monsterarm, Plaseebo, Spanky Stokes, Trust Pigs, Voltaire and many more!

To join The Clutter Gallery Preview List, from which you will receive special pre-opening information and the opportunity to buy exhibition pieces prior to the show opening, please clickhere. Notices will go tomorrow at 12pm EST.

Gallery1988's Crazy 4 Cult is coming to NEW YORK!

Gallery1988 is taking Crazy 4 Cult, their annual show with artwork inspired by classic cult movies, on the road and straight to the Big Apple! The subject of an international art coffee table book last year, this show has brought in thousands of patrons since its inception in 2006 and has been covered by hundreds of media outlets. And for the first time ever, Gallery1988 will be holding a show outside of California. Crazy 4 Cult NY will open in August 9th, with an opening reception from 6-9 PM, at 64 Gansevoort St. in the Meat Packing District. The show will stay up in this location through September 1st, and will feature over 200 artists!  (Gansevoort Street, by the way, is where NYC shop Yoyamart is. So you can see 2 great things on one tiny street!)
Tumblr: g1988.tumblr.com
Twitter: @galleries1988
 WWW.GALLERY1988.COM

3A Large Martin Auspublic

WWRP Large Martin figures by ThreeA are finally in stock! The Auspublic Region Def figure, pictured above, had significantly more detailing on the final product than we originally knew about, so I popped one open and brought it up to my roof for a photo shoot. You can buy your own 9-inch Auspublic figure here (as well as see more images from my rooftop). The rest of our 3A pieces can be purchased here.