What started out as a blog focusing on my business of personal sales in design toys/ urban vinyl turned into a blog about videos, toys, clothing, art and the politics that make my life in Newark/Irvington New Jersey.
This major career retrospective on Tim Burton (American, b. 1958), consisting of a gallery exhibition and a film series, considers Burton's career as a director, producer, writer, and concept artist for live-action and animated films, along with his work as a fiction writer, photographer and illustrator. Following the current of his visual imagination from early childhood drawings through his mature work, the exhibition presents artwork generated during the conception and production of his films, and highlights a number of unrealized projects and never-before-seen pieces, as well as student art, his earliest non-professional films, and examples of his work as a storyteller and graphic artist for non-film projects. The opposing themes of adolescence and adulthood, and the elements of sentiment, cynicism, and humor inform his work in a variety of mediums—drawings, paintings, storyboards, digital and moving-image formats, puppets and maquettes, props, costumes, ephemera, sketchbooks, and cartoons. Taking inspiration from sources in pop culture, Burton has reinvented Hollywood genre filmmaking as a spiritual experience, influencing a generation of young artists working in film, video, and graphics.
Burton's films include Vincent (1982), Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), Beetlejuice (1988), Batman (1989), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Batman Returns (1992), The Nightmare Before Christmas (as creator and producer) (1993), Ed Wood (1994), Mars Attacks! (1996), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Big Fish (2003), Corpse Bride (2005), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), and Sweeney Todd (2007); writing and Web projects include The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories (1997) and Stainboy (2000).
November 22, 2009–April 26, 2010
Theater 1 Gallery Theater 2 Gallery Special Exhibitions Gallery, third floor Museum Lobby Via
The Ron English “Immortal Underground” Exhibition will be on display at the Opera Gallery New York till December 2nd. Meanwhile, interested collectors could contact Opera Gallery at info@operagallery.com or drop by the space itself for more information.
Opera Gallery New York 115 Spring Street | Map New York, NY 10012 TEL #: 212-966-6675
Join the artist this Thursday, November 19th, for the opening of this new venture. The show will also serve as an inaugural exhibit for the new 2500 square-foot Level 2 Gallery at the Union Square neighborhood. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served at the opening reception with live music provided by DJ A-Trak and DJ Neil Armstrong. The exhibition will be ongoing till December 10th.
Level 2 Gallery 812 Broadway | Map (11th Street) New York, NY 10003
Opening Reception: November 19th (Thursday) | 8 pm - 10 pm Exhibition Date: November 19th (Thursday) - December 10th (Thursday)
In celebration of the greatest athletic achievement by a man on a psychedelic journey, No Mas and artist James Blagden proudly present the animated tale of Dock Ellis' legendary LSD no-hitter. In the past few years weve heard all too much about performance enhancing drugs from greenies to tetrahydrogestrinone, and not enough about performance inhibiting drugs. If our evaluation of the records of athletes like Mark McGwire, Roger Clemens, Marion Jones, and Barry Bonds needs to be revised downwards with an asterisk, we submit that that Dock Ellis record deserves a giant exclamation point. Of the 263 no-hitters ever thrown in the Big Leagues, we can only guess how many were aided by steroids, but we can say without question that only one was ever thrown on acid.
Sadly, the great Dock Ellis died last December at 63. A year before, radio producers Donnell Alexander and Neille Ilel, had recorded an interview with Ellis in which the former Pirate right hander gave a moment by moment account of June 12, 1970, the day he no-hit the San Diego Padres. Alexander and Ilels original four minute piece appeared March 29, 2008 on NPRs Weekend America. When we stumbled across that piece this past June, Blagden and Isenberg were inspired to create a short animated film around the original audio.
Friday night me and De Imagez stopped by Blackflag while they were setting up for the following days event. I had to pick up the sweatshirt that dude is touching in the pic above. for more pictures and info check it out here.
look forward to seeing Snowglobes of Essex Courthouse, Newark City Subway, Washington Park, Newark LGBT Pride, Cherry Blossoms at Branch Brook Park, Sacred Heart Cathedral, and much more!!!! Let's Celebrate NEWARK! Via
THURSDAY, NOV. 19TH GARDEN VARIETY: 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY/ THE CUSTODIANS BORN DAY RAP SMORGISBORG Featuring Performances by: Remarkable Mayor, Sam Hill, Sol Zalez, B-Boy Academy, Shawn Lov, Feed, Skitzo, TMFSE + Producer showcase fromw Mentplus and Divine Drummah Hosted By Grasshopper DJ's Subtraxshun, PORNO and Brownbum on the wheels $5 Entry/ BYOB 8 Park Underground 8 Park Street, Montclair NJ Doors Open 9pm Till Show Ends
SHOP | BERD X CHAINSAWS & JELLY COLLAB
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BERD x CJ Collab
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Returning from Involuntary Hiatus
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