USA-centric art collection of @toykio on display in Berlin, Germany
It was a weird week, and here’s how it looked in 50 photos in today’s Instagram Roundup. The incredible toy art collection of Selim Varol continues to be installed in its summer museum home in Berlin. Os Gemeos challenges Sever’s mural with some graffiti on a train. FriendsWithYou says goodbye to Miami for the art scene of LA, but meanwhile San Francisco had a huge weekend for art. In an odd coincidence, not one, but two, baseball bats are featured in this IG Roundup. Click through for art, toys, cats, bats and Courtney Love. Have a great weekend!
KAWStroopers from the collection of @toykio, on display in Berlin, Germany.Work in progress by @doubleparlour for July show @spoke_art, San Francisco.
Hand-painted Poison Sweets by @yosielllorenzo. Coming soon! Photo by @jeremyriad.Remember that unsewn Giant Rice Baby from last week? Here they are with @spencerblamo.Not all Uglydoll customs are alike: @Uglydoll likes this Wage by Dehara from Japan.New @Circusposterus for Urban Decay show.
Looks like Marshall's pal, Gumdrop is getting the wood treatment by @64colors!Check out the inside of Emilio Garcia's @lapolab in an undisclosed Spanish location.New molds in progress from @jakewaldron.@anabagayan draws and paints the most otherworldly & hypnotic eyes around.Suitable photo of Blythe to follow @anabagayan. Everything's gone green by @yearofthelabbit.Sweet embroidery by Iviva Olenick spotted at ART-MRKT by @jeremyriad for @medulao.My Mom's growing toy collection! Can you detect a theme? Photo by @jeremyriad.@cow___ takes great photos of ET almost everyday.@craola drew this hand in 2003. Amazing.@dabsmyla drew this Hitler penis in 2012. Confusing.Jonas Lofgren and @doubleparlour "preview" by @jeremyriad.@spoke_art had one of the best looking booths at ART-MRKT SF. Photo by @jeremyriad.@pietparra's new toy art "Pierced" with @kidrobot.Little People in wood as part of @rat136's green series. Amazing en masse.$1,800 perfect resin pills by Kelly Reemtsen. Photo by @jeremyriad.I finally meet Courtney Love, and she's passed out on the floor. Classic @jeremyriad.Union Square rainbow abstraction by @futuradosmil.Painting trains by @osgemeos in Brazil.Flashback to Miami, 2006 from @friendwithyou who are decamping to LA.
(LA can’t be the ONLY American city where contemporary artists can make a living, can it? So says the Miami News…)
Here's what @friendswithyou can look forward to in LA. Photo by @vannenwatches.Painting w/ people at the Phoenix Hotel for ArtPadSF in San Francisco. Photo by @jeremyriad.New rules allow people with tattoos to donate blood sooner. Good job @liverdiet.
@jonknoxstudio is big in Japan! Specifically at R. Newbold.Nice memorial for Maurice Sendak spotted in Chicago by @jcrivera.@einesign's "We Rock Hardest" remembered by @whitewallssf in San Francisco.Random Annie and catsup in a Berkeley window. Photo by @medulao.Jose Parla and @jr_artist get their subject in front of her wall in Havana. Cool.#occupy playpens by @jeremyriadSo much is right about this family photo by @evilos. Goonies!Lots of tiny boots on this Moscow-based scooter. WTF? Photo by @sasha_boots."Fuck You. Pay Me." Seriously. Baseball bats photographed by @whitewallssf.Gorgeous @warstickbatco half-dip, Snoopy squeezeball and my Adidas. Photo by @jeremyriad.@jeremyriad baseball / trading cards to go with my new bat? So honored!
@loulouandtummie in the Netherlands frame their fleamarket found photos. Nice!New "Lupis Orchis" by @bowenstuff. Rad.Upcoming wood plaques by @yosielllorenzo. Get stoked.Cat with fairies, found in Barstow and dedicated to me by @2bithack. Thank you!That's a lot of cats on the table @cats_of_instagram!Cheshire cat Fetish Figurine by Richard Ankrom. Photo by @jeremyriad.Sweet catface makes me miss Bailey... This one lives with Muppets-enthusiast @mdepippo.Yin yang cats who live with @thinkspace_art. Awwww...Kiki riding Chimichanga the Corgi. Photo by @jellystones.
Bear shooting massive layers. Photo by @godmachineuk in Wales, who wasn't burnt to a crisp.
Fuck FWY and the rest of that crew they’re taking with them. Seriously. They are NOT starving artists trying to break on the scene. They have made it. They are established. They are successful. They go all over the world all of the freaking time. A move to LA or NY is nothing more than a greedy stint. Who the fuck cares if a chunk of your collectors aren’t from where you’re headquartered? If you really care about your hometown the way they SWEAR they do isn’t that more reason to stick to your damn guns? Bring the people here. Draw them out time and again. If you make good work, they will come. And you can show others, yes you can be a successful artist here, anywhere. Because good talent is good talent and will always have a market. I used to support them in such a big way but seriously fuck them and their hypocritical greedy asses.
Fuck FWY and the rest of that crew they’re taking with them. Seriously. They are NOT starving artists trying to break on the scene. They have made it. They are established. They are successful. They go all over the world all of the freaking time. A move to LA or NY is nothing more than a greedy stint. Who the fuck cares if a chunk of your collectors aren’t from where you’re headquartered? If you really care about your hometown the way they SWEAR they do isn’t that more reason to stick to your damn guns? Bring the people here. Draw them out time and again. If you make good work, they will come. And you can show others, yes you can be a successful artist here, anywhere. Because good talent is good talent and will always have a market. I used to support them in such a big way but seriously fuck them and their hypocritical greedy asses.