Classic McDonalds's toys, a slice of vintage Americana in Japan @gogorpm
Tough week? Sit back and let the happy colors of this Instagram Roundup wash over you. Today’s installment takes us to Japan for American vintage toys and Japanese designer toys, out to Mexico where Mars-1 flew over for a signing and on to Bali to find Blamo Toys attempting to punk the TSA. Beyond toys, Ana Bagayan gives her art a new niche genre, Jeremy Fish gives a speech at his alma mater, a gigantic peanut butter cup is contemplated, and for the first time, I include more dogs than cats. Finally, I saw quite a bit of art in the Bay Area this week: Paul Chatem, Michael Page, Herakut, Nina Katchadorian and Clare Szydlowski for starters. Go forth and view it all. Enjoy your weekends!
A Blamo Toys x Coarse Toy sandwich, collection of @bryanbrutherfordMars-1 in Mexico by @_paolarodriguezDead-on Doppelganger LEGO of @mrscotttollesonArticulated resin Stegoforest by @ghostandflower in Portland, OR
Very cool resin crypto character with two points of articulation. Get yours here.
@skinner taking fiberglass lessons from Andrew Hadle in the Arizona desert
@chimagroup setting up at Design Fest in Japan, photo by @jmrampage@chimagroup toys in JapanMan's best friends by @garyhamI'm not really into dogs or water, but this photo makes me like both. Thanks @colorinkbook!Cat Scratch $20, photo by @fergbagWASSUP-face Cat by @bigshotklimA Reece's Peanut Butter Cup so big you have to slice it by @shirahamatoyCharacter cookies by @uglydollFuturealism by @anabagayan
Artist Ana Bagayan suggests a new niche: Futurealism. “It’s based on content and intention rather than style and technique, which are all equally valid because everyone is unique.” She calls it “Futurealism,” explained as “interpretation of a self-perceived futuristic reality”. Bagayan adds: “This defines me better than pop-surrealism.” Melt Comics has a studio visit and more.
American Psycho-based street art supplies by Insurgency Inc., photo by @thesiteunsceneRon English and Morgan Spurlock before "The Mistake" by @birdmanphotosSetup for New Blood @thinkspace_art in Culver City"I Owe You One Daughter, By the Way Your Pig is Pregnant" (detail) by Paul Chatem at The Shooting Gallery in San Francisco, photo by @jeremyriad"I Owe You One Pig, By the Way Your Daughter's Pregnant" (detail) by Paul Chatem at the Shooting Gallery in San Francisco, photo by @jeremyriad"Awakening" by Michael Page at White Walls in San Francisco, photo by @jeremyriad"The Monkey on My Back Was the Best Thing About Me" by Herakut at 941 Geary in San Francisco, photo by @jeremyriad“Nina Katchadorian makes Flemish costumes in airplane bathrooms.” (at Catherine Clark Gallery in San Francisco) photo by @jeremyriad“Buy American" by Clare Szydlowski at The Compound in Oakland, photo by @jeremyriadOn the run in San Francisco: green sneakers @jeremyriad and red Re-Mix shoes @medulaoCustom PLAYSAM cars by @skinner & @juliewest at Super7 in San Francisco, photo by @jeremyriad
If you are interested in reading a thoughtful critique of the custom PLAYSAM show, click here.
@drilone at Ford's GoFurther in San Francisco, photo by @jeremyriad
Click here if you want to see Dril One smile (+ other coverage of Ford’s GoFurther event).
@drilone in action at Ford's GoFurther in San Francisco, photo by @jeremyriadBehind-the-scenes in @drilone's studio/laboratory prepping for the GoFurther showBehind-the-scenes in @jay222's mad scientist laboratory before GoFurtherLecture by @mrjeremyfish at San Francisco Art InstituteA big Owl by @spencerblamo & @alephgeddis testing the limits of airline carry-on in BaliMeasuring up with @sawdustbear in LAExciting works-in-progress from @doubleparlour in San FranciscoEarly-stage armature work by @loupimentel in New YorkDr. Pestilence by @theodoru in Vienna, AustriaEarly digital robot rendering by @jromonkey in LASkelve digital re-sculpting by @wetterschneiderNathan Jurevicius channels Ryan Gosling
More of this (and an actual interview) with Nathan Jurevicius here.
