Tomorrow night at 6pm is the opening of the Autumn Society’s “8-Bit and Beyond!” show at Brave New Worlds. You can read an interview with myself and two of the other incredibly talented artists here. In addition to the fantastic artwork, Doctor Octoroc will be providing live musical chip tune entertainment, playing music from classic video games, 8-bit covers of 80s television shows (from his upcoming “After These Messages” album), as well as some originals. There will be a “name that tune” contest too, so you just might score a copy of his latest album. Get there early!
My piece is title “Mushroom Recession” and you can read more about it here and here.
If you’d like to purchase a print, click on the add to cart button below.
Mushroom Recession Giclee print on canvas (unstretched) 10″ x 20″ / Edition of 25 / $60.00
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8-Bit and Beyond!
Friday, August 7, 2009
6:00–9:00pm
Brave New Worlds (Old City)
45 N. 2nd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
215-925-6525
Back in March, I traveled to Berlin for the 3rd Pictoplasma conference, Pictopia and an installation I had at the Neurotitan gallery as part of the conference’s Character Walk. You can read more about the installation here and here. Two of the coolest Berliners I met were Gabriel Shalom and Patrizia Kommerell, whose creative studio KS12 was commissioned to create a short documentary about the conference and everything that went along with it. I was thrilled to be included (2:45) along with some of my favorite artists such as AJ Fosik, Steven Guarnaccia, Charles Glaubitz, and Gastón Caba. The film, “Poems for Pictopia”, ends with a video montage set to a song that Gastón wrote and performed at the end of his presentation. I was just thrilled to be able to relive the whole conference all over again through this video. Great work KS12!
The following pieces were chosen for American Illustration 28:
“The Next 150″, Client: Minnesota Monthly (Art Director: Brian Johnson)
Opener for a two-spread feature on what Minnesota would look like 150 years in the future. To see the full spreads check out my website.
“T.P.S. Reports”, Client: Gallery 1988
For their annual “Crazy 4 Cult” exhibition
“Stapler”, Client: Gallery 1988
For their annual “Crazy 4 Cult” exhibition
The Minnesota Monthly piece was also selected to appear in 3×3’s Pro Show 2009 annual.
Today I was flipping through the new issue of Communication Arts, which happens to be their 50th anniversary issue. Pages 66–85 contain a timeline of the last fifty years that “provide a brief overview of the evolution of creativity in visual communication and its relationship to society, culture and technology.”
I almost dropped the magazine when I got to the last spread (comprising 2004–2008) when I noticed that The Baby Owner’s Manual that I illustrated and designed with Paul Kepple at Headcase Design was included around the 2004 mark. What a nice surprise, thanks CA!
