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Collection Addition: Cris Rose

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:23:08 +0000

Amidst the activity in preparing for his first US gallery show (see previous post), Cris Rose managed to ship this incredible assortment of beautiful toys to us! Cris is definitely one of the top customizers in the world. His work has a clear concept, top quality workmanship, and a respect for the original toy that sometimes is forgotten in custom work. His original resin designs are equally clever, with numerous embedded objects and artifacts that follow his omnipresent theme of environmental awareness and conservation.

Make sure you check out his work at Rivet, and keep checking back for some more cool Cris Rose news.

Carlos Enriquez-Gonzales and “Toy Art” on BBC FOUR

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:52:55 +0000

Steve Agin talks about Toy Art at the Philips de Pury NOW auction for the “Man With The Golden Gavel” special on BBC Four. We see lots of our favorites in the clip, including work from Bob Conge, KAWS, Bwana Spoons, and more. Carlos’s “Brain Vagina” is featured, along with a short glimpse of his Astro Boy.

If you’re in the UK, you can view the whole program here. If you’re not, you’re out of luck like us. If anyone has a copy or can get a copy, please contact us at info@toyartgallery.com!

Cris Rose @ Rivet

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:22:19 +0000

One of our favorite toy artists, Cris Rose, has his first major U.S. show opening tomorrow night (March 6) at Rivet Gallery in Columbus, OH. Cris is debuting his newest original resin creations Rummage and Rumble alongside his stalwart Observation Drone series and various customs. Check out his work in The Decadence of Decay, along with the work of Amanda Louise Spayd, right here, and check out the show if you’re in the area.

Here’s a great interview with Cris from Andy from TOYSREVIL!

Yoskay Yamamoto

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:55:45 +0000

Yoskay Yamamoto came by the gallery today to add some fantastic pieces to our collection. The new work includes three beautiful pearlescent custom Koibitos with scarves, an A/P of his “untitled” wall plaque, and a wonderful multi-piece sculpture entitled “Home is where the Heart is”. Yoskay is as adept at sculpture as he is at painting, and his soft ethereal style translates wonderfully to a three-dimensional medium.

Here’s hoping we’ll see more of Yoskay’s work in the gallery in the near future!

Updated Rotobox collection pictures

admin — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:30:34 +0000

Just a few quick pics of our current Rotobox custom collection. New additions include the Real Robot Devastator (6 8″ Qees went into this guy!), and the Celsius-based custom Gatchaman/Gundam/Ninja Gaiden.

New artist profiles and pictures added

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:08:11 +0000

Added the following artists’ profiles to the site today. Have a look!

Pardon our dust!

admin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:04:15 +0000

Welcome to the new toyartgallery.com! Please excuse our mess as we prepare our site and our webstore. Stay tuned to the site and the blog for news,alks with artists, previews of our shows and projects, and more.

In the meantime, check out our temporary store at store.toyartgallery.com for a sampling of some of the great artists and toys that we’ll featuring at TAG!

Amanda Visell x Fully Visual Trojan Pegaphunts

admin — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:35:15 +0000

We just got in our shipment of Amanda Visell’s newest metal figures from Fully Visual. These are truly beautiful pieces. Amanda’s trademark style is realized to perfection in four unique finishes, and they have a working hinged door to house the five included mini ‘phunts.

Bwana Spoons Mean Mashups

admin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:34:16 +0000

We’ve received our first batch of amazing custom figures from Bwana Spoons the other day. This group features brilliant mashups of his various Gargamel and Super7 vinyl toys, and painted in his signature whimsical style. Check them out in the store!

Buff Monster visits TAG

admin — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:32:31 +0000

Buff Monster came by the gallery today to show off some of his newest customs (which we greedily took for ourselves) and to check out the temporary Buff Monster shelf. He very much liked the space, we very much like Buff Monster, so we may see something cool happen the first quarter of ‘10.

Be sure to check out the store for your chance to grab some of his sweet pieces!