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Video Interview with Carlos Enrique Gonzalez

admin — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:02:35 +0000

Watch the interview with Carlos about his current show Sacred Trip at Toy Art Gallery.
Click here.

Sacred Trip Preview

admin — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 21:51:41 +0000

The Sacred Trip preview has just been posted and can be viewed here. Lots of amazing work in the show, including this camoflauge installation. Can you spot the Astros?

“Sacred Trip” opens tonight at 7 PM. See you there!

SACRED TRIP – Carlos Enriquez Gonzalez opening Jan. 21st 2011

admin — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:51:33 +0000

Toy Art Gallery is proud to present “Sacred Trip”, new work by Carlos Enriquez Gonzalez. “Sacred Trip” continues Gonzalez’s exploration of the divide (or lack thereof) between Man and God, man and woman, and toy and art. Gonzalez’s work challenges the viewer with an intermingling of grotesque, sexual, and childlike symbols, which together produce wholly original, substantially, and more importantly, beautiful works of art.

“The sacred trip, the light and the darkness.
Look up the universe’s mysterious unknown.
Nothing is like it seems. What is outside is inside, what is inside is outside.”
-Carlos Enriquez-Gonzalez

Among the materials used by the artist for his work are fiber glass, plastic, automotive paint, crystal, gold, platinum, diamond, metal and raw meat; connecting an aesthetic three-dimensional finish with more organic materials. Mushrooms, eyes, monsters, brains, human parts, sacred elements, and sexual organs are some of the symbols that refer to the artist’s world, as well as his concerns on energy, power, intuition, parallel worlds, multidimensionality, and tunnels of time, all reflected in his work in a provocative and transgressive manner.

Carlos Enriquez Gonzalez was born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1968. He studied in the “School of Visual Arts Cristóbal Rojas” (1989, Caracas , Venezuela ), “Art Student League of New York ” (2001, New York , NY. USA), and a Master of Practice and Review of Contemporary Visual Representation Systems from the “University Institute of Higher Education on Plastic Arts Armando Reverón” (2002, Caracas , Venezuela ).

“Sacred Trip” opens January 21st 2011, from 7-11 PM, and runs through February 19th.

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Red Carpet Kaiju up in the shop!

admin — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 00:05:44 +0000

Pieces from the Red Carpet Kaiju are now up in the store! Lots of great work is still available from a host of awesome artists, including: Alimana, Blobpus, Bob Conge, Carlos Enriquez Gonzalez, Dead Presidents, Emilio Garcia, Gatchabert, Ilanena, Keith Fulmis, Lil Japan, Mark Nagata, OsirisOrion, Paul Kaiju, Pico Pico, Toshikazu Nozaka, Velocitron, Yamazakura, and Yosuke Ueno!

Also in the store is our exclusive Red and Gold mini Jumping Brain from Emilio Garcia, and Hierophany, Carlos Enriquez Gonzalez’s first vinyl figure.

Red Carpet Kaiju at the TAG Store!

Red Carpet Kaiju Preview is up!

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:04:19 +0000

The preview for our Red Carpet Kaiju show is now up, so head on over to the preview page to see all the amazing work, along with prices and ordering instructions;

Preview here!

Also, make sure to come out tomorrow night, Saturday Sept. 4th from 7-11 PM PST for our reception. We’ll have the Fresh Fries food truck out, as well as music, drinks, the works!

Red Carpet Kaiju Show opens next week!

admin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:32:55 +0000

Big show opening next week; RED CARPET KAIJU! Tons of amazing toys, customs, prints and paintings, all inspired by Japanese monsters! Here’s the all-star artist list: Akoart (Japan), Alimana (Mexico), Blobpus (Japan), Bob Conge/Plaseebo, Carlos Enriquez Gonzalez (Venezuela), Emilio Garcia (Spain), Lil Japan, Ilanena (Japan), L’amour Supreme, LASH, Mark Nagata, Matt Walker, Paul Kaiju, Pico Pico (Japan), Toshikazu Nozaka (Japan), Tulip (Japan), Uamou (Japan), Velocitron (Japan), Yamazakura (Japan) and more.

We’ll also be premiering our new toy brand TAG TOYS with releases by Carlos Enriquez Gonzalez and Mark Nagata!

The show opens Saturday Sept. 4 at 7PM, so come on out and show your KAIJU love!

Stay tuned to our show page for more info and sign up for our newsletter to be on the preview list.

Carlos Enriquez Gonzalez visits TAG

admin — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:12:30 +0000

   We here at TAG are very excited to be working with the internationally-renowned artist Carlos Enriquez Gonzalez on a variety of extremely cool projects. Carlos visited us from Venezuela this past week, bearing a bevy of his insane, pychedelic and beautiful kaiju-inspired figures including the Brain Mushroom, the Vagina Head and the Brain Vagina. One of the main focuses of Carlos’ trip was to work on the aforementioned very cool, very secret projects, all of which will be revealed on the blog in the coming weeks!

   Here are a few shots of Carlos with his pieces around the gallery, including one of TAG’s very first acquisitions, the exquisite Belzor. Stay tuned to the blog for more Carlos Enriquez Gonzalez, including our recent trip to Japan and Carlos’ very first……??

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-Gonzalez 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!