Nick Walker 'TMA Moscow' Print Lottery

Black Rat Press is delighted to be publishing the latest edition from Nick Walker’s 'The Morning After' series. TMA Moscow is a 16 colour screen print and is our favourite TMA print to date. From past releases we know that the demand for this series of prints is extremely high and that whichever way we release it some people will be disappointed. Nick has decided, and we agree, that the fairest way to do this release is via a lottery style system. This allows for people in different parts of the world and those not available to queue or be near a computer at a specific time to have an equal chance. Winners will be picked at random and receive an email offering them the opportunity to buy a print. If anyone decides not to take the print or does not reply within 24 hours of us sending the email offer we will draw another name at random. TMA Moscow is a 16 colour screenprint, signed and numbered from the edition of 150. The price will be £550. To enter the lottery please email in with the subject TMA Moscow Lottery and your name and address to Info@BlackRatPress.Com The draw will take place on November 11th and winners will be notified the same day. BRP

Good Luck Everyone!

Mark Brabant 'Extra Innings' Print Released

Here is the latest print release from Hovering Objects artist Mark Brabant. This print is called 'Extra Innings' and it is a 4 colour 18 x 24 inch screen print on 100lb cover stock with an edition size of 200 for $35 each. Perfect timing for a baseball theme'd release.

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The close up below helps corroborate the title for this print.

Emek 'Carnivorus Musicalus' Batik Released

Here is the next release by artist EMEK, it is called 'The Carnivorus Musicalus'. This is a very limited edition hand painted batik measuring 68 x 45 inches in size. There are only 65 in the edition and they come signed and numbered by EMEK for $125 each. Each batik is hand painted by a family in Bali, Indonesia. Upon arrival in the USA, they are signed and numbered by Emek. (image below) No two batiks are the same! In addition to a wall hanging, some people frame the batiks or even wear as a sarong. 'The Carnivorus Musicalus' was originally used on as the official event poster for the 2007 Coachella Music Festival - beautifully illustrated by Emek. A portion of every sale will go towards new filtration systems. The family who makes each wall hanging by hand is paid very well and hopes you love our product! The word batik (pronounced Ba-teek) means "wax written" and this is basically what batik is. It is a way of decorating cloth by covering part of it with a coat of wax and then dyeing the cloth. The waxed area keeps its original color and when the wax is removed the contrast between the dyed and undyed area makes the pattern. Big, bold designs in bright colors are most striking. The fabric is 100% Indonesian rayon. Made from natural coconut cellulose. The fiber is put through a process using alkaline, making it into a woven fiber, which makes a good durable textile. There are many different qualities of rayon and we only work with the highest quality. The dyes are a colorfast - the same as the dyes used for any textiles. Unfortunately it is not a natural dye; as natural dyes will wear and fade very quickly. However, the dye baths go in to a filtration process being disposed which is a progressive environmental step for the people of Bali. All the dyes are hand blended to get the different shades. Then they are literally painted between the wax lines with paint brushes. I just checked back and now it is sold out!! Shitty!! :(

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Andrew Pommier 'Things I Don't Remember' Book Available

This is a very cool book from artist Andrew Pommier & Crownfarmer. This book is called 'Things I Don't Remember' and it has some GREAT artwork in it. Check out the awesome sketches, SICK!! His style reminds me so many different current artists!! I LOVE IT! This is an 80 page perfect bound book with a reasonable price of only $30 each.

In my opinion the book cover itself would be a great art print!!

"Welcome to Pommierland. A place where tired old men with receding hairlines and blotchy war-era tattoos stop on park benches to watch bunnies bounce here and there in old-style sneakers. Metal heads cruise down with ghetto blasters, looking for Camaros to hotwire. Squids, just squid along like squids generally do. This is the world of eclectic and eccentric but always a fun place to visit. Now you can remember it all with this souvenir copy of 'Things I Don't Remember'."

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Tyler Stout + Cohen Morano Collaboration SNEAK PEAK

We at Burlesque are super happy to be publishing and printing an art print designed by the über-talented artist Tyler Stout almost a year ago, Tyler created this fantastic illustration, intended for the front cover of Cohen Morano's art book 'The Rest is Up to You'. The publisher ended up using something else for the cover (bummer!) and we jumped at the chance to bring Tyler's incredible illustration of Cohen and his wild imagination to life as an 18 x 24 inch art print! We have completed all the printing and now the prints are getting sent off to Cohen, so he can watercolor paint on each and every print, so no two will be alike! Incidentally signed copies of 'The Rest is Up to You' book are available in our onlne store and this killer print will be coming soon! I will update you when I get offishall word!

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Angry Woebots 'Battle Drill' Print Released

"It's been a while since Silent Stage Gallery have dropped a Woebots print, but we are back with an amazing print called 'Battle Drill'. This piece was featured over on his New Zealand tour and was a knock out. We are making this our Holiday special price print. This is a 13 x 19 inch giclee with an edition of 50, comes signed and numbered by the artist for $60 each. In addition to that, we will raffle off the print numbers at the end of the print sales to see which number wins a gigantic paint on paper original Angry Woebots painting and a NEW Silent Stage T-shirt (2XL) + a Silkscreen Silent Stage 12 x 24 inch print. Limited to one ticket per print, valid only for the 'Battle Drill' print sweepstakes giveaway. Good luck to everyone!!"

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Obey 'Spider Lily' Print Release Info

Here is the next release from Obey, this is the print from Shepard Fairey's original stencil and mixed media collage on paper that recently sold on eBay for $10,300. "My parents grew up in Rock Hill S.C. which is a beautiful town in a mostly rural part of upstate S.C. I worked with my Uncle Wade Fairey to create this art to benefit Historic Rock Hill preservation. The story of the Courtney Spider Lily art is that it is a rare flower thriving in the Courtney Island section of the Catawba river. The art is designed to promote water quality on the Catawba River which has been greatly affected by 'run off from urban development' bird – wildlife habitation and “availability of movement along the Catawba”, which has resulted in a 100’ buffer on either side of the river. There are many individuals and groups interested in seeing the Catawba remain a lovely river."

This limited edition print is obviously called 'Spider Lily'. It is an 18 x 24 inch lithograph print with an edition size of 450, comes signed and numbered by the artist for $50 each. These will be available at a random time on Thursday November 5th.

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Joe Ledbetter 'Black And White And Read All Over' Print Released

Here is a fun little print from artist Joe Ledbetter, this is playfully called 'Black And White And Red All Over' and it is a 10 x 8 inch giclee print with an edition size of 100, comes signed and numbered by the artist for $35 each. There are not really 100 available so act fast, these are available from all the galleries from his recent 'Amalgamation' European Tour. Funny, I have been doing some zebra art lately...hmmm.

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Dunny 'Femme Fatale' Series SNEAK PEAK

Here's the first look at Kid Robot's next series of Dunny's coming out in January 2010. The series is called 'Femme Fatale' and as the name says, all the contributing artists are female. Here is the list of confirmed artists: Lady Aiko, Junko Mizuno, Tara McPherson, Julie West, KO, Ann Chambers, Alexandra Anderson, Klor, 123Klan, CW, Amanda Vissell, Aya Kakeda, Toofly, Sara Varon, @my Ruppel, Wendi Koontz, Catalina Estrada, Koralie and Baroness.

Dan McCarthy 'The Fall' Print Release

Here is the latest from artist Dan McCarthy. This is his monthly release for November and it's called 'The Fall'. This is a 5 colour 17 x 24 inch screen print with an edition size of 550(ish), comes signed and numbered by the artist for $40 each. I love the little dinosaurs running through the bottom of the woods.

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