Obey 'Close Knit' Print Release

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"I chose to illustrate this image of two girls knitting (in a Rush Arts program) because I think it really captures the idea that learning art in schools is about more than crayon drawings, it’s about creativity, something that transcends all class and race boundaries. I think the joy of making something is universal, and it’s an opportunity that every kid should have." - Shepard Fairey

This print will go on sale on Thursday August 20th, 2009 at a random time and it will cost $50 with proceeds going to the Rush Arts Charity. 'Close Knit' is a 18 x 24 inches in size, comes signed and numbered with an edition size of 450. Check it out HERE

Mr Brainwash 'Max Spray' Print Release

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Here is the latest from Mr Brainwash, it is called 'Max Spray' it is a 5 color screen print on hand torn textured archival art paper. Each print individually hand finished with spray paint, and unique. Signed and numbered, with thumb print on the back. Edition size is 75 but only 40 will be available. The rest of these shitty prints will be available at Mr. Brainwash's London solo show this year. Check it out HERE

William Schaff 'Cicada' Paper Cut Print Release

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Here is this weeks release from Tiny Showcase, this piece is by artist William Schaff this is called 'Cicada' it is a 6 x 6 inch paper cut out print with an edition of 200 for $22 each. ach piece from this edition measures 6 inches square with plenty of border for framing. The original artwork was created by William Schaff. We have replicated the piece in an archival, non-fading 270gsm forest green printmaking paper. It comes packaged with an archival antique white background. The back of each papercut includes the edition information and each papercut ships with its own certificate of authenticity. Check it out HERE

Marion Peck 'Fuck You' Print Release

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Exclusive to Sloan Fine Art. 'Fuck You' is a 20 x 25 giclee signed and numbered by artist printed on archival cotton rag paper by Andre Ruboli. There is an edition size of 40 for $550 each. There is no waiting list for this item. It will be sold on a first come, first serve basis until we are sold out. Email Here to place your order. Check it out HERE

Mars1 'Tulpa' Print Release

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An amazing NEW print dropped by artist Mars1 on his BigCartel site, this stunner is called 'Tulpa'. It is a 32 x 21 inch giclee on water colour paper printed at Electric Works with an edition size of 50 for $200 each. Check it out HERE

Tim Doyle 'Lost' Hurley Print Release

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In celebration of (my favourite show) LOST's final season and as a project of fan appreciation, 16 top designers and artists, who are also fans of the show, were commissioned to create artwork celebrating one of the series' most memorable, and unforgettable, water cooler moments. This ultimate fan art was then turned into labor intensive, hand-pulled screen prints, limited to an edition of just 300, with less than 200 available to the public through our websites. Each beautiful poster tells its own different story, allowing the fan to relive memorable and influential moments in an artistic manner, as the show's storied run comes to a close. Once this limited edition print has sold out, they will never be printed again. Celebrate the fandom, community and family created by one of televisions' greatest shows by hanging a little part of it's history, inspiration and influence on your wall. This print is 'For The Numbers' it is an 18 x 24 inches with an edition of 300 for only $50 each. Check it out HERE

Ana Bagayan 'Silence', 'Prey' + 'Cindy' Print Releases

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Here are two awesome prints from artist Ana Bagayan. The above print is called 'Silence' it is a 15 x 20 inch print with an edition size of 50 comes signed and numbered on Hahnemuhle paper for $75 each. The below print is called 'Prey' and it is a 6.5 x 9 inch print with an edition size of 100 comes signed and numbered on Hahnemuhle paper for $25 each. Also there is ONLY ONE 'Cindy' print left in her store!!! Check it out HERE

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Ana Bagayan 'Cindy' LAST ONE AVAILABLE

James Jean 'Excavation' Print Release

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Outré Gallery is super proud to be hosting this exclusive event with the very amazing James Jean. Out of Los Angeles, we are flying James to Melbourne to celebrate his forthcoming book release and new print 'Excavation'. This is James' brand new print release which is an Australian exclusive with us. This is slated to be a 44 x 66 inch giclee signed and numbered with an edition size of 50 for AU$725 each. Check it out HERE

Mode2 'Oh Shit' Print Release

Mode2 'Oh Shit' Edition of 200 Size: 70 x 100 cm £225 Each

"Widely considered to be one of the most influential street artists ever, Mode2 continues to push eroticism in his gallery work, often quite explicitly, while trying to keep men and women engaged in an egalitarian dialogue about sexuality. Capturing movement and energy, freezing the action at its most crucial stage, Mode2’s work has always focused on issues close to him: love, lust, relationships, hip hop culture in all its aspects, clubbing, hanging out, the environment and motherhood. Constructed and created entirely on-site in the Newcastle gallery basement, Mode2 has utilised the practical and modular qualities of cardboard, building up his painting surfaces with a patchwork mosaic assembly of differing textures and shades, cutting and juxtaposing well over 100 separate pieces into compositions until they found a particular harmony in his eye. Only after completing this laborious task did he move on to the actual sketching and painting with pastels and acrylic itself. Besides these new paintings, there's the added bonus of the ground floor of the gallery showing a selection of his sketches something of a first for Mode2 as he's never before allowed us to look behind his more public painting work." This print is called 'Oh Shit' it is a 70 x 100 cm silk screen has an edition size of 200 and will cost you £225 each. Check it out HERE

Emek's Rothbury Life Form Contest Results

Emek Rothbury Concert Poster 2009

Emek Rothbury Poster Contest Answer:

Thank you to all who participated in my most recent sale as you all know, we are always trying different ways to have sales to keep things interesting and mix things up to give everybody a chance. To skip the long boring explanation go down to the bottom to see some of my answers. I wish I could sell a poster to everyone that participated, but we just do not have enough to go around and to those of you who "participated" more than once, sorry, rules are rules and we do like creative answers.... but only one per person. Many of you sent your email way before or after the designated time.
In this contest the question was subjective and could be answered in various ways, after all, this was an EMEK contest, not high school. we had one answer in mind = 12, and since only one person guessed that we went on to the 5 other best/creative responses in our opinion...

Based on our email broadcast , we said it was an "ark carrying all plant life" above a dried "ocean" with pollution creatures. and we also purposefully mentioned some hidden faces as an optional possibility... so i looked up "all plant life" life forms and ocean life forms and got 12. But only one person guessed that number. I guess the joke was on us. So, to follow are some of the other acceptable answers: HOW MANY LIFE FORMS ARE IN THE POSTER?

My interpretation was 12, the following information was found from various sources online:

Marine biology is the scientific study of living organisms in the ocean, some Marine Lifeforms:
* Fish
* Reptiles - lizards, etc.
* Marine mammals - whales, dolphins, etc.

Using this information to decipher our poster... the 2 creatures in the front could be mammal like, the 3 in the middle are reptile like, the 3 in the back are machine creatures - imaginary, and don't forget the dead fish below the date lettering is also a category (we didn't say how many forms are living) this totals = possibly 4 different life forms are on the ground, or they could all equal just one- "pollution creatures".. answer = 4 or 1.

The Raunkiær system is a system for categorising plant lifeforms

Plant life forms:

1. Phanerophytes
2. Chamaephytes
3. Hemicryptophytes
4. Cryptophytes
5. Therophytes
6. Aerophytes
7. Epiphytes
8. optional Fungi (mushrooms)

Since the ship is ark-like it implies that types of every plant are on board and since the "most widely applied life-form scheme" (Raunkiær system) has all those categories, the total plant life-forms are = 7, or 8... or just 1 (all plants/flora)

TOTAL: 4 types of possible marine life + 8 types of possible plant life = 12 LIFE FORMS
or:  (all pollution creatures are just 1 lifeform) + ALL plant lifeforms = 9
or just plants + animals (flora + fauna) = 2
or add for dylan/grateful dead skull (+ 1 for humanity) = 13 or 10 or 3
so , there could be a whole bunch of different answers,= more opportunities to participate.
possible answers for MY contest were 13, 12, 10, 9, 3, 2....

Good Answers That Did Not Win Were:

Zero - it's just a piece of paper, there are no life forms IN it! Clever, but there was still a life form used to make the paper- even though its dead now, then who is to say there are not microscopic life forms still inside the paper waiting to slowly eat this collectible over the next thousand years. 1- Gaia Theory - all Life is Life, we are all One, or there is "life" and "anti-life" or there was just one life form= a tree that was used to make the poster , good answers, but not this time... 42- yes that's the answer to Everything..but not this time infinite - yes, that is true, but we said an ark of all Plant life, not all Life... so that's like guessing One...

So again, possible answers for MY contest were 13, 12, 10, 9, 3, 2.... thanks! Next time we will make it simple - promise! We're always mixing it up! Thank you for your time...

emek@emek.net (please limit your hatemail to 50 words or less)