Etsy Featured Artist 'Standard' Print Shop

[/caption]8 Each" width="430" height="837" /> Standard 'Hello Darkness My Old Friend' Second Edition 10 x 20cm [caption id="attachment_1107" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Standard 'Hello Darkness My Old Friend' Second Edition 10 x 20cm $18 Each"][/caption]8 Each

Here is a great poster from the ETSY shop for the heads over at Standard. This poster just makes me smile and sing the lyrics.

Grafter 'Tibetan Boy' Print Release

Grafter 'Tibetan Boy' Edition of 25 Size: 56 x 76cm £90 Each

Here's the latest Grafter release, this one is called 'Tibetan Boy' and there is a very small edition of only 25. They will run you £90 each.Before you check out make sure you go and look around the gallery, there are a bunch of really cool pieces available presently on his BigCartel site. Here are Grafter's details:

Title: Tibetan Boy

Edition: 25

Size: 56 x 76cm
Hand Painted On Rough Textured Hand Made Khadi Rag Paper (210gsm)

Medium: Emulsion and Montana Gold Spray Paint
Signed: Yes
Blind Stamped: Yes

Mr. Brainwash 'Chocolate Vandal' Print Release

Mr. Brainwash 'Chocolate Vandal' Edition of 50 Size: 22 x 30 Inches [caption id="attachment_1098" align="aligncenter" width="459" caption=00 Each

Just got word that the next print release from Mr Hot is ready to go. On Thursday March 26th at 3pm EST 'Chocolate Girl' a 22 x 30 inch screen print, signed + numbered by the artist on textured archival paper with an edition size of only 50 will be released. The image is Mr Brainwash's interpretation of Jean-Étienne Liotard's 'The Chocolate Girl'. Originally painted in 1744. Check out the differences between the (above) Brainwashed 2009, (below) the OG Liotard version from 1744, son!

Click on the Mr Brainwash version to bounce to his website to buy this print!

Liotard 'The Chocolate Girl' Pastel On Parchment Size: 52.5× 82.5cm

Joshua Budich 'The Dragon' Final Release

Joshua Budich 'The Dragon' Edition of 45 Size: 18 x 24 Inches $35 Each

I just received an email reminder that tomorrow is the final release of 'The Dragon' the wicked Bruce Lee piece that Joshua Budich pre-released on Friday. Word is there are only 15 prints left. So, you know the drill. March 23rd 3pm EST will be the second and FINAL drop for 'The Dragon.' Be there on time or you're gonna miss out! As long as he keeps picking awesome subjects he will remain on the scene for ages. Click here!

Eine 'Shutter Font' World Record Attempt

Eine 'Shutter Font' Edition of 150

Here goes my boy again, not only is he a hero but now he is breaking records. Wicked!!

The East End's finest screen print gallery Nelly Duff is working with the world renowned street artist EINE and a collective of mad artisan printers in a feat of technical printing brilliance (or craziness!) never before seen. The record attempt starts on March 18th screen-printing EINE's internationally recognised full colour shutter font artwork with the most individual spot colours ever editioned entirely by hand.  Each of the hand pulled artworks from the edition of 150 will take up to six weeks to complete because of the complexity of the process. A Record Attempt show illustrating the process will be held on May 7th 2009 at 6.30pm, at an address some where in central London, please see Nellyduff.com for details. Half of the edition will be available to purchase on the night of the show. The remaining half of the print edition will be made available by pre-sale at NellyDuff.com on Wednesday April 22nd 2009

Emek Thievery Corporation Plexi Glass Piece

Emek 'Thievery Corporation' Edition of 100 Size: 18 x 24 Inches $100 Each

Here is one of the best pieces I have seen in quite a while, this is Emek's latest piece for one of the best bands in the world... Thievery Corporation gig in Philadelphia one or so ago. The cool part about this piece is the wicked subway map vibe I get from it! Memories of riding the tube in London last year :) There happens to be a contest associated with this release, here are the details:

For this sale you don't need the fastest computer, or to sit by your desk all day, but you will need to put some thought into it...
Email us at emek@emek.net with your answer (letter only) sometime between now and midnight on Saturday March 21st.
Give us a few days to respond to the winners on how to purchase, then we will send out another broadcast when the sale is complete.

One of the great things about art is that the viewer can decide what it means to them. However, the goal of an artist is often to express his/her feelings and thoughts about something... So the challenge here is to decide what do you think i intended the art in this poster to mean.

DIRECTIONS:

Choose the answer that best describes the meaning of the art in this poster as you think Emek intended.
In your email, ONLY put the letter (A, B, C,...) of your answer into the SUBJECT of the email
send your email to emek@emek.net BEFORE midnight on Saturday March 21,2009.

QUESTION:
What is the meaning of the art for this poster?

A) Its based on the notion that the individual is a microcosm of society at large, our heart must lead us on the right path, just as we hope society reflects mankind's higher purpose.
B) Technology is taking over the heart.
C) deus ex machina:  "heart from the machine" ... has come to mean a device that solves the conflict of a narrative.
D) Its an analogy for the human condition, wherein the nature of our existence becomes more predominated by our reliance upon technologically regulated constructs that inhibit our cognition and diverts us on a path away from our true subconscious understanding of the world around us.
E) Its based on the Thievery Corporation song about people turning into computers.
F)  Electronic music that has a soul and addresses the conflics that are a part of life.
G) It represents the duality of all music - the balance of opposites.
H) All of the above.
I) i dunno, i just want to flip it.
J) This contest is just an experiment to test peoples attention spans and see if you can read till the end.
Thanks for playing,
Emek

Great Anthony Lister Video From His Recent Italian Show

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This is a great example how artists adjust there work as they progress, notice the font that is later covered over!

I love Lister, his super hero series is amazing - right up there with miss bugs!

Sorry, I Have Been Sick The Last Two Days

i will be updating the blog shortly

Prefab Re-release At Elektrik Sheep

Prefab 'Intruder' Edition of 25 Size: 70 x 100cm £80 Each

I just got the word that Electrik sheep has just re-released a few of the Prefab 'Intruder' print. Prefab is the genius behind the long sold out 'Thick As Thieves' print. This 'Intruder' print he did is huge at 70cm x 100cm and it has custom gold and silver details on the crowbar, each print has the crow bar painted a either gold or silver. When you order make sure you specify which colour you prefer. Cheers

Obey/Bad Brains/Glen Friedman Collab Print Release

Obey+Glen Friedman 'Bad Brains' Edition of 425 Size: 24 x 18 Inches $125 Each

Here is next week's release from Obey!

Bad Brains Collaboration Print

Bad Brains are one of my favorite punk/hardcore groups of all time. If you don’t have their self titled debut, “Rock For Light”, “I Against I”, or “Quickness”, they are all essential. I first heard Bad Brains at the beginning of 1984 when my friend lent me the brilliantly curated and titled Alternative Tentacles compilation “Let Then Eat Jellybeans”(A Ronald Reagan dessert favorite update to the Marie Antoinette slogan “Let them eat cake”). The Bad Brains song “Pay to Cum” from their first album was on the comp along with songs by Black Flag, The Dead Kennedys, The Circle Jerks, Flipper, etc.. I then went out to find full length records by all those bands. I soon discovered Minor Threat as well, and learned that Bad Brains had influenced their vocalist Ian MacKaye and Black flag vocalist Henry Rollins who were from Washington DC where Bad Brains had started as well. The Bad Brains were also a huge influence for the Beastie Boys. This collaboration ties into almost all of the bands I mentioned because they were almost all iconically shot at various times by photographer Glen E. Friedman. Glen shot a lot of great photos of Bad Brains and a few different shots were spliced together as the reference for this poster illustration. If you don’t know Glen’s work, and you should… go to burningflags.com.

This Bad Brains Collaboration Print is signed by Glen, Shep, and all the original members of Bad Brains.

Screen print is 24 x 18 inches, 3 colour process. Edition of 425, Only $120 Each