This is IRON MONGER!!!!!! All the power of the Iron Monger is focused on the destruction of Iron Man. Iron Monger makes the pavement crack, buildings shudder and cause some major chaos! How could not love this guy!!!
Monday, July 21, 2008
Monday, July 7, 2008
Artist of the Week (Liana's pick)
Nicoletta Ceccoli and Kukula
One of my favorite artists (Kukula) gets together with illustrator Nicoletta to make some awesome artwork!!
*Nicoletta Ceccoli (San Marino, Italy) has made a name for herself illustrating children's books, including winning the prestigious Italien Anderson Prize for best illustrator of the year in 2001. She recently has been showing paintings in US galleries and has already has already garnered great demand for her allegorical, luminous, dream-like paintings. Painted in acrylic on paper, each work is meticulously crafted to the point where brush stokes disappear, and each image seems to float within it's own hazy light. This is her first major US gallery exhibition.
*Kukula (San Francisco) takes a darker spin, placing her sexy/sickly doll-like subjects in situations usually only one step away from disaster. In this particular series, she explores the idea of the "last hour before death", using death as a metaphor for both a beginning and an end. She has painted most of her paintings in a 5" x 7" format to better play of the concept of her characters final snapshots, and the work will be displayed in a memento mori/funeral type setting.
P.s:
If interested, word on the street that the exhibit will be out in L.A soon. I'll keep ya posted!
One of my favorite artists (Kukula) gets together with illustrator Nicoletta to make some awesome artwork!!
*Nicoletta Ceccoli (San Marino, Italy) has made a name for herself illustrating children's books, including winning the prestigious Italien Anderson Prize for best illustrator of the year in 2001. She recently has been showing paintings in US galleries and has already has already garnered great demand for her allegorical, luminous, dream-like paintings. Painted in acrylic on paper, each work is meticulously crafted to the point where brush stokes disappear, and each image seems to float within it's own hazy light. This is her first major US gallery exhibition.
*Kukula (San Francisco) takes a darker spin, placing her sexy/sickly doll-like subjects in situations usually only one step away from disaster. In this particular series, she explores the idea of the "last hour before death", using death as a metaphor for both a beginning and an end. She has painted most of her paintings in a 5" x 7" format to better play of the concept of her characters final snapshots, and the work will be displayed in a memento mori/funeral type setting.
P.s:
If interested, word on the street that the exhibit will be out in L.A soon. I'll keep ya posted!
Artist of Week (Dylan's Pick)
THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY
Salvador Dali was probably the most famous surealistic artist of the 20th. century. His oniric paintings are wonderful and for sure will remain as classics for ever. Nevertheless it is indeed very difficult to apreciate his original paintings. Even if you take an airplane to visit the Salvador Dali museum in Figueras (where he is buried in his house), you could only see only a fraction of the paintings, since most Salvador Dali paintings are spread worldwide
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Artist of the day ( Liana's pick)
"DIENZO"
Rick “Dienzo” Blanco is a Los Angeles area artist whose collection of dark little characters are meant to intrigue, entice and perhaps cause a bit of anxiety. While his experience in commercial art as an award-winning designer spans over 15 years, his love of fine art has existed since he was old enough to hold a pencil. His most recent style is greatly influenced by his work for Disney, Mattel and most recently, Cartoon Network. In this role, he serves as creative director of product development and collaborates with internal partners and licensees to oversee the development of toys, video games, sporting goods and more based on the network’s original properties.
In creating his art, Dienzo sees the technical aspect as, “taking the world of cartoon like characters and rendering them in the traditional medium of acrylic on canvas. From a content perspective, it’s drawing from the influence of pop-culture elements and experiences as a kid like watching The Munsters and The Addams Family or visiting the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland.
“I’ve always been inspired by the darker side of life,” says Dienzo. Here it’s the juxtaposition of “cute and cuddly” with something slightly subversive or sinister that makes these characters and vignettes accessible. “The timing is also right as more and more artists are bridging the gap between fine art and merchandise. They now understand the value of approaching their art as a brand and managing new opportunities from that point of view.” Dienzo has already signed his first licensed product agreement with Aaron Adam Artworks to produced limited and open edition giclee prints. “The real beauty of this genre is that the imagery can live on the shelves of specialty retailers like Hot Topic or Urban Outfitters as readily as on the walls of a gallery.”
Dienzo received his bachelor’s degree in graphic design and an executive MBA from Loyola Marymount University. Having established a body of work and a client base with Cuban themed neo-expressionism under the name of “Rick Blanco,” the pseudonym “Dienzo” was chosen to differentiate his new paintings from the existing style. It is a hybrid of his sons’ names (Diego & Lorenzo) and is meant to preserve the wide-eyed naiveté of childhood while creating a legacy for his own sons. He resides with his wife and boys near Pasadena, California.
Auntie Nen, this artist is right up your alley! He reminded us of you :)
If everyone would like more info on him check out his blog at :http://dienzoart.blogspot.com/
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