Tiny Showcase is on a roll, I tell ya. Tonight they are releasing a print by Andy’s brother, Ben Kehoe. I have featured Ben’s work on here before, and it’s really great. The print is bound to be small and inexpensive, and will come out tonight at 7:30 pm EST. Visit TinyShowcase.com.
Tiny Showcase doesn’t preview their prints, but here is some of Ben Kehoe’s other work:
To see more of Ben’s work, visit BenKehoe.net.
The Faded Line are really doing the art-inspired clothing thing right. They just started doing Jim Flora merchandise. If you don’t know who Jim Flora is, check out these quotes by some of your favorite artists about his influence. Furthermore, they just released Emek’s Cyberman image on a polo shirt. Super nice. Visit TheFadedLine.com.
PS: Watch this site for an EXTRA special new product announcement from the Faded Line within the next week or so.
Another day, another one of my favorite artists stopping by to answer the OMG ten questions. Without further adieu, Ms. Leia Bell.
Age: 30.5
Location: salt lake city, utah (a.k.a. Palace of the Brine)
Years Doing Posters: screenprinted since 2000, black & whites since 1994
Favorite Poster / Art Print You’ve Done: Pixies poster, because they are my all-time favorite band– it was an honor to design something for them
All-time Favorite Poster / Art Print that Someone Else Did: Dan McCarthy’s “taking” (bunnies+strawberries+undergrou
Music Currently In Rotation: oh man… today? Pinback, The Shins, Why?, Andrew Bird, Band of Horses, The Roches, The Smiths, Blonde Redhead… off the top of my head
Last Print, Poster, or Toy Bought: Little Friends of Printmaking’s “Wassup Jammers” (it should be in my mailbox today!)
Art Hanging On Your Walls: at my house= several Dan McCarthy prints, Jay Ryan’s “Don’t go alone, go with a friend”, a couple of Tara McPherson posters, a painting by Justin Reynolds (of San Francisco), a painting by Trent Call (of Salt Lake City), Print Mafia’s Bright Eyes, Chuck Keppler’s The Only Children, other stuff made by family members
Upcoming Stuff: I’ll have a custom toy in a group show, “Pandora’s Toy Box” (opening May 15th in Charleston, WV) ; My new poster gallery/store “Signed & Numbered” will have its grand opening May 16th- featuring posters and art prints by contemporary artists of the gigposters world ; Flatstock Chicago this July ; possibly a solo show at the WV gallery this fall
Words of Wisdom: My grandma turns 100 this summer, so I asked her what her secret is… “Lighten up!” she says, and “eat an egg every day.” So there ya go.
To see more of her work, visit LeiaBell.com.
It’s awesome to finally be officially teamed up with Mondotees, a site I’ve been talking about here for a long time. Mondotees has been pumping out amazing movie posters for the Alamo Drafthouse for quite a while now, and they show no signs of slowing down. Visit Mondotees.com.
Dan McCarthy has dropped another amazing print of the month, this time continuing in his Shared Memory series with Pollinators. This one is a 19″ x 25″ screenprint and is only $35. Do yourself a favor and pick this up. Visit DanMcCarthy.org.
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Man, Jay Ryan is on quite the roll. What a year for him so far. Here are two more brand new concert posters by Jay. These will be available after the show dates on TheBirdMachine.com.
For this installment of ten questions, I have asked my favorite letterpress artist to stop by. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Dirk Fowler.
Age: 37
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Years Doing Posters: 8
Favorite Poster / Art Print You’ve Done: Probably my Ramblin’ Jack Elliott poster. Partly because I like the drawing, but mostly because of who it’s for. Ramblin’ Jack is an American icon. He had been at the top of my “people I’d like to make a poster for” list for a long time.
All-time Favorite Poster / Art Print that Someone Else Did: There are so many posters that I love, but I’d say either Jeff Kleinsmith’s Built to Spill ‘95 tour poster or Thomas Scott’s poster for Scenic. Both are absolutely perfect and both were strong influences in my early poster making days.
Music Currently In Rotation: Little Milton, The Clash, The Raconteurs, The Dirtbombs
Last Print, Poster, or Toy Bought: I haven’t purchased many lately. The last was Leia Bell’s Harry and the Potters poster. A gift for my wife. I did buy a really cool toy recently. A StrangeCo. Vivisect by Amanda Visell and one by Joe Ledbetter. Most toys I buy mysteriously become the property of my two little boys.
Art Hanging On Your Walls: I have tons of posters that I change out periodically. A few that have made it into frames and remain constant are a signed Milton Glaser, Bob Dylan poster, one of Jim Sherraden’s (Hatch Show Print) huge monoprints, and a little painting by Brian Turner of Cricket Press.
Upcoming Stuff: A few Wilco posters, a poster for a new book release and a couple of CD packages.
Words of Wisdom: There’ll be plenty of time to sleep when you’re dead.
Go see more of Dirk’s work at F2-Design.com.
Jermaine is killing these Radiohead posters, and I’m more than honored that he lets me debut them. Here is the newest one for the Ford Amphitheater in Tampa. Release details to come.
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Phone Booth Gallery just posted up this very cool print by Ryan Milner. Each print (if you wanna call it that) is unique. He first laid down an acrylic wash, then hand drew the faces on each. It is 6″ x 9″, has an edition of only 10, and can be bought for the steal price of $20. Visit PhoneBoothGallery.com.
Jay Ryan just revealed this brand new poster for Modest Mouse’s upcoming Sasquatch! performance. Pretty dang awesome, and Jay’s first full bleed poster. These should be available after the show on TheBirdMachine.com.
