diy qee project: bart and bartqeecustoms @ ttf 2007

the D.I.Y. Qee Project: BART (presented by TOY2R and Diamond Comics) has assembled a virtual who’s who list of today’s hottest pop culture artists, designers and illustrators from around the world. Each artist will paint, sculpt, and customize their own unique re-interputation of the iconic character, Bart Simpson, using as a blank canvas the 10” D.I.Y. Bart Simpson Blank Platform Qee Figure. Many of these artists have either grown up watching The Simpsons or inspired by its creativity, humor or sardonic look at life. To bring these original creations to the fans, TOY2R and Diamond Comics are launching a worldwide art gallery tour stopping at respected galleries and art boutiques.. This tour will feature several of the custom creations, many available for auction to the public. This reboot of the classic animated icon created by Matt Groening almost 20 years ago not only celebrates the first feature length film, opening July 27th, but also marks the launch of the licensed line of Qee figures based on The Simpsons characters.

the World Premiere of these custom D.I.Y. figures and the very first release of the 3” Classic Bart Qee figures will happen July 5 through the 8th, 2008 at the Taipei Toy Festival. Shortly after that the US will see the custom figures on display at the San Diego Comic Con, July 25th through the 29th in conjunction with the release of the 3” Classic Bart Qees.

shown here are some "live" event images of custom Barts@TTF
(courtesy of George via Toy2R)

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ARTIST LIST FOR DIY BART SIMPSON QEE:
(there are near 125-artists involved at this point, here is a partial list of them)

adidas Originals / A.I (Plastic Pimps) / Akira Yamaguchi (Akira's Factory) / Attaboy / Bernhardt Geyer / Blutt / B.Wing / Chad Carothers / Clutter Magazine / Colette / CUPCO! / David Lanham /David Van Alphen DVA Gallery / DYZLA / FL@33 / GABE LANZA (LANZA STUDIO) / Garfield Cheung / Hello, Brute / Idan Shani / Ippei Gyoubu / Jeremiah Ketner / Jeremy Pelt / Jerome Outland / Jo Bling (Curtis Jobling) / Jon Burgerman / Joey Potts / Joseph Somers / Ken Keirns / Lounge Kat / Luc and Rob (Triclops) / LuoYan (Colorweekly Magazine) / Mark Nagata (Max Toy Company) / Matt Sharp / Matthew Connelly (McFarlane Toys) / MCA Evil Design / Meggs - Everfresh Crew / Mike Yurkovic / Nada"one / Nasty Neil (Thick Magazine) / OKN / Orlando Camacho / Peabe / PHONETICONTROL / ReviseCMW / Rinzen / Shawnimal / Stormie / Tamar Moshkovitz (TAM) / Tim Blackmore (Qeester) / Tim Murtagh / TMBOO / Veggie Something / Yoink / Yunicorn - more to be added



LIST OF TOUR DATES AND LOCATIONS:

after TTF and SDCC, he D.I.Y. Qee Project will then move to art galleries. The list of galleries will include stops in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Dallas and other major cities in the United States. Simultaneously overseas, the tour will stop start at Colette in Paris, France on July 23rd through the 28th. Then the tour will move to Florence, Italy to Luisa Via Roma during September 10th through the 30th. Other overseas stops will include the United Kingdom, Hong Kong and many others. (additional stop details and updates will be posted as they are confirmed)

July 5-8, 2007
Taipei Toy Festival 2007
TOY2R Booth# A18, A19 & A21
Core Pacific City Living Mall - Mira 9/F
No.138, Sec. 4, Bade Rd., Songshan District, Taipei City 105, Taiwan

July 25–29, 2007
San Diego Comic con 2007
TOY2R booth # 4152 at HuckleBerry Toys (Aisle 4100)
San Diego Convention Center
2221 West Washington
San Diego, CA 92110, USA

July 23-28, 2007
Colette
213 rue saint-honore
75001 Paris, France

September 10-30, 2007
Luisa Via Roma
via Roma 19-21/r 50123
Florence, Italy


(cheers to Kevin and George for the headsup!)

About Toy2R: Created out of a passion to put toys in an art context. Toy2r is systematically breaking down the barriers between product design, art, and graphics. Founded in 1995, Toy2R is the first company to focus on the designer toy phenomenon, combining art and developing vinyl toys for the collectors market.

The D.I.Y. Qee Figures are white initially, three-dimensional blank canvases for various artists to explore and design. The results materialize into unique artistic forms of expression. From today’s biggest names in pop art and fashion, to new collectors and designers, Qees represent a collectible format that is both artistic and obtainable.

About Diamond Comic Distributors: Founded by Steve Geppi in 1982, Diamond Comic Distributors has grown from a regional operation with 17 customers to the world’s largest distributor of English-language comic books and related pop-culture merchandise. From strategically located Distribution Centers throughout North America and the U.K., Diamond services more than 3,500 comic book specialty shops every month, plus another 1,000 retailers who carry comics and products as sidelines. Diamond also exclusively represents many of the comic industry’s top publishing powerhouses including DC Comics, Marvel Comic, Dark Horse Comics, Image Comics and Wizard Entertainment. In its 20-year history, Diamond has expanded beyond comics to bring the best pop-culture products and services to retailers, consumers, and collectors.