plastic pimps 2
Plastic Pimps is an Australian-based customized toy exhibition "utilizing the relatively new blank, purpose built, figurines and allowing them to be remixed, re-sculpted, and repainted by some of Australia's premier street and graphic artists with explosive results."
2006's Plastic Pimps utilized Hong Kong Toy2R's Qees [view customs here] - while this year's PLASTIC PIMPS 2 [view here] will display 50 highly modified TREXIs, made available by Play Imaginative and customized by 50 of Australia's top street artists and designers.
WHEN:
Friday 13th April, 7pm-11pm (the show runs for one month)
WHERE:
Central Station Records, 2 Somerset Place, Melbourne [ref]
(with an after-party @ Miss Libertine)
*more details and customed images after the jump*
i've featured Beck Wheeler's customed Trexi earlier [here], now here's a coupla rawking customs from Jason Jacenko and Sean Kelly (from Bucket of Thought) to tempt your customed-vinyl palette :p
Plastic Pimps is part of the No Comply Festival (see info below)
- which also includes a London Police & Flying Fortress exhibition on 14th April :)
(thanks for everything, Zaki and Alex!)
2006's Plastic Pimps utilized Hong Kong Toy2R's Qees [view customs here] - while this year's PLASTIC PIMPS 2 [view here] will display 50 highly modified TREXIs, made available by Play Imaginative and customized by 50 of Australia's top street artists and designers.
WHEN:
Friday 13th April, 7pm-11pm (the show runs for one month)
WHERE:
Central Station Records, 2 Somerset Place, Melbourne [ref]
(with an after-party @ Miss Libertine)
*more details and customed images after the jump*
i've featured Beck Wheeler's customed Trexi earlier [here], now here's a coupla rawking customs from Jason Jacenko and Sean Kelly (from Bucket of Thought) to tempt your customed-vinyl palette :p
Plastic Pimps is part of the No Comply Festival (see info below)
- which also includes a London Police & Flying Fortress exhibition on 14th April :)
(thanks for everything, Zaki and Alex!)