Idiot Box @ Gallery1988 Online
Artwork - both 2D & 3D - for Gallery1988: LA's Idiot Box [tagged] has been posted online now @ idiotbox88.blogspot.com - filled with plenty of retro-memories, both supremely unforgettable (and to be relished), and some I have but faint recollections of.CLICK THRU for a small selection of some of my fav works from the show :)
Artwork-Shown-Left:
ARTIST: Mike Maas [greenfuzz.net]
ARTWORK: "The Eighties Bunch" (20 x 20 inches) @ US$650.
(Acrylic on board / some 3-D elements)
ARTIST: Kiersten Essenpreis [youfail.com/]
ARTWORK: "Black Lodge, Red Room, & Laura Palmer" (Twin Peaks) @ US$1,000.00
Laura: Cast Porcelain, satin finish
(Box: Black lacquer finish, w/ velvet lining / 5 x 11 inches)
Twin Peaks [wiki] remain one of the more influential television series in my development in my "craft" (of my former "dayjob") and cemented my devotion for David Lynch, then, anyways ... Essenpreis' depiction of the homecoming queen, Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) is pretty darn dead-on-cool, IMHO
ARTIST: Le Merde [www.lemerde.com]
ARTWORK: "Le TMNT Melee" (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) @ US$450
(Resin and paint on toy / 12 inches tall)
ARTIST: Matt Burlingame [www.mattburlingame.com]
ARTWORK: "Bert Box" (Sesame Street) @ US$500
(Mixed media sculpture / 18 x 4 inches)
ARTIST: Scott Campbell [blogspot]
ARTWORK: "Sushi Off A Friend" (The A-Team and The Greatest American Hero) @ US$400
(Watercolor on paper / 8 x 10 inches)
**FYI: Print currently available for Scott Campbell's "Sushi Off A Friend" (giclee print on archival paper / 14 x 11 inches) Limited edition of 30 prints, signed and numbered by artist. Priced @ US$65-each.
Two of my fav television series when I was but a wee young'un. I wanted to be either Hannibal, or Ralph ... yep, "confused-childhood" role-models ... heh.
