Designer Toys, Art & Pop Culture

Return to Carrara by Noferin

Noferin

Return to Carrara
New Works by Noferin
June 10-July 3, 2016 in the Rotofugi Side Gallery

Join us the evening of Friday, June 10, 7-10pm for the opening reception of Return to Carrara, New Works by Noferin. We'll have snacks, beverages and music by DJ Sean Doe.

Sign up for our gallery previews email list at http://previews.rotofugi.com

About the Artists

Noferin (Candy and Nick Robertson) are a wife-and-husband team who love to create. From whimsical paintings, drawings, design and art direction, to writing and illustrating children’s books, Candy and Nick’s creations come in many forms.

Their distinctive style of art and design has led them to exhibit in leading galleries through the USA, Canada and Australia. Their artwork and toy designs have been features in numerous publications such as Hello Kitty, Hello Art (Abrams), Pictoplasma, The Garden of Eye Candy, The Sourcebook of Contemporary Illustration (Collins Design), Dpi, Monument, Hi-Fructose and Juxtapoz; are sold in museums, galleries and pretty shops; and have also been featured alongside Hello Kitty, Hot Wheels and on TV commercials for Orville Redenbacher Popcorn and the NFL.

Candy and Nick live amongst tall trees, hidden valleys and treasure-filled beaches on the Mornington Peninsula, Australia. They make most of their creations in the cooler months.

 


The Book of Hugs and The Little Book of Butts Signing and Q&A with Attaboy

Join us the evening of Tuesday, May 24, 6-8pm for a special signing and Q&A session with artist, toy designer and Hi-Fructose magazine co-founder Attaboy!

Attaboy will be signing his guide to awkwardly squeezing someone with affection, The Book of Hugs, as well as his newest release, The Little Book of Butts, plus we’ll have available a selection of rare, hard to find issues of Hi-Fructose!

The Book of Hugs, featuring way too many pages of hilariously illustrated uncomfortable embraces, is stupid fun with ridiculous heart. Get tips on Who to Hug, How to Hug, When Not to Hug and the very important Who NOT to Hug, plus a guide to the Necessary Equipment Needed For Hugging! The book is 6x6 inches, hardcover, 80 pages and will be available for $14.95.

Attaboy’s newest release, The Little Book of Butts, is a perfect guide to the padded flesh flaps we've all come to know and love; a very funny, often esoteric and very strange and sometimes profound humor book about, umm, butts! The 6x6 inch, 48 page softcover book was published in a limited edition of just 750 signed and numbered copies, so if you like butts, and let’s face it, who doesn’t like butts, be sure to come to this one night only event and get a copy for just $5.95!

We’ll start the night, 6-7pm, with a Q&A session where you can ask Attaboy almost anything about hugs, butts, publishing an internationally renowned art magazine or well, anything! Then from 7-8pm Attaboy will sign and doodle in your new books, a perfect end to a fun evening!


Robots Are Go! by Mike Bell

We've had one of Mike Bell's paintings, purchased from DvA Gallery before we merged operations with them, hanging in our living room for the better part of the last decade. It remains, to this day, one of our favorites. 

Having lived with Mike's art so closely I'm not entirely sure why we haven't done an exhibit with him before now, but I'm happy to say we'll be making up for lost time with a full gallery solo exhibit by this talented Atlantic City, New Jersey-based artist!

Join us the evening of Friday, May 13, 7-10pm for the opening of Robots Are Go!, New Works by Mike Bell.

Born and raised at the Jersey Shore, Mike Bell’s artwork blends an aura of nostalgia and humor, combined with vivid color and a combination of influences. Iconic New Jersey images, vintage toys, punk rock, classic monsters, Japanese cartoons and carnival imagery are among the cultural forces that have shaped his art. The juxtaposition of counterculture with modern day influences are the blueprint for Bell’s 
canvases. His paintings have broad powerful strokes but small details are not to be overlooked. This leaves a hazy distinction between cartoony and illusionistic. The outcome is a world where the weird is wonderful and the inhuman is alive.

His artwork has been shown in galleries throughout the world, primarily in the U.S. but recently in Ontario and Frankfurt, Germany. He was featured in the recently published book Edgy Cute by Mark Batty Publishing, New York. Mike’s “matchbook art” is currently touring the Ripley’s “Believe it or Not” Museums.

Mike will be in attendance at the opening so stop by and chat with him while listening to tunes spun by DJ Sean Doe and snacking on free cookies!

Exhibit continues through June 5, 2016.


Baby Fatts Custom Toy Exhibit

We're super happy to have a chance to work with one of designer toys biggest and most vocal fans and someone we're proud to call a friend, Colin Hoffman, aka Big C.

Join us the evening of Friday, May 13, 7-10pm for the opening reception of a custom toy exhibit featuring artist customized versions of Big C's first figure, Baby Fatts!

See what artists like 2PetalRose, NC Winters, FrankMontano, kOmega, Eos, Big C and more do with Big C's adorable baby dragon and get first shot at picking up the Rotofugi exclusive Smoke Grey Baby Fatts.

Big C will be in attendance at the opening so stop by and meet the man, listen to DJ Sean Doe spin and enjoy a complimentary beverage and tasty snacks!

Exhibit continues through June 5, 2016.


An Art Show Celebrating 
Thirty Years of the Screaming Hand

 

A Tribute to the Artist Jim Phillips and a Skateboarding Icon

Presented by Vans

May 6-8, 2016

Opening Reception Friday, May 6, 7-10PM

We are beyond stoked to be playing host to this awesome travelling exhibit in collaboration with our friends at Chicago's Uprise Skate Shop!

Join us the evening of Friday, May 6, 7-10pm for the opening reception or pop in during our normal hours (11a-7p) on the following Saturday or Sunday for your chance to check out some great art before it moves on to the next city of the tour!

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In 1985, in a small art studio on the Eastside of Santa Cruz, CA, Jim Phillips Sr. was creating images that unbeknownst to him would affect generations of artists and skateboarders to come. Of all of the iconic imagery that Jim created; the Screaming Hand logo has stood the test of time. Thirty years after its inception, the Screaming Hand still remains an unmistakable symbol of youth and skateboard culture.

In honor of Jim Phillips Sr. and the Screaming Hand logo, we have invited over 48 of the world’s most influential artists of the past 30 years to interpret and pay homage to this iconic image. Each artist’s interpretation of “The Hand” will be on display. There will also be an audio tour accessible by smart phone, narrated and describing their first experience with Phillips’ work as well as a backstory on their piece for the show.
Featured Artists include: Jim Phillips Sr., Jimbo Phillips, Colby Phillips, Jeremy Fish, Mike Giant, Todd Bratrud, Bigfoot, Michael Sieben, John Lucero, John Munnerlyn, Steve Caballero, Steve Olson, Natas Kaupus, Eric Dressen, Thomas Campbell, Sean Cliver, Mark Gonzales, Benny Gold, Jason Jessee, Mark Widmann, Makoto Yamaki, Skinner and many more.

The traveling art show has made its way around the world from Los Angeles, London, Berlin, Paris, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Sydney, Melbourne, Taipei, and Tokyo. The show has landed back the USA, which will include 15 stops including New York, Boston, Chicago, Austin, Seattle, St. Petersburg, Santa Cruz and more.


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