For those fans that weren’t able to make it to Japan for Mark Ryden’s “Snow Yak Show”, a hardcover book with all the painting from the show is now available. The book is 64 pages, is 11″ x 14″ in size, so all those images will be nice and large. The book also features photos of the artwork hung in the gallery, and of Mark’s trip.

Check it out here: Snow Yak Show Book @ Last Gasp

First seen in 2004, the Grand Central Art Center is reviving the hit exhibition “100 Artists See Satan”, now available in paperback. This years show features 100 of the most talented contemporary artists giving their interpretation of the devil, and as opposed to the first version of the show, this one will be a fundraiser with “All proceeds will benefit future GCAC programs and exhibitions”. The exhibition will run from June 26th to August 15th, so if you are around the Santa Ana area make sure to stop by. Just a few of the artists that will be participating in this show are: Peter Adamyan, Ron English, Robert Williams, Tara McPherson, Jeff McMillan, Ana Bagayan, Scott G Brooks, Luke Chueh, Dalek, Coop, Korin Faught, Mercedes Helnwein, Camille Rose Garcia, Alex Grey, Chris Mars, Scott Musgrove, Mark Ryden, Mike Shine, Christopher Ulrich, Eric White, Laurie Lipton and many more.

A majority of the work is pretty amazing. I’m not the biggest fan of Gary Baseman’s work but I really like the drawing he submitted. Eric White’s painting “Nope”, freaks me right out. There is also a good amount of prints we have seen before, but its nice that these artists submitted work to a good cause. Check out the preview images here, and then head on over and see the full show.
100 Artists See Satan Fundraiser @ Grand Central Art Center

Gary Baseman -- Christine Wu

Eric White -- Jeff McMillan

Laurie Lipton

Bob Dob -- Chris Mars

Scott G Brooks -- Christopher Ulrich

Curated by Jan Corey Helford, this past May 15th marked the opening of the “Art From the New World” group exhibition at the Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery. This show will run until August 22nd, but for those of us that aren’t able to see it in person, we now have some images of the art and even behind the scenes photos of the preparation and build up to opening day (see here).

Last year the Bristol City Museum featured the works of Banksy, and during the course of the exhibition over 300,000 visited the museum. Now for the “Art From the New World” show, there have been over 5,000 visitors in the first 6 days of the opening. This is not only a very exciting show, but an important one for the future of the art we love so much. Originally referred to as a scene filled with “illustrators”, this art is now gaining more momentum than ever. Museums are taking notice, and the fan-base is becoming larger than ever. There is some amazing work in this show, from artists such as Kent Williams, David Stoupakis, Joe Sorren, Brandi Milne, Buff Monster, Camille Rose Garcia, Dave Kinsey, Travis Louie, Mercedes Helnwein, Ray Ceasar, Sas Christian, Melissa Forman, Jason Shawn Alexander, Dave Cooper, Liz McGrath, Mike Stilkey, Gary Baseman, Craola, Luke Chueh, Coop, Natalia Fabia, Chris Anthony, AJ Fosik, Joe Ledbetter, Todd Schorr, Van Arno, Martin Wittfooth, Josh Agle, Lola, Sylvia Ji, Marion Peck, Mark Ryden and many more. How is that for a lineup? I really wish this show was going to travel and come to some museums here in the states. Take a look at the preview images here, and then head over for the full preview.

Art From the New World: Here and Here

This past Thursday, April 29th at the Paul Kasmin Gallery in New York, the latest solo show from Mark Ryden opened up. The show entitled “The Gay 90′s Old Tyme Art Show”, features 23 new works from Ryden. There is a good mix of paintings(oils and watercolors), nice detailed drawings, and some sketches. You can see that some of Ryden’s famous iconography has come back for this show; meat, Abraham Lincoln, and Jesus are all there. A few of the paintings have a color palette that is a little bit darker in tone than most of his works, such as “Virgin and Child” (shown first). A few have some more earth tone based color schemes, and the candy colored scheme we know so well from Mark Ryden’s work can also be seen.

Check out the full show here: Mark Ryden @ Paul Kasmin Gallery

Virgin and Child

One of the things I enjoy the most when researching art, is seeing the process an artist goes through to create his/her art. There are few things quite as magical as watching a blank canvas, slowly turn into stunning paintings that gives way into a new world. I have always been interested in the way that mary Ryden especially creates his paintings, and now he has a time lapse video that shows the process. The painting shown in the video is entitled “Incarnation” and will be at his upcoming “The Gay 90′s” exhibition coming soon at The Paul Kasmin Gallery

Porterhouse Fine Art Editions is now taking preorders for the very first vinyl collectible toy by Mark Ryden. YHWH is 16.5″ x 9″ x 1.75″, and limited to an edition of 2,000 for $180. The official release date is July 10th, so if you are looking to grab one of these I would head over there now. It also comes in a pretty snazzy box.
I really would have liked to see a vinyl toy of another of Mark’s characters, but you can’t deny this is one unique looking toy.

YHWH @ Porterhouse Editions

Porterhouse Fine Art Editions will release a new print by Mark Ryden this Thursday, May 28th. This new print is a “giclee print with letterpressed title and embossed chop on archival cotton rag paper”. “The print is framed in a beautiful hand-carved wood frame with museum quality archival plexiglass. The size is 21-1/4″ x 28-1/4″, signed and numbered in an edition of only 40. The price is a bit steep, but is to be expected from a print of this quality from this artist.

Tree of Mystery @ Porterhouse

Porterhouse Fine Art Editions will be releasing two new collectibles from Mark Ryden this Thursday, April 16th. The Micro Portfolio 5 is a set of 15 postcards, all from painting that wee in “The Tree Show”. Each card is printed on “heavy card stock, die cut and packaged into a heavy card stock box with a die cut window showing the title card”. The set is only $12.95 and doesn’t seem to be limited.

Next is the The Tree Show Special Edition Exhibition Book (shown last). The book is hardcover 9″ x 12″ with 128 pages. The book also comes with a commemorative pin, pencil, pennant, bookmark and the Micro Portfolio 5 Postcard Set. This book is limited to an edition of 500 and will only be available through the online store

Mark Ryden @ Porterhouse Fine Art Editions

This weeks article features prints by Mark Ryden, Lola, Nathan Ota, Erasmo Garcia & Charlie Owens. Check it out Here

Saw this is the e-mail today, as well as on a handful of other sites. Porterhouse Fine Art Editions will be releasing a limited edition lithographic poster of Mark Ryden’s “Fur Girl” painting this coming January 20. This new painting is for his upcoming solo show at Tokyo gallery Tomio Koyama.

The poster, argh I hate that word, will be on heavyweight paper 33″ x 23 1/8″, signed and numbered in an edition of 500. It is embossed with the Porterhouse seal and comes with a certificate of authenticity. These are sure to go fast so if you’ve been eyeballing one of these get ready.

Porterhouse Fine Art Editions