Print Release – Page 5 – Vandalog

September 5, 2012September 6, 2012

NoseGo makes giclée prints that aren’t terrible

Longtime readers of Vandalog may know that I have a pretty strong dislike of giclée prints. Typically, they are not all that well printed, and they are extremely overpriced. I don’t know anything as high-margin for artists as a giclée print. But NoseGo recently came out with three giclées that prove my point about pricing and buck the trend. These three 8.5″ x 11″ prints, editions of 50 each, are on sale on NoseGo’s website for just $10 each. Not a bad deal, and NoseGo still shouldn’t have much trouble making a buck or two for himself off of these. I can’t speak to the quality of the printing, but the images certainly are cute and I don’t know NoseGo as the type of artist to put out sub-par work just to make a buck off his fans. You can pick up the prints here.

Photos courtesy of NoseGo

August 13, 2012

OBEY is the drug

That thing above this text? Yeah, that’s Love is The Drug, the latest print by Shepard Fairey. When people complain about Fairey’s work not being up to the standard that it once was, this might be the sort of product that they’re thinking about.

I don’t think it’s entirely fair to criticize Fairey for putting out mediocre prints from time to time. After all, he puts out a lot of work. Not all of it is going to be great. But this one just seems particularly disappointing. Love is The Drug is red and black and gold, and nobody would care about it if Shepard Fairey’s signature wasn’t in the lower right corner and an OBEY star logo wasn’t in the top left.

Despite the weak image, my bet is that the print will still sell out in less than an hour once it is released for sale sometime on Tuesday.

Photo courtesy of OBEY Giant

July 30, 2012

APC print release (with a contest) at Mula Printing

If you aren’t sold solely on the opportunity to own a limited edition print by a member of the APC crew (including Stinkfish, Buytronick, Meca Mutanterio and Lorenzo Masnah), than Mula Printing has included a bit of artistic competition to this collective print release to sweeten the deal: The first 40 to buy one of these APC prints will be eligible to partake a coloring contest using this unfinished Pez piece. The winner, who will be chosen by Pez himself, will receive an original drawing by Pez. Buying a print includes the chance to win a Pez print from an edition of 6 as well.

Stinkfish. “Spine Baby” 10 of each color available.

Buytronick. “Ritmo Prehisterico” edition of 35.

Lorenzo Masnah. “Bogotaxi” edition of 35.

Meca Mutanterio. “Jardin De Hierba” edition of 35.

Photos courtesy of Mula Printing

July 28, 2012

Weekend link-o-rama

I’m off for a few days of traveling. Expect lots of pictures. Here’s what we missed on Vandalog this week:

Endless Canvas has organized a show of murals in an old factory in the Bay Area. They are using Kickstarter to get the show off the ground, and could use some help.
These abstract pieces by 1010 and Bemie are pretty great.
And more abstract work by Cron.
The zine and print from Lush’s London show are now available online.
Saber and Revok have shows opening Saturday evening at Known Gallery.
A stellar new print from WK Interact is available at Jonathan Levine Gallery.
The ATG crew will be showing at Stolenspace Gallery in August.
Arrested Motion has a preview of the upcoming Barry McGee retrospective.
Keep an eye on 12ozProphet’s Instagram for behind-the-scenes photos of the upcoming Os Gemeos show at the ICA Boston, opening next week.
Some beautiful new work from MOMO in Spain and Rome.
Something a bit different from Pixelpancho in Russia.

Photo by Rub Kandy

July 14, 2012

Weekend link-o-rama

7512461288_9d8c693124_z — Mural by Eduardo Kobra. Photo by Lord Jim.

Let’s do this:

A Kidult interview on Hypebeast. Has he entered the belly of the beast in order to subvert it from within or has he always been at home there?
New Yorkers will be getting their first auction dedicated to work by street artists and graffiti writers later this year.
Neckface has two prints which went on sale last night online and at New Image Art. The show at New Image Art is still running.
Nychos is in London.
Ben Valentine asks “What Does Meaningful Engagement with Public Art Look Like?”
NoseGo, Joe Iurato, LNY and others are in a show at Jinxed in Philadelphia opening Saturday night.
Phibs and Anthony Lister collaborated on a wall in Sydney.
Did you know that there’s a giant, colorful and fantastic mural at CERN?
Sven Davis, the UK director of Arrested Motion, has curated a massive show opening in Portland this September.
Here’s a video of Phlegm painting during his recent visit to NYC.
Eine was recently painting in Vienna.

Photo by Lord Jim

July 12, 2012

Nychos at 1xRun

Nychos has two prints available right now at 1xRun. The prints are different colorways of an image called Ghetto Bird. The blue Ghetto Bird is an edition of 15 and available for $100. The tan version is an edition of 40 and is available for $50. 1xRun’s prints are only available for a limited amount of time, even when they don’t sell out, so you’ve only got about a week to pick up one of these Nychos prints before they go into 1xRun’s archives.

Via Very Nearly Almost

Photos courtesy of 1xRun

July 10, 2012July 10, 2012

New wall and a handfinished prints from Jaz

-1 2 — Click to view large. Photo by Jaz.

Jaz‘s latest wall continues his experimentation with using different materials for his paint. Eleccion was painted in Buenos Aires with coal and lime paint, the same kind of super-long-lasting paint that is used by politicians who hire crews of people to illegally paint ads for them all over the city. Here’s an example of one of those ads.

Jaz also has a print release this week with StreetArtNews. The print, Observadores, is a handfinished 1-color print depicting wrestlers in the ring. It will go on sale on the StreetArtNews website this Thursday. More info here.

streetartnews_jaz_observadores — Observadores. Photo courtesy of StreetArtNews

Photos by Jaz and courtesy of StreetArtNews

June 29, 2012June 28, 2012

Lush for Pictures on Walls

Lush‘s first print with Pictures on Walls will be available next week, July 3rd. As you can see in the above video, it’s not your usual screenprint, but a fold-in a bit like MAD Magazine’s famous back page fold-ins. The prints will come already creased, so don’t worry about messing that up if you’re not too good with folding paper I guess…

The 8-color screenprints will be available from POW’s website on July 3rd for £125 each, and it’s an edition of 100.

June 22, 2012November 7, 2012

Weekend link-o-rama

The week isn’t over yet, but this week’s news is going to be old if I don’t mention it soon. Here’s some of what I missed this week:

The D*Face Smirnoff collaboration was anything but normal.
Ian Stevenson’s show at Lzarides’ Newcastle space looks good.
This is a one of Dal’s most complex walls yet.
Vhils has a show opening this week in Paris as well as some new walls there.
The new issue of Very Nearly Almost features Anthony Lister on the cover and will be launched on June 28th.
Shok1 painted a great tribute to StayHigh149.
Pixel Pancho, Never2501, GGT, Moneyless and Martina Merlini all collaborated on this wall in Milan.
I really like this new print about to be released by Dolk.
If you like UFO’s work in 2-demensions, you’ll love it in 3! Actually that isn’t the only sculpture he has made, but it is the newest.

Photo by SMKjr

June 15, 2012

Weekend link-o-rama

It’s time to talk about what other people have been talking about:

Graffuturism has photos of Roid’s recent solo show, which looks great.
SKL0 is a street artist in Singapore who may be facing up to 3 years in prison for allegedly putting up fantastic stickers and fake road signs. This petition was started to hopefully get the authorities in Singapore to lessen the charges against SKL0.
Dran has released a new poster print of one of his paintings.
Conor Harrington’s has made his visit to this year’s FAME Festival, with stunning results. I’m loving his new rough and half-finished looking pieces.
Remi/Rough has a solo show opening at Unit44 in Newcastle on June 22nd.
The opening of Flying Fortress’ first New York solo show is going on right now at Mighty Tanaka in Brooklyn.
I always enjoy a nice piece by GATS.
This post on Hyperallergic pretty much exactly echos my thoughts about a Kickstarter project that hopes to raise $1 million to temporarily cover New York’s water tanks in art by celebrities and celebrity artists (and a couple of cool artists too, admittedly).

Photo by GoddoG