"Quick and Painful" Prints

For some people, their favorite way to showcase the work of their favorite artists is on their own body. I've often thought about covering myself in tattoos from Miss Van, or Tado, or Junko Mizuno. The traveling show Quick & Painful let's collectors get tattoos done of special images created for the show by some of the best artists around. Additionally, you can buy the images as prints (details below) and there's some great work available in the Hope Gallery Tattoo webshop.

The “Quick and Painful” Series of Giclee Prints are 11" x 14" and printed on beautiful 300 gram cold press watercolor paper with archival pigment inks. These prints are exclusively available at Hope Gallery and are very limited.

Each Print set comes with an official certificate embossed with the Hope Gallery Seal of Authenticity. Prints are packaged in a crystal clear fitted bag with firm white backing. Shipped flat.

I've included some of my favorite image collections here, from Tado, Tokidoki, Tara McPherson, Junko Mizuno, DevilRobots and Cammila d'Errico

Camilla d’Errico's Kuro Vinyl X 3 @ SDCC

I love Camilla d'Errico's toys! I am excited to see this SDCC release.

Via Vinyl Pulse:

Camilla d’Errico will release her new Kuro vinyl toy from Inner Sanctum @ SDCC. Regular ($29.99), DIY ($25.99) as well as the SDCC Exclusive Blueberry GID (100 pcs, $59.99) will be available from her booth (#4723).
While the regular and the DIY will be available from Camilla’s online store and select retailers after the show, Kuro purchases at the show will include an exclusive collectible card as well. Speaking of SDCC awesomeness, Camilla is now accepting pre-orders for customized DIY Kuros ($25.99 + $25) for pickup at her booth during the show. If you’re interested in a custom, please drop a line to cderricostore [at] gmail [dot] com. Be sure to check out Camilla’s blog for a full run-down of her SDCC plans including info on ordering a custom sketch.

Kittens & Ice Cream at Japan LA

To celebrate their 5th Anniversary (congrats!) Japan LA is having an awesome Kittens & Ice Cream Art Show! Filled with amazing artists, here's some of my favorite sneak peeks!

Event Details:
June 4th- July 3rd
opening night event June 4th, starting at 7pm!

Michelle Romo / Crowded Teeth

Naoshi

Melissa Contreras / Axelhoney

Melissa Contreras / AxelHoney

Gary Baseman

Camilla d'Errico

TwinkieChan

Sweet Streets presents: 'MAGICAL GIRLS' Art Inspired by Shôjo Manga

April 1st, 7:00pm to 11:00pm:
"MAGICAL GIRLS: Art Inspired by Shôjo Manga" Exhibition opening party:
@ Meltdown Comics
7522 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90046


SWEET STREETS is proud to host a group exhibition by 25 female artists interpreting their favorite shôjo manga with a new twist! Shôjo is neither style nor genre, but exists in the spirit of characters like Princess Knight, Creamy Mamy, Minky Momo, and Candy Candy. To celebrate, an opening party will take place 7:00pm - 11:00pm on Friday, April 1, 2011 with a "Magical Girls" cosplay contest, live painting by Shibuya Girls Pop, and free mini-concert by musical guests from Tokyo THE APRILS and The Lady Spade!

Participating Artists include: Bei Badgirl, Camilla d'errico, Junko Mizuno, Miss Kika, Tigerlilly Biskup, Yoko d'Holbachie, Shibuya Girls Pop: Akira Ebihara, Anne Imai, Chikuwaemil, Eimi, Fuko, Hiroshi Mori, hipBORNtwin, Kayo Tamaishi, Marrontic, Mayumi, Miri, Nana Aoyama, NICO, Ogawa Keiko, Ra'yka, Sayaka Iwashimizu, Shinjuko, TAMMY, Yuki Takahashi, Yunico Uchiyama

Camilla d'Errico

The wonderful artist Camilla d'Errico has added some fantastic new jewelry and vanity cases to her online shop.

Vain Remians @ Thinkspace // Camilla D'Errico & Caia Koopman

'Vain Remains' opens at Thinkspace next weekend, featuring new works by both Camilla D'Errico & Caia Koopman. There's a great set of sneak preview photos up on Flickr, which you can see here.

Vain Remains 9/11 - 10/2
Opening Reception: Friday, September 11th, 7-11 pm

New Gelaskins

Gelaskins has added a lot of super cute new laptop skins. They have designs now by Camilla d'Errico, Yosuke Ueno, KuKula, and Amy Sol. Too bad I only have one laptop... I like all of these!

Camilla D'Errico's Quintetto Print

Gorgeous new Camilla D'Errico print, entitled "Qunitetto" available at Gallery Nucleus for $60.

Camilla d'Errico Bags

Camilla d'Errico has released a new line of bags, available in her webstore.

The bags look really amazing- the printing quality looks great! The price points in the collection range from $12.99 to $155.99. I especially like the waist bag!

Camilla d’Errico

The awesome TKB Blog reader Karla recently turned me on to Camilla d’Errico's work. I had seen some prints for sale of Camilla's work on A Paper Tiger, but for some reason forgot to check her out. She has some really amazing pieces in her portfolio, as well as two shows opening this week in New York.

The first show is 'Young Blood' at Opera Gallery, which opens tomorrow (the 17th) and the second show is "In the Languages of Angels" at Ad Hoc Gallery - this show opens on the 24th.
Camilla also has an online shop with some really gorgeous (and really afforable) prints. If you don't find the print you are looking for there, check out A Paper Tiger and Gallery Nucleus for some other options.