Monthly Archive for April, 2009
This past Saturday evening, Nucleus paid homage to the video game phenomenon that is Street Fighter with Jab Strong Fierce. The group art show featured paintings, drawings, and a few sculptural interpretations of the iconic coin-op series. While many of the artists presented portraits of classic characters (ken, ryu, and chun-li were clearly the favorite subjects), some chose a broader approach including Roland Tamayo’s piece (above) which offers a compelling vision of a mystical Thailand ‘stage’ in which M. Bison and Sagat square off against one another.
For this celebration of all things Street Fighter, the gallery also hosted two fun side-events – a cosplay content and a single-elimination SF IV tourney. The tourney proved hugely popular. The large crowd was mesmerized by the projected images of the games on both main walls of the gallery – oohs and ahs echoed with each punishing move and with unexpected turns in the battles.
While taking pictures of the art was a little challenging, we managed to dodge tourney spectators long enough to put together a nice selection of cool pieces. Enjoy. The show runs through May 11th – plenty of time to check it out in person. Also, be sure to check out the full preview which includes several pieces still available for purchase.
Nucleus
210 East Main Street
Alhambra, CA 91801
626.458.7477
We know that a ton of you are already aware of the new upcoming Dunny Series by Kidrobot, as a lot of you hover around the Kidrobot Announcements Thread on the forum. You may already be saving money or making some extra cash for its release next month. We are as excited about this series as everyone else and we were stoked to see some of the designs. Dunny Endangered features 15 brand new designs, plus 2 chases by 13 of your favorite artists. Different animals from walrus’, cows, lions, raccoons, and what have you make up this series. Recently Toy Baroness eased the minds of many collectors and gave them what they were looking for. She posted up a picture, featuring 13 designs from the series (shown below). The series features artists including: Amanda Visell, Aya Kakeda, Elizabeth Berdann, Chuckboy, Frank Kozik, Jeremyville, Joe Ledbetter, Kronk, Michelle Valigura, Mr. Shane Jessup, Sket One, Tad Carpenter, Triclops Studio and Touma. These will be hitting stores on Thursday, May 21st for $8.95 a blind box. [source : vinylpulse]
Coming soon to Paradise Toyland on April 24th in Taiwan is a very special exhibition brought to you by Secret-Base. House Of Secret will feature every single Secret-Base figure ever produced and that in itself will be mind blowing. The show will also have an exclusive Skull Pirate and Salvation Ink available for sale opening night, then they will be taking oversea orders on the 27th (Taiwan TIme). [Source J.ME] & vinylpulse
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