Tiffany Bozic's new show - Bedtime Stories

Mike at Sketchypad.com (awesome blog -- check it out!) has a nice post about Tiffany Bozic's new show opening at Kinsey/Desforges in Culver City on May 24th. Plus he links to an interview with Ms. Bozic at my love for you is a stamped of horses with some wonderful images. Enjoy!



Tiffany Bozic's Official Site

Sketchypad

"Bedtime Stories" at Kinsey/Desforges

Tim Biskup's New Show - The Artist in You

This is going to be a tough one to write. I am not an art historian, critic or expert. I am simply a fan. I tend to gravitate towards art that is aesthetically pleasing, whether or not I understand the underlying message. So when I write of art in this blog, I generally write more of the look, the visual, than of the theme or the artist's intention. After all, unless the work is accompanied by an artist's statement, who am I to judge the original intention of the artist? Besides that, as a writer I am much more adept at parsing the theme of a piece of literature than a painting. Why am I letting you in on my particular process of creation for this post? Because that is precisely what Tim Biskup does with his new show "The Artist in You" opening at the Jonathan Levine Gallery
Alongside Tim's exhibition is a daring, dense statement/book containing over 30 pages of writing and images -- mostly writing. In it, he lays bare many of his most personal feelings about the creation and business of art, including his resentments, fears, loves, and internal quarrels. It is a compelling read, and a wonderful complement to the paintings. Judging just by the dozen or so pieces from the show that I have seen, this might be Tim's most complex show, combining styles with which he has experimented for the last half dozen years or so, and using the text, often written in a poetic style, to comment on, or even seemingly argue with the images. Early in the book, he talks about the eternal question of "What is Art?" Here, in an excerpt, is just a part of his answer:

"The reason that I hate that question is that it is a distraction from the simple joy of looking at and making art. It is the doorway into a paradoxical web of theories that create a fog of context that floats between art and audience. In many cases it lends the control of perception to those that seek to frame artwork in conceptual terms rather than let the artist's creation speak for itself. The question is at the root of an attempt to invalidate the "gut reaction" of the viewer to a work of art.

"I also love that question and for the very same reasons (speaking of paradox...). Discourse on the nature of art works like a Buddhist riddle designed to destroy reality, only art-speak and ornate critical theories destroy art with the paradoxes they create. The dismantling of reality leads to transcendence and enlightenment. The deconstruction of art as an object brings us freedom from context if we are willing to stay onboard for the duration of the ride."

As you can see, this is heady, conceptual stuff. Tim seems to be debating with himself over some of the most fundamental questions that face the artist and the art lover. What I particularly love is how he uses the paintings themselves as an argument, turning them against each other, letting each battle it out its own particular style. Check out the Asylum series presented here and you will see what I mean.

"The Artist in You" is a can't-miss show. If you can't be in New York, keep your eyes on the gallery website which will hopefully post the entire show after Saturday. Tim's book that accompanies the show should also be available soon. Go to his website and sign up for updates, and you'll be the first to know.

(P.S. to Tim -- Thanks for mentioning me in your "Thanks" section of the book. I'm honored.)



Tim Biskup's Official Site

Flopdoodle - Tim's online store

"The Artist in You" at Jonathan Levine Gallery

French Invasion - Koralie at the Joshua Liner Gallery

Do you remember that scene in Moonstruck where Danny Aiello tells Cher he can't marry her, and then his brother, Nicolas Cage asks her to marry him, and she accepts, and Cher's grandfather starts crying, and Vincent Gardenia asks Cher's grandfather "What's the matter Pop?" and the grandfather says through tears "I'm confused."? If you do, you have some idea how I am feeling, having just visited the website of amazing artist Koralie. Go ahead. Visit it. I bet you're confused too. It's a total treat of chill-out music and eye-popping visuals, where you can actually choose from four themes, all showing the same content in a different scene with different music. That much I get. But from there, I just don't know what's going on? I go to "news" and see a picture of two good-looking French folks in identical t-shirts. Is one of them Koralie? Did Koralie design the shirts? Is this actually "news?" And is Koralie a last name, a first name, a made-up name? I have no answers, only questions. I'm confused.

At least one thing is certain. Koralie will be having a solo show at Joshua Liner Gallery in New York starting May 17th at 6 AM. Maybe you can go and sort some of this out for me. Maybe Koralie will be there. Maybe you will fall in love with Koralie's awesome, precise paintings of ornately-costumed vaguely-Asian beauties as I have. Maybe you'l get a chance to buy her cool and kitschy French Dunny. Maybe you'll be amazed at how Koralie's work began as graffiti in the streets of France. Or maybe you'll just cry and be confused. I'll understand if that happens.



Koralie's Official Site

Joshua Liner Gallery

Gelaskins - Art for Your Mac, PC, iPhone, iPod, iWhatever

Audrey Kawasaki

You hate it when you get a scratch on your pristine technology. You know you do. Especially if you're a Mac-addict. Because Mac-addicts are fussy, design-oriented people who understand Billy Crystal as Fernando Lamas when he says "it is not how you feel, it is how you look, and you look mahvelous!" (You get what we're saying, right? That if you own a Mac, you DO judge a book by its cover). We know this, because we are iFanatics ourselves. And Gelaskins understands this.

According the website, Gelaskins are a "very thin (less than 2mm) protective cover for your iPhone, iPod, laptop and RAZR made with premium grade 3M vinyl and adhesive technology. Patented micro-channels within the adhesive allow for a bubble-free application. Each GelaSkin has an ultra-clear, scratch resistant coating for maximum durability and photo quality finish." There are dozens of tech protectors out there, but Gelaskins is the only one that we know of that will satisfy your love of art as much as technology. That's because Gelaskins graphics are designed by some of the best Pop Surrealism artists working today, including Amy Sol, Audrey Kawasaki, Jeremiah Ketner, Joe Ledbetter, Kathy Olivas, Mars-1, Nathan Ota, Ralph Steadman, Stella im Hultberg, Travis Louie, Yoko d'Holbachie, and Yumiko Kayukawa. They also feature such classic artists as Van Gogh, Botticelli, Munch and Monet. And the prices are cheap! Around $14.95 for an iPod or iPhone skin, and around for a laptop skin. So show your love for a favorite artist and show the world how cool you are at the same time. Skin yourself.


Jeremiah Ketner

Gelaskins Site

Andrea Aversa at Sloan Fine Art - Tiny Masterpieces

Regular PopDrawer readers may deduced that we love miniatures. Don't know why. We never liked dollhouses. In fact, we hate them. One time we took a day trip to the Carol and Barry Kaye Museum of Miniatures in Los Angeles, and we were completely freaked out. We had to get out as soon as the hyperventilating set in. But there's something about miniatures set in elaborate tableaus to create situations and scenes that would be nearly impossible to create full scale that seems very cinematic and grand, and we love that. (Check out, for instance, PopDrawer posts about London street artist Slinkachu, or magicians of the snow globe Martin & Munoz, or master of disaster Lori Nix.)

This is why we're so glad to find the phenomenal work of Andrea Aversa of Milan, whose newest show opens at the most excellent Sloan Fine Art Gallery on Rivington St. in New York this Wednesday, May 14th, at 7 PM. Mr. Aversa creates intricate dioramas and then photographs them in an effort to explore (as the press release for his now show puts it) "both his own psyche and the complicated relationships we humans establish with our surroundings." If you can't make it to the show, you can still see the works at the Sloan Fine Art site, and contact the gallery if you wish to purchase one. Or two. Or all of them.

Meanwhile, the project room at Sloan Fine Art will feature the work of Diane Barcelowsky. See some of her work here.



Andrea Aversa at Sloan Fine Art

Andrea Aversa's Official Site

Urgent Update on Liz McGrath and Scott Musgrove

Liz McGrath

As of Saturday afternoon, a few last-minute works of Liz McGrath's sold out show at Billy Shire Fine Arts Gallery became available, and a a few of Scott Musgrove's works are also still available. Mr. Musgrove's available pieces run from $4000 to $5500, and Ms. McGrath's run from $250 to $450. Get them before they're gone!

(The pieces on Ms. Grath's preview sites that are available are not marked as such, so look for the ones titled "Head Bee," "X Marks the Spot," and "Wedensday.")


Scott Musgrove

Elizabeth McGrath's small watercolors, and large watercolors

Scott Musgrove's show

New Talent - Archan Nair (CORRECTION)

Here at PopDrawer, we generally focus on art that can be readily purchased. What can we say -- we're very acquisitive folks. But sometimes we like to showcase a new talent that doesn't necessarily have anything for sale yet, someone who is clawing their way up the fine art or illustration world. Today, that bright young star is Archan Nair, an illustrator/artist out of New Delhi, India.

According to Artist-a-Day, where we first saw Nair, the artist "specializes in interactive design, branding & identity, graphic and photo illustration, art direction, fine arts and progressive solutions." We can see this artist has an extremely promising future in illustration and advertising, but here's hoping for a future of fine art as well, because we know we'd love to hang a Nair work on our wall.

CORRECTION: The above photograph is a collaboration between New York-based photographer and Parris Whittingham and Archan Nair. Parris Whittingham took the photo, while Archan Nair drew the illustration. The work is part of a project called "The Dream Collaborative" that will feature rising talent in the design world and will be showing in Soho later this summer.



Archan Nair's Official Website

Uncommon Gardens at Thinkspace

Caia Koopman

Thinkspace opens an interesting new show tonight (Friday, May 9th) called Uncommon Gardens featuring the works of four very talented up and coming artists in the Pop Surrealism world. Caia Koopman, Kelly Vivanco, Lilly Piri, and Catherine Brooks all have a number of new paintings in the show at the Los Angeles gallery.

As usual, all Thinkspace pieces are available on their website, and as usual the works are very affordable, running the gamut from $150 to $2800. Here's the preview. Enjoy!


Kelly Vivanco


Lilly Piri


Catherine Brooks


Uncommon Gardens at Thinkspace

Caia Koopman's Official Site

Kelly Vivanco's Official Site

Lilly Piri's Official Site

Catherine Brooks' Official Site

The Mind-Blowing World of Yoko d'Holbachie

Out of Japan comes another amazing rising talent in the world of Pop Surrealism, one who would feel very at home in Takashi Murakami's Superflat world. Her name is Yoko d'Holbachie, and she has been pounding the freelance illustrator pavement for about 10 years, doing work for books, magazine, even videogames. She lives in Yokohama, but teaches art in Tokyo frequently.

Featuring psychedelic candy-colored creatures that are both adorable and the stuff of nightmares, Ms. d'Holbachie's work is just as stunning in oils or pixels, both of which are mediums in which she excels. We're waiting on word of an American exhibition, but there is one way you can own her work right away. She was recently contracted by Gelaskins to create skins for iPods, laptops (both Mac and PC), iPhones, and more. We have no doubt that we will be seeing A LOT of Ms. d'Holbachie in the near future.

(Much thanks to reader Barry Friedland for help with this post).




Yoko d'Holbachie's Official Site

Ms. d'Holbachie's Gelaskins

Scott Musgrove's Wild Kingdom

1917, Cottingly, England. Cousins Elsie Wright, 16, and Frances Griffiths, 10 offer absolute proof of the existence of fairies with actual photos of what will come to be called the Cottingly Fairies. Yet the skeptical cynical world attacks the poor girls, calling the photos fakes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, is implicated in the supposed hoax.

Fast forward to 1967. Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin capture Bigfoot on film. And still some doubters refuse to believe their own eyes, crying hoax.

Thank goodness for Scott Musgrove, who since the 1990s has taken it upon himself to "catalog and depict the heretofore unknown and now-extinct Animal and Plant species of Early North America." [Author unknown. P. 1, Email source, 05/06/08, Billy Shire Fine Arts, info@billyshirefinearts.com]. Professor Musgrove's new show at Billy Shire Fine Arts, which opens Saturday May 10th at 7 PM, is his latest collection of amazing flora and fauna, including vivid depictions of the Long Necked Lotus Loris, the Hydrophiidus Alveus, and the Lepus Pilosus, among others.

For a fascinating and educational visit for both adults and children, don't miss Scott Musgrove at Billy Shire Fine Arts this weekend through June 4th. And while you're there, be sure to see the never-before-released collection of precious gems from Elizabeth McGrath.


Scott Musgrove's Official Site

Billy Shire Fine Arts

Show Update - J. Otto, Liz McGrath, Amy Ruppel, Jen Stark

J. Otto Siebold

Here's a quick update on some of the shows we've blogged about and some of the artists we love.

J. Otto's show at Grass Hut Gallery is almost sold out. If you're interested, better get one soon!

Liz McGrath's upcoming show at Billy Shire Fine Arts is sold out! (We got a painting and you didn't. Too bad, so sad.)

Amy Ruppel's online sale is nearly gone. Less than half a dozen pieces left. Go now!

Jen Stark has another solo show this weekend, in Washington D.C., at Civilian Art Projects. It opens May 9th at 7 PM.


Elizabeth McGrath


Amy Ruppel


Jen Stark


J. Otto at Grass Hut Gallery

Liz McGrath at Bily Shire Fine Arts

Amy Ruppel's online sale

Jen Stark at Civilian Art Projects

Josh Keyes, where have WE been all this time?

Josh Keyes has been having solo shows since 1996, and yet somehow PopDrawer just discovered his beautiful, meticulous work a couple of months ago. He paints nearly photo-realistic woodland creatures (often with one slightly fantastical feature) and places them in landscapes, both wild and urban, with very unnatural, geometric borders. A theme of nature and society clashing seems to run through his work. A polar bear in a perfectly enclosed, fish-tank-like cube of icy water. A buffalo running a floating treadmill made of grass, pavement, and road signs. Okay, let's be honest -- words cannot convey. Just feast with your own eyes.

From what we can tell, Mr. Keyes has a cult-like following in the UK. We're sure the US is next. Mr. Keyes' next solo show is at the Joshua Liner Gallery in New York starting June 21st, and we will most definitely be posting an update then. Meanwhile, go goggle at his website and enjoy.



Josh Keyes' Official Website

In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki TIki Room...

Amy Crehore


Palm Springs goes tiki wild this weekend (as it does every year at this time with the annual Tiki Caliente tropical madness), but just as significantly with M Modern Gallery's 5th Anniversary Tiki Exhibit. And the lineup is tiki-rific! (Please forgive us for that).

The glorious Amy Crehore, Shag, Anthony Ausgang, Chris Reccardi & Lynne Naylor (long-time PopDrawer faves), Miles Thompson (we have one of his tiki originals on our wall as we write this), Derek Yaniger, Naoto Hattori, The Pizz, and many many more. Yowza!

And if that weren't enough, everything else in the gallery (excluding the tiki show and the solo shows of Derek Yaniger and Lyle Motley) will be ON SALE. As usual, the gallery will most likely sell the works online, so be sure to check in all week to see the works as soon as they go online.


Miles Thompson


Shag


M Modern Gallery

Check out the J. Otto show NOW.

The J. Otto show at Grass Hut Gallery is up now, and it's chock full of greatness. Here's the link, and here are some images. The pieces range from $66 (?!) to $911, and done for the most part in Paint Pen (?!?!), stencil and spray paint (?!?!?!) on wood. There's also a print available for $111.

The show is titled OMGx911, and I agree completely. Go see!



J, Otto Siebold's Official Site

OMGx911 at Grass Hut Gallery

Liz McGrath at Billy Shire Fine Arts

Wow. Liz McGrath has a new show of watercolors called "The Secret Party" opening at Billy Shire Fine Arts next week (May 10th), and I have here a bit of a sneak preview. Wow. From the creature-topped frames to the sweet/gothic images on the canvases, this show is delightful. I don't know if Ms. McGrath has any intentions of writing a children's book, but the character's she has created seem to be screaming for a story of their own.

The pieces start at $250, and if you are interested in purchasing you can contact the wonderful Annie Adjchavanich at annieadj@gmail.com. These will go like wildfire, no question. Good luck!



Elizabeth McGrath's official website

Billy Shire Fine Arts

How much will it cost for some great art books? NADA!

I apologize to all the non-Angelenos out there, because May 3rd is a great day to be in the City of Angels. The LA County Museum of Art will be hosting NADA, the New Art Dealers Alliance, and their Art Book Swap. From Noon to 5 PM, you can bring art books that you don't want anymore (your Nagel retrospective, for instance), and trade it for an art book that has been left by another donor. The stated goals of this swap are, according to NADA, to "inject social energy into inherently private pursuits (reading, book collecting), to create an interconnecting network of information and interchange between strangers, and to reshape an untold number of private book collections by reenergizing them with new materials and topics. My goal is to get some cool books for FREE!

And if that's not good enough, all books left over will be donated to The Bunche Center Prison Outreach Program. AND anyone who participates in the swap will receive 10% off admission to the newly renovated museum (Renzo Piano's addition is a sight to behold). Hope to see you there!

And don't forget the PopDrawer Art Book online store, in case you don't get what you want this Saturday!

The Book Swap

NADA - New Art Dealers Alliance

Big Eye Art

If there's one physical feature that seems to stand out most in the works a number of Pop Surrealism's artists, it's the eyes. The big-ass eyes. Most famous of the big-eye artists, and possibly the modern creator, is Margaret Keane, who gained notoriety in the 1960s. But today the sub-genre has exploded. Artists as diverse as Mark Ryden, Lisa Petrucci, Gary Baseman, Dave Cooper, and Tim Biskup feature women, men and creatures who clearly go though a ton of Visine.

And now, some of them are collected in a new book called >"Big Eye Art: Resurrected and Transformed" . The book features over 150 images by over 20 artists, and is a great addition to any coffee table. Get it here!


Lisa Petrucci


"Big Eye Art: Resurrected and Transformed"

ALERT! Amy Ruppel Online Sale!

May Day, May Day! That's the day Amy Ruppel's newest online sale goes live. 10 AM PDT. Go to this link on Thursday morning to get your awesome Amy Ruppel goods. In the past she has sold mini paintings for as little as $40, up to larger paintings for $130. And stuff in the middle too.

Don't miss it! It sells out!



Amy Ruppel's Official Site

Online Sale Link

One of our favorites - Kirsten Ulve

Kirsten Ulve is an artist whose work you see all the time. On products, on greeting cards, in magazines, and... at Target. She is a wildly successful graphic artist, but one whose work doesn't blend in with all the other repetitive images swirling around us in our daily acquisitive lives. Kirsten stands out. Way out. Everywhere we go, we are constantly pointing to her illustrations, telling everyone - "There's Kirsten Ulve! We have one of her pieces hanging in our toddler's room!" (Our toddler's room is where all our favorite art resides). Kirsten's medium is digital art. And she does things with the medium we've never seen before. As Kirsten's work proves, digital art deserves a vaulted position in the world of fine art right next to paint, photography and sculpture.

Fortunately for us, and you, her work is everywhere. Unfortunately, she does way too few fine art shows. We only know of three major shows of her work -- at Sixspace Gallery in Los Angeles in 2003 (which we were lucky enough to attend), her "Pictures You Will Like" solo show in Tokyo in 2005 and Chicago in 2006, and the most recent show at Gallery Hanahou in New York. We sincerely hope and pray there are more to come in the near future.

Luckily, there is a place where you can buy limited editions of her work! Visit her eye-popping web site , to purchase from the Japanese web shop Junie Moon. These are works from her Tokyo show. But there's more available than just those. Download the catalog from Gallery Hanahou (www.galleryhanahou.com/download/pywl_catalog.pdf) and you can purchase a limited edition print for just $250. A couple of the images are available as huge canvas prints for $2600. You can also buy her journal or stationery set from Dark Horse here.



Kirsten Ulve's official site

Junie Moon shop

Don't Read This Post!!

We are very hesitant to write this post. We just don't want you to know about this. But journalistic ethics prevent us from keeping this from you. Plus we have very big mouths. So here it comes...

The coolest art show and purchasing event of the year is next Saturday, May 3rd at the Santa Monica Museum of Art. The 4th annual Incognito fund-raising event is in full force from 7 to 9:30 PM and bigger than ever. To raise money for the museum, hundreds of acclaimed artists from around the world have created 8x10 pieces that will sell for $300. That's right, $300. These are in many cases pieces worth 10 times that amount. And they will all be on sale to the general public. Artists include Gary Baseman, Ed Ruscha, Alex Prager, Raymond Pettibon, Ed Moses, and literally HUNDREDS more. This is an amazing opportunity to own collectible art at a ridiculous price, AND discover a world of artists you may not yet know.

There are a number of ways to get into this event. In fact, there are two events. The reception is on the 3rd, with many of the artists in attendance, music by DJ Eddie Ruscha, and the first opportunity to purchase the works. For $100, you get entrance to the event, for $600, you get entrance for two, one artwork, and entrance to the event before anyone at the $100 level. For $1500, you get all the other benefits, plus an exclusive preview of the works on Wednesday April 30th. To order tickets call 310-586-6488. BUT WAIT! Don't want to PAY to see they works? No prob. Whatever is left over will be shown for free on Sunday May 4th from 11 AM to 3 PM.

The one thing we WON'T tell you is what city the Santa Monica Museum of Art is in. You'll have to do that detective work on your own. (Special thanks to ANN for this post!)

Incognito at the Santa Monica Museum of Art

Greg Lamarche's Collages

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Here at PopDrawer, we're writers, not visual artists. Visual Art is something we never could do. Except collage. Somewhere in our parents' attic sits collages we created that were cherished, and then soon forgotten. And then we look at Greg Lamarche's collages and suddenly realize... crap, we can't do collage either. Because Mr. Lamarche's precise, artful collages are a thing of beauty and wonder. Painstakingly ordered and alive with movement, they are somehow folk art and fine art all at once. And since they are made mostly of letters, the writer in us falls in love with them at first sight.

According to an interview with Mr. Lamarche (AKA SP One, graffiti artist) in Juztapoz Magazine last year, he spends weeks cutting letters from all kinds of sources, piles them high in his studio, and then begins to lay them out to match designs that are percolating in his head and sometimes sketched in advance. The result is 12-25 pieces for a show like "Things I Picked up Along the Way" now up at the White Walls Gallery in San Francisco. The show, which opened April 19th, may still have some pieces available (they run from as little as $250 to $2200). Check it out and stare in wonder while you still can.



Greg Lamarche's official site

"Things I Picked up Along the Way" at White Walls Gallery

Take us to Chicago!!

We envy you if you live in or near Chi-town this Saturday night, the 26th. That's because L.A.'s premier gallery for Pop Surrealism, Billy Shire Fine Arts, is going on tour and joining one of Chicago's best, DvA Gallery, for a joint group show. And what a show! Here's a sampling: Liz McGrath, Glenn Barr, Ana Bagayan, Dave Cooper, Daniel Martin Diaz. And they'll all be in attendance! The list of other artists in the show who won't be making it include Shag, Chris Mars, Gary Taxali, and a dozen more. Want to see the works for sale? Well you've come to the right place. Take a gander. Some of these have already sold, so hurry!

If that weren't enough, there will also be a book, toy and merchandise signing by the artists in attendance. But good news -- you don't have to be present to get some swag. You can call the gallery (773-871-4382) and ask what's available (limited edition books, toys, clothing) and pre-order whatever you want. They will have it personalized and sent to you, wherever you may reside.

DvA Gallery and Billy Shire Fine Arts Group Show

Billy Shire Fine Arts

DvA Gallery

Paul Chatem at The Shooting Gallery

Camille Rose Garcia during Prohibition. That's what we think of when we see the feverish, nightmare paintings of Paul Chatem. Painted in sepia tones and featuring bootleggers, drunks, multi-limbed villains, Mr. Chatem's vivid works seem to have their own imaginary soundtrack of blues playing under them. And his latest show, "Runnin' on Empty" is running out of time at San Francisco's The Shooting Gallery, so check it out before it's gone (either in person or online).

According to Mr. Chatem's bio on his MySpace page, he has worked in the entertainment industry while developing his unique style (according to IMDB, he worked in art departments, natch). He has had solo shows around the West Coast, and been included in group shows all over North America. Mr. Chatem draws inspiration "from storytellers of all genres including painters, musicians, novelists, comic book artists, film makers, liars, pitchmen and con artists."

He has a few prints available in his online store for a mere $40. We don't know if any of his originals are still available at The Shooting Gallery, but they run the gamut from $500 to $4000, and if you're interested after checking them out online, you should contact the gallery directly.



Paul Chatem's official site

"Runnin' on Empty" at The Shooting Gallery

Noferin - Magical Mysterious Australian Art Duo

There is some amazing Pop Surrealism art coming out of Australia -- >Nathan J (aka Nathan Jurevicious) leaps to mind. Add to that list the team known as Noferin. And their newest solo exhibition (is it a solo exhibition if the solo artist is actually two people?) is closing this weekend at Copro/Nason Gallery in Santa Monica, California. Titled "The start; or where we begin" is full of richly-detailed fantastical paintings starring Noferin's trademark pill-shaped animals in beautiful woodland settings on fictional Carrara Island. See the show here.

According to their website, Noferin is the collaboration of Candy and Nicho (no last names allowed in modern Australian art, apparently). One is a graphic designer, the other an environmental scientist (!). Together, they create the art (and stories) of Carrara Island. They sell prints in their online store, but currently they are all sold out. Keep checking back for new ones.

However, their show of originals at Copro/Nason is not completely sold out! There are still a few pieces, ranging from $1900 to $3800, and sculptures too! Grab them now before they disappear to Carrara Island forever.



Noferin's official site

"The start; or where we begin" show at Copro/Nason