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Video: Cans Festival in London

Tue, 13 May 2008 10:30:18 -0700

Here's a video from London's recent Cans Festival, a celebration of street and stencil art in Waterloo Station's underground tunnel. Thanks to our new friend Cristobal for the links! More on the festival here.

HF Peek: "Electric Monkey Man" Bronze by Mars-1

Sun, 11 May 2008 22:13:15 -0700

Here's another exclusive first peak at Mars-1's amazing "Electric Monkey Man" bronze, landing on Earth in just a few days. Don't miss David Choong Lee and Mars-1's show May 17 at the Bucheon Gallery in San Francisco. A few behind-the-scenes shots of the sculpture are here...

Opening Photos: Kelsey Brookes + A.J. Fosik

Sun, 11 May 2008 02:12:03 -0700

Philadelphian, A.J. Fosik brought out 12 hefty-sized, hand cut, painted, and assembled variations on his iconic roaring lion face masks. He uses a scroll saw, a platform saw with a long thin blade that goes up and down, to cleanly cut his thin wooden pieces that are then constructed as blossoming mosaics. Kelsey Brookes completed the work for this show over the past two months while also working on two other major shows that were due at the same time. He said he's been painting non-stop for the past couple months, skipping hanging out with friends and loved ones, no surfing or travel... but the shows are done and up, now it's time to celebrate... and eat Thai food.

Fosik and Brookes are showing at White Walls Gallery, in San Francisco, through the end of May, next door to a solo exhibit by White Walls' proprietor Andres Guerrero. Photos of the art and artists at the opening night, here.

Scott Musgrove, Opening May 10 at Billy Shire Fine Arts

Sat, 10 May 2008 00:31:41 -0700

(shown above) "Northern BaronBeest - Extinct ca. 1813"

Scott Musgrove
Exhibition: May 10 - June 4, 2008
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 10th, 7-10 pm

Scott Musgrove has turned Billy Shire Fine Arts gallery into a museum of unnatural history. Scott provided Hi-Fructose with a few sneek peeks of his next show of new works, opening May 10, and already nearly sold out. The show will include large-scale paintings and handcarved sculptures of his animals from reclaimed wood, many standing up to three feet tall. See the skeletal structure of the prehistoric "Booted Glamour Cat" in all its glory - or the "Extinct Long Necked Lotus Loris" in their natural habitat. More here...

Nathan Jurevicius at Magic-Pony: HF Preview

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:55:42 -0700

Nathan Jurevicius's Reformation at Toronto's Magic Pony opens May 15 and showcases original works from the artist well-known for his vector graphics and designer vinyl. He will also be at Magic-Pony Saturday, May 24 with rare Peleda figures, as well as a super-limited bronze (edition of 30) that will be available at the show. More exclusive preview images, and photos of Nathan at work taken for HF and a few words about the show from the artist for you here.

Kelsey Brookes at White Walls

Thu, 08 May 2008 10:59:07 -0700

San Diego-based artist Kelsey Brookes will be debuting six new large-scale paintings at White Walls Gallery in San Francisco this Saturday, May 10, alongside new works from A.J. Fosik. Here's a preview of Kelsey's new work, here.

Sneak Peeks: Esao Andrews and Fuco Ueda

Thu, 08 May 2008 10:44:24 -0700

Here are a few sneek peeks at some of the newest works by Esao Andrews and Fuco Ueda for their show this Friday, May 9, at Roq La Rue, Seattle, WA. More here...

Circus: Ferris Plock and Kelly Tunstall

Thu, 08 May 2008 10:44:47 -0700

Circus, the latest large-scale collaboration by San Francisco-based artists Ferris Plock and Kelly Tunstall, which was curated by Gabe Scott, opened Thursday, May 1, at 111 Minna. It's an entirely new body of work that uses circus life to inspect journeys, innocence and artifice. Musical accompaniment by Mr. Jay Howell.

Ferris and Kelly also celebrated something even more special the following day. Here are our photos from the opening night. More here.

Longoland at Shelbourne Museum

Thu, 08 May 2008 10:45:05 -0700

Josh Longo, aka Longoland (HF Vol. 4), will have his first solo show opening May 17 at the Shelburne Museum in Vermont. The show will include some never-before-seen larger quirky and cuddly plush animals with realistic teeth and orifices as well as his animal-inspired furniture. See a few first-look preview shots and a show description by Longo himself, here.

Video: Clown Head Explosions: The Art of Pes

Tue, 06 May 2008 14:29:55 -0700

We've always wanted to print Pes' work in Hi-Fructose, but printing it in two dimensions would never do his work justice. Here's the way it was meant to be seen, with exploding clown heads, pancake asteroids, and furniture copulation, moving. For the pleasure of the entire family... See more of the amazing Pes and get a loop of the candy corn Yule Log for your ipod here.

Kaboom

Game Over

Pee-Nut

My Pepper Heart

Yule Log

Coming Late Summer 2008: Hi-Fructose Collected!

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:28:39 -0700

We're pleased to announce our upcoming Hi-Fructose Collected Edition Box Set which will reprint a best of selection from the first four hard to find volumes of Hi-Fructose in one hard cover 250 page edition. The book will feature an amazing collection of artists, creators, and contributors we've been fortunate enough to showcase with expanded articles on many.

Printed by Last Gasp, the Hi-Fructose Collected Edition Box Set will be packaged in a "candy box" which will include:

-The Hi-Fructose Collected hardcover book

(cover art by Ray Caesar) featuring:

Kurt Halsey, Greg "Craola" Simkins, Invader, Gary Taxali, Ron English, Ragnar,
Mark Ryden, Joe Ledbetter, Wilfrid Wood, Jim Woodring, Alex Pardee,
Seen, Tim Biskup, Leslie Reppeteaux, Brian McCarty, Attaboy,
Fawn Gehweiler, Saur Kids. Chris Uphues, Michael Salter,
Gary Baseman, Jeff Soto, Scott Musgrove, Junko Mizuno, Kaiju Big Battel,
Dave Cooper, Chris Uphues, PShaw!, Jenny Bird, Ray Caesar, Cat Chow, Longo Land and many more...

- 5 beautiful embossed color prints by:
Greg "Craola" Simkins, Mars-1, Dave Cooper, Travis Louie, and Joe Ledbetter in a special envelope.

- A special paper craft toy to construct yourself.

- A d.i.y. Blood Ghost plush pattern template by Jenny Harada.

The Collected Edition Box Set will be limited to 3000 copies and followed by the standard book edition.
View preview images here!

Video: Joshua Petker

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:29:57 -0700

LOS ANGELES - Joshua Petker is one of LA's finest painters and he's shown here working on his second exhibition show for the Shooting Gallery in San Francisco, CA.

www.joshuapetker.com
www.shootinggallerysf.com

A Preview Down the Bunny Hole

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:28:45 -0700

Here are just a few sneek peeks at some of the custom "Labbits" for Down the Bunny Hole, curated by Vinyl Requiem and opening at Rivet Gallery in Columbus, Ohio on May 3. More here.

Invader in Kathmandu

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:33:58 -0700

Invader (featured in HF vol.4), just returned from Space Invading India and Tibet. His infamous map/score card of his trip to Kathmandu is now available on his site, with all proceeds going to pro-Tibetan organizations. Here are a few photos of the evidence from his trip...

J.Otto Seibold at Grasshut

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:26:24 -0700

Godfather of vector art, J.Otto Seibold, will be exhibiting original work at Portland's Grass Hut Corp. on May 2. J.Otto has illustrated scores of innovative children's books with an unmatched whimsy, long before it was normal to do so. Grass Hut Corp. is hosting J.Otto as a defacto "artist in residence" for the show, providing him with spray paint, a bike to ride, and a drum set to bang on in between painting stints. For more show info, a short interview, and some of the work he's creating over at the Hut, click here.

Martin and Muñoz Snow Globes

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:25:53 -0700

Traveler 31 at Night, 2003

Walter Martin and Paloma Muñoz push the well known and much beloved snow globe out of its kitchy comfort zone and into a psychological space to dramatic and often ominous effect. Their work presents tense cinematic landscapes and ephemeral residences worthy of Charles Foster Kane. Each "scene" reflects a sense of eminent danger, perilous fate and a palpable sensation of unrest.

Also known as Martin and Muñoz, the husband and wife duo began creating their work together after their courtship in Colorado during the blizzard of 1993. Although maintaining studios in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, their secluded home in the Delaware Water Gap in Pennsylvania no doubt provides inspiration to the chilly scenes encapsulated within the snowy orbs.

One could says both Walter and Paloma have a preoccupation with the white powdery stuff of fairy tales and mystery.

Look for their book this fall, published by Aperture, text by Jonathan Lethem.
More...

Sneak Peak: Mars-1 Sculptures

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:26:03 -0700

We just received a transmission through the rabbit ears of our TV from Mars-1 (HF Vol. 5). Here's a few preview images of his new sculptures in the pre-casting stage that he'll be premiering at his upcoming show with the dynamic painter David Choong Lee at Bucheon Gallery in San Francisco May 16th. For the first time, Mars-1's vinyl figures will be transformed into bronze along with a new series of paintings. Both artists collaborated on books of the work for the show as well. More picture data here.

Ron English in L.A.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:26:11 -0700

Ron English and his west coast brethren the Billboard Liberation Front have subverted the advertising world with their billboard "improvements" for decades.

Hi-Fructose has received an exclusive first look at English's latest Popaganda-sized romp through Los Angeles. See MC Super Size confuse the crowds at the famous Chinese Theatre, John McCain receiving a brand new "corporate sponsor," and more here.