Archive for the ‘See It’ Category
Brain Drained in Istanbul
Jon’s recent Brain Drain show picks up an “ed” and travels to Istanbul. Brain Drained opens today at Milk Gallery.
Burger Men Cupcakes by Crumbs and Doilies
How unfair to encounter this first thing in the morning! I blame you, Ken of Crumbs and Doilies! It seems that Crumbs and Doilies, the “spiritual home - or, at the very least, London pied à terre - of the cupcake” hooked up with Jon to create some doodled delicacies for this weekend’s Cake Britain show at the Future Gallery.
Sponsored by the good folk over at Tate and Lyle in celebration of their move to Fair Trade sugars a selection of the UK’s finest and funnest artists have come together with some of the country’s top bakers (and, er, us) to create the world’s first entirely edible exhibition. We paired up with illustrative supremo Jon Burgerman who was kind enough to provide us with this picture of some burger men (geddit?) as inspiration. A lot of baking, custom cupcake molds, sugarcrafting and a moderate amount of cursing later and here they are - Crumbs and Doilies x Jon Burgerman Burger Men!
This is all kinds of awesome from the edible art to the whimsical wrappers. I’ve come to understand that while we Americans may have the monopoly on hamburgers, the British truly understand cake. If you’re in the area, all proceeds go to charity.
Anxieteam Gets Puppetized
The talented Felt Mistress has created puppet effigies of Jon and Jim Avignon in support of their upcoming London Anxieteam gigs. Go see them!
Free UK Art Workshop for Kids!
The New Art Exchange in Nottingham is holding a free art workshop for children tomorrow, August 19th, and Jon is participating:
My Doodle World is an exhibition by Holgate school students at the New Art Exchange in Nottingham. They invite youu to verbalise your opinion about where you live and what is happening to the world and environment around you. Kids rarely get such a platform to express their views so come along to help create a unique doodle installation expressing your perspective of the world.
As part of the exhibition there will be a day of art workshops for children:
Thursday 19 August 2010, 1000 - 1630
1000 - 1300 Street Build. Lead by Jo Deighton / Tina Havill, Art Teachers from Holgate school.
Score, fold, join, rip and manipulate card to create a large 3D model of where you live. The chance to learn card construction skills, and to design and construct your house from card to create a large street installation.1400 - 1630: JON BURGERMAN led workshop.
An amazing opportunity to meet and be inspired by the Nottingham based artist, famed for his doodling, drawing, scrawling and illustration. Art, animation and character design. Jon would like to invite you to illustrate your thoughts on where you live through doodles and help create a unique installation piece which will be exhibited alongside the workin the My Doodle World exhibition: 21 - 29 August.
Contact New Art Exchange for more info and to book you (or your child’s place on the workshop).
Jon Burgerman is a Good Neighbor
Jon Burgerman is just like James Franco now! Both artists are on soap operas, though in Jon’s case, it’s actually his poster, Nineteen Something Or Other, that showed up on Australian TV drama, Neighbours. The poster (still available internationally via IKEA) was featured in episode 5951 of Neighbours, which aired on June 26th, 2010 in Australia and August 9th, 2010 in the UK. Thanks to Amir and the indispensable JBVL for the tip!
Anxieteam UK Gigs!
Anxieteam is playing two dates in the UK to celebrate the launch of their debut single, Let’s Eat Soya/ Lonely in the Digital World. The 7″ picture disc is produced by Hello Thor. Jon urges: “If you’re in either London or Nottingham please come along and say hi and not boo and cheer and clap!” London tickets are now available here: www.wegottickets.com/event/89748. Doodlesplatter urges you to go and take pictures and make illicit recordings on your cell phones. Anxieteam bootlegs are gonna be bigger than the Grateful Dead! Posse power.
Anxieteam Live at Galerie Schüppenhauer in Germany
Anxieteam performs their classic track, “Let’s Eat Soya” at Galerie Schüppenhauer in Cologne, Germany.
Lossy Botany Lab: The Doodles (and More)
Above you see our heroes: the evening’s artist, Jon, flanked by Jeps and Evelien (of Darker and the Dutch Doodlesplatter posse) who made the trek from The Netherlands to the Lossy Botany Lab show at Hamburg’s heliumcowboy artspace. As with most of Jon’s shows, there is a ton of work, so here’s just a glimpse at some of the doodles (many of which were plant-based matter-themed) captured for us by J & E. Stay tuned (or look back) for a plethora of posts [click here for current tag archive], each concerning a separate element of the installation and exhibit. Click through for a gallery of images and price list from the event. Thanks to Jeps and Evelien for all the great visuals!
Lossy Botany Lab: The Plant Plushes
Remember this great Felt Mistress teaser? Felt Mistress really knocked it out of the park with these felted fruits, veggies and plants. As with most of Jon’s shows, there is a ton of work, so here’s just a glimpse at some of the plushes photographed by Jeps and Evelien (of Darker and the Dutch Doodlesplatter posse). Stay tuned (or if you’re at the last one, look back) for a plethora of posts [click here for current tag archive], each concerning a separate element of the installation and exhibit (as well as the pricelist from heliumcowboy artspace). Click through to see some of the great soft sculptures, a pic with Evelien to show the size of these buggers and a little video too. Head over to Felt Mistress’ Flickr set for even more fantastic felty foliage.
Lossy Botany Lab: The Wood Panels
Here we see the wood panels Jon incorporated into his Lossy Botany Lab show at Hamburg’s heliumcowboy artspace. Click here to see the humble beginnings of these colorful panels. I think this work looks great on wood, and it ties in with the Lossy Botany Lab theme, as well. All photos courtesy of Jeps and Evelien of Darker and the Dutch Doodlesplatter posse. Stay tuned for a plethora of posts [click here for current tag archive], each concerning a separate element of the installation and exhibit.
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