Posts Tagged ‘cardboard’
MixtART Group Show
I was very happy to attend a group show with several pieces by Jon on Saturday, September 20th 2008 at San Francisco’s Giant Robot. They hosted an art exhibition spanning the genres of illustration, character design, street art, tattoo art, urban vinyl and indie comics sponsored by Hands-On Mobile. Some of the artists who showed work as part of the new mixtART service included: Jon, Alex Pardee, Buff Monster, Patrick Ma, Patricio Oliver, Ekundayo, Dave Correia, Brent McHugh, Astro and Noferin. For $1.99 you can download their art to your cell phone.
In addition to his MixtART Mobile Phone Wallpaper, Jon had many new reclaimed cardboard pieces in the show, and he also did the artwork for the flier.
Pop Idle Reclaimed Cardboard
Pop Idle was Jon’s solo show that ran in April of 2008 at London’s Concrete Hermit Gallery that had, among other choice objects d’art, several large sculptural pieces, prints, reclaimed cardboard art and a zine. The work featured offered visitors “a chance to worship and share private prayers with the idle Idols. Redemption, salvation and salivation are all promised.” Here are the (sold) reclaimed cardboard pieces.
This Is Us at Upper Space
Upper Space in Manchester launched February 29, 2008 with the group show, This Is Us. The collection of works and wall drawings included pieces by Jon, Dist, Inka, Laurie Pink and others.
The Upper Space gallery is the North West’s first designated street art and graffiti gallery space. Expect the most contemporary street artists from across the UK and further afield as we try and raise awareness to this art form and push things forward. Upper Space is situated on the 2nd floor of an old textile warehouse in the Northern Quarter of Manchester city centre, our 2000 sq.ft. exhibition contains two exhibition areas. The second half of our warehouse contains a newly opened cafe, bar and event space. Expect to see live hip hop, spoken word and the best of Manchester’s underground music scene in our unique space. Welcome to the ‘Upper Space’……….art // music // food // culture.
Pizza Paintings
Are these paintings done on the oft-greasy cardboard rounds that rest underneath a pizza or are they merely suggestive of them? These are original paintings in orange and pink, with poscas, acylics and emulsion paint on cardboard, measuring approximately 30cm diameter. They are £200 in UK. If still available, you can find the pink one here and the orange here.
Here Gallery Christmas Show 2007
Jon had a number of pieces in the 2007 Here Gallery Christmas Show, which also featured Peskimo. Jon’s work ranged from envelopes and paper to cardboard and canvases to digital prints and the hand-made resin sculpture, WorryKnott. You can view all of the work by the artists involved in the show on Here’s Flickr set for the event. I’ve snatched pics of Jon’s pieces from the set for this post to virtually mirror the show. (Hope that’s OK…) Some of the work may still be available from the gallery. Keep tabs on Here here at their blog.
Here is an award winning shop and gallery based in Bristol, UK. Established in 2003, they are a not-for-profit cooperative, with a sister shop in Falmouth. They stock a select range of art books, small press comics and zines, artist made cards, prints, jewelery and plush toys. Their gallery hosts regular exhibitions from local and international artist.
Free Lunch Exhibit
Free Lunch was a 2007 exhibition of doodles, prints, paintings and drawings shown at Analogue Books in Edinburgh. Along with the usual array of colorful characters, Jon chose to explore the notion of getting something for nothing. Visitors to the private view were encouraged to bring lunch items with them so Jon could enjoy a free lunch on the long journey back from Edinburgh the next day. A small limited edition print was given to anyone kind enough to supply something edible. The exhibition ran from March 15th through April 14th. All work—including multiple digital canvas prints–was for sale. To gauge availability, contact russell(at)analoguebooks.co.uk. All pics courtesy of Analogue’s Flickr set here.
Cardboard Prayer Paintings
Jon unearthed a selection of the cardboard praying paintings from his 2007 Free Lunch exhibit. All paintings are available now (while they last) in his webshop for UK buyer £50 / Non UK buyer £60 (including P&P):
- Pray Red (Original painting on cardboard. Approx 165×175mm.)
- Pray Yellow (Original painting on cardboard. Approx 100×200mm.)
- Pray Lilac (Original painting on cardboard. Approx 100×195mm.)
- Pray Green (Original painting on cardboard. Approx 100×200mm.)
- Pray Orange (Original painting on cardboard. Approx 170×170mm.)
Boogle Eye Paintings
Another gem unearthed from the 2007 Free Lunch exhibit: These Boogle Eye paintings on cardboard are available now (while they last) in Jon’s webshop for £60-£75. Each piece is just under 12 inches wide.
Funky Cartons Design Competition
This was a mock-up for a Funkycarton which was part of a juried competition for which Jon was a judge. Funkycartons asks artists to put the “art” back in “carton.” During the 2007 competition, £5,000 was up for grabs, and the only limit is imagination. Jon and another artist, Dist, produced carton art, showcasing just how creative the possibilities can be. The ‘Artons 2007 challenge was to create a design for a carton for an imaginary mineral water product. The competition was open to any design talent in the UK and Ireland, and was judged by a panel including Lynda Relph-Knight, editor of Design Week, Michael Wolff, ex-founder of design agency Wolff-Olins and, of course, street artist Jon Burgerman.
The competition was launched by Funkycartons, an organisation set up by Tetra Pak, the leading manufacturer of paper-based drinks cartons, to work with the marketing, design and brand community. The aim is to showcase how cartons can be used as a modern packaging alternative for a wide range of beverages. Or according to their website: “Tetra Pak Ltd sells approximately 2 billion packages in the UK. We think you’ll agree that makes them experts at producing a lot of funky cartons.”
Grumpy Hats
These were one-off cardboard and masking tape hat monsters from 2006. Said Jon, the Grumpy Hats “enable its wearers to become very grumpy indeed.”
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