Posts Tagged ‘paper’
Plan B from Outer Space
Actually, unlike Plan 9 from Outer Space, Plan B magazine is from Croatia. It might as well be from outer space though. Very cool to see interest in Jon’s work (and a shout-out to Doodlesplatter) from different parts of the world. Also: you are really famous when people add extra vowels to your name. I’m talking to you, Jona Burgermana.
Posca-based Coup d’états
A pair of original hand-drawn, signed, framed and mounted works has made its way onto Burgerplex. At left we have, Coup De Vile and at right we have In The Coup. Each measures 52 x 68.5 cm / 20.5 x 27″ and was made with Posca pen and pencil crayon on archival paper. They are selling for £450 or ~ $700.
Giant Musical Doodles Poster
Jon’s definitely been exploring a new and musical chapter in his life recently, so it’s only fitting that he’d combine his love for music and doodles into one giant hybrid poster monster. The high quality print on 230gsm uncoated art paper is a massive format, portrait size 100×70 cm / 39.6×27.6″ beast sent rolled in a a strong card tube for £15 or ~ $23. I’ve learned via Jon’s Flickr that the above poster is being modeled by “the lovely Mel”. Check it out at Burgerplex here.
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!
Jet Set Bedwetter
We all know that Jon is a well-traveled doodler, but there’s no reason to believe that this piece is autobiographical! Jeps dug up this artifact from 2006 at Cadence Designs.
Penned in black and orange, in typical Burgerman fashion and framed behind non-reflective glass in a white painted frame, this is a rare opportunity to purchase an excellent plain paper medium sketch by this much sought after artist.
The piece has a visible width of approximately 34cm. and a visible height of approximately 24cm. It is being offered at £500 here.
Jon Burgerman Likes Cats
Jon Burgerman digs cats. To paraphrase an old adage, the proof is in the kibbles. Of his latest poster, he writes:
Do you like cats? What is your favourite cat? Here are my favourite cats, the ones I’ve met over the years and have left a lasting impression on me.
Via Jon’s Flickr, I’ve collected a few of his feline friends (see below), mostly those he encountered during his Brooklyn residency last summer. You can see some more cat action in this My American Summer montage video. You can get the Cats poster over at Burgerplex. It’s a “massive format portrait size 70×100 cm / 27.6×39.6″ high quality print on 230gsm uncoated art paper sent rolled in a a strong card tube for $21.56 USD. Click through for some cute overload.
Art From Pen Friends Show
The theme of Jon’s Pen Friends show at Here Gallery seems to have been recycled materials with a colorful array of envelopes (see previous post), reclaimed cardboard and cereal boxes. More photos from where I pilfered these on Here’s Flickr set. Contact info [at] heregallery [dot] co [dot] uk for details and availability.
Reclaimed Envelopes 2010
Every so often, we like to spotlight Jon’s envelopes. These particular ones are from his recent Pen Friends show at Here Gallery. You can also sample Envelopes from 2009, Envelopes from 2008, Envelopes from 2007, Envelopes from 2006 and Envelopes from 2004.
Turbulence Leap
Jon has created this original “Turbulence Leap” print for Boxbird Gallery’s A to B exhibition, which opens tomorrow, Friday, May 7th!
Boxbird Gallery & Studios is proud to present ‘A to B’, an exhibition of contemporary printmaking & Illustration inspired by travel and foreign adventures! Join Boxbird and over 30 artists from across the globe for one of the Brighton Fringe Festival’s most eagerly anticipated exhibitions with new and exclusive work by some incredible talent including Jon Burgerman, Graham Carter, Lidia de Pedro and the Peepshow Illustration Collective. The show will be jammed full of affordable limited edition prints and original art works all of which are hand-made or hand-printed.
The exhibition will be open from Friday, May 7th through Thursday, May 27th from 11AM - 5PM at Boxbird Gallery, 14 St Johns Road, Hove, BN3 2FB
Poster Cause Print Collab With eBoy Now Available
Close Your Eyes Until It’s Over
While I was over at Wondercon, and some of the rest of you were celebrating Easter, Jon was working on this tall order he called, “Close Your Eyes Until It’s Over.” Ironic title considering he invited us along for the ride through Twitter and Flickr!
Posse Spotting: Saturn Cafe, Santa Cruz, California
If Jon ever manages to make it out to Northern California, the Posse has staked out Saturn Cafe in Santa Cruz for a great lunch. This place really is my “favorite space age vegetarian diner.”
Saturn Café offers traditional comfort food with a healthy twist. Stepping into the Saturn Café, you know you have arrived on another planet. Our friendly and knowledgeable staff strives each day to exceed your expectations, and engage and delight your senses. This is a place where dressing up in a costume can happen on any night of the year, where the foods of childhood fantasies are even more delicious than you remember, and magic might just lie around the corner of every sparkly, pink booth.
Also, the staff are cute punk kids, the tables feature dioramas and the restrooms throw gender to the wind, instead offering you the options of robots vs. aliens.
Tags: posse
Posted in: Display It | stickers
Customized Lomography Camera
Jon has customized a Diana camera for a traveling exhibition arriving in London this week to celebrate the Lomography camera.
‘Lomo’ cameras have gained cult status in recent years thanks to their ‘imperfectly perfect’ images, which are typically colour-drenched, low-fi and with unpredictable contrast, giving a retro, authentic feel. The manufacturer, Lomography, has capitalised on the cameras’ hipster status, releasing a slew of special editions and customised versions.
The Diana World Tour started in Hong Kong and has travelled to Tokyo, Seoul, Porto, Lisbon, Madrid, Barcelona, Paris, Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, New York and now London. It is at the Lomography Gallery Store April 2-30.
A nice excuse to add “cameras” to the list of canvases in our tag cloud! Thanks to Digital Arts for the head’s up.
Custom Vinyl Rody
Everybody at Doodlesplatter is always excited when there’s the potential for a new Jon Burgerman toy. We think that the rumored collab with Amanda Visell may have been just that (a rumor), so the current fate of new JB toys lies in the hands (hooves) of an Italian horse named Rody. Rody was licensed by a Japanese company called Jammy, turned into a vinyl toy by intheyellow and is now the subject of a group custom toy show sponsored by the great folks at Paradise Toy Land in Taipei. Jon is representing all of England amongst an excellent roster that also includes Bwana Spoons, Uamou and Tim Biskup (and Tim Biskup’s daughter). The show is currently up and running (trotting) in Taipei.
For those of you keeping count, this is actually Jon’s SECOND custom horse toy. The first was Pizza Face Pony for the My Little Pony Project in 2008. Perhaps if Rody is successful overseas, we’ll eventually get a production version. But let’s not put the cart before the horse. OK I’ll quit horsing around with the puns now!
Tags: group shows | toys | vinyl
Posted in: Collect It | Figures | See It | Shows
Small Favors at Giant Robot
Small Favors, a show of about 70 artists working in mini-size, opened tonight at Giant Robot in New York. Jon’s pieces (particularly when viewed together) have a much more definitively downer tone than the My American Summer work he did for GRNY less than a year ago. This tends to make me think that it’s the chilly Nottingham air that is rendering Jon–much like the color of the paper in the work shown above–blue. Come back to America, Mr. Burgerman! (And will you bring your solution to standard-sounding indie music, aka Anxieteam, too?)
Nokia Nseries Hong Kong Campaign
Jon Burgerman is big in Hong Kong! These giant adverts are for the Nokia Nseries phones previously seen in Rome, Italy here. Images care of Debut Art.
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Tags: ads | walls
Posted in: Advertisements | Read It
Lowriders and Columbots
Looks like someone let Jon watch TV again. You know what happens when pop culture meets Poscas? This sort of goodness. Leave a note on Jon’s Flickr to support seeing Lowrider or Columbot perhaps make it into a print.
Battle Series Collab with eBoy for The Poster Cause Project
The Poster Cause Project has launched their previously announced Battle Series, a week early. The print is limited to an edition of 100 and is signed by both artists. It measures 11 x 17 and is full color on high-quality 100# stock. 100% of the profits go to the Children’s Cancer Research Fund. The charity is dedicated to finding a cure for childhood cancer by providing funds to the University of Minnesota for research and training relating to the prevention, treatment and cure of childhood cancer. The organization also educates the public about childhood cancer and supports quality-of-life programs for pediatric cancer patients and their families.
The prints are available now for $50 each (shipping April 15th) here.
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