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Soap Plant / Wacko / La Luz de Jesus Xmas Shopping Hours

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The most eclectic selection of unique merchandise you will find in all of Southern California, and beyond!  Rows of books, shelves of toy robots, vinyl toys, tiki mugs, soaps, scents, jewelry, clothing, Dr. Who merchandise, posters, stuffed animals, kitsch novelties, movies, music, art – this list doesn’t even scratch the surface of what you will find at Soap Plant / Wacko / La Luz de Jesus Gallery. Literally something for everyone’s tastes. Plus they have a great selection of gift wraps!

With only one week left until Christmas, come to La Luz de Jesus in the Soap Plant/Wacko Complex and get all your shopping done at once!

Now through December 24th, they have extended Xmas shopping hours 10 AM to Midnight. Need your gifts mailed? They can do that for you, too!

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1/9: Swamp Dogg plus Bobby Patterson & Vera Lee


Swamp Dogg at the Echo with special guests Bobby Patterson & Vera Lee Fri, January 9, 2015.

Purchase tickets here 


AliveSwampDoggWhiteManLP”I’m just watching the world go by and reacting to it,” Swamp Dogg says of his new Alive Naturalsound release The White Man Made Me Do It, his first new album since the recent career resurgence that’s won the veteran R&B visionary an influx of new, young fans.

The 14-song collection, which will hit stores on January 13, 2014, maintains the edgy mix of sociopolitical commentary, slice-of-life comedy and sly storytelling that are the hallmarks of the artist’s large and beloved body of work. The typically uncompromising set encompasses the provocative racial insights of the title track and “Prejudice Is Alive and Well,” the earthy interpersonal observations of “Renae” and “Let Me Be Wrong,” the soulful uplift of “I’m So Happy” and “Light A Candle Ring A Bell.” Other highlights include the cautionary Sly Stone tribute “Can Anybody Tell Me Where Is Sly,” along with a trio of cover tunes — Sam Cooke’s romantic “You Send Me,” the Clovers’ wry “Your Cash Ain’t Nothing But Trash” and the Robins’ Leiber-and-Stoller-penned “Smokey Joe’s Cafe” — that continue Swamp’s long history of putting his unmistakable stamp on classic R&B numbers.

Swamp sees The White Man Made Me Do It as the natural, if belated, successor to his seminal 1970 album Total Destruction to Your Mind, the cult classic that first introduced Swamp Dogg to a waiting, if sometimes uncomprehending, world.

I think that this one comes closer to the Total Destruction album than anything else I’ve done,” Swamp asserts, explaining, “When I went in and cut Total Destruction, I was like the little old lady that goes into the casino and puts a dollar into the slot and wins $900,000, because I didn’t know what I was doing. It took a long time for me to get to the point, craftsmanship-wise, where I could do it again intentionally.

I think that this one comes closer to the Total Destruction album than anything else I’ve done,” Swamp asserts, explaining, When I went in and cut Total Destruction, I was like the little old lady that goes into the casino and puts a dollar into the slot and wins $900,000, because I didn’t know what I was doing. It took a long time for me to get to the point, craftsmanship-wise, where I could do it again intentionally.

The veteran singer/songwriter/producer/multi-instrumentalist — born Jerry Williams Jr. — is the creator of a singular body of music that stretches back six decades, and which hit its stride with his late-’60s self-reinvention as Swamp Dogg. Since then, he’s released more than 30 albums showcasing his brutally honest, often howlingly funny songs, which mix classic Southern soul grooves with pointed, poignant lyrics that are both profound and profane, reflecting vividly and insightfully upon politics, war, race and the abiding mysteries of love and sex, and demonstrating a savage sense of humor as well as an instinctive aversion to hypocrisy. In the ’70s, Swamp’s uncompromising attitude — and his participation in Jane Fonda’s now-legendary anti-war FTA tour — even won him a spot on then-President Richard Nixon’s infamous Enemies List.

Entertainment Weekly called Swamp Dogg “a one of a kind musical genius.” England’s The Guardian dubbed him “the soul genius that time forgot.” AllMusic.com described him as “one of the great cult figures of 20th century American music.” Mojo magazine noted that “He’s made some of the maddest, funny, baddest, odd, angry, funkiest soul records.” And Rolling Stone observed that “he sings like some unfrozen Atlantic soul man of the ’60s — his voice clarion pure, his phrasing a model of smoldering restraint.”

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A visit with Hudson Marquez – Rhythm and Shoes


In his mid-Wilshire adjacent 1917 Los Angeles apartment surrounded by art, vintage tin and metal toys, 78 RPM records and books, Hudson Marquez eats lunch, makes drawings, then paints. He paints stories of revered and obscure R&B legends, high hair and high heels, using a mixture of facts and myths throwing in a helping of artistic license. If you are lucky enough to be in the same room with him, he delivers a string of very detailed and spirited verbal history lessons on these subjects. Hudson knows his stuff; he was there for much of it!


Music is what drives Hudson’s creations, he listens to music while painting but also states

“I don’t listen to much music outside of painting, my attention span is so short now, it makes me anxious to listen to a record, I want it to be over so I can hear the next one!”

On a recent studio visit in preparation for his upcoming show at La Luz de Jesus Gallery titled “Rhythm and Shoes” which runs through January 9-February 1, 2015, Hudson gave background on some of the paintings which will be included in the show including a piece which depicts legendary burlesque queens Lily St. Cyr, Lilly Christine, a.k.a. “The Cat Girl,” Blaze Starr, and Ronnie Spector. Wait… Ronnie Spector? Yes – the piece is titled “High Hair & Higher Heels”.

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I have another one, R&B guys, with matching shoes. I love painting shoes, I love mules, I think they are sexy. All strippers wore mules because they could take ‘em off and put ‘em back on, slide them off and slide them back on in their act. When they took their clothes off, they could walk around in stockings in their mules. I grew up in New Orleans. We used to get to go into to the black clubs and the strip clubs when we were really young. The bar was eye level, the music was incredible it was live and it was behind the bar. The eye-level view for a small, young person was the stage floor and the woman’s shoes. They had the best bands in the world. When the strip clubs closed down for a little while the local music business went down too, that’s how a lot of these guys made their living. Fats Domino’s band was one of ‘em. The crème of the crème. They all moved to Los Angeles and became session musicians. When I grew up, every woman wore high heels, my mom, every adult woman, wore heels so that’s what you see when you are little, high heels.

In 1960, I was 13 years old going to clubs, if you were local they would let you slide through, black clubs too, white people weren’t allowed in but we hustled our way in. The only white people that were there were Mac Rebbenack A/K/A Dr John, and a couple of others.

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Incident at the Dew Drop Inn
There’s a painting in the show about this guy who ran this place, the Dew Drop Inn, he was a light skinned black guy who got this great club and hotel, all started from his barber shop. He had this great fucking place it was the best, everybody played there, every black performer, and they weren’t supposed to let white people in because there was a law against it, it was called “race mixing” and he, Mr. Frank, the guy who owned it, got arrested a bunch for race mixing because he thought it was the right thing to do, most of the times someone would inform him that the cops were coming.

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Was This Freddy King’s Last Meal?
Freddy King was a huge man – there were four Kings, BB King, Albert King and a guy named Earl King. And my favorite is Albert King but Freddy was my second favorite, he was an incredible guitar player known as the Texas Cannonball, and he was a monster, and he died and the myth was that Freddie, he liked to eat, and he loved chili, and he went to his favorite chili place, he would play there, but the story was, the way he died, was that he had ate a whole bunch of this lady’s chili and died in the booth, keeled over, before the show. That was the story – he had a giant heart attack after eating a bowl of chili, that’s what his family said. The true story is different, but I didn’t know what to do –I knew what the real story was and yet I loved the myth but I didn’t want to paint the myth, so stuff was true – so I asked a friend of mine and he said, you know what , make it “was this Freddy’s last meal? Then you can paint whatever you want. So that’s what I did and I also included images of Dave Alvin, and a woman named Barbara Lynn – she’s amazing, a left handed guitar player she’s still around, and of course Freddie, and the woman, Miss Dot, she’s the lady who owned the place where they did eat this chili, which was his favorite in Dallas, (pointing to an image of a pair of shoes in the painting) this is what Barbara Lynn was wearing on her feet. Freddie did a lot of blow (the painting also includes a small pile of cocaine on the dining table), that’s what really killed him, That’s what really killed him so that’s the story on this, Dave is my friend and I’m a Barbara Lynn fan – and here are drawings of photographs of strippers because Dot was really big on that. I panted the myth but did put a little bit of reality in the there.

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Robert Pete Williams Sees the Devil and Bites an Architect
Now this one, I was there when this happened. This man here is Robert Pete Williams who was kind of an obscure bluesman, he was in Angola which was the worst prison in the United States, it’s a hellhole in Louisiana, it was all black, because that’s who they put in jail. Robert Pete was in there for killing somebody, and he killed a bunch of people actually, but they got him on one. He played the guitar and was a blues singer. Some folklorist guys I knew actually got him out of prison, they went to the prison and recorded prison work songs, pretty amazing beautiful stuff and they found Robert Pete in there. His music is very singular and scary as shit, it’s frightening stuff, it’s really good. This was in the early 70s when I was back, visiting New Orleans. I went up to a friend’s place, in the French Quarter, to speak to him about music stuff, about Longhair (Professor Longhair.) I had a Japanese girlfriend (note: depicted in the painting). As I’m walking in to my friends place I ran into this guy, Doug, who was one of the whitest people I’ve ever known, he later became a partner of mine. Anyway, he was an architect, a Yale graduate, and he did a lot of pop architecture; he was a bit of a wild young man architect in the US and Britain. I was going to cook, so I invited him to dinner at my friend’s place and Robert Pete comes walking in to the room. I didn’t know this but my friend was letting him stay there while he was recording. Robert Pete had passed out earlier in the day from drinking. He woke up, still drunk, still had an ass-pocket full of whiskey, and he drank some more, heard people talking and smelled food so he came into the room, and I’m like holy shit I’ve seen pictures of Robert Pete but this was scary and he was dark I mean real dark – in a dark room he’d be nothing but teeth and eyes. So he is drinking and telling stories and I’m just mesmerized. So Pete decides that he’s telling us about the first time he met the devil, in a cornfield, he was really scared. He was young and knew he did some bad things. So when he met the devil he knew things were going to get worse. The bottom line was the devil was this huge dog and Robert Pete got down on his hands and knees and started barking and howling like the devil. He ran across the door and bit Doug, he actually bit him right on the fucking ankle, drew blood, tore up his shoe, (makes growling noise ) ararararar… my friend fled, and we were laughing! This (another figure in the painting) is Bobby Marchan who was a drag queen. He was an R&B singer, and later in the evening he’d put on an evening gown. He had really big R&B hits, I saw him at The Drew Drop Inn, and he was an amazing performer, he had a song called “Booty Green” so I just put “Booty Green” on his shirt. Bobby was there he was probably the most afraid of Robert Pete and said Oh my gawd there’s a wild -savage negro in the room! He was a funny guy… they are all dead. This (an insert in the painting) is the death house at Angola, Robert Pete was on death row. There was no air conditioning at this prison it would get to 120 degrees in there with 100% humidity year round, it was a farm, a prison farm, and they’d have the guys with shotguns on horses, and all the convicts had the ball and chain with black and white striped prison clothing, all the prisoners was black, for some reason. It kept me from being a criminal. I would have loved to been a criminal. The thought of having to go to Angola if you got caught, it scared a lot of people. In Mississippi there was a place called Parchment Farm it was a country club compared to Angola…

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Our discussion then went to the Mose Allison song “Parchment Farm” which led us to the Blue Cheer cover version, which led to a great story about Blue Cheer at the Whisky, and then his travels with Canned Heat. Hudson has an endless supply of stories to tell of an amazing time in pop culture. I could listen all day! Tune in to the “Over Under Sideways Down” show on  LuxuriaMusic on Wednesday, January 7 at 3-5 PM PST to hear Hudson tell more stories and play some of his favorite records. If you are in Southern California, come to his opening on January 9 or his artist discussion on January 18 at La Luz de Jesus Gallery!

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1/9: Charles Binger “Illustrator” at La Luz de Jesus


Charles Binger “Illustrator”
January 9-February 1, 2015
Showing with Hudson Marquez “Rhythm and Shoes”
at La Luz de Jesus Gallery


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January 9 – February 1, 2015
Opening Reception: Friday, January 9th, 8-11 PM
Artist Talk: Sunday, January 18th, 2-4PM

La Luz de Jesus Gallery
4633 Hollywood Boulevard,
Los Angeles, CA 90027
www.laluzdejesus.com
Preview show images here

Charles Binger “Illustrator”
Charles Ashford Binger was a British-born painter who found great success in Hollywood and on Madison Avenue. His commercial art included film posters, pulp novels and celebrity portraiture in a career that spanned the 1920s – 1970’s. Binger’s hallmark style utilized impeccable composition, rendered in a painterly style over roughened textures. His science-fiction paperback covers include masterpieces The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury & Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. As Marilyn Monroe’s favorite illustrator, he created three of her most memorable film posters, including Niagara and River of No Return. Located in the discovery phase of this sophomore exhibition were key art paintings for Ben Hur and A Streetcar Named Desire. His gift at capturing in oils, beautiful, vulnerable women and rugged, earthy men made him a highly sought portraitist among the crowned heads of Europe, and a valuable commodity in the emerging post-war pulp market. Binger passed away in 1974.

This is the second exhibition of his work in 45 years, and the very first time that most of these works have been offered for sale. The real treasures, aside from gorgeously realized, large format paintings are miniature studies done as elements for paperback covers, motion picture key art and sheer enjoyment. The majority of pieces have been painstakingly restored but on a few of the smaller works, condition is consistent with commercial work of this era.

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1/9: Hudson Marquez “Rhythm & Shoes” La Luz de Jesus


Hudson Marquez “Rhythm and Shoes”
January 9-February 1, 2015
Showing with Charles Binger “Illustrator”
at La Luz de Jesus Gallery


January 9 – February 1, 2015
Opening Reception: Friday, January 9th, 8-11 PM
Artist Talk: Sunday, January 18th, 2-4PM

La Luz de Jesus Gallery
4633 Hollywood Boulevard,
Los Angeles, CA 90027
www.laluzdejesus.com
Preview show images here

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Hudson Marquez “Rhythm and Shoes”
Hudson Marquez is a painter, storyteller, writer, and video artist, whose work includes many paintings, installations with the art collective Ant Farm, the Cadillac Ranch and TVTV video productions. In his own words, he “was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He got out as soon as possible. His travels finally led him to San Francisco where he helped found the Ant Farm, an arts collective that was very active in the late ’60s/early ’70s. He became addicted to video and in 1972 started the video group TVTV. This group of small format video pioneers had a great run, producing a number of award-winning documentaries for PBS. In 1974, he created the Cadillac Ranch sculpture in Amarillo, Texas. Now living in Los Angeles, Marquez splits his time between writing and painting pictures of cars and girls.

Ike Turner… Little Richard… Papa Lightfoot… Freddie King… Johnny Ace… Blaze Starr… Candy Barr… Lili St. Cyr. They all connect here in this series of paintings. Having heard tales of the RnB stars of the past, I’ve brought some to life. True Stories… Maybe.

The Bourbon Street stage stilettos of the ecdysiasts were imprinted on me at an early age. Sneaking into the 500 Club and Gunga Den. Sitting at the bar the first items I saw were the shoes. The best new Orleans R&B bands were backing them up. Earl Palmer. Lee Allen. I’m still in love with the rhythm and the shoes. – Hudson Marquez

Click here for a podcast interview with Hudson Marquez on Feral Audio!

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Johnny Depp at La Luz de Jesus Gallery

BillyJohnnyDeppJohnny Depp dropped in to La Luz de Jesus Gallery to see his old pal Billy Shire and purchase some art. Here’s Johnny and Billy with one of Bruce Eichelberger’s pieces, “Ilan” (brushed ink & pyrography on horse skull with hand carved & painted chambers) from Eichleberger’s 12/2013 La Luz de Jesus exhibition “Babel” . The piece blew Johnny’s mind ! Click here to see a studio visit with the artist and read more about the piece on the Art Nerd website. Photo by  Alma Jimenez-Eichelberger.

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Temple of Art Preview – Art of the Selfie


 


Temple of Art is an upcoming documentary directed by Allan Amato. The film follows over 50 artists’ creative process and philosophies, asking each of them the question, “Why do you make art?

59 Artists were selected to collaborate by executing their own styles on top of Amato’s photographs of them, and the list of participants is impressive: Adnohia, Allan Amato, Barron Storey, Bill Sienkiewicz, Brian Thies, Christiane Shillito, Christine Wu, Dadushin, Dan Quintana, Danni Shinya Luo, Dave McKean, David Mack, Dongyun Lee, Dorian Iten, Greg Ruth, Gail Potocki, Grant Morrison, Hueman, Jasmine Worth, Jason Shawn Alexander, JAW Cooper, Jeffrey Vincent Parise, Jenna Gibson, Jensine Eckwall, Jim Mahfood, John Malloy, Jon Burgerman, Junko Mizuno, Justin Volz, Kyle Stecker, Karen Hsiao, Kellesimone Waits, Ken Garduno, Kent Williams, Kozyndan, Kurt Huggins, Marc Scheff, Mark Buckingham, Matt Kennedy, Matthew Bone, Matthew Levin, Megan Hutchinson, Molly Crabapple, Neil Gaiman, Nicole Maloof, Rebecca Guay, Roman Dirge, Rovina Cai, Satine Phoenix, Scott Fischer, Shaun Berke, Soey Milk, Stephanie Inagaki, Teresa Fischer, Vincent Castiglia, You Jung Byun, Zelda Devon.

The pieces are on display at La Luz de Jesus opening on Friday, December 5, closing on January 4 – A live performance by Grant Morrison kicks-off the opening at 8PM, which will be recorded for the Temple of Art documentary. The show remains open through 12/28. Preview the show on the gallery website at this link.

Photos taken at the artist preview on Thursday, 12/4

 

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Jason Lee & the RIP Tides play Tonga Hut PS Fest of Lights Float


Jason Lee and the R.I.P. Tides to play Tonga Hut float in Palm Springs Festival of Lights 12/6/2014


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San Diego instrumental surf band and Dionysus Records recording artists Jason Lee and the R.I.P. Tides will deliver a high energy set of holiday inspired surf music while aboard the Tonga Hut’s tiki themed Xmas float – designed by artist Eric October with help from friends of Tonga Hut, at the annual Palm Springs Festival of Lights Parade. After the parade – Jason Lee and the R.I.P. Tides will play at Tonga Hut Palm Springs, with DJ Lee of Dionysus Records and LuxuiraMusic.com will be spinning before and after the live music.

Tonga Hut SignThe Festival of Lights Parade takes place the first weekend in December and has quickly become one of Palm Springs’ most beloved traditions, attracting over 80,000 people to downtown Palm Springs each year.

Shops and restaurants along the parade route on Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs will be open. The parade starts at 5:45pm.

The parade starts off at Ramon Rd at 5:45pm and follows Palm Canyon Drive through downtown Palm Springs to Tamarisk Rd.

Tonga Hut, located at 254 N Palm Canyon Dr. brings to Palm Springs a classic American mid-century Polynesian themed restaurant / bar in a tiki-modern setting, with full appetizer, dinner and cocktail menus.Tonga Hut Palm Springs is the offspring of the Tonga Hut North Hollywood, Opening its’ doors in 1958 during the heyday of tiki culture in Southern California, Tonga Hut is the oldest surviving tiki bar in Los Angeles.

Tonga Hut Palm Springs has been lovingly decorated by artist Tiki Diablo and Chase Marshall (Beauty Bar in L.A. and Cobra Lounge in NYC) with vintage items as well as contemporary contributions from many artists in the tiki community including Leroy Schmaltz from Oceanic Arts, Eric October, Bosko, Kirby, Nelson’s Tiki Hut and “Mad Dog” Mike Gilbert.

Tonga Hut’s menu offers classic Polynesian/Cantonese/American dishes, like you might have found at Don the Beachcomber on old Palm Canyon Drive in the Rat Pack era. The cocktail menu contains more than 40 drinks including classic cocktails, classic tiki drinks as well as numerous original drinks including some that are exclusive to the Palm Springs location.

Jason Lee and the R.I.P. Tides are a three-piece group who deliver a raw and edgy mix to the culture of instrumental surf music. The group has developed a dedicated fan base from local and national surf, skate and tiki sub-cultures. Guitarist Jason Lee writes and records original music for television networks such as A&E, Discovery, Spike and more, and also gives guitar lessons dedicated to the tones and technique of the 60’s via You Tube videos, and at the annual Tiki Oasis weekender.

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Designer Con 2014 Wrap Up and 2015 News

 


DConTHANK YOU FOR MAKING DESIGNER CON 2014  A SMASHING SUCCESS!

This year, Designer Con topped all previous efforts with 330 vendors,  73,000 square feet of toys and art, and over 7,000 attendees!


 

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! DESIGNER CON 2015 DATES SET FOR NOVEMBER 21 AND 22!
at the Pasadena Convention Center, Exhibit Hall.
STAY TUNED FOR DESIGNER CON 2015 INFORMATION!

Designer Con 2014 photos by Reverberations Media:
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Saturday Nov. 8
Sunday Nov. 9

Select Designer Con 2014 Press
LA Magazine Guide Editors Pick (also in print Nov. 2014 issue)
Vinyl Pulse (numerous posts)
Time Out Los Angeles – Things to do
Things to do in LA
AXS.com Cool and Unique art and photography events in LA
Comics Beat – “Designer Con Tells a Toy Story All Its Own”
CultureShock Art
LAIST
The Los Angeles Beat
Macaroni Kid
Pasadena Weekly

Pasadena Star News – Top 10 Things to Do
Fused Society “The toy industry is FULL of amazing cultural fusions @ Designer Con 2014”
Toys R Evil Blogspot
Numerous posts on Action Figure Times
The Brick Fan
Nerd City Online Guide to Designer Con 2014
Rise Up Daily –  “Depression and Art Panel at Designer Con 2014
LA Weekly Slideshow

 


DESIGNER CON 2014 VENDOR AND ARTIST QUOTES

Designer Con is where imagination and art overwhelm your inner child!
-Aaron Childs

Love the show!! SO many talented artists and toy makers- I really enjoyed being a part of it. I do 30-40 shows a year and really look forward to this one because of the environment; non commercial, artist focused, and tightly run- easily one of our best shows. I can see why the attendees come back year after year- I know I will.
– Kris Kehasukjaren (Minion ME!)

Unlike most conventions where many vendors and exhibitors have basically the same stuff, each and every booth at Designer Con is unique. Ever aisle offers something new and exciting and you’re guaranteed to find something you never realized you had to have.
– Jeremy Sung, Spy Monkey Creations Inc.

There is no show like Designer Con! I’ve never seen so much variety of talent in one convention and attendees definitely appreciate this. DCon is also one of the most wonderfully managed shows I have ever sold at. This is definitely one I will be adding to my circuit.
– Emily Coleman / EmilySculpts.com

Absolutely love this show, we need more like it. The cross over between graphic illustration and hand made design is a brilliant idea that fills a much needed void in the pop culture convention world.
– Justin (Jusscope Press/ Sugar Addict Creations)

If you are an artist or company in the designer toy scene or pop-art world, then you NEED to make the trip to Designer Con to show your products and art. It’s a very well run event and THE place to be to showcase what you do to the most fans of toys and art possible. It’s an affordable event and tons of fun. I’ve networked with many talented people and made a lot of friends while doing so!
– Sean Sanford (Galactic Jerkbags)

Designer Con is seriously at the top of my list now. I loved that the focus is on original designs and art, not fan art and costumes. It’s not crazy crowded, the people are super laid back and friendly, and it’s just a nice experience all around. I came home with a bunch of new art and tons of new inspiration, I can’t wait to go back next year!
– Jeannine Schafer (The Neenerbot Shop)

One of the greatest events ever. The landscape is changing but the event is something that is inspiring and will ultimately help everyone. This convention addresses all our needs from feedback, inspiration, market testing, and plain old friendships.
– Giant Robot

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Markus Cuff: Torso Book Release and Signing


Markus Cuff: Torso
Book Release & Signing Party

Thursday, November 20th, 7-10pm
La Luz de Jesus Gallery
4633 Hollywood Blvd,
Los Angeles, CA 90027
www.laluzdejesus.com

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Torso is an amazing collection of work spanning 16 years, that documents the burgeoning tattoo phenomenon across the United States and Pacific Islands; these photographs are slick and darkly addictive…reflecting artistic expression that links to both personal and social identity, the telling of stories on the skin, of being and belonging.

Included are stunning examples of work by respected tattoo artists such as Mike Rubendall, Jill Bonny, Khalil Rintye, John The Dutchman, Horiyoshi III, Carlos Torres, Matt Breckerich, Clark North, Aaron Coleman, Horitaka, Steve Looney, Ron Earhart, Nate Bunuelos, Edwin Shaffer, George Campisi and Denny Besnard.

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Markus Cuff
Hardcover 120 pages
2014 KMW Studio
8.8″ x 12″
Shipping Weight: 2 Lbs.
$75–Click here to buy now!

Markus Cuff – artist, photographer, musician, thinker, social documentarian, nature lover and Jungian.He is perhaps the most highly respected and visible photographer in the tattoo world; regularly contributing to Tattoo Magazine, Tattoo Flash, and producer of many magazine specials. He was the single largest contributor to the Rolling Stone book Tattoo Nation maybe because of his access to Rock’s royalty. Markus was the original drummer for Emmylou Harris and the cult band The Textones.

Only books purchased here will qualify for signing.
Reserve your signed copy today!
Contact the book store for purchase information.
(323)663-0122 or sales@soapplant.com.

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