For all of you who couldn’t make it to the opening here is a preview of the Geeks of Nature show by Podgypanda complete with pricing.
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Donning the walls of Nation Toys this November is the works of KOMBOH (aka Michael Mateyko & Hans Thiessen). With a very descriptive theme you can gather that the show will focus on wearable art. There is an assortment of incredible hand screened imaginative and simplistic graphic tees accompanied by some beautifully framed illustrated prints. [...]

Ahoy! We have a special treat this month in the Nation space. Mommy Still Likes Me: The art of Pete & Jo features wood. Art on wood, that is! If you’re in the Calgary area this month, make sure to stop by anytime. Even better yet, if you’re in the Calgary area tonight then we’re [...]

This past weekend I was introduced to Imaginary Ordinary; which is both wonderfully imaginative and far from ordinary. The concept has been dubbed a social networking & community mapping project. I love this community mapping idea. I’ll let them explain in their own words:
Imaginary Ordinary is a social networking site [physical location] [...]

Okay so it’s been a week since my return from SDCC. Typically I would have so much to immediately say… and it’s not that I don’t… it’s that there is an overwhelming amount to say.

Inauguration Day 1961
“The president’s father beamed with pride and the King of Pop listened intently that cold, windy day when JFK suggested they ask not what their country could do for them, but what they could do for their country.”
“Art too bad to be ignored”.
I can’t get over this concept. It’s entirely genius in itself, [...]

Casey Weldon
“The Reading”
acrylic on wood
30 x 20 inches
$1,350.00
(Various Cult Movie Directors, from left to right; Jim Jarmusch, John Waters, David Lynch, Wes Anderson, Quentin Tarantino, Kevin Smith, Tim Burton)
SOLD
Gallery 1988 Los Angeles opened round 3 of the the wildly popular / annual Crazy 4 Cult show last week.  There is a decadent amount of pop [...]

I say with great certainty that one day I will own an original Josh Keyes painting.  His work is perfectly haunting and meticulous, to the point where you think it’s a digitally compiled piece. The shadows and dissections are seemingly both random and abstract, though somehow make sense alongside the visual juxtapositions of Wildlife v.s. [...]

Banksy is definitely one of my favourite artists. His artwork is usually satiracal pieces of art which surround controversial issues politics, culture and ethics. For those who don’t know much about Banksy, he operates himself as an anonymous artist so no one really has too much information on him as a person. This is also [...]

Sometimes I just can’t help but feel compelled to share with you some of the amazing artists we have the opportunity to showcase in the NATION gallery. For the month of June we’ve been fortunate to showcase the artwork of Chris Brett. His work has just the right mix of comic surrealism and [...]