Prints Are People Too!: The Aftermath

A big thanks to everyone who came out to the show this weekend! We had a great turnout (even though I took most of the pics before most people arrived, oops!) and were so happy so see so many old friends and so many new faces as well. For those who had questions about some of the prints, here are the deets:

- We have from 1-4 copies of each print, depending on the artist
- As long as there is at least one print left of the piece, you can take your print home the day you buy it. If you're looking at purchasing the very last copy of a print, we like to keep the art up for the duration of the month to help the artist get exposure. You know, spread the word about the artists you love!
-For those out of towners who've seen something you would like here on the blog, shoot us an e-mail and we can ship you the piece, payment can be made via either Paypal or credit card.











xo
Angie

Prints Are People Too! and Mati Rose McDonough

Does this look like Tyson and me or what?!

Oh boy my friends, we've really got something special for you tomorrow night (that's Saturday the 7th), it's the opening party for our latest show, Prints Are People Too!

In case you haven't been reading up on the blog lately, I'll summarize quickly:

- The show features prints by over 15 different artists from all over the world (we've got some from the US, the UK, Singapore & Australia)
- The prints range from $8-$80....if that isn't recession friendly then I don't know what the hell is
- The sizes range from 5"x5" to 2ft x 3ft
- From digital prints to handpulled screen prints, we've got all sorts of techniques in the mix
- Tyson and I picked all the artists together, so we've got a good mix of styles, from the girly, to the sketchy, to the ethereal, to the edgy. A bit of something for everyone!

Deets:
Where: Headquarters Galerie, 1649 Amherst, metro Berri-UQAM, maisonneuve exit
When: Sat. March 7th, 7pm-11pm
What: art, music, drinks, snacks, shopping (yup, the boutique is open all night!)


In order to tempt you even more, we'd like to introduce you to the work of another of the great artists involved in the show, Mati Rose McDonough. Here's a bit of info about her, scooped from her website:

Mati Rose McDonough is an adult who paints like a child. It has taken her 32 years, 2 schools, and approximately 486 paintings to get to this point.

Mati is inspired by beauty, truth, lies, urban animals perched up in trees, bits of eavesdropped conversation, young imaginations, faded signs, the ocean, patchwork quilts, ornate iron work, ice cream carts and stories of longing. She admires artists Maira Kalman, Beatriz Milhazes, Margaret Kilgallen, Louise Bourgeois, Kiki Smith, the Clayton Brothers, Japanese pop artists, Sienese Painters, and Mexican Retablo artists.

She has had numerous shows and has published several illustrations and she hopes that this is just the beginning. Along with her clever and talented husband Hugh D’Andrade she makes messes and daily discoveries in her studio behind her home in San Francisco.

I immediately fell in love with her work after seeing it on Etsy, and knew that this woman NEEDED to be a part of our show. We're SO happy she agreed, and can't wait to share the real-life loveliness with all of you tomorrow!

xo
Angie

Monster Gallery

We don't know all that much about Monster Gallery apart from what we've seen on Etsy and the artists blog. We've read that Monster Gallery is a one-man show by Joseph, or JoE (as he is known), an artist residing in Singapore who is known for his retro pop culture-inspired art and prints. One of his goals is to bring his art to the masses.

His motto: Art for All, and All for Art!

We say: Hell yeah! We agree with your motto, we love your art and we're pumped to have your work in this show! We have NINE different amazing prints by Monster Gallery, and they are beautiful, square, and just CRYING OUT to be hung in a grouping of 3, 4, 6, 9, whatever!

xo
Angie

Ashley G

Another one of the great artists participating in the "Prints Are People Too!" show is Etsy seller extraordinaire, Ashley G. In Etsy-speak many folks refer to her as a "power seller" due to the INCREDIBLE number of sales she's had (8600 sales? no biggie...!) I refer to her as a super talented artist who makes me drool over her illustrations and colour palette. It doesn't roll off the tongue quite as well as "power seller" but I've been known to be verbose... Tyson calls it "being a big-mouth".


We're expecting Ashleys prints any day now, so we don't yet know exactly which ones we'll be receiving for the show, but here are a sampling of the type of thing we're expecting soon.

xo
Angie

Olivia Jeffries

Another one of the talented artists participating in the "Prints are People Too!" show is Olivia Jeffries, who is based out of Norwich (UK). Olivia graduated in 2000 with a BA in (appropriately) printmaking and photomedia from Norwich School of Art and Design. As is so appartent in her work, Olivia notes that her creative process is highly influenced by her fascination with used paper. She loves the feeling of working on a surface that has already been given a sense of purpose in a previous incarnation and has become worn over time. As a love of all things vintage and old, I can heavily relate to that feeling, and suspect this is one of the reason I was initially drawn to her work.


Although the works we will be enjoying in the show next weekend are prints, the originals are made using old letter, books or packaging materials. By making art out of them they are detached from their original roles and combined with Olivias ghostly figures, drawn from old photographs and stripped of their surroundings.

Gentle yet eery, thoughtful yet naive, Olivias work appeals to us in a very understated way that makes you feel slightly uncomfortable, while you catch yourself sneaking another peek. We think it may be the voyeuristic feeling created through the use of the photographic inspiration, but whatever it is, we like it!