MINDstyle LIFEstyle Artists: Yosuke Ueno

MINDstyle LIFEstyle is proud to welcome Yosuke Ueno from Japan to our family; following the recent announcement of Kenny Scharf in an amazing continuing series of art toy collectibles collaborations for 2010 and beyond!

Yosuke says it best, “The most important thing when I paint is to be very careful. It is a consciousness in which I can’t anticipate what kind of work will result. I hope to challenge in paint what I couldn’t handle with my mind. An adventurer makes his way without fully knowing what lies ahead. A chemist never succeeds without experimentation. When I am working, I get to the point where I can’t even imagine the outcome, and then suddenly see a brand-new, beautiful path.”

Muppetational

Everything you would want to know about Disney limited edition art toy collectibles (ATC) coming soon…

Michael Lau x Gardener 10th Beijing @ NPC

Michael Lau brings his Gardener 10th Exhibition to Beijing this weekend at the New Project Center in Beijing. Hypebeast just released some of the exclusive products for fans and collectors featuring news of the ultra limited 109 versions of t-shirts!

Vinyl On Vinyl

MINDsylist Gabby Dela Merced is doing cool things with friends as they prepare for the opening of Vinyl On Vinyl in Manila. Gaby and her partners will be joined by Mark Landwehr of Coarse Toys and Rotobox with music by Nomad Technology. We’ll be there of course at 7274 Collective Malugay Street, Makati to join the opening festivities along with some free prize giveaways!

Kenny Scharf x MINDstyle

Many of Scharf’s works consist of popular culture based shows. He uses images from the animated cartoons popular during his childhood, such as Hanna Barbera’s The Flintstones and The Jetsons. One of the reasons Scharf uses cartoon images in his art work is to bring popular culture into the fine arts. Scharf wants to see how far he can push the line between high and low art, and now enter… art toys!


With the announcement earlier this year of Hanna Barbera’s The Flintstones and The Jetsons, it’s now official that MINDstyle’s all-star artist lineup continues with ATC figures by Kenny Scharf. He was a key figure in the East Village art scene of the 1980s, with shows at Fun gallery (1981) and Tony Shafrazi (1984), before seeing his work embraced by museums, such as the Whitney, which selected him for the 1985 Whitney Biennial. Scharf was friends with the graffiti artist Keith Harring and Andy Warhol in part of pop movement thriving today!

Limited editon licensed collectible figures are now in development.