The artists were given a theme of Mother Nature retailating to humans irresponsible ways and misuse of the environment. All the interpretations were slightly different.  View some of the art here…

“Tatiana” by Andrew Moore

“Zero Technology” by 64 Colors

“Modern Dinosaurs” by Optimist

Nature’s Revenge will be up through December 4th at 1:AM Gallery.  If you are interested in decorating your home with these dope art pieces, contact info@1AMSF.com.

Here are pictures of their art:

"You Can Run but You Can't Hyde" and "Eternal Love" by Hyde

"Bath", "Untitled", and "You Can't Stop It" by Peabe

"Under the Volcano" by Phoneticontrol

"Forgotten Soul" by 64 Colors

Eternal Sleep at 1:AM gallery through November 6th!

]]> http://1amsf.com/2009/10/30/chicago-reppin-hard/feed/ 0 http://1amsf.com/2009/10/20/eternal-sleep-opening-reception/ http://1amsf.com/2009/10/20/eternal-sleep-opening-reception/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:50:23 +0000 1:AM http://1amsf.com/?p=1647 Friday, October 16th, 1:AM gallery celebrated our one year anniversary!  The artists brought their A-game and filled the gallery with their imaginative interpretation of life and death.  One of Shawn Griggs’ oil paintings depicted skull figures fishing, body boarding on a pier that seemed to be floating in the night sky while Lawrence Yang transformed his characters to have skulls with a story of absorption and Sesl commemorated Dia de los Muertos by painting a traditional life and death ceremony.  This is just 3 out of the 50 amazing pieces we have at the gallery for the Eternal Sleep show.

The vibe was great at the opening reception.  People enjoyed the art and each other’s company.  Most of the contributing artists were on hand schmoozing, boozing and having fun.

Here are some pix:

Lily Black all dressed up!

DIA's canvas and face painting. Beautiful.

Josh Ellingson and KRK Ryden.

The ladies are in the gallery.

The big guys love 64 Colors.

Yoga Frog, Sketch, and DJ Qbert striking a pose with Dan.

Crowded.

Good times.  Thanks everyone for coming by and special thanks to the artists – Shawn Griggs, Alice Koswara, Bryn Taylor,  DrilOne, Reyes, Oliver Fader, Robert Gonzalez, Phoneticontrol, Peabe, Josh Ellingson, KRK Ryden, DIA, Dave Crosland, Carlos A, Nate1, Cameron, King 157, Vogue, Twick, Laurel Anderson, Toro and Lily Black – for also celebrating our birthday with us!

Eternal Sleep at 1:AM gallery through November 6th!

Find more pictures here:

1:AM’s flickr

Upper Playground blog

Spanky Stokes

Peabe’s blog

]]> http://1amsf.com/2009/10/20/eternal-sleep-opening-reception/feed/ 0 http://1amsf.com/2009/09/30/eternal-sleep-lineup/ http://1amsf.com/2009/09/30/eternal-sleep-lineup/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:44:42 +0000 1:AM http://1amsf.com/?p=1202 I am excited for our upcoming show in 2 1/2 weeks.  To celebrate our 1 year anniversary, we have brought back artists from the past year to exhibit in our October show called “Eternal Sleep”.  It is such a good mix of art forms: from aerosol/graffiti art to customized toys to fine art.  Here is a preview of the lineup 1:AM gallery is bringing in for your viewing pleasure:

Artist Name (Show They Were Part Of)

Mark Bode (Grand Opening Oct ’08 and ICP Feb ’09)

Peter Gronquist (Solo Show Apr ’09)

Mear One (Solo Show Nov ’08)

Reuben Rude (Grand Opening Oct ’08)

64 Colors (Into the Darkness June ’09)

Orly Lacquaio (Most Finished Mar ’09)

Vogue (Don’t Sweat the Technique: Ode to the Spraycan Aug ’09)

Peabe (Newbie)

… plus many more… We’ll release more names as the date gets closer…

“Eternal Sleep” opening reception on Friday, October 16th, 2009 from 7-10pm. This is a blockbuster show that you do not want to miss!

Q&A

How did you come up with the name 64 Colors?
Well, we both started out with a box of Crayola crayons. There were 64 in the pack so… 64 Colors.

How did you guys get your start in custom toy design?  Who/how were you introduced to it?
It’s a by product of having so many toys in the studio and having a toy that just released.  “Marshall” which we designed and was produced by Rotofugi and Squibbles Ink in Chicago.  Check out www.marshalltoys.com. Through that, we met Ryan Crippen from Reactor 88 who introduced us to Alex Dril. Alex was kind enough to let us create a  custom for the IWG show
he curated. Super nice people!

What are your inspirations?
Nature, art, Japan, cartoons, toys, seeing great work by other people.  Everyday we see inspiring work!

What training have you had to bring you to this point in your  career?
Both went to art school. Lot’s of live model + painting classes. Classic training we suppose. Also work as a design, illustration studio and do a wide range of character design, packaging, illustrations and graphic design projects.

How do you guys know each other?

Met in art school, got married.

Do you guys ever get on each other’s nerves?

Yes! One of us is generally calm while the other is a bit high strung. There are occationally shouting matches but we have short attention spans and forget quickly.

If you had to designate roles to each other, what would they be? (e.g. who is the slave driver, the visionary, etc)
Depends on the project. It’s really a 50/50 collaboration. No one is in charge and maybe that makes things work best for us.

Tell us something that people don’t know about you guys but you want them to know.
Ummmm, Hmmmm, Uhhhh… :\ *draws blank*

When you were given the task of creating a piece for “Into the Darkness”, how did you interpret it?
Moonlight, creatures of the night, loneliness, wandering, dreams, nightmares, tree branches, wind, wonder and dark colors. Then wrap that into one character with a back story. We hope that our customs project personality and emotion as that is what we try to do with each piece.

How long did it take to make a piece like “Night Mary”?
About 3 weeks total. The project gets placed into our regular work flow and we toss it back and forth so the piece evolves over time.

For your Munny customs, who is your muse/model for the eyes (e.g. Natural Beauty and Night Mary)?
That’s just how Laura paints them. No particular muse or model. Just a style developed over time and trial and error. The eyes are the window to the soul you know.

Can you tell us what our fans can expect from 64 Colors in the next 5 years?
5 years is a long time. More customs, paintings, toys, animation, some books.  We hope our work will improve and opportunities will happen that will allow us to work on a wide variety of projects all over the globe. That sounds good to us!

Quick Answers to Your Favorite…

… Toy growing up

Laura: Barbie / Eric: Legos and maple blocks.

… Toy now
Laura: Friends with You Super Malfi / Eric: ThreeA Squares (I love Malfi too!)

… Artist (dead or alive)
Laura: Tamara de Lempicka / Eric: Mark Ryden

... Magazine
Laura: High Fructose / Eric: Giant Robot

… Books
Laura: Science Fiction/Fantasy / Eric: Biographies/History

… Place to go to get your creative juice flowin’
A museum, a car ride, a bike ride… could be anywhere and we always carry a sketchbook.

… Kind of Coffee
Laura: No coffee, Rootbeer / Eric: coffee black from anywhere as long as it’s good.

by 64 Colors...visit www.marshalltoys.com

"Night Mary" by 64 Colors @ 1AM SF Gallery

“Into the Darkness” exhibit will be at 1AM SF gallery through July 3rd.  Come on by or visit www.toyjunkiesf.com.