As part of New York Fashion Week and Fashion’s Night Out, I’m very excited to announce that I will be a special guest of Coach at their Madison Avenue flagship store TONIGHT!
Along with the amazingly talented graffiti artist Pesu, I will be in store creating completely customized artwork on Coach’s limited edition canvas totes from 7pm-10pm. If you will be in the NY area, please join us for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres to help celebrate fashion, art and the spirit of New York!
Fashion’s Night Out
Coach Flagship Store
595 Madison Avenue
September 10, 2009
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
UPDATE: a few of these are on my SALE site HERE.
It’s finally my favorite time of the year.. FALL! I created this Halloween series for the Monsters of Pop show at Gallery 1988 in LA back in August, which was inspired by all things spooky and generic about the holiday. Happy Halloween!
B.O.F: The Teenage Years
Dead Alive
Dunce
Haunted Couture
Death’s Day Out
A Swim on Snack Mountain
Medusa Needs a Haircut
Vampire Lover
Freddy’s Mishap
The Bad Seed
All pieces are 6.5 in x 8.5 in, Flashe paint on wood, sealed with resin. For more info on the show, contact the gallery HERE.
It’s almost here! The opening for the Monsters of Pop show at Gallery 1988 LA will be opening this coming Tuesday, August 11th. The show will feature artists Dave MacDowell, Brandon Bird, Neatherland and yours truely and should be full of endless pop culture refeneces. I’ll be posting all of my work for the show in the next couple of days.
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Despite my doctor’s request to either “try painting with your left hand” or “hold off on painting all together”, I managed to have a good laugh about it, but not to do either just yet.
My summer has been made up of frequent mornings at physical therapy and long days in the studio working… which probably just cancel each other out in the end, but I’ve dropped dead yet, so I continue to paint in the meantime.
Here are some things coming up:
1. A big ol’ show at Gallery 1988 LA coming up in August.. LOTS of new work
2. A small piece for a Stanley Kubrick Tribute show in Dublin (Sept)
3. The big “Movie Poster Show” at Gallery 1988 San Francisco (Sept)
4. A BIG, BIG, BIG live event during fashion week in NYC (Sept)
5. A Charity Art Event at OpenHouse Gallery in NYC (Oct)
a preview of things to come
I must say that I’m really looking forward to my week OUT of the studio, in which I’ll enjoy spending my time doing not much of anything in Chicago.
xx
They’re here! They’re here!
Paper Magazine prints (as well as two other new single prints) are releasing today! Click HERE for the goods!
The GIVEAWAY:
I would also like to announce a special giveaway I am doing as a way to thank everyone for their wonderful support of this series as well as the overwhelming response to my ‘save.my.hand’ SALE.
I will be giving away one of the original paintings I did for Paper Magazine to a randomly selected fan of the series! Everyone who purchases a set of prints between now and July 31st will have their name put into the mix that I will be selecting from. I will post the winner on my blog on August 1st.
So excited about this. xo
..this could be the cure! New Interviews are up:
The Tools Artists Use and Foggy Grizzly (Italian blog).
Yours Truly
Thank you also to MocoLoco, Design For All Mankind, Ninja vs. Penguin and Pikaland for featuring my sale on their fantastic sites.. you’re the best!
The Paper Magazine series that features the 10 fashion illustrations I created for the magazine between 2008-2009 are going to be available soon in the form of Limited Edition prints! (A very-special-top-secret-surprise goody is also going to be given away with one of the sets so please stay tuned for details..)
Please contact me with any questions or to be put on the list @ kiersten@youfail.com
Gallery 1988 LA has released the Limited Edition prints of Seinfeldology (aka: 99 Seinfeld References)!! You can call them to order @ 323.937.8756 or follow the links HERE.
LIMITED EDITION, 11in x 14in, giclee prints on archival paper, each signed and numbered.
The Timeless Art of Seduction..
UPDATE: It’s been a long time coming, but there are T-SHIRTS!
Also, Gallery 1988 is now selling small prints of these for only $10!! Check ‘em out HERE
So as any die-hard Seinfeld fan knows, references to the show can be made to just about anything. Since I find myself practicing Seinfeldology almost daily, I decided to take a sampling of these and throw them into a giant heap. Here’s piece #2 that I created for Gallery 1988′s Idiot Box, a group show all about cult TV classics, (with object key below).. Serenity NOW!
P.S. There are a few extra items hidden in the piece for BIGTIME fans.
I was pretty nervous to be working out of my element (aka: alone in my studio), but I have to say that changing paint for paint markers, and wood for canvas totes really wasn’t as bad as I thought it might be. Usually it takes me forever to complete even the simplest of paintings, so I was worried that doing one bag in under 10 min would be a disaster..
Turns out that after some major practice, I found a method that really seemed to work for me. The girls at Coach were nice enough to send me some test canvas a head of time, so I was able to see what I wanted to use well before the event date. I knew that paint would be way too slow for me, so a friend of mine suggested that I try using paint markers.. After ordering about $200 in various brands and colors, I found a few that I was happy with.
I then decided that it may be best for me to do ALL of my drawings a head of time (I get very nervous drawing under pressure). I was also concerned with people standing in line getting bored, so I thought if I printed out the drawings first, it would give them something to do while waiting. Each person could choose their own drawing, which I would then transfer to the bag and color. I eventually got the hang of it as the night went on and the 4 hours absolutely flew by.
What was really amazing though was that everyone in line was so so so sweet and patient! A few people even waited over an HOUR and still had a smile on their face (even when the drinks ran out!) by the time I got to them. I was really thankful for such a nice, calm atmosphere, even amongst the masses of people who attended.
I only wish that I could have had the opportunity to speak with more people.. Unfortunately my multi-tasking ability is a little rusty, so for most of the night my head was down, looking at what I was drawing. Apologies to everyone if I came across as a bit quiet or rude. I really had so much fun, thank you to Coach for having me, and thank you all for coming out!
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