This apparently has gotten a bit of a rise from some people who don’t get political commentary. Our old friend, Ron English, teamed up with Made By Monsters for these soldier toys, under the guise that “not everyone in war gets to come home a hero.” Hypebeast notes that “only 10 sets of sample prototype figures will be released with each costing $100 USD.”
Just a reminder, Sam Flores highly anticipated solo exhibtion at our FIFTY24SF Gallery, featuring brand new works from San Francisco-based fine artist, opens Wednesday, December 12 in San Francisco.
Lion marks Flores’ first showing in his hometown in nearly a decade, and his first solo show since 2011′s Cairo exhibition at Articulate Baboon. Flores has long been a collaborator with Upper Playground, with his 12Grain line a staple in our collection every year.
The exhibition opens Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at FIFTY24SF Gallery in San Francisco.
“My new show delves into themes that I touch on a lot in my work,” Flores told us. “The struggle of good and bad light and dark, innocence and evil. I’m taking you to a more rich, colorful world of struggle temptation and hope.”
For more information, contact Gallery@FIFTY24SF.com
Sam Flores
Lion and the Lamb
Opens December 12, 2012.
Closes February 12, 2013.
FIFTY24SF Gallery
218 Fillmore Street
San Francisco, Calfornia
Upper Playground and the SF Heritage Preservation Society together with Bill Griffith presents to you the limited edition Zippy the Zippo. Only 100 made.
Created by American cartoonist, William Jackson Griffith, Zippy the iconic cartoon strip was born in San Francisco in 1970. Zippy The Pinhead, inspired by circus sideshows, was known for his oddly shaped head, polka dot clown suit, and bizarre social commentary. Equipped with a scrambled attention span and healthy diet of ding-dongs and taco sauce, the comic strip chronicled Zippy’s neurotic experience through pop culture.
San Francisco in the 1970’s was a haven for counterculture cartoonists and a hotbed for the underground comic movement led by Last Gasp publishing. The scene gave rise to Griffith as well as a host of other famed cartoonists such as Robert Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, Spain Rodriguez, and a milieu of others.
Hired by the San Francisco Examiner in 1985, alongside Hunter S. Thompson, Bill Griffith’s Zippy character rose in popularity and soon became a nationally syndicated strip.
The Heritage Preservation Society would like to pay homage to San Francisco’s historic cartoon culture and one of its most legendary comic strip icons.
Special thanks to Bill Griffith and Last Gasp Publishing.
www.zippythepinhead.com
www.lastgasp.com
FIFTY24SF Gallery, in association with Upper Playground, is pleased to announce our closing exhibition of 2012, Lion and the Lamb, featuring brand new works from San Francisco-based fine artist, Sam Flores. Lion marks Flores’ first showing in his hometown in nearly a decade, and his first solo show since 2011′s Cairo exhibition at Articulate Baboon. Flores has long been a collaborator with Upper Playground, with his 12Grain line a staple in our collection every year. The exhibition opens Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at FIFTY24SF Gallery in San Francisco.
“My new show delves into themes that I touch on a lot in my work,” Flores told us. “The struggle of good and bad light and dark, innocence and evil. I’m taking you to a more rich, colorful world of struggle temptation and hope.”
For more information, contact Gallery@FIFTY24SF.com
Sam Flores
Lion and the Lamb
Opens December 12, 2012.
Closes February 12, 2013.
FIFTY24SF Gallery
218 Fillmore Street
San Francisco, Calfornia
Upper Playground has once again teamed up with one of the most respected and legendary graffiti artists ever,MQ, for a 3-part, limited print-run sticker zine sticker series. We first released the San Francisco Edition Sticker Zine last month, and today we announce the Los Angeles Edition Sticker Zine. The LA edition, printed in a limited run of 100 zines, features iconic “MQ” tags and graffiti pieces put up through out Los Angeles that remain or have been buffed over the past few decades.Buy it here.
Make sure to check out the NY edition, coming soon.
