Mari Kasurinen's Pop Culture My Little Ponies Are My New Favourite Thing
/Mari Kasurinen is a pop artist from Finland who sculpts very impressive custom My Little Ponies. Which is your favourite?
Back to Basics on The World of Kitsch
/I've noticed my blog posts being more sparse this year, and definitely more product orientated, so I've decided to start throwing in the sort of blog post I started The World of Kitsch with. Proper kitsch products, collated by me, on my own without partnership with a brand. Perhaps it'll kick start my love of blogging again, as it's started to feel like a chore, especially as my health is poor right now and I'm tired as it is.
So, I'll start with the most well know kitsch artist, Tretchikoff. He of Green Lady fame, his print was sold widely through the western world in the sixties and seventies. Bizarrely I don't own a Tretchikoff myself. I have works of Louis Shabner and J H Lynch, but I've never found a real life Tretchikoff in a charity shop, and can't spare the £100 or so I would need to call one my own from eBay.
Maybe I should go the whole hog like Red or Read's Wayne Hemmingway and just have a Tretchikoff wall!
Here is the late Amy Winehouse showing her love of the artist.
And the beautiful Lauren Laveren had the chance to be painted in Tretchikoff style. Very jealous.
For now I will have to stick to little soft furnishing touches of Tretch' round the house.
Or maybe I can be the Green Lady this Halloween?
Until I can afford my own picture mural wall anyway.
Famous Artists Cosplay Collectors' Cards, Series One
/Super hero cool. Available from the very talented Burnt Candy on Etsy now.
"What would happen if some of the most influential and popular artist's in history decided to dress up as their favorite Marvel and DC characters to attend comic con?
It's famous artists and cosplay! What more could you ask for?
This is Series 1 of my artist trading cards. It features the following: Cezanne as Wolverine, Dali as Green Arrow, DeLempicka as Catwoman, Duchamp as The Riddler, Picasso as Iron Man, O'Keefe as Poison Ivy, Koons as Batman, Kandinsky as The Vision, Pollock as Hulk, Van Gogh as the Joker, Warhol as Spiderman, and Kalho as Wonder Woman.
Makes a great gift for comic book enthusiasts as well as art history buffs, art teachers and artists."
Alice in Wonderland Faux Taxidermy by Suzanne Black
/I'm a terribly nosy person. I love finding out what old school mates are doing these days. Given my passion for collecting taxidermy, I was excited to discover fellow ex-Sullivan-Upperite Suzanne Black is dabbling in the fine art. I asked her about her inspirations.
"I'm an artist that dabbles in different mediums, I take my inspiration from random things I come across in junk shops and photos, for example my faux taxidermy was influenced by some victorian taxidermy pictures depicting life and fashions of the time it influenced me to make scenes from my own life. My love for all things vintage definitely influence my style."
You can contact Suzanne via email, and I will keep you up to date with her future exhibitions.
Kat Kirk's Glorious Addams Family Tattoo Flash
/Traditional tattoo art prints by Kat Kirk, including Addams Family & designs inspired by The Craft. Prints available to pre-order now priced between £8 and £10. Check out Her Mother's Eyes online store and take advantage of the free shipping.
Glorious Mid-Century Art Work by Bangor's Neal McCullough
/Hello readers, I've not been able to blog too much recently, so I've invited my favourite local artist who I've featured regularly before on The World of Kitsch, Neal McCullough, to guest post about his current exhibition. Thank you, Neal!
Hey Hey, World of Kitsch Regulars. I’m Neal McCullough from Bangor’s Hand Drawn Creative Illustration. Claire has graciously allowed me to write about my latest illustrated Exhibition currently on in Belfast’s Atelier Design Interiors showroom.
You’ll know my illustration work already, because I designed the The World of Kitsch logo right above this post. Like a lot of World of Kitsch fans, I’m obsessed with vintage illustration and mid-century furniture, so I’ve put together a collection of ten new illustrations showcasing my mid-century obsession called “Asseyez-Vous”
The Asseyez-Vous illustrations were created following meetings with Victor & James at Atelier Design’s hyper-chic showroom in Belfast’s Refound Building, and a lot of the finished illustrations feature little hidden gems from their range of kitsch, retro furniture and textiles.
“Asseyez-Vous” was due to wrap up on 3 May, but has now been been extended for another month, so if you’re in Belfast in May, call in. The showroom is open Wednesday-Saturday. I really hope you like the pretty pictures. Prints range from £10 to £80. If you aren’t in Northern Ireland you can also order prints through my Etsy store too.
Thanks for having me!
Cheers, Neal
