SURFACE exhibit opens this Saturday (DEFS + VR)

Join us as we open DEFS + VR's two-man show SURFACE on September 30, Saturday, 8pm onwards at Vinyl on Vinyl.

TARSIUS vinyl launch at Vinyl on Vinyl tonight!

Visit the TARSIUS page HERE.

Illegal Gathering exhibit at Flabslab Singapore

Vinyl on Vinyl and Gabby Tiongson in Singapore!

Flabslab brings selected artists for a pre-stgcc gathering!

See you tonight at Flabslab, 1 Commonwealth , 06-11 One Commonwealth, Singapore

Upcoming show: A Letter from Manila (Chill x Bato)

The streets of Manila are diversified dwelling for art, people and culture. It’s panorama of different eras describes the past, present and future of once most sophisticated place in the Philippines.

The art of graffiti resides in Manila’s walls in common with today’s inhabitants, business and its law enforcements which are incorporated with BATO’s pieces. His lines form blissful architectural symmetry and letters mixed with blunt colors representing the souls meeting in the streets everyday. When one portion is gone, the feel of Manila will never be the same.

These are the same memories present in the works of CHILL. His personal dreamland came from the souls that he met along his journey. The faces from film, music and popular culture are fined through Letras Y Figuras, reviving Filipino’s unsung signature style using contour and colors of humans and objects in creating art scripts.

This is the culture that tells the story of Manila from the eyes of the two young artists collaborated to redefine graffiti and street art more just vandalism and destruction. It is part of their lives and yours too. This is a letter from Manila.

- Words by Anna Villena

Check out CHILL X BATO's teaser video HERE . 

Robotars show postponed to July 25!

Due to the bad weather, the Robotars Custom Show 2 will open on July 25, Wednesday.  

ROBOTARS CUSTOM SHOW 2 OPENING TOMORROW!

The 2^nd Robotars Custom Show features over 40 artists composed of graphic designers, painters and illustrators from Manila. Some of which are JeAA, Nico Deacosta, Sigmund Torre, Quiccs, Anjo Bolarda,  Nemo, and awesome members of Ang InK and Pilipinas Street Plan. Special international artists from Singapore (curated by ToysRevil) and Rome (Street artist Bol23).

Robtars (robot tarsiers) is an independently-produced designer resin figure by JomikeTejido, an architect and artist. This urban art toy is based on the tarsier, a threatened species of tiny primates found in the Philippines and represents love for the environment thru urban art. The figure is a 6-inch resin sculpture with a hidden storage pod in its head and includes a collector’s card. Jomike Tejido’s creation was inspired by his trip to Tokyo in 2007 and aims to let Robotars hop all over the globe.

 

The exhibit is also the official launch of the 100 limited edition blindboxes of handpainted Robotars figures. Among these, 12 chase figures were made by Filipino graphic artists, street artists, illustrators and painters such as Jason Moss, Electrolychee, Weewilldoodle, Mark Salvatus, Dex Fernandez, Zeus Bascon and many more.

 

The action-packed opening night shall have:

-        The 1^st release of Limited-edition Robotars tees!

-        Free Robotars kids’ magazines for early attendees!

-        A live painting collaboration with Quiccs, Anjo Bolarda and Jomike Tejido!

-        An on-the-spot design competition, with Robotars blindboxes and tees at stake!

 

Enter our hero robotar (Artie’s) world today! Hop to www.jmtejido.com/robotars and play the free online game!

 

FB: Robotars Manila

Twitter: @Robotars

Special Thanks to Vibla Publishing house and urban art bloggers ToysRevil, Geekmatic, Azraelsmerryland, Spankystokes, Plasticandplush, and Vinylpulse.

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