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12 Ways to Look Your Worst

Men’s Health magazine comissioned Maurice Vellekoop to illustrate ’12 Ways to Look Your Worst.’ Check out these clothes, accessories, and grooming trends that have since faded out.
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August 26, 2016

Hollywood: The Art Of The Movie Poster

These are two personal works by Deshi Deng recently exhibited at the Northern Contemporary Gallery’s group show, “Hollywood: The Art Of The Movie Poster.”

The exhibition features over 20 artists who have created posters reinterpreting their favourite movies. The exhibition is on view until June 28th.

Artists exhibiting are Allison Burda & Cameron Gee, CLöWNBäBÿ/Kartigan, Deshi Deng, Gleb FoRo, Jeffrey Royiwsky, Jim Sage, Joaquin Varela, Jos Theriault, Keith Einmann, Lisa Vanin, M. Glass, Matthew Daley, Matthew Haskill, Michael Pagdon, Pong Ping, Raz Latif, Robert John Paterson, Robert Quance, Roman Arabia, Sophie Paas-Lang, Tiffany Huta, Uuule Brennar, Virginia Deil and Will Gaydos.

June 24, 2016

‘Cameraworks’ by Tomio Nitto

IndexG Gallery Shop is inviting you to see ‘Cameraworks’ by Tomio Nitto.

The reception will be held on Thursday, May 26th, 2016, 5-8pm and the exhibition runs through June 5th, 2016.

The gallery is located at 48 Gladstone Avenue. See you there!

Camerworks by Tomio Nitto

 

May 25, 2016

3d Art by Tomio Nitto

Tomio Nitto created 3D art for INDEXG’s month of May ‘Contact’ exhibition.

http://indexg.com/
 

April 27, 2016

Milken Institute Review

Check out Steven Guarnaccia’s spot illustrations for the Milken Institute Review article ‘The Rise and Fall of American Growth’ by Robert Gordon.

Read the article here: http://assets1c.milkeninstitute.org/…/MIR…/PDF/75-94MR69.pdf
 
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April 11, 2016

A is for Animal: Showcasing a Typeface in an Illustrated Alphabet Book

“A is for anteater” and “z is for zebra,” but in James Marsh’s A-Z Book of Animal Verse, every letter of Sanzibar Pro font has an accompanying two-page spread featuring an animal, image and four-line verse. This 60-page book is printed on Colorplan Mist paper and only 150 signed, limited-edition copies are available for purchase.

http://www.printmag.com/typograp…/illustrated-alphabet-book/

 

April 8, 2016

Deshi Deng for Vice

Our illustrator Deshi Deng was recently commissioned by Vice to illustrate Ranbir Singh Sidhu’s article depicting the Jihadist war on bloggers in Bangladesh.

Check out the Vice article here:
http://www.vice.com/read/inside-the-jihadist-war-on-bloggers-on-bangladesh
 

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March 29, 2016

The Museum of the Street: 50 Years of Toronto Illustration

The Museum of the Street: 50 Years of Toronto Illustration
 

The Museum Of The Street: 50 Years of Toronto Illustration

Show Dates: January 12 to February 5, 2016
Opening reception: from 6:00 to 8:00 PM on Thursday, January 14, 2016

The exhibition will be open to the public, Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

The Museum Of The Street will be a exhibition of the 50 years of illustration featuring the work of 38 Toronto illustrators who began their careers in the years between the 1960’s and the mid 1980’s.

Here’s the list of artists in the show…

Jamie Bennett
Huntley Brown
Tak Bui
David Chestnutt
Julius Ciss
Mike Constable
Sylvie Daigneault
Ken Dallison
Will Davis
Sandra Dionisi
Blair Drawson
Bob Fortier
Gail Geltner
James Hill
Roger Hill
Jeff Jackson
Barbara Klunder
Jerzy Kolacz
Anita Kunz
Ted Larson
Ross MacDonald
Doug Martin
Tom McNeely
Joe Morse
Simon Ng
Tomio Nitto
Dennis Noble
Doug Panton
Maureen Paxton
Joe Salina
Gerry Sevier
Peter Swan
James Sweetland
Mark Thurman
Maurice Vellekoop
Richard Whyte
Muriel Wood
Rene Zamic

(Painting by James Hill for the Canadian Opera Company’s 1979/1980 season poster)

January 12, 2016

Scary Times from Bill Russell

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Bill Russell created Scary Times to showcase his interest in skeletons and Day of the Dead culture.

Recently he repurposed images from his best-selling book Dance of Death, published by Reactor in 1987, into posters, prints and other merchandise.

View some images on his FaceBook page.

 

 

November 3, 2015

Barbara Klunder at David Kaye Gallery

Barbara Klunder's Naked Truth

Barbara Klunder’s Naked Truth at David Kaye Gallery
October 29 – November 22, 2015
Meet the artist: Saturday, October 31, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

In Naked Truth BARBARA KLUNDER is showing a number of quick gesture drawings that speak to her love of putting line to paper… and capturing the essence in each pose. Drawing is the basis for all the incredible causes that she has worked on employing her wicked humour and spirited drawing style to great effect.

October 27, 2015