i had one in the basket and went to the checkout and everything has crashed....

Apologies if you have had trouble with the site. If you are struggling please email me at Danny@Unit-44.com

Here is a contest to win one of 2 prints from Handiedan! I would like to do it but I don't even know the magazine!
misterthree.com/blog/4/contests-giveaways/22/handiedan-giveaway

just seen this in there shop ...... www.misterthree.nl/?m=shop&p=detail_product&id=101

Featuring: Handiedan, Charmaine Olivia, Craww and Tatiana Suarez

Opening night September 1, 2011 6pm - 10pm
show on view through September 22, 2011

Spoke Art is pleased to present our September Group Show featuring four artists from around the world. While there is a similar subject matter, each artist has their own individual aesthetic, form of medium and exploration of technique for representing the female figure in a substantially different way. We are excited to announce that all four artists will be in attendance.



Handiedan's layered and intricate collages are influenced by old pin-up girl posters and movie images. She collects found items in the streets, old buildings, flea markets, and during her travels which she then later alters to create new works. In her artwork you can find Chinese post papers, cook book pages, old stamps, fabric, rusty nails, dried flowers, currency, and old movie posters.
Charmaine Olivia's arresting oil paintings capture sensual tattooed women. Whether they are wearing a fox mask, a feathery headdress, or there is a ship emerging from a tangle of black hair, it is hard to pull your eyes away from these beauties. In a recent interview she says, "As most of my paintings are some sort of reflection of me, this is me living vicariously through them."
Craww uses graphite and acrylic paints to fabricate seductively dark and fantastical women who come to him in his day-dreams. He enjoys seeing his creations evolve into something unexpected as he paints. He describes his work as "stream of consciousness doodlings and paintings. Steeped in ambiguity, often melancholic and usually featuring big hands and crows."
Tatiana Suarez is a multifaceted artist who primarily uses oils although you can also find her on the streets painting murals with a graffiti can. Her fascination with faces and emotional facial expression inspires her to create unique and vivid portraits. Touching on symbols and mythology from her Brazilian and El Salvadorian background, her trademark wide-eyed girls conjure other-worldly fantasy.

About the artists
Handiedan, also known as Hanneke Treffers, was born in 1981 in a small town in the Netherlands. Recently, her work has been shown at: Phone Booth Gallery (Long Beach, CA), Mondo Bizzarro Gallery (Rome, Italy), and a solo show at Unit 44 (Newcastle, UK). She now lives and works in Amsterdam.


Detail Handiedan 'Lost Highway No.3' original artwork


Detail Handiedan 'Broken Geisha No.1' giclee print edition

For the group show I created three new artorks and Spoke Art will also Spoke Art will also release a new giclee edition during the opening, and after the opening online at Phone Booth Gallery's website.
More information about the print release will follow soon or for inquiries, please contact spoke-art.com/contact/ or phoneboothgallery.com/pbg/contact.

Charmaine Olivia is a self taught artist originally from San Diego, CA. Some of her clients and projects include: Urban Outfitters, Lady Gaga, Volcom Stone, Element, Nylon Magazine, Eyes on Walls, and Society 6. Recently she has had shows in San Francisco at Project One Gallery, Public Works, 111 Minna, Vessel (Oakland) , and C.A.V.E Gallery (Venice, CA). She is currently living in San Francisco.
Craww Recently he has shown with London Miles Gallery, Phone Booth Gallery (Long Beach, CA) and had a successful solo show entitled Crooked Comfort at C.A.V.E. in Venice, CA. Craww currently resides in Sheffield, England.
Tatiana Suarez was born in 1983 and is a graduate of the University of Miami's graphic design program. Her work has been seen at Primary Flight, Art Basel (Miami, FL), Art Whino Gallery (MD) and our own Quentin vs. Coen show (NYC). After living in Miami, she has recently migrated to Brooklyn, NY where she is a full time artist.

Spoke Art Gallery
816 Sutter St.
San Francisco, CA 94109
spoke-art.com

Relevant Links:
Handiedan: www.handiedan.com
Charmaine Olivia: charmaineolivia.com
Craww: www.craww.com
Tatiana Suarez: www.tatisuarez.com
Show Details and attend here: www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=183413171728261

Additional Reading:
- Warholian visits Charmaine Olivia: warholian.com/2011/08/03/charmaine-olivia/
- Arrested Motion interviews Handiedan: arrestedmotion.com/2010/02/interview-handiedan/
- Kitch-En interviews Craww: www.kitch-engallery.co.uk/artists/craww.html
- Supersonic Electronic interviews Tatiana Suarez: supersonicelectronic.com/post/1344369289/tatiana-suarez-a-supersonic-electronic

any 1 after this show card

^ and gone

edition size and price?

Silkscreen or Giclée?

I like the red hair/blond hair David Lynch's lost highway reference

Hey guys,

Just posted these prints up online for those who are interested...

phoneboothgallery.com/pbg/prints

And sold out.
Another quick complete sell-out...

19 November · 19:00 - 22:00
Phone Booth Gallery
2533 East Broadway
Long Beach, California

Phone Booth Gallery is pleased to present United Taste of Miracle, the fourth exhibition by Dutch artist Handiedan. In a new series of tactile, layered collages, the artist continues to interact with the iconography of the pin-up and the mystique of ornament. The exhibition opens with a reception on November 19, from 7-10 P.M. This all-ages event will take place at Phone Booth Gallery’s exhibition space, 2533 East Broadway, Long... Beach, CA 90803. United Taste of Miracle will remain on view through December 17, both at the exhibition space and on www.phoneboothgallery.com.

Handiedan’s exploration of the vintage sensuality of pin-up culture has become more dimensional and more intricate in this new instance. Figures and the decorative patterns that surround them protrude slightly from pages of yellowed advertisement text, tempting you to run your fingers across them. Text has even been superimposed back over girls’ intertwined limbs, collapsing background and foreground and emphasizing the bodies themselves as ads for a certain kind of sassy sexiness.

Ornate frames surround each image and little message bubbles, like the kind from comic books, hover around the girls or lurk off to the side. A tiny Supergirl makes repeat appearances and Asian characters appear, written in blue pen across limbs or in the background, bringing World War II era exoticism into the mix. Layer upon layer of references twist together. In all, the cultural mélange in this series is dense, varied and surprising.

Like the work of Joseph Cornell, Wallace Berman, Kurt Schwitters or other collage forerunners, Handiedan’s collages communicate a mood more than a message, peaking curiosity rather than offering any sort of thesis about culture. They make seduction graphic, fully aware of all its often tamped-down cultural ramifications. But the work still leaves room for reflection. You can get lost in the beauty of the detail and the drama.

In addition to intricate new mixed media works, United Taste of Miracle will include three large prints, a series of regular print releases and a to-be-announced special release.

Not sure if there was a thread for this show started or not, but I wanted to give you some sneak shots of some of the work. Preview list is open!

Phone Booth Gallery is pleased to present United Taste of a Miracle, the fourth exhibition by Dutch artist Handiedan. In a new series of tactile, layered collages, the artist continues to interact with the iconography of the pin-up and the mystique of ornament. The exhibition opens with a reception on November 19, from 7-10 P.M. This all-ages event will take place at Phone Booth Gallery’s exhibition space, 2533 East Broadway, Long Beach, CA 90803. United Taste of Miracle will remain on view through December 17, both at the exhibition space and on www.phoneboothgallery.com.

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