Weâve got a ton of stuff to get through in Limited Paper today, including a look at Mondoâs next big gallery show (featuring artwork from Australian duo We Buy Your Kids), FroDesignCoâs series of Mythic Beasts Travel Posters (featuring Limited Paperâs spirit animal, the Chupacabra), Gallery1988âs Rated G (featuring work from Justin White), andâbecause why the hell notâwe also need to provide an update on our latest contest/giveaway while teasing the next one. Phew. Bring a bookmark and meet me on the other side of the jump, my fellow poster junkies.Since Limited Paper started earlier this year, weâve been fortunate enough to see a bunch of artists and galleries join our readership (every so often, Iâll get an email from [insert name of artist you love here], and will be totally stunned to find out theyâre a Limited Paper reader), and theyâve been great about giving us a headâs up whenever theyâve got something new on the horizon. Since Iâm the only one writing Limited Paper, virtually all of the ârounding up material for contentâ responsibilities falls on my shoulders, and whenever an artist or gallery reaches out to let us know theyâve got something in the works, itâs a huge help towards keeping things running smoothly here at Limited Paper HQ.Todayâs installment of Limited Paper, for instance, is composed entirely of announcements and links provided by the artists and companies who help make up our readership, and we thank âem all for giving us the headâs up. Obviously, we canât always feature everyone we get contacted by, but we always do our best to represent as wide a variety of artists, galleries, and up-and-comers as possible. If youâre running a gallery or producing artwork you feel is on-par with the rest of what we feature in this column, donât hesitate to drop us a line: you might just end up helping us fill out a future edition of Limited Paper alongside Gallery88, Mondo, and the other big guys.With that said, letâs get started.FRODESIGNCOâS MYTHIC BEASTS TRAVEL POSTERS: BECAUSE YOUâVE ALWAYS WANTED A CHUPACABRA ON YOUR WALLEarlier this week, we ran a preview of Bottleneck Galleryâs latest show, The Gangâs All Here, and in that writeup we featured a glimpse at artist Fernando Rezaâs poster for Attack The Block (that show, by the way, opens tonight, and Rezaâs Attack The Block print will probably see some online sales when Bottleneck puts the showâs collection up for online sale tomorrow at 12pm EST). Following that post, Reza reached out to Limited Paper to let us know that he had a whole series of prints going up for sale that we might be interested in, andâwhattayaknowâhe was right. Letâs take a look at FroDesignCoâs Mythic Beasts Travel Posters, all of which are 18x24â giclee prints ($35 individually, $120 for the set of six):
- Bigfoot Country
- Fairy Gardens of Derbyshire
- Alligators of Manhattan
- Frogman of Loveland
- Loch Ness
- Chupacabras of Puerto Rico
Like it says above, each one of these is available via FroDesignCo/Rezaâs website for $35 apiece, or you can get the entire set for $120. The whole setâs pretty charming, and would be precisely the sort of thing Iâd hang in my kidâs bedroom if I werenât so opposed to having children (Sorry, Mrs. Limited Paper!). I was impressed with Rezaâs work here, and it inspired me to do a little poking around on the rest of his siteâ¦which is when I came across this:
Holy shitballs: how is this the first time Iâm seeing this piece?! Apparently, this Time Bandits print is a follow-up to another Gilliam-related piece that Reza produced for the Canadian-based Uber Cool Stuff. That one was a poster for Brazil:
Now, you may well own all these already and be longtime members of the Fernando Reza Fan Club, but this was the first time Iâd seen any of this stuff, and Iâm really impressed with all of it. Brazil was produced last year, but it looks like the Time Bandits print is still available via Uber Cool Stuff at this link. If any of this stuff is doing it for you, I suggest heading over to Rezaâs main page to check out some of his other past works: heâs successfully blown Limited Paperâs skirt up today, and weâll be keeping tabs on him in the future.
AUSTRALIAN DUO WE BUY YOUR KIDS INVADES THE MONDO GALLERY ON NOV. 27TH
As we saw with the Brandenburg & Drake show, the Adventure Time show, and Jay Shawâs Donât Go Out Tonight, the Mondo Gallery has made good on its promise to devote a substantial amount of their galleryâs time and space to artists Mondo likesâ¦but who donât get as much play in their week-to-week drop schedule. While we all love it whenever Mondo does a big-ass, big-name blowout at the galleryâsomething along the lines of their Universal Monsters show, or the sci-fi themed spectacle that served as the Mondo Galleryâs first showâweâve also seen some of the galleryâs best work come out of these smaller shows, and it looks like the Mondo guys have decided to close out 2012 with another one of these: Tinaâs Momâs Boyfriend, which will feature an entire galleryâs worth of artwork from the Australian duo known as We Buy Your Kids.
The show itself is set to open on November 30th and will run through January 5th. In anticipation of the event, Mondo has released a pair of promo images from the show, one for Beetlejuice and one for Conan. Letâs take a look at those now:
Whoa, that Beetlejuice is pretty outstanding. If you happened to attend Mondoâs flat file sale last week, you mightâve noticed the showcards that Mondo was handing out during that little get-together. Same image as above, of course, but for those of you who just looove looking at fliers, weâll go ahead and re-run that image for you below. Stay tuned for more on Tinaâs Momâs Boyfriend as we get closer to the showâs November 30th opening!
GALLERY1988âS RATED GâFEATURING NEW ART FROM JUSTIN WHITEâOPENS TODAY!
Itâs been quiet on the Gallery1988 front for some time nowâearlier this year, youâll recall us offering weekly updates on their Breaking Bad seriesâbut just this week they reached out to tip us off about a new show they have opening today, an exhibition of artwork from Justin White theyâre calling Rated G. As was the case with the work of Fernando Reza above, we werenât super-familiar with Whiteâs work until getting the headâs up from the Gallery88 guys earlier this week. But after seeing some of what heâs got in store for Rated G, heâs definitely got our attention. Hereâs some preview images from that show (which, again, opens tonight at Gallery88âs Melrose location):
- Alien by Justin White
- Breaking Bad by Justin White
- Drive by Justin White
- Community by Justin White
- Creature From The Black Lagoon by Justin White
As longtime readers of Limited Paper know, the quickest way to my heart (and, more importantly, my wallet) is to produce artwork based on Creature From The Black Lagoon.  And so, with the image above, Justin White has earned himself a spot on our âPersons of Interestâ list here at Limited Paper. If youâre interested in seeing more images from Rated G, you can head on over to Whiteâs blog page, and if youâre interested in picking up one or two of these for yourself, you can either hit up Gallery88âs Melrose location this evening or head on over to the Gallery88 website tomorrow, where theyâll be dropping a number of these in an online sale at an undisclosed time. Prepare your PayPal-fu skills, ninjas. Weâll end this section on Whiteâs Rated G take on Fight Club, which is very clever, indeed:
UPDATE:Â WHATâS GOING ON WITH THAT âDESIGN A LIMITED PAPER LOGOâ CONTEST?
Weâre glad you didnât really ask.  On November 9th, we announced our latest contest/giveaway, a chance to win one of Craig Drakeâs outstanding The Hunger posters (designed for a recent showcase held at Seattleâs Ltd Art Gallery) by designing a logo for Limited Paper. Just a week or two priorâwhen weâd been giving away Drew Struzanâs epic Creature From The Black Lagoon posterâweâd allowed readers to do the same, and the turnout was tremendous. We looked at the number of logos designed for that giveway and thought, âYâknow, this looks like something people are intoâ, and so we made it the entire theme for the Craig Drake/Hunger giveaway.
And yet, weâve seen a much smaller number of entries for this contest than we did on the Struzan one. Obviously, thereâs going to be a higher demand for a ~$700 poster than a brand-new piece from Craig Drake (which isnât to cast any aspersions whatsoever on the quality of Drakeâs piece; for our money, that Hunger print is one of the yearâs best), but stillâ¦with the number of people that turned in logos on the previous giveaway, we figured weâd end up with more than we have. So far, weâve had only 10 entries or soon the Drake/Hunger contest (and one of those entrants has submitted about a dozen logos, all of which are outstanding). Point being: You have until midnight tonight to design a Limited Paper logo and submit it to LimitedPaper@Gmail.com (use I DESIGNED A LIMITED PAPER LOGO! In the subject line), and weâll be announcing the winner tomorrow. Youâre not going up against too many potential winners, folks, so reallyâ¦get cracking if you want a chance to win.
That about does it for todayâs Limited Paper, folks, but thereâs plenty more in the near future: on top of tomorrowâs announcement regarding the winner of our last contest, weâre going to be announcing yet another giveaway, this one in conjunction with the fine folks at Brooklynâs Bottleneck Gallery. We canât tell you exactly what theyâre going to be putting up as a prize, but we can tell you itâs going to be extremely rare and that it may have bean-juice spilled on it. As always, if youâre an artist or gallery with artwork youâd like to see featured on Limited Paper (or if youâre just some lucky bastard who happened to overhear a bit of poster-related gossip while standing in the bushes outside Martin Ansinâs house) we wanna hear from you! Email Limited Paper directly at LimitedPaper@gmail.com, and be sure that youâre following us on Twitter via @LimitedPaper for ongoing commentary, news updates, giveaways, and more!