Hey guys,

AS you know, i have a website ('Art Whore' - artwhorecult.com) were i post interviews with artists i like. Normally in the toy/pop-art sphere.

ANYHOW, figured i'd post links to 'em here when new ones go up - Feel free to ignore em, hate on em, whatever.

...SO.

* Art Talk (Sept. 24th 2013) - Aaron Moreno aka stncl.07 of 'Retroband':

http://artwhorecult.com/art-talk-aaron-morene-aka-stncl-07-of-retroband/

'Retroband' make great stuff like the Father/I Want My Cake piece, below...

Not trying to hate on what you do at all as I generally enjoy your interviews but that second paragraph has a few typos that take away from how professional your stuff usually comes off. Just a heads up.

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...dude, criticism very much appreciated! NORMALLY a couple slip through, the dangers of a one-man-machine. I JUST fixed 'em all though (i hope).

No problem.

I really do find your stuff interesting. Such a huge range of personalities that are making toys which often end up grouped together at events or shows. It's funny how different so many of them are from one another. It occasionally makes me see certain toys differently then I did when I had no idea who was behind them. You have the people who are trying to sell themselves rather then their toys. People in genuine awe of other peoples work. People who think everyone else is garbage. The guys who are just having fun making shit they think is cool. Then the people trying to turn something they enjoy into a decent living. It's pretty cool really. Not saying any one way is right or wrong at all. Not my place to judge that stuff. Though I will admit after learning about the people behind certain brands I have bought stuff I wasn't in love with just to support them. And I have avoided stuff I really wanted for the opposite reason.

POSI LIFE

Amen man. LOVE how toys bring people together who may never otherwise talk. I mean tattoo guys, architects, artists, part-timers, guys doing it for the love, peeps doing it for the money. Love the varied nature of it all.

If someone is doing it for money, they must not know much about money

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BAM!

GOGO JOSH!!! Your questions make me rethink

Yeah, great selection of artist and good interviews!

I enjoyed the interviews, they're fun enough. It does server to show, me at least, the mentality and somewhat stale state of the western movement in bootlegging toys/ new toy ventures. I'm not going to engage in the whole "is it art or not" debate, but I'm not very excited on the whole when it comes to what's cracking right now. If I where to say this is lowbrow, it's doing a god awful job at repeating itself. And if this indeed is an art-talk blog, I think you should be more direct to the makers and really get at why they are doing what they're doing. Otherwise, these are designed objects and nothing more. Nothing wrong with that, just far from art.

I do appreciate your effort and I'm actually looking forward to more from this. You got the chops, I just hope the position and accessibility will let you be more critical of these people and not just biographical as it has been.

...huge thanks!


...many thanks for the considered comments Gatiio! I have thought about being more 'critical' and even writing some opinion pieces - thinking of writing one on the 'legality' of bootlegging. BUT i want to get a lot of interviews up my sleeve before i start doing that. Next year hopefully.

Hope you keep reading and offering input!

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Upcoming Art Talks: (1) Motorbot (2) Blurble (3) Pablo Perra (4) Gorgoloid... Stay tuned.

...NEW Art Talk up with Mike Marinello AKA 'Blurble':

http://artwhorecult.com/art-talk-mike-marinello-aka-blurble/

Sure most of you know Mike, BUT if ya don't he makes amazing stuff like the Sparrow resin below (designed n painted by Mike, made by 'DuBose Art'):

...NEW Art Talk up with Pablo Perra, solo artist and half of 'Goodleg Toys'.

http://artwhorecult.com/art-talk-pablo-perra-solo-artist-and-half-of-goodleg-toys/

Pablo and 'Goodleg Toys' make great stuff like The Shipwrecked Plunderboys series below:



AND Pablo is also an amazing multi-platform solo artists as well. Highly recommended.

Well, I'll be damned, that interview actually kicked a lot of ass. Great read and interesting questions.

Thanks for sharing!

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...thanks for bothering to take some time out and reading it man. Means a lot. Glad ya approve.

Don't forget the one with Mike AKA 'Blurble' i recently posted too! MAY be some visual changes to Art Whore shortly thanks to Mike!

And i'll continue posting new info etc here, and will update the title each time (now that i have finally figured out how to do that).

And continue to offer love, hate, advice... Anything, it's all good people.

Great interview.

I really dislike the color of your layout though. That purple is just so hard to read that I usually highlight everything before I even try now. I have shared your site with a several other artists and a couple guys won't even read it because of the difficult purple text. Not saying you should change it all but it does make things difficult.

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...thanks for taking a look man! AND HUGE thanks for showing it round!

...too be honest, a hella lotta people have said the color choice is abhorrent. And whilst i am a stubborn bastard, i do listen to the people, so i will be changing the colors soon for reader ease. Promise.

P.S - JUST put my 1st Fan Talk up as well... which is going to lead into Art Whore's blatant use of unpaid child labor. I'm an evil bastard like that...

...NEW 'Art Talk' LIVE w/ Mr. Barry Allen AKA Ghost Glitch of 'Gorgoloid'.

http://artwhorecult.com/art-talk-barry-allen-aka-ghost-glitch-of-gorgoloid/

Barry discuses his love of vintage kaiju, his artistic process, his love of Portland, the background to the bootleg NagNagNags 'Monsterisland' releases and much much more.

Barry makes great sculpts like the the 3 guys below - Avilar, Rhaal and Oculis:

November 2013 NEWS:

1) decided to listen to people and change the colorway for ease of read.

2) have begun a new toy-review column - 'Ramsey's Rants'.

Check: http://artwhorecult.com

Thanks for bothering to take a look!

And feel free to hate, love or ignore as always.

...NEW Art Talk LIVE w/Kevin Herdeman aka Honeylips of 'Melt Monsters'.

http://artwhorecult.com/art-talk-kevin-herdeman-aka-honkeylips-of-melt-monsters/

Kevin discusses his favourite art, the background to his 'Melt Monsters', his works using glass, drummer life and more...

Kevin makes lots of work, but his most famous are his 'Melt Monsters' which you can see below:

...NEW Art Talk w/ 'Double Haunt':

http://artwhorecult.com/art-talk-sarah-and-raphael-briskie-of-double-haunt/#more-1494

Sarah n Raph Briskie of 'Double Haunt' produce prints, illustrations, jewellery and sculptural work.

Most recently they have collaborated with 'Bad Teeth Comics' on the Cheestroyer kaiju:



...the Cheestroyer is also in the middle of a Kickstarter campaign were you can get it in GID vinyl.

Link: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/badteethcomics/cheestroyer-cheeseburger-glow-in-the-dark-vinyl-to

...NEW Art Talk w/ Mr. Lee Burbridge of 'Big Man Toys':

http://artwhorecult.com/art-talk-lee-burbridge-of-big-man-toys/

Lee produces resin works that stand out due to their theatricality and inventiveness.

Recently 'Big Man Toys' released the Wo-Man piece below:

Great interview. Lee is as real as they come.

And thanks so much for the color changes, really makes it easy to read.