Thursday, May 26, 2011

KidRobot x Alex Pardee LIVE PAINTING IN VEGAS!

I'M HOPPING IN THE FAMILY TRUCKSTER AND GOING ON MY VERY FIRST SOLO ART & BOOK RELEASE TOUR! Well, kinda:)

By "TOUR" I really mean, about once a week for the next few weeks I'm gonna go hang in different cities and try to sell a few copies of my new book and do fun stuff, like eat and high five bums. For the first stop, to coincide with the release of a movie that has NOTHING in common with my lifestyle (except maybe a beard, a monkey and some general bad decision making), I'm putting on a wolf shirt, ruphie-ing myself, and waking up tomorrow in VEGAS where I'm teaming up with supertoystore KIDROBOT as they take over the Cosmopolitan Hotel on the strip and I am going to be LIVE-PAINTING a huge mural in their new store/gallery all weekend along with signing anything you wanna bring by. If you wanted to even bring by a couple issues of TIME magazine I'd even sign those because it would be funny to be a "sign of the times". Or you can bring those fancy lollipops from across the street so Leah and I can "Sucker-Punch" each other's faces and then high five you if you're a bum. Anyway, come by if you are in or around the Vegas area and watch my back sweat while i nervously try to symmetrically paint a giant friendly monster thing! Upcoming book-releases will be in Portland, Denver, Salt Lake, Oakland and more! Stay tuned! Here is the official press release from KIDROBOT. See you there.

NOTE: I'm ONLY going to have about 50 copies of my book on hand, but I'll be painting all weekend. Word.



"The amazing Alex Pardee will be throwing down his brilliant brush work on a Kidrobot inspired mural for 3 days at The Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas this weekend. The creative juices start flowing tomorrow Friday, May 27 from 4-8 pm. Alex will continue this monstrous painting on Saturday, May 28 from 12 -3 pm and 5-8 pm. He will then apply the finishing touches on Sunday, May 29 from 12-3 pm.
Alex will also have on hand his new 172 page hardcover book Awful / Resilient which features 250 of his illustrations and photos. So swing by and get yours signed and watch a modern master in his element."


Friday, May 20, 2011

MY NEW BOOK IS OUT NOW!

IT'S FINALLY HERE!



"Awful / Resilient"
By Alex Pardee
172 pages, 250 illustrations & photos.
8.5" x 11"
Hardcover.
$29.95
SHIPS WORLDWIDE
Each copy of Awful / Resilient ordered from this site
is hand-signed by ALEX PARDEE on the inside cover

Book Description:
Published by Gingko Press, Upper Playground & Zerofriends

Open the cover and enter the incredible world of Alex Pardee
inhabited by a disturbing menagerie of misfit monsters and improbable superheroes
plucked from the very nightmares of childhood.
This newest collection expands upon his previous work,
showcased in Awful Homesick, bringing us all new images
and a broader picture of the
extent of his imagination.
Prepare to be surprised!
World Renown Illustrator and founder of Juxtapoz Magazine, ROBERT WILLIAMS says
this about AWFUL / RESILIENT:
"Alex Pardee has turned emotional escape into aggressive exploration, and he has done
this through the use of biomorphic and anthropomorphic expression. The horse his mind
rides is a hot rubber unicorn, but he'll get back to the world before it melts."


Samples of the book:













As an additional heads up, there WILL be a SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION version of "Awful / Resilient" being released in 2 months. The interiors of the books are exactly the same, but each copy of the limited edition (of 250) will have a different hand-embellished (painted) cover and will be priced around $100.00 each.

Saturday, May 14, 2011

My VERTIGO shirts are now available

MY "VERTIGO" SHIRTS NOW AVAILABLE! EACH ONE HAS AN ENTIRE ONE-PAGE STORY PRINTED ON THE INSIDE! CLICK EITHER TO PURCHASE:




Monday, May 2, 2011

"PAPER VIEW" Art & Print Show in New York!

Once again, ZEROFRIENDS IS DOING BIG THINGS IN NEW YORK THIS WEEKEND!




This FRIDAY, May 6, at Tara McPherson's "THE COTTON CANDY MACHINE", a new boutique & art gallery in New York that's cooler than photoshopping dragon wings and a cowboy hat on a centaur, myself, Dave Correia, and the Zerofriends crew will be having a fun art & print show alongside a little pop-up Zerofriends retail store!




"Paper View"
At COTTON CANDY MACHINE
Friday May 6th
7-11PM
235 South St
Brooklyn, NYC 11211
http://www.thecottoncandymachine.com

"Paper View" will feature a ton of limited edition prints from myself, Dave Correia, Robert Bowen and Skinner, along with a handful of some of my original ink drawings from some of my recent images.




Also, I will be debuting a brand new super limited print for the show. Here's the new piece, called (aptly) "The Cotton Candy Machine"


Colorway #1


And Colorway #2

There are an extremely limited edition of 25 of each colorway.
Each print measures 17" x 22"
$60 each
Here's a couple details of the "Cotton Candy Machine" Print:





BUTT WEIGHT, there's MOAR!

So, I have a new art book called "Awful / Resilient" from Gingko Press & Upper Playground coming out in a month or so. And I am releasing both regular editions in June, and then sometime later on in the year (I am not sure when I am receiving them) I will be releasing a limited edition, hand-painted-cover version of the book. The regular edition will be about $30 and the limited one will be about $100.
Well, I got an advance copy of the limited one in the mail yesterday, so I decided that I want to give it away at the show. I haven't quite figured out if I want to do a raffle, or some kind of drawing, but I will figure it out. Either way, this picture shows the un-embellished cover on the left and the version that I am giving away on the right, which I painted on with my face and neck.




And….the back of this one:)


Now, part 2 of BUTT-WEIGHT!

We are also releasing 2 brand new VERTIGO shirts at the "Paper View" show too.
Check it





And some hand-embellished Dave Correia books & prints will be available too (And Dave will be there in person with me as well.)



Here's Tara Mcpherson, who is not only a tremendous artist, but also owns The Cotton Candy Machine and talked about the gallery on Mtv.com this week:

See you thereeeeeeeeeeeeeee!