Bestiarum vocabulum: The Book of the Beasts

Hi Hi everyone! We're pleased to announce/remind you about Monkey's upcoming split-feature show with gentleman-artist and all-around nice guy, Grant Gilliland! It's all going down this Friday, March 4th, from 7-11pm at Big Umbrella Studios (906.5 Divisadero x McAllister). It should be a great show, as we'll be getting down with live screenprinting (buy a shirt and get it printed in front of your eyes!!!), maybe the best vegan cupcakes on the face of the earth from Black Orchid Bakery, and amazing vegan/vegetarian tacos courtesy of Local Flavor SF. So much awesomeness in one night!

Anyhoo, we would love to see you there, and we wanted to share with you some sneak preview images of Monkey's paintings. The little guy has been painting pretty much non-stop for the past week or so - we hope you enjoy! You should definitely stop by the show to see the images in person, where they look much better than via an old iPhone's lens with bad apartment lighting.

The photos:

The Succubus

The Basilisk

Local Flavor SF's taco..seasonal veggies and beans topped with pickled onions, sunflower seeds, and a cilantro-awesomeness sauce

The details:

Bestiarum vocabulum: The Book of the Beasts

Join us for the "Bestiarum vocabulum" Art Opening featuring the work of painters/illustrators Grant Gilliland and Rick Kitagawa.

From the elusive cyclops to the dangerous succubus, from trolls to water spirits, we often think of mythological beasts as simply mythological. Grant Gilliland and Rick Kitagawa beg to differ. Let this pair of monster hunters bring these creatures to life in a series of all new paintings featuring a stable of unearthly beasts and "mythological" creatures from around the world that are just waiting to follow you home.

"Bestiarum vocabulum"
featuring Grant Gilliland and Rick Kitagawa
w/works by the Big Umbrella Studio collective

Big Umbrella Studios
906.5 Divisadero St (x McAllister)
Friday, March 4, 2011
7-11pm

*Collaborative Grant n' Rick t-shirt design printed live*
*food by Black Orchid Bakery and Local Flavor SF*

www.bigumbrellastudios.com

www.seegrantdraw.com
www.rickkitagawa.com

Alien/ation - A Hyphen magazine/Paper Hat Production Art Riot Extravaganza!

Hey-ho everyone! As you probably know, Monkey + Seal also does business as Paper Hat Productions, which is our event organizing company. We're honored to be collaborating with Hyphen Magazine to put on their first ever Illustration show! Check out the details below for all the juicy info. We hope to see you there, and we'll be having a little table there with some of our stuff, as well as a bunch of new work on the gallery walls. Definitely say hi if you're able to make it!

ALIEN/ATION: An Illustration Show

Ever read an issue of Hyphen magazine and wondered about the amazing illustrations on print? Who is the artist and what was their inspiration? Hyphen magazine has partnered up with Paper Hat Productions to bring you a group show of game-changing illustrators and painters from all over the states in an Art Riot Extravaganza! Live painting! Drinks! DJs! Cupakes! If you miss this, you'll be kicking yourself the next day because this show is that special.

Saturday, July 10th

5:30 pm - Artist's Reception (free!)
7:00 pm - Art Riot Extravaganza

Space Gallery, 21+
1141 Polk St., San Francisco

$5 at the door
$15 includes a one year Hyphen sub (50% off!)

SPECIALS
First 25 paid guests @ 7:00 pm get a free copy of Hyphen magazine + limited edition mystery swag

FEATURING ART BY:
Danny Neece
Eve Skylar
Jon Stich
Jorge Mascarenhas
Joseph To
Kim Herbst
Rick Kitagawa
Rob Sato
Yoko Furusho


LIVE PAINTING:
Participating featured artists

DJs:
B-Haul (Dirty Dishes, Tasty)
Gordon Gartrell (Dirty Dishes) http://dirtydishesdjs.com/
EATS:
Vegan cupcakes by Black Orchid Bakery
http://www.blackorchidbakery.com/

www.hyphenmagazine.com
www.paperhatproductions.com

Paper Hat Productions features: Out of Place!

Tonight is the Out of Place Art Riot Extravaganza!!!!

Hey everyone! We're super excited and busy taking care of last minute details for our event tonight! Monkey + Seal are super excited and can't wait to see you there!

We thought we'd share some info with you, like directions on how to get there as well as the schedule for the night!

If you've never been to SPACE Gallery, check out this handy-dandy map here (complete with nearby banks). It's located near the 19, 2, 3, 38, and sorta by the 1 Muni lines. It's at Polk between Sutter and Hemlock (right by the Hemlock tavern and across from Ozone Thai).

IMPORTANT: The bar is cash only, so if you want to avoid using the ATM and getting charged the service fees, make sure you bring some cash (or take a short hike to the nearby banks) to sample their awesome cocktails and tasty selection of beers! (On that note, don't forget the event is 21+).

7pm-7:30 - Artists reception - mingling, drinking, hanging out with people (this part is free!)

8pm - Doors open, swag is passed out, people get first raffle tickets. We'll be taking suggestions for themes/subjects for the team art battle from you, the audience!

8:30pm - Teams and theme is announced, artists split up and get limber for the battle!

8:45pm - Team Art Battle begins!

10:00pm - Battle continues, DJ Zaion starts his feature set.

10:45pm - The Battle ends.
11:00pm - DJ Zaion finished up, and voting is open!

11:20 pm - Voting closes!
11:30 pm - Winners will be announced!

Woo! We're super duper excited and can't wait to see you all there tonight! Huzzah!

Paper Hat Productions Features: Monkey + Seal

Only 2 days left until the Out of Place Art Riot Extravaganza!

As the curators and participants in the upcoming Out of Place group show, it's time to feature: Monkey + Seal :P

First off is the ever talented Eve Skylar (aka Seal) who is an amazing painter/concept artist/illustrator who is 50% of the Paper Hat Production team.

Hailing originally from Long Beach, California, this feisty artist cites classic literature, contemporary Japanese environment artists, and social issues as her inspiration.

Using extensive reference and research, Seal meticulously paints her captivating backgrounds, often with a sense of mystery and loneliness. She'll be the first to tell you that her paintings (along with research) have taken upwards of 50 hours to complete, but all that time is definitely worth it!

The other 50% of Paper Hat Productions is Rick Kitagawa (aka Monkey), who is an painter and illustrator that looks to pop culture, internet memes, and issues that affect the Asian American population as inspiration for his often humorous critiques on life.

Examining the interplay between text and image, Rick often enjoys giving a voice to the subjects of his paintings, whether it be inanimate objects, mythical creatures, or figures who are sometimes obviously upset with the way they are painted.

Additionally, as a printmaker, Rick enjoys exploring different mediums, and his combination of screenprinting with interactive sculpture will be on display at the gallery.

We'll see you in a few days!

Paper Hat Productions Website is now up!

Here is the official Paper Hat Productions "Out of Place" Gallery website. Check out our line up of amazing artists! While Monkey and Seal were working on the getting the artists together, we were thrilled to have noticed that everyone was coming from a unique perspective and interpretations of "out of place."

Click through each of the artist's page to find out more about them and get a sneak peek of their work and style.

For the March 12th Opening Night Extravaganza, we will be featuring an art team battle, pairing up artists who have never worked with each other before, may have different styles and approach, and asking them to come up with a spontaneous collaboration piece based on an audience-selected topic.

We are also very happy and excited to add Zaion as our talented DJ to the mix!

Without further a do, we will start to feature each individual artists in the coming days. First up, is Haruka.

"By using traditional method of printmaking such as woodcutting, I want the print to bring up the problems that we face as a global society and to show the meaning of cultural importance to the public. [ . . .] By showing intricate lines, . . . my idea is to face an inquiry of being lost in translation and to notify my generation of the stance we have to take in order to blend our past with our present while rediscovering our deeply rooted culture." - Haruka

You can find her official art blog here.