Exhibit Information
Medium WarSquadt Show & Art by Ferg
January 14-February 13, 2011
Opening ReceptionFriday, January 14, 2011, 7-10PM
Squadt creator Ferg will be in attendance.
About the Artist
Ferg (Clay Ferguson) is a multidisciplinary artist based out of Austin, Texas. Long a staple in the rock poster screen printing community, Ferg ventured into the designer toy arena in 2003 with the founding of toy company Jamungo with partner Trevor "VanBeater" Van Meter. Jamungo's popular Blow Up Doll (BUD) series and a number of other projects cemented their place in the hearts of designer toy collectors and created a growing fan base for their art.
In 2009 Ferg joined forces with noted Hong Kong toy company ThreeZero to form PLAYGE. PLAYGE (plāg) is a collaborative creation effort between Ferg as designer and THREEZERO as manufacturer.
The Squadt Story
Earth. All that remains is a shell of what the humans once called home. They are all gone now. Wiped out by a violent plague of some sort.. The cause? Who fucking knows…that’s not the point of this story. The point is how the hell the Squadts came to call our planet home. I will tell you. The powers that be, on the Squadts mother planet, thought it would be a good idea to purge their prisons and cleanse their lands of the dregs of society.
They loaded them up by the thousands, into a massive, interstellar, incarceration transporter (a huge fucking prison ship). Earth would be the final destination. It would now serve as a prison planet for the unruly Squadt masses. They would be left to their own devices, but monitored closely by the powerful Squadt overseers back home. A violent social experiment of the grandest scale…but of course shit went wrong.
Upon entering the earths atmosphere the massive prison ship had a major entry sequence malfunction. The landing was successful, but not without extensive casualties and complete decimation of the home planet communication and monitoring systems.
The surviving Squadts took right to their new home, adopting leftover human technology as if it was their own. And Because of their inherent violent and deviant nature, they instinctively divided into opposing gangs. Many battles would be fought. This is the story of the Squadts.~
About the Exhibit
The Squadt show will feature original "custom" Squadts available for purchase as well as a full display of every Squadt produced to date, plus original art created by Ferg. This is his first exhibit at Rotofugi Gallery.
Important Sales/Preview Information
In a break from our normal Preview List procedure, attendees of the opening reception will have first choice of both exhibit pieces and exclusive releases, beginning at 7PM. We're expecting a line-up for the available pieces, so be prepared to come early! We'll begin handing out line tickets at 11AM the day of the opening.
Remaining exhibit pieces and exclusives will be posted and offered to our Preview List members following the opening reception, so be sure to sign up for the Previews List just in case any originals are still available after the opening. Thanks!
