Sure, the greeting card companies want you to think February is the month to get your significant other something heart-shaped, but the wise folks know that it's ALWAYS a good time to give a gift to your sweety! This month's gallery exhibit, featuring the artwork of Chris Uphues, is full of hearts and whimsy. Check it out here and let us know if anything interests you. This exhibit ends May 27.

After all the sweetness, we figured something a little grittier might be good for June. We'll be featuring the psychadelic paintings of San Fransisco-based Joshua Herbolsheimer and the blacklight awesomeness of Portland-based Martin Ontiveros. Mark your calendars now for the June 1 opening (7-10pm) and be sure to sign up for our previews list if you have interest in purchasing art by either of these fine gentlemen.

We've just got in some great new stuff from Dudebox, in stock and ready to ship!

What's Dudebox, you ask? Based in the UK, Dudebox is the newest producer in the world of designer vinyl toys. New artists, new figures and a fresh batch of creativity is a great thing for our little genre! Featuring artists such as Attaboy, Andreas Krapf, Chauskoskis, Conzo, Junichi Tsuneoka, Mark Gmehling, Travis Price, The Yok & Johnny Wan...Dudebox is bringing some heat with their initial lineup.

Just a quick heads up that we'll have three new Kidrobot releases available tomorrow (Thursday, May 10) at 10am Central Time. 

The Totem FatCap by Kronk is 6-inches of vinyl symbolism, enshrining the evils of vanity, lust, and greed on the FatCap platform. Or if that's not your thing, check out the new "clear" Labbits by Frank Kozik...10-inches of absurdly luminous vinyl (available in pink or blue), complete with classic cigarette and translucent butthole. So radiant and soft, Labbit looks angelic - even when smorkin'!

UPDATE: This exhibit is now also viewable online here. Have a look!

Our next gallery exhibit is with Brooklyn-based Chris Uphues. We first became familiar with Chris' work when he was still a resident of our fair city and had an exhibit at the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art. We immediately fell for his intense graphic style and were lucky enough to have him participate in one of our group exhibits a few years ago. Now we're going to be showing the whole enchilada!

Sunshine Daze will open Friday, May 4, 7-10PM with free snacks and sodas, plus music by DJ Crotchbat. Chris will be in attendance. As with most of our exhibits, sign up for our Gallery Previews email list if you have interest in purchasing work from this exhibit.

Also, FYI, this is the final weekend to view our exhibit with the talented Dave Dorman. If you can, the paintings are very much worth seeing in person. Have a great weekend!

 All of the above go on sale at 10am Central Time on Thursday, April 26. Quantities are limited on all (especially on the Dunny) so don't sleep!

UPDATE: We are now sold out of the Atropa Dunny, though we have retained a few pieces for in store only sales. If you're in Chicago and want one, we open at 11am today. Sorry, we will not accept phone orders or reservations. Thanks for your understanding. 

This past Friday we kicked off a new mini exhibit of original pieces by Cleveland-based artist Derek Hess. The exhibit pieces now available for viewing (and purchasing) via our gallery website. Also, FYI, we've got copies of Derek's Black Line White Lie softcover book also available via our online store. Thanks!