Fri 11 Sep 2009 |
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AKUwears Thorsten Hasenkamm @ Harold Golen Gallery |
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Aloha,
we' re proud to announce that AKUs Thorsten Hasenkamm will have his first US-Solo-Exhibition @ Harold Golen Gallery in Miami, from Sept. 12th-Oct. 3rd...If you're in the area go check it out...here's the flyer...to check out the gallery go to www.haroldgolengallery.com! Thanks! |
Sat 15 Aug 2009 |
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New Arrival: AKUexotica ... limited to 250 shirts |
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Aloha,
order our latest shirt AKUexotica NOW. Only 250 shirts available.
Take care! |
Thu 06 Aug 2009 |
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Craig "Skibs" Barkers first solo show coming up! |
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Aloha folks,
our friend Craig "Skibs" Barker has his first solo art show coming up!!!!
It's on Saturday, August 15th at Neue Transit Studio in Santa Ana, CA. 7-11pm.
Hope to see you there!
More about Craig and his awesome work @ Skibs website ! |
Aloha folks,
just a short reminder!
AKUwear is shipping WORLDWIDE! Check our rates in the FAQs!
Grab your shirt or print whereever you are!
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Commercial Break: New Arrival- AKUwings, only 250 shirts available... ORDER NOW !
More shirts coming soon!
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Thu 14 May 2009 |
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Robots & Donuts... The Art Of Eric Joyner |
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 Aloha folks,
check out our friend Eric Joyner.
He enjoyed a rather uneventful childhood in the rather unremarkable town of San Mateo, California in the 1970s. Like many kids of that time, he enjoyed reading comics, playing sports, and making gunpowder … wait. Gunpowder? Oh, that’s right. This is the 1970s we’re talking about. Kids were doing all sorts of dangerous things back then, and nobody ever blinked an eye.
Joyner’s mother was a Methodist who would bribe her young son with donuts to go to Sunday school. His father, an atheist, said mean stuff about Jesus behind his wife’s back. Despite their differences of opinion on God, the Joyners built a loving home for their children and nobody grew up to be too weird.
And, as if guided by the unseen hand of an all-knowing consciousness (but probably not Jesus), at some point in his very young life, someone took Joyner to view an exhibition of Van Gogh’s paintings at the De Young museum in San Francisco. This experience greatly impressed the child, and he soon began taking painting lessons with his older sister. By the time he was in the first grade, classmates and teachers started to notice the compelling work he was creating, and the life of an artist began to take its shape.
After high school ,Joyner attended the Academy of Art in San Francisco. Later, under the influential teaching of Francis Livingston, Kazuhiko Sano, Bill Sanchez, and Robert Hunt, his work greatly improved and he began to work professionally as an artist.
For the next decade, Joyner was a hired-gun for various publishers, high-tech companies, and advertising agencies; he also was a digital animator and provided other artistic services for a variety of companies before rediscovering his original love of drawing and painting and returning to that medium.
The year 1999 was a big one for Joyner He began entering his paintings into various juried shows in the Bay Area and his efforts were well received. That inspired him to focus his paintings only on subjects he truly enjoyed painting–urban San Francisco landscapes, Mexican masks, cartoon characters, and Japanese toy robots. Eventually, the majority of his focus shifted to the robots, and he began to place them in settings more appropriate to their nature, namely outer space.
It wasn’t until 2002 that Joyner realized something was missing from his paintings, that his lusciously rendered protagonists might need something to contend with … perhaps a nemesis. Shortly thereafter, which watching the movie Pleasantville, in which Jeff Daniels’ character paints a still life of donuts, Joyner’s ultimate vision took shape. With thoughts of donut inventor Wayne Thiebald’s miraculous pastries always close at hand, it wasn’t difficult for Joyner to envision a battle scene of robots retreating from 300 foot-tall donuts. The rest, as they say, is history.
Visit his website www.ericjoyner.com !
Yours
Sepp
PS: New shirts coming soon....
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Mon 11 May 2009 |
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Thumbs up! AKUanalog available NOW! |
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Click here and order your limited AKUanalog shirt NOW. 250 shirts available! |
Sat 25 Apr 2009 |
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m modern Gallery: "Pussycats, Dolls & Vixens: Tribute to Russ Meyer" feat. AKUwears Thorsten Hasenkamm |
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Join us tonight in Palm Springs
(Saturday, April 25th, 2009) from 7:00pm - 9:30pm
at the Opening Reception for
"Pussycats, Dolls & Vixens: Tribute to Russ Meyer".
This exhibition features an amazing array of artists including:
AKUwears Thorsten Hasenkamm * SHAG (aka Josh Agle) * Glenn Barr * Amanda Visell * BigToe (aka Tom Laura) * Bwana Spoons * Dale Sizer * Dave Calver * James Brunner * Jason Mecier * Jim Owens * Joey Remmers * John Bell * Jophen Stein * Kalynn Campbell * Lisa Petrucci * Mark Covell * Mulder142 * Nicole Steen * Pizz * Rick Morris * Sam Gambino * Sean Clauretie * Shaunna Peterson * Tina Schmidt * Travis Lampe * Vicki M * Zoey Stevens and more.
Look for SPECIAL guests KITTEN NATIVIDAD, KIM DARBY, HARRISON PAGE and possibly more cast members of
RUSS MEYER films to be in attendance! This extraordinary event is FREE & OPEN to the Public and you can expect complimentary cocktails (until 9pm).
Cheers! |
Sun 19 Apr 2009 |
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"At The Harbour" by AKUs Thorsten Hasenkamm |
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Check out the latest painting "At the Harbour" (Acrylic on Masonite, 60x30 cm) by AKUdesigner Thorsten Hasenkamm.
Great work Thorsten!
Visit his website www.hasenkamm.de or his Blog for more information and regular updates.
Enjoy!
Sepp |
Aloha folks,
AKUwear is proud to introduce you to our friend Kevin Tong.
Kevin Tong is a Los Angeles based illustrator who creates various posters.
He is best known for his rock posters. He has worked with bands such as The Shins,
the Decemberists, Rilo Kiley, Beck, and Weezer.
When not illustrating for bands, Kevin also illustrates for editorials, books, T-Shirts and art prints.
Check his latest poster work here and visit his website tragicsunshine.com !
Take care,
Sepp
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Mon 16 Mar 2009 |
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Spring starts with a new AKUclassic shirt |
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Aloha folks,
springseason kicks off with a new AKU classic shirt. Visit our shop for the latest arrivals.
More shirts coming soon!
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Aloha folks!
Just a big "Thank you" to 12.000+ myspace friends.
Thanks for your support guys.
Not a friend yet? Visit us @ www.myspace.com/akuwear !
See ya there,
Sepp
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