Handiedan 'Mystery Holiday Tube' Contest

Here is a wicked gesture by a wicked artist!

Handiedan Mystery tube giveaway

Christmas & the last holiday weeks of 2010 are coming close! To celebrate this beautiful year and to thank you all for your kind support & enthusiasm about my art, I will giveaway 5 mystery Handiedan Christmas tubes with in each tube a random art print and some extras. These prints are A/P prints from the sold out screen print or giclée editions I released the last few years. So this is the real deal, yay!
You only have to start following Handiedan on Twitter!
Go here: @handiedan

In worst case, if you really aren't able to go on Twitter because of some kind of 'I really can't do it' reason, please post a comment at the Handiedan's Facebook page. The raffle be December 24th at 3pm Central Europe Time. Out of all the Twitter followers and the limited Facebook 'giveaway' comments, i'll pick the five lucky winners randomly and shoot each of them an email for their addresses. Please, don't do both; Twitter and Facebook posts, or do multiple posts under different names or accounts. Be honest, keep the Christmas spirit and give anyone a fair change! Enjoy enjoy! Happy Holidays xx Han.

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Handiedan 'Trois 1' Print Release Details

Here is the final print release from artist Handiedan's current art show called 'Habba Habba' at PhoneBoothGallery. This is called 'Trois 1' and is a 16.5 x 20.7 inch giclee on 315GSM Innova paper with an edition size of 75, comes signed and numbered by the artist for $$$. This BEAUTY will be available at a random time on Saturday December 11th.

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Handiedan 'Habba Habba' Art Show Details

Phone Booth Gallery is pleased to present it’s third exhibition 'Habba Habba' by Dutch artist Handiedan, an intricate opus of new mixed media work that expands the artist’s exploration of bodies, sensuality and iconography. The exhibition opens with a reception on November 6th from 7-10pm.  The all ages event is located at Phone Booth Gallery’s exhibition space, 2533 East Broadway, Long Beach, CA. After opening night, the work will be available through December 18, 2010 at the exhibition space.

Handiedan’s collage work, now even more layered and labyrinthine than in the past, feeds on the tainted history of pin-up girl posters, using torn, aged surfaces to subvert sexiness. At first glance, the images have a nostalgic feeling, fueled by their ornate details and seemingly straightforward compositions, but a closer look quickly reveals their brutality.

Handiedan’s work is neither clear-cut nor gentle. Limbs tangle with each other, eyes, or even whole swaths of figures’ faces, have been scratched out or blurred to the point of obscurity; texts and flourishes from antique ads become almost sinister as environments for these nearly dismembered figures; tattoos and hidden patterns etched into the images add to the density; and gilt frames emphasize an already over stimulating effect.

Like her equally obsessively predecessors Joseph Cornell and Hans Bellmer, Handiedan acts as a collector of the mundane and eccentric, telling visual stories that are familiar but far from linear. In this exhibition, her interest in Victorian erotica and burlesque meshes with Eastern influences—barely clad girls begin to resemble Hindu goddesses, with multiple limbs and towering headdresses. As divergent icons and eras merge, women become symbols of power as much as desire, yet it’s not clear which, or if either, is better.

Though her current work tends toward multi-faceted, multi-hued theatricality, it also embraces an element of noir-inspired starkness. For the first time, Handiedan has experimented with black and white imagery, and to haunting effect. In 'Valkyries No. 2' a cool white skull becomes a habitat for two grayish, ghostly bodies and, in “Thats a damn fine coat your wearing No. 2,” two gun-wielding women embrace each other with suaveness worthy of Bogart and Bacall.

Ultimately, artist Handiedan presents a new history by repurposing an old one. Posters, icons, typography, constructs, and decorations of earlier eras are toggled together in a way that scratches away at the past’s objectification while celebrating its glamour.

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Handiedan 'Habba Habba' SNEAK PEEK

 

Here is a SNEAK PEEK of a few pieces from Handiedan's upcoming show at Phone Booth Gallery. Rumour has it that the first print will be a release of a 24 x 36 inch screen print of Valkyries with an edition size of 50.

Handiedan Framed 'Beautiful Decay' + 'Two Blondes' Revealed

Here is the OFFICIAL release of the first photographs of the framed 'Beautiful Decay' + 'Two Blondes' the upcoming Handiedan timed editions being release this Saturday August 21st. No word on the prices, but my hunch is that we WILL all be happy.  The frame chosen for these prints is ideal, matches Hanneke's style SO WELL.

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Handiedan 'Sheet Music' Pieces Available

Here are some dope original pen and collage on old sheet music pieces by artist Handiedan. These are all presently available on her website. These beauties range in price from £150-£275 each.

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Handiedan 'Beautiful Decay' Print Release Details

Here is the next AMAZING print called 'Beautiful Decay' from artist Handiedan via Phone Booth Gallery. This STUNNER is a 14 x 23.4 inch giclee sold for a 24 hour period only starting at 3am EST Saturday August 21st.

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Handiedan's Electrik Sheep Release SNEAK PEEK + Release Details

Here are some awesome photos of the upcoming print release from Dutch artist Handiedan. This is going to be available on June 16th through Electrk Sheep in the U.K.

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Handiedan 'Anime No 1' Print Available

It's up, go get it!!

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Handiedan 'Anime No 1' Print Preview

So here it is!! :) This is what the new Handiedan print being released through Phone Booth Gallery is going to look like. This is called 'Anime No. 1' and it is a five star STUNNER, again she kills it with her amazing design. I am looking forward to adding this to my collection of prints. This is a 16.5 x 22 inch giclee print with an edition size of 50, comes signed and numbered by the artist for $50 each. These will be available at a random time in the near future. Keep your eyes peeled...

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