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Tuesday, December 7, 2010
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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Wednesday, November 3, 2010
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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Friday, October 29, 2010 
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.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Here is a SHARP balck and white print called 'The Devil And Me' by artist Adam Isaac Jackson. This is a 1 colour 18 x 24 inch screenprint on 100lb cougar cover stock with an edition size of 100, comes signed and numbered by the artist for $25 each. This is available the good folks at Phone Booth Gallery.
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Thursday, August 19, 2010
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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Monday, August 16, 2010
Here are some awesome prints by artist Kevin Tong, thiese are being released through Phone Booth Gallery as part of Kevins 'Mechanical Dreams' art show. There will be also be some surprise t-shirts released during the shows run. Keep your eyes open for them.
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Sunday, August 1, 2010
Here are two great prints called 'Baby Face' by artist Joe King. These are both 18 x 24 inch screenprints on sand Speckletone french paper. The colour version above has an edition size of 40 comes signed and numbered by the artist for $40 each. The black & white version below has an edition size of 20, comes signed and numbered by the artist for $20 each. These are available through the Phone Booth Gallery.
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Sunday, June 27, 2010 
Here is a beautiful throwback print called 'Plymouth' by artist Kareem Rizk. This is an 18 x 24 inch giclee with an edition size of 30, comes signed and numbered by the artist for $60 each.
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