After watching the sweeping protests around the world, I was inspired
and optimistic that real progress would be made. Justice won’t happen
overnight, but the recent shooting of Rayshard Brooks by police shows
just how far we still have to go.
This Friday, Juneteenth, I’ll be releasing a new print. In this
ever-divisive and unprecedented time, an optimistic character
championing love and togetherness, in bright colors, is just what we
need. I’ve taken some old sold-out prints (including some from
as long ago as 2009) and cut them down, spray-painted them and silkscreened
them. There is so much variation in them; they’re all unique! Each one is 9 x 12” and will come signed and numbered.
A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the BlackLives Matter organization.
When I’ve released similar prints in the past, they’ve all sold out in a
minute or two. So in an effort to give more collectors a chance to get
one, and to raise more money for the cause, this will be a timed edition.
So starting at 10am EST
Friday, you’ll have 3 hours to get your order in. The edition size will
be determined by how many prints are ordered in that time.
Get yours Friday at 10am-1pm EST for $120 each (+S/H) at StayMelty.com
Posted By: Cultural Ambassador Gavriel Discordia
War-Toys by
This first volume of work from the ongoing series chronicles
McCarty's collaborations over the course of two years with children
affected by the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Working with humanitarian
organizations including the United Nations Relief and Works Agency and
the Israel Trauma Coalition, McCarty gathered children’s firsthand
accounts in classrooms, community centers, clinical settings, and even
bomb shelters.
Drawings that the boys and girls created are shown alongside the
photographs they inspired, sometimes taken while fighting raged
close-by. The resulting series provides powerful context for the
children’s accounts while documenting the playthings available in each
area. These cheap, plastic arsenals mirror what the children see
everyday – in the news and on the streets.
The 80-page, fabric bound book signed by the author includes over 75
photographs and illustrations; an introduction in English, Arabic, and
Hebrew; essays by renowned expressive therapy experts Dr. Judith Rubin
and Dr. Julia Byers; and a narrative account of the production of the
series.
Available in 3 Styles:
*The Standard Hardcover
*The Special Edition with Figure and Print: (1st Picture)
• Alternate cover with hand distressed silver foil stamping. Limited to 50
• Individually numbered / signed title page.
• Toy artifact (34mm tall, cast in pewter) - molded from the actual toy solider featured on the cover and used in Wall Shooting.
• Signed / numbered 5x7 print of Wall Shooting.
• Certificate of authenticity.
*THE FOLIO EDITION (2nd Picture)
Fifty unique folios were created to help fundraise for the continued
production of the WAR-TOYS Project. Each folio contains six signed and
numbered 8x10 prints: three drawings shared by children affected by
fighting in the West Bank and the three corresponding toy photographs
created on the very first WAR-TOYS trip.
Conceived and built by fellow artist and Grammy-award-winning package
designer Hugh Brown, the folios are specially repurposed from surplus,
French military medical kits. Their heavy steel cases have been filled
with pieces from 7200 plastic army men, suspended in resin to form
shelves for the archival prints.
Each folio case is numbered with an engraved metal plate and is
unique, inside and out. A Certificate of Authenticity is included.
Posted By: Gavriel Discordia
How did Discordia Culture Shop get their hands on a huge supply of The Damaged Times from OBEY's 2017 DAMAGED Art Show? We have magical Hustler Elves that grifted them for us! And we paid them in yellow snow cones.
GRAB A COPY HERE: LINK
Posted By: Gavriel Discordia
Hieeeeee! 2 things!
1. We're upping our game this year for the Women's March in LA (This Saturday), and we'll have a booth at the resistance art area. Mostly piles of posters for girls and some figures and of course we'll be giving away Trumpetears. Come say hi!
2. New stuff up in the archives section in our store. If you've been looking for that one thing, maaaayyyyybe its there! Eyeball thingies here.
Posted By: Gavriel Discordia
Superman All American - Vintage Poster Print
If you hear anybody talk against a schoolmate or anyone else because
of his religion, race or national origin - don't wait: tell him that
kind of talk is Un-American.
KEEP YOUR SCHOOL ALL AMERICAN
This is a new reproduction print of a vintage poster design issued by
the Institute for American Democracy, INC. in co-operation with
National Comics Publishing INC. in 1950.
11x15 inch Cardstock Poster
Available from Populous Ephemera
ONLINE HERE: LINK
Posted By: Gavriel Discordia
