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Emiliano Ponzi, Graham Roumieu, Gordon Wiebe and Red Nose Studio were each selected to appear in American Illustration 26. Congratulations, everyone!
Punctuation Army, Io Donna magazine (Italy)
Alberta Oil Wealth, The Walrus magazine
Under the Rainbow, personal work
Freeze Out, Plansponsor magazine
We always knew Shawn was a star but now it’s official. This Tuesday night, April 24th, Shawn Barber will appear on the hit TLC series Miami Ink.
Among other topics the episode features a segment on Shawn’s staggeringly beautiful portrait of prominent tattoo artist, celebrity and series regular Kat von D (who purchased the portrait for her private collection). While we have not seen an edit of the episode, we understand that they are focusing on the process involved in making the piece as well as its exhibition in the Art Basel Miami Beach 2006 show We’ll Make A Lover Of You curated by Francesco LoCastro and Juxtapoz.
Tune in this coming Tuesday night to see for yourself. TLC runs two one-hour episodes back to back and we don’t know which Shawn will appear in so you’d better watch both!
http://www.artbaselmiamibeach.com/ca/cc/ss/
Kat Von D
Red Nose Studio has stepped into the exciting field of theater production with the development of seven characters for a Philadelphia puppet theater production of The Fantastiks. Previously the longest running production in Broadway history, The Fantastiks has wonderful characters and a charming timeless story. Mum Puppettheatre commissioned Red Nose Studio to develop the three dimensional characters to be re-created by the theatre as fully functional acting puppets.
The gala opening on April 11, 2007 was a great success, the theare was thrilled with the results and performances are now under way and meeting with rave reviews. The production will run through May 6th, 2007.
Founded in 1985, Mum Puppettheatre is a touring theatre company that performs original works around the world and in their home city of Philadelphia. They have won three Citations for Excellence from the North American chapter of Union Internationale de la Marionnette. In Philadelphia, Mum Puppettheatre has won thirteen Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre. Founding Artistic Director Robert Smythe is the winner of a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship, and was one of the last Solo Performer Fellows of the National Endowment for the Arts. Robert is widely regarded as one of the foremost puppeteers in the United States whose work has been seen all over the world.
For more information on Mum Puppettheatre or the production of The Fantastiks visit Mum Puppettheatre
Still shots of the characters Red Nose Studio developed can be seen below.
Opening Gala Invitation
El Gallo
Henry
Luisa
Mortimer
Matt
Bellamy
Nate Williams and Shawn Barber can both be seen in the latest issue of art and culture magazine Juxtapoz April 2007. Nate is featured in the Profile section with a write-up on his work and a recent mixed media piece titled Run For Your Life Here Comes Democracy.
Shawn’s spread appears in the Showstoppers section which reviews the gallery scene nationwide. The solo show, Somber Beginnings, at the Lineage Gallery in Philadelphia runs March 2nd - April 8th and is made up of Barber’s allegorical doll characters.
Lineage Gallery
21 N 2nd St
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Canvases from Shawn Barber’s showÂ
Cover
Nate Williams Profile
