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giovedì 17 giugno 2010

Contest and exhibition Mekaneko Japan Expo



©De Longis/Venusdea

:: GRAND CONCOURS EXCEPTIONNEL “VENUSDEA” MEKANEKO ::

ITAObjectif

:: À TOUS LES ARTISTES : LAISSEZ VIBRER VOTRE IMAGINATION, ET RÉALISEZ UNE ILLUSTRATION QUI MET EN SCÈNE MEKANEKO DANS LA VERSION DE VOTRE CHOIX ::




©De Longis/Venusdea

ITARèglement du concours

• Le concours prendra fin le 30/06/2010 à minuit.
• Postez vos oeuvres sur le forum CFSL : http://forum.cfsl.net/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=61948
• Le(s) lot(s) seront attribués aux personnes dont les œuvres auront été choisies par l’artiste, Matteo De Longis.

ITALes prix

• 1er PRIX : UN MEKANEKO CUSTOMISÉ – PIÈCE UNIQUE – PAR L’ARTISTE LUI-MÊME
• 2nd PRIX : UN MEKANEKO, VERSION ARTOYZ
• 3e PRIX : UN MEKANEKO, VERSION DIY

ITAQuelques liens pour vous aider

• website/blog Matteo De Longis : http://www.kamenstudio.com/wordpress/
• myspace MEKANEKO : http://www.myspace.com/mekaneko
• blog VENUSDEA : http://venusdea.blogspot.com/
• Artoyz /Mekaneko : http://www.artoyz.com/v21/indexShop.php?id=288&isVendor=true



Mekaneko ©De Longis/Venusdea/Mc Productions.Photo by bflv

ITAIci, un magnifique custom par Matteo De Longis realisé pour l'expo Mekaneko/Venusdea chez Artoyz. Pour vous donner une idee de la beauté des ses customs!



Mekaneko Acid Black Version©De Longis/Venusdea/Mc Productions.Photo by bflv

ITA Mekaneko – Story

Créé par Matteo DE LONGIS , character-designer et musicien, MEKANEKO est un petit chat mécanique articulé né dans “SKY DOLL SPACESHIP COLLECTION”. Fourni avec un mini artbook et une planche de stickers pour le customiser, il vous est actuellement proposé en 2 versions classiques (White Pearl et Acid Black Metal), limitées à 800 ex – et une version collector ARTOYZ .


--------------Et maintenant, à vous de jouer !!! -------------------




Mekaneko © De Longis/Venusdea.Photo by bflv

✖ L'incroyable custom de Matteo De Longis.





© De Longis.Photo by bflv

✖ Et ici, son DELO, dessiné par lui-même, encore.




© De Longis/Canepa/Venusdea

✖ Custom Mekaneko realisé par Barbara Canepa ( donc..moi ! )







© De Longis/Lostfish/Venusdea

✖ Ici, le superbe custom Mekaneko par Lostfish .



© De Longis/Ciou/Venusdea

✖Encore un custom Mekaneko réinterprété par Ciou à travers son magnifique univers.

IMPORTANT : tous ces cutoms , comme la batterie, serons exposé a lo stand Artoyz lors du prochain Japan Expo - Du 1 juillet au 4 juillet ( Paris ).Venez nombreux pour les admirer en vrai !

ICI , toutes les autres infos.




Photo by bflv

✖ People ! Un vrai succes en fait cette incroyable vernissage chez Artoyz !

Par ICI , autres photos du vernissage Mekaneko, si vous êtes intéressés...



©De Longis/Venusdea

✖ Illustration réalisée par Matteo pour l' Exposition Mekaneko/Artoyz visible à Japan Expo !

Ciou sera aussi présente pour signer son très beau livre "Chats Siamois".
Informations importantes et horaires, ci-dessous :

STAND SOLEIL ( Hall 5A, Allée BA26 )

✖ CIOU pour "Chat Siamois" -
• Vendredi : 15h – 17h
• Samedi : 14h – 16h

✖ Matteo De Longis pour "Mekaneko" et "Sky Doll Spaceship Collection"
• Jeudi : 15h – 17h
• Vendredi : 15h – 17h
• Dimanche : 15h – 17h


STAND ARTOYZ ( stand B.E.18 )

✖ Matteo De Longis pour "Mekaneko"
• jeudi :
• Vendredi : 11h – 14h
• Samedi : 11h – 18h
• Dimanche : 11h – 14h et 17h - 19h

------------Merci a tous et rdv a Japan Expo, donc !---------




mercoledì 21 aprile 2010

MEKANEKO ARTOYZ Version - April 26th !




A new special "Artoyz" version of the Mekaneko will be available at last from
Monday 26th April on the Artoyz.com

Et voici une nouvelle version "Artoyz" du Mekaneko qui sera finalement disponible dès le lundi 26 avril sur le site Artoyz.com





Mekaneko © De Longis/Venusdea/Artoyz/Mc Productions. Photo by bflv


It will be a limited edition of only 200 pieces created by Matteo De Longis in exclusive for them.

Il s'agira d'un tirage limité de 200 exemplaires , créé par Matteo De Longis tout spécialement pour eux.












Mekaneko © De Longis/Venusdea/Artoyz/Mc Productions. Photos by bflv


The Mekaneko is half white and half black, with the anatomical parts highlighter by the graphics.
In the darker part of the body, the black paint has a satin-finished look with overlapping of shiny black lacquered inserts.
On the other hand, the white part highlights with a silver finish the "anatomical" part of the toyz.

Le Mekaneko est moité blanc , moitié noir , des parties anatomiques sont misent en évidence par le design graphique.
La partie sombre du corps , noire ,a un rendu satiné avec des superpositions d'inserts noirs-brillants. A l'inverse , la partie blanche exalte d' une couleur argentée la partie anatomique du toyz.




Mekaneko © De Longis/Venusdea/Mc Productions

The design for this version was inspired by a mecchanical-anatomical illustration inserted in the toyz bookled, as you see in the picture.

Le design de cette version a été inspiré d'une illustration meccanique-anatomique contenue dans son booklet , comme vous pouvez le voir sur l'image.




Mekaneko © De Longis/Venusdea/Artoyz/Mc Productions. Photo by bflv


Hurry up, then, because they will soon be sold out and only Artoyz is selling them!
If you love Mekaneko and you want a really exclusive version, buy this one!

....and enjoy !


giovedì 8 aprile 2010

Ciou exhibition & signing this weekend !


© Ciou.Photo by B.Canepa

A short post to make you aware that this weekend, starting from today, Ciou and Bianco will be signing their book "Chat Siamois" here, at the Rencontres de la Art" -
Aix en Provence (France)
.

Un petit post pour vous signaler que ce week end , (aujourd'hui compris) , Ciou et Bianco signerons le livre "Chat Siamois" , ici-même , aux "Rencontres de la Art" à Aix en Provence (France).




© Ciou.Photo by B.Canepa

The meeting with these two authors will last until Sunday the 11th April, with conferences and shows of part of Tim Burton's filmography in cinema halls.
If you want to know more about this, all the info is
HERE.
If you want to buy the book and meet Coiu and Guillame you can find them, at Cité du Livre every afternoon.

Le rendez-vous avec ces deux auteurs durera jusqu'au dimanche 11 avril , avec rencontres, débats ainsi que des réactions sur différentes parties de la filmographie de Tim Burton en salle de cinéma.
Pour en savoir plus , toutes les infos se trouvent
ICI.
Enfin, pour acheter leur livre et les rencontrer , vous pourrez les trouver, à la Cité du Livre, tous les après midi.




© Ciou.Photo by B.Canepa

On 26th March Ciou's exhibit was opened, as a matter of fact, at the Susini gallery: here's the pictures of the vernissage.
The exhibit will still be open for a week, until the 17th April.

Le 26 mars dernier , c'est passé l'inauguration de l'exposition de Ciou.
Voici quelques photos du vernissage à la "gallerie Susini".

L'expo restera encore visible une semaine , jusqu'au 17 avril.




© Ciou.Photo by B.Canepa



Chat Siamois © Bianco/Ciou/Venusdea/Mc Productions.Photo by B.Canepa




© Ciou.Photo by B.Canepa



© Ciou.Photo by B.Canepa

The exhibition space is beautiful and Ciou has painted with a fresco most of the gallery with shapeless and fantasy characters.
It's really striking, then, to be immerged in this deam-like univers of hers.

L'espace consacré à l'expo est très joli et Ciou a même dessiné des fresques à même le mur , avec ses personnages amorphes et fantastiques.
Un régal si l'on aime s'immerger dans son univers onirique...




© Ciou.Photo by B.Canepa

✚ The works of this artists which are shown come both from the book published with Venusdea (on the second floor of the building original drawings from the book and its cover are shown and for sale) and from more recent works of this artist, independently of the book (on the main floor)

Les oeuvres exposées sont pour une partie extraites du livre "Chat Siamois" publié par Venusdea (au second étage de la gallerie vous trouverez les dits dessins en ventes ainsi que le dessin original de la couverture du livre ), d'autres sont des oeuvres plus récentes de Ciou , indépendantes du livre (au rez-de chuassé , dans la salle principale...).




© Ciou.Photo by B.Canepa



© Photo by B.Canepa

People !



© Photo by B.Canepa

Ciou


See you soon with more exhibits of the label's artists.


domenica 21 marzo 2010

NEWS ! NEWS !

Mekaneko©De Longis/Venusdea/Mc Productions.Photo by bflv


Mekaneko©De Longis/Venusdea/Mc Productions.Photo by Artoyz.

And at last I'm back on this blog, which was idle for a few months. But not so the label obviously, on the opposite! I just didn't have the time to write some posts, because work, signing tours and projects are so many and so intense for everybody that the blog has suffered a bit becuase of this. We made some (positive) changes with some vendors and we have better re-organized our staff and the label itself at their best. Soon you will find the products also on Diamond Preview in the United States and soon also on many topic-related magazines.
In a short time (it's a matter of days) the venusdea' website , where you can order all of our products directly, will be online.

Finalement de retour sur ce blog , qui est resté en stand by durant quelques mois!
Mais ce n'est pas le cas du label évidemment! Au contraire!
Le temps m'a fait défaut , travail , dédicaces projets , autant de choses intenses qui ont un peu fais souffrir ce blog. Nous avons effectués des changements (positifs) avec de nombreux distributeurs et donc ré-optimisés au mieux tout le staff autour du label.
Vous trouverez et vous pourrez acheter prochainement les ouvrages Venusdea sur Diamond Preview (pour les Etats Unis) et également sur différentes revues du secteur.

Dans très peu de temps , (quelques jours à peine) , le site venusdea verra finalement le jour et vous pourrez y commander directement tous les ouvrages.



©De Longis.Photo by bflv


Mekaneko©De Longis/Venusdea/Mc Productions.Photo by bflv

So, I will try to make posts closer in time, telling you about all the events that have taken place, with amazing photos, in the next weeks. Having said so, follow this blog more often, because from now on it will be updated on a weekly basis.

And , here above a small avant premiere (sneak preview) of a custom by Matteo De Longis with "Mekaneko" , for one of the many Expo Venusdea held this year.


Je chercherai en effet à faire des post plus fréquents , afin de vous mettre au courant concernant les différents évênements qui auront lieu , agrémentés de superbes photos , etc, dès les prochaines semaines...


©Ciou/Rencontres de la 9É Art

I start with telling you that in a few days, at the "Rencontres de la 9É Art".
The first Expo "solo" by Ciou connected to her work for the Venusdea "Chat Siamois" book, will be held.
I will be there, with Ciou and also the author of the story of "Chat Siamois", Guillaume Bianco. I am waiting for you all at the gallery!

Ciou exhibition & singning : 26th March at the Gallery Susini.
With the opening and the vernissage starting from
6:00 PM.
Here all the informations.

J'en profite pour vous signaler que dans quelques jours au "Rencontres de la Art" .
Et sera la premiere expo "solo" de Ciou autour de son livre pour Venusdea "Chat Siamois".
Je serai présente aux côtés de Ciou évidemment , ainsi que du co-auteur avec pour cette ouvrage,Guillaume Bianco.

Ciou expo & signature : Galerie Susini.
19 Cours Sextius - Aix en Provence ( France)
Durée de l'expo : 26 mars au 17 avril 2010.
Vernissage
le 26 Mars, 18h.
Ici tous les informations et dans la colonne du blog a gauche aussi.




Chat Siamois © Ciou/Venusdea/Mc Productions.Photo by Ciou




© Ciou.Photo by J.Lesur

I'd like to briefly introduce Ciou again,for those of you who don't know her already

Ciou hails from Paris, France.
Her work features the admittedly well worn standard of spooky girls and their animals consorts, however Ciou’s unapologetic punk style (reminiscent of teenage notebook scrawls dialed up to 11) breathes a new brash life into the theme. Her sweet and sour heavy metal nymphs live out their wild carnivalesque fairytales on found vintage papers, taken from old medical books, dictionaries, and nature manuals. Her line-work is by turns thickly layered like decadent rocker girl eyeliner and then meticulously thin and ornate like stitchwork. Ciou has exhibited in Paris, Amsterdam ,Brussels, Toulouse, Berlin, Los Angeles, Rome and Barcelona.
She also has about of her work entitled “Chat Siamos” for Venusdea Label.




© Ciou. Photo by Ciou


© Ciou. Photo by Roq la Rue

Ciou just finished her gorgeous Expo at the Gallery Roq la Rue with incredible success ! Most of her pieces of work have been sold. What else to add then? We're all happy..

Ciou vient de terminer sa magnifique expo à la galerie Roq la Rue, qui a connu un très grand succès! Presque toutes ses pièces ont quasi été vendues.
Que dire , sinon que nous en sommes très contents pour elle...

Je vous attends tous à Aix en Provence, donc, dans les prochains jours.


- ringrazio, come sempre Katia Zaccaria, per la traduzione in inglese.



sabato 7 novembre 2009

Chat Siamois ..


Chat Siamois©Bianco/Ciou/Venusdea/Mc Productions

At last I can introduce the first book being issued this week for the label, more precisely on November 12th for the whole Europe : "Chat Siamois".


The book is made up of eighty pages, of a cherry red cloth fabric cover and a black glittering hot-press print.
The inside is pure Munchen 130 gr ( a beautiful and natural Swedish paper ) which most importantly is recycled paper !
 This is a manufacturing factor of my books which I particularly care of , since I am a fond ecologist.

It is being sold to the public at 24,50 euro.

In 2010, a second issue will be released with a figure ( art toyz) , but I’ll soon speak about this here on the blog.

Finalmente posso parlarvi del primo libro che uscirà questa settimana per la label, esattamente il 12 novembre in tutta europa : "Chat Siamois".
Il libro ha una ottantina di pagine, una copertina in tessuto rosso ciliegia, con una stampa a caldo nero brillante.
L'interno è puro Munchen 130 gr ( una carta naturale bellissima svedese ) ma soprattutto si tratta di carta riciclata !
Una fattore di fabbricazione dei miei libri a cui tengo molto, visto che sono una estrema ecologista.
Potete scoprire le prime pagine del libro , cliccando QUI.

Il prezzo al pubblico è di 24,50 euro.

Nel 2010, sarà prevista una seconda uscita,con una figurina ( un art toyz) ma ve ne parlero' presto qui sul blog.




© Ciou.Photo by J.Lesur

✚ So where to begin?
Well, by introducing the two authors:
Guillaume Bianco and Ciou.



Ciou is an artist I met in the distant 2001.
I discovered her works by chance at the Angouleme Festival. I wanted to buy one of her amazing paintings. And on Sunday, the day in which I was supposed to retrieve it, I couldn’t reach her at her stand because I had too many dedications to finish. And oops! I lost both the contact and the painting. I knew nothing about her. Not even her name. Impossible to find her again...

But two years later I ran into an exhibition by Ciou in the very city I live in!
 And there I found that very painting, which I was able to buy eventually! But this is not important. 
Because that was the starting point of a beautiful friendship between us which has lasted through the years up to today. I am an eager collector of her art (my house is full of them!) and for me it is dream-like to know that this all had a reason to happen and I it is really me the one to publish her first book! As if to say… we were destined to it, didn’t we? A fable in its own, in fact.

Just as the marvellous story by Guillaume Bianco , written just for her : "Emmy Hyacinthe Muffin".

Here above a beautiful picture obviously by
Julien Lesur ( amazing photographer, graphic artist of the book "Chat Siamois" and Ciou’s significant other ) as portrait of hers.

Da dove partire? Beh, presentandovi i due autori: Guillaume Bianco e Ciou.

Ciou è un artista che conosco dal lontano 2001.
L'ho scoperta per caso al Festival di Angouleme.Volevo comprare un suo incredibile quadro.
E la domenica, il giorno che dovevo andare a prenderlo,non ho potuta raggiungerla al suo stand, perchè avevo troppe dedicaces.E Op ! Perso contatto e il quadro.Non sapevo nulla, di lei.
Manco come si chiamava.Impossibile da ritrovare. Ma dopo 2 anni, scopro una expo di Ciou nella citta dove abito ! E ritrovo ancora li lo stesso pezzo, che finalmente compro ! Ma questo non è importante. Perchè da li è nata una bellissima amicizia con lei che si potrae negli anni sino a oggi.
Sono una vera collezionista dei suoi pezzi ( ne ho la casa piena ! ) e per me oggi è davvero un sogno sapere che tutto questo aveva una ragione e che sono io prorpio io a pubblicare il suo primo libro ! Come dire ....davvero il destino, eh? Una favola infatti, nel suo genere.
Come il racconto meraviglioso di Guillaume Bianco , scritto appositamente per lei : "Emmy Hyacinthe Muffin".

Qui sopra ovviamente una bellissima foto di Julien Lesur ( incredibile fotografo, grafico del libro "Chat Siamois" e compagno di Ciou ) che la ritrae.




© Bianco, photo by B.Canepa

And here a picture of the writer of "Chat Siamois": Guillaume Bianco. 
Shot at the "Highgate Cemetery" in London. 
If you want to know something more about him just visit his gorgeous blog. 
And if you love him already, well, starting in September up to Christmas a good 4 books of his are planned to be released: ECO , Billy Brouillard book#2 , Epictete and our "Chats Siamois". 
Almost a record, I should say…And I can’t decide which one is the best. Go and check them out, in fact…


E qui una foto dello scrittore di "Chat Siamois": Guillaume Bianco.
Scattata al cimitero di Londra a Highgate.
Se volete sapere qualcosa più si du lui, basta visitare il suo bellissimo blog.
E se lo amate, beh, già da questo settembre a Natale, sono previsti ben 4 suoi libri : ECO , Billy Brouillard book#2 , Epictete e il nostro "Chats Siamois".
Pressoché un record, direi... E sono uno più bello dell'altro.
Andateli a scoprire, infatti....


© Ciou

✚ Ciou is an artist that not only can express herself on paper and canvas, but is also an incredible inventor of dolls like this one. 
And today, because she is now famous (oh yes! We have to say this out loud!) she has no more time to do them and so I consider myself lucky to own a nice collection of her dolls. 



I couldn’t introduce you Ciou and not show you her beautiful microcosm as well, could I?

Ciou non è solo un artista che si esprime magnificamente su tela e su carta, ma anche una incredibile creatrice di pupazzi come questo.
E oggi, lei visto che è diventata famosa ( eh, si! Bisogna dirlo..) non ha più tempo per farli, e mi ritengo fortunatissima , quindi, di possedere una bella collezione delle sue dolls.

Non potevo presentarvi Ciou, senza farvi conoscere anche questo suo bellissimo microcosmo, no?



© Ciou

An octopus-god ! Isn’t it the funniest thing ever?

This one is part of my personal collection, as a matter of fact. And I am proud of it! ^__^


Un polpo-dio ! Ma non è divertentissimo?
Questo, fa parte della mia collezione personale, infatti.E ne sono ben felice ! ^__^





© Ciou and J/Mizuno. Expo "Bestial group show" Iguapop/Barcelone.

✚ And here you can see one of the many expos of this incredible artist.
On the left-hand side you can recognize the very talented
Junko Mizuno: another artist soon enough VENUSDEA of course.
What else can I shortly say about
Ciou : she’s an artist born in Toulose, currently living and working in Belgium. Her first expo was shown in NYC back in 2004.
 As of today she has had many expos, also in Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Rome up to the United States, where she currently still has showcases. 


E qui una delle tantissime expo di questa incredibile artista.
A sinistra, potete riconoscere la talentuossima Junko Mizuno : un altra artista ben presto VENUSDEA ovviamente.
Che dire brevemente di Ciou : è una artista nata a Toulose che lavora e vive attualmente in Belgio.La sua prima expo risale al 2004 a NYC.
Oggi ne ha accumulate tantissime, passando da Paris, Berlino, Amsterdam,Roma sino agli States, dove continua a esporre.


© Ciou

✚ Her works are a sort of patchwork of pages taken from old books, ancient tapestries and acryl paint. I am personally a fan of one of her B/W pieces like the one you can admire here above. But I can’t really dismiss any part of this incredible artist, can I? 

Her world is an oniric and fabulous universe, but also a bit child-like. And very noir at the same time. Somewhat like Tim Burton, Lewis Carrol and Junko Mizuno, I would say.


Le sue opere sono come una sorta di collage di pagine di vecchi libri, tappezzerie antiche e pittura a acrilico.
Io personalmente sono una fan dei suo pezzi in B/N come quello che potete ammirare qui sopra.Ma non disdisco nulla di questa incredibile artista, eh?

Il suo mondo è universo onirico, favolistico , ma anche infantile .E allo stesso tempo molto noir.
Tra un Tim Burton, L.Carroll e Junko Mizuno, direi.




Chat Siamois©Bianco/Ciou/Venusdea/Mc Productions

"Chat Siamois" is her first book, in collaboration with Guillaume Bianco.
If you want to meet her to speak with her and have a dedication on your book, just have a look at the AGENDA on the left-hand side of this blog.

There are noted all the dates in which Ciou will be present until Christmas in the whole Europe, and there are also Guillaume’s dates too.
As you can see, there are some true exhibitions as well, with signing sessions for the book.

"Chat Siamois" è il suo primo libro, in collaborazione con Guillaume Bianco.
Se volete incontrarla per parlarle e avere una dedicaces sul libro, non fate altro che guardare l'AGENDA qui a sinistra del blog.
Ci sono tutte le date che Ciou farà da qui a Natale in tutta europa e anche le date di Guillaume.
Come potrete vedere ci saranno anche delle vere e proprie esposizioni, con seances di firma per il libro.


Chat Siamois©Bianco/Ciou/Venusdea/Mc Productions

For 2010 as of now there is just exhibition at the marvellous "Mondo Bizzarro" gallery in Rome, with another exhibition connected to this book itself and next April a beautiful expo is planned also at the "9 Art festival" too taking place in Aix en Provence ( France).
But I will tell you more in detail the dates and much more later on.

- And I don’t want to forget to thank Katia Zaccaria for the translations into English.

She is going to be my right “shoulder” on this blog. So, thank you…

Per l'anno 2010, per ora è prevista una expo alla magnifica galleria "Mondo Bizzarro" a Roma , con una esposizione legata proprio a questo libro e un'altra bellissima mostra sarà prevista a aprile al festival della "9 Art" anche a Aix en Provence. (Francia)
Ma vi diro' bene più avanti per le date e tanto altro.

- E non voglio dimenticare di ringraziare Katia Zaccaria, per la traduzione in inglese.
Sarà sempre lei la mia spalla destra infatti, su questo blog.Grazie, quindi...



 
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