Aunt & Uncle Ebeneezer Unveil New Releases

Artists: Aunt & Uncle Ebeneezer
Series: A Lullaby the Breezes Whisper
Technique/Medium: Love/Spraypaint/Acrylic
Size: Varying (see edition info)
Colors: Aqua, Pinks, yellow, purple, black
Stock: Canvas
Signed: yes / magnets - no
Numbered: no - unique
Edition: small canvas magnets - 35
large canvas magnets - 30
6" x 12" canvas - 12
12" x 12" canvas - 1
Cost: small canvas magnets - $5
large canvas magnets - $10
6" x 12" canvas - $20
14" x 14" canvas - $60

"Without a doubt New Years Eve is the Phishiest of holidays. With all due respect to the joyful rituals of summer sheds & festivals, indoor nuttiness in cool and cold weather, Halloween & Thanksgiving runs, etc., it is NYE where the celebration of a Phish show is most in alignment with the culture at large. Party time! And NYE 2009 couldn't be more exciting. It marks a return to a favorite 2.0 site, the second 4 night run in 6 months and the conclusion of the year Phish returned to life. It's been an incredibly fun year and we look forward to wrapping it up in style in Miami."

Ryan Jerzy Unveils New Work

Artist: Ryan Jerzy
Title: Groucho Tower
Technique/Medium: Linoleum
Size: 11" x 15"
Colors: Light Blue, Green and Black
Stock: Stonehenge
Printer: Ryan Jerzy
Press: 19th century Bookbinding
Press Operator: Ryan Jerzy
Signed: Yes
Numbered: Yes
Edition: Less than 45
Mock Show Cost: $30
Post Show Cost w/ shipping: $39 (if available)
Where they'll be available after Mock Show: Email = Jerzyprints@gmail.com
Anecdotes/Inspiration behind the work: What a great weekend IT was and getting to look at this big guy everyday. Probably my favorite art installation at any festival I have attended.

Franky Scaglione Unveils New Work

Artist: Franky Scaglione
Title: Magic City Binge
Series: NYE 2009, First Edition
Technique/Medium: Screenprint (graphite > pen/ink > vectors > screenprint
press)
Size: 18" x 24"
Colors: 4 Colours
Stock: French Pop-Tone, 100# Black Licorice
Signed: Yes
Numbered: Yes
Edition: 175
APs: 12 printed on 100# Metallic Cobalt
Mock Show Cost: $25
Post-Show Cost w/ shipping: $37
Post-Show Availability: www.paisleyblue.com
Anecdotes/Inspiration: Paying homage to the cult-classic television series
of the eighties,* Magic City Binge* honours the synthesis of music and
visual presence that both Miami Vice and Phish exhibit. Miami icons
Scarface and Sgt. Larvell Jones (Police Academy Miami) join the scene for
this epic four-run celebration in the Magic City.

Jim Pollock's Mock Show Poster Triples in Value Before Show Opens

Three days before Jim Pollock's benefit posters are officially released at the Mock Show: Red Rocks, the works have already appreciated in value and begun selling on ebay for three times their original value.

The run, that was created by Pollock and printed by Fred Hosman and Jewel Noll of HoscoPress in a signed and numbered limited edition of 500, sold on the Mock Show's website on speculation of what the finished design would look like. Collectors flocked to grab these unseen posters from the inaugural art exhibition with proceeds supporting music education in Denver area through the Mockingbird Foundation. $1,000.00 has already been granted to Red Rocks Elementary and more money will impact the local Colorado community thanks to Jim Pollock's Mock Show posters and event t-shirt creations silkscreened by hand by TabootArt in Denver, CO.

Very few event posters remain and will be available while supplies last on Saturday at the PollockPrints booth.

Tickets are sold out to Mock Show: Red Rocks. We encourage you not to show up without a pre-purhased event ticket.

Mock Show Artist Spotlight: AJ Masthay

Aaron J. Masthay is a printmaker best known for his elaborate hand-carved, hand-pressed linoleum block posters.

AJ, as his avid collectors refer to him, utilizes a reduction process to create his beautiful, labor intensive, multiple color prints using only one piece of linoleum. This process was first developed by Pablo Picasso who nicknamed it the "suicide method" because the block is destroyed as the print is created. For this reason, it is extremely important to plan the image carefully before beginning to print.

The first step involves cutting away the white areas of the image. Linoleum printing is essentially a form of stamp printing, so whatever is cut out of the block will not be inked. After the white areas are cut away, the first color is printed on the paper. The artist must decide how many prints there are going to be when they print the first color because they will not be able to go back and make more after this point. They roll ink on the raised surface with a tool called a brayer. The linoleum plate is then hand fed through a Vandercook Press and uneven application are smoothed onto the paper with a tool called a barren. After the artist prints the first color, they then cut out the parts of the block that they want to remain that color. This process is repeated, cutting away what stays until the print is finally the print is set to dry and become signed and numbered.

(above) AJ's favorite release came from his Coventry Series. "I'd have to say my favorite out of my past works would be my Coventry series, more specifically the night set. The feedback I got from collectors commenting on how they captured the overall concert experience really hit home for me.Now once some of this summer's stuff is released this may change..."

Masthay's last release was an homage to Phish's comeback shows at the Hampton Coliseum. He explains, "Bass Bomb II: The Fallout was made in response to the numerous requests for a second edition to the Bass Bomb I (the original 8 color linoleum block print that sold out immediately). My original intent with Hampton was to do a three print set telling a story about the bomb being dropped and the days following. Due to time constraints for the Phanart show in Troy, NY, I cut it back to one print. This was a great excuse to go back to the original idea and at least make it a set of two prints."

Masthay reflects on Phish 3.0 explaining, "I do have to say that the standard of living for summer tour have been raised a bit. Gone are the days of sleeping in the car or finding a no name motel off the highway."

As for his ideal show, he's "not a huge fan of the long drive, so it would have to be somewhere in the northeast. I'd say SPAC is my optimal venue. Not much into the "pre show antics" anymore but a few beers in the lots is always fun." Music wise he's still waiting to hear a Harpua. "1st set or 2nd set, I dont care. I'd just be ecstatic to hear it once." Favorite parking lot food? "I can remember getting this pad thai in the lots I think at the Lemonwheel that was killer. I need to find me some of that again. Those french bread pizzas always hit the spot after a show too."

Look for new releases this summer, stop by his booth at Mock Show Red Rocks and don't forget to visit his website at http://www.masthaystudios.com/