Sunday, November 30, 2008

Femke Hiemstra New Print Sneak Peek!


Femke Hiemstra
"Marie Antoinette"
hand embellished giclee print
(white gold leaf border)
10" x 10"
edition of 100
signed and numbered
$115. each


We are thrilled to announce the release of a new print by Femke Hiemstra. We are just waiting for them to arrive at the gallery! Ping us if you would like us to hold one for you!

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Up Next- Chris Berens " Go West "



Our next exhibition is a solo show by Amsterdam painter Chris Berens. Opening on Friday, December 12th- this show will feature over 30 paintings, loosely based on the artists journey from Amsterdam to Seattle, the old world to the new. Contact us immediately to be on the preview list!

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Travis Louie



Arrested Motion Blog has a nice little interview with Travis Louie (he'll be showing with us in August 09) - check it out and see what's up with the hardest working man in the Pop Surrealism world....

Monday, November 24, 2008

Holiday Hours

We will be closed November 26th and 27th and back to regular hours Friday the 28th and Saturday the 29th!

Friday, November 14, 2008

Tessar Lo- Last Chance!



We just have a couple of these EXTREMELY limited, hand embellished silkscreens by Tessar Lo left. Email us to get one or find out more...

" Fit In "
silkscreened and hand embellished print on paper
edition of 9
image 16" x 20"
paper size 22" x 30"
$200. plus shipping


See how they were made by M athame here.

Robert Burden

Artist Robert Burden sent over a time lapse video showing the creation of a giant painting of Voltron from the Transformers. Robert's large scale paintings of toys in evocative decorative settings are breathtaking to look at in person. We had Robert's first solo show here at Roq La Rue earlier this year and the gallery looked like a church with his giant panels looking as colorful and ornate as huge stained glass windows. Check it out!



1200 pictures in 900 hours!

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Mark Ryden "Bunny Cart" print- sold out



We recently collaborated with artist Mark Ryden to do an amazing, under-the-radar print to raise money for The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. We are offering these publicly so contact us RIGHT AWAY by email (not phone please) if you want one...we don't have many. These are only available through Roq La Rue.

These are now sold out- a huge thank you to everyone who picked one up!

Every penny of the retail amount for this print is going to be given to the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. This organization offers help for endangered elephants and rhinos in Africa.
You can learn more about them here:
http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/
The cost of making the prints has been donated by Roq La Rue Gallery. These prints look really great in person, most people assume they are a drawing.

How the sale will work:
1. Please let me know right away by EMAIL if you would like one, and I will put you on the list. I will contact everyone about whether I can get one for you as soon as I can. It will be first come, first served. Please wait for confirmation before sending a money order.
2. You must send a money order TO ME, but made out to:
The U.S. Friends Of David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust , not Roq La Rue Gallery. No checks, no credit cards, I'm sorry.
3. If you need this print shipped, please send an additional personal check or money order made out to Roq La Rue Gallery for $25.00. The print will be shipped flat.
4. Once I get your payment I will send the print right away! Once I collect all the money orders I will send in a bundle to the US Friends Of The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Indiana.
5. Please don't be creepy and put this print on eBay. Mark and I try to be very careful to keep our stuff off eBay. I understand that sometimes pieces need to be sold down the line- it's fine if you want to sell through a message board, forum, or gallery. This is a special print for charity that no one is making money from so please don't buy it to flip it.

Now- onto the good stuff!

Mark Ryden
"The Bunny Cart"
giclee print on archival paper with deckled edges
hand signed by Mark Ryden, numbered edition of 50*
7.5" x 10.5"
$1000.
comes with certificate of authenticity signed by Mark Ryden and Roq La Rue Gallery

Friday, November 7, 2008

Show tonight!

Tonight we are opening the new show for November featuring Tessar Lo, Moira Hahn and Bill Blair. Tessar came up a few days early to do an installation for the show- here are some "in progress" pics...come by the show to see the finished version!