Thursday, May 24, 2007

the wurstminster dog video


posted by jgs at 12:34 AM

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

mountain of matryoshka



We just shipped out a bunch of orders for our blank russian nesting dolls this week. If you've been waiting awhile for yours, thanks for your patience. If you just ordered a set, they could be delayed a few weeks until we receive our new stock.

posted by jgs at 11:13 PM

Monday, April 23, 2007

wow.

i'm at a loss for words concerning todd goldman.

posted by jgs at 7:21 AM

Sunday, April 22, 2007

ny times magazine on the ace hotel

there's a great article about the new ace hotel here in portland in last month's ny times magazine. the picture below is featured in the article and you can sorta see the wurstminster dog show in it's brief appearance in their event space.



photo by dwight eschliman

posted by jgs at 4:43 PM

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

going boing boing

welcome to all the latest visitors from the boing boing post! thanks guys!!



posted by jgs at 12:38 AM

Thursday, April 12, 2007

the wurst in japan

watch me! news in japan said some nice things, we're pretty sure, about us which you can watch here.


posted by jgs at 1:16 AM

Tuesday, April 03, 2007

girls from strange forest

this week compound gallery is bringing two of digmeout's most promising new female artists to Portland for an exhibit of their work. Cho-Chan and Siori Kawamoto will both be in attendance at the opening, this Thursday, April 5th.


posted by jgs at 7:50 PM

Thursday, March 29, 2007

evan b. harris tonight in portland

here's your chance to get some amazingly affordable art by an amazing emerging artist. tonight at office evan is having a solo show of small works priced from $50 to $100. if you can't make it to the opening they are also selling the work online.


posted by jgs at 8:13 AM

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

a bloody bonza

not sure what that means but that's what we hear it's going to be at eamo's (you can see his dog here) first solo show which will take place at the wall in sydney. it says there's a competition for the most ocker dresser too and we're not sure what that means either. crazy aussies!



posted by jgs at 8:24 PM

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

GM vs. the whitest boy alive

awesome new video by the mighty geoff mcfetridge for the whitest boy alive which is a side project born out of one my favorite bands, kings of convenience.

via JD!


posted by jgs at 11:32 AM

Thursday, March 22, 2007

evan b. harris, animated.

two new oregon lottery commercials are airing with artwork by wurst artist evan b. harris. along with the tote bag he designed for us you can now also buy his stationery set in our shop.


image from oregon lottery ad "alaska"


image from oregon lottery ad "louisiana purchase"

posted by jgs at 1:22 AM

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

more dogs!

we just added five new dogs this morning, including the collie by andreas samuelsson as seen below. check em out!


posted by jgs at 11:39 AM

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

keep rollin'!


The Fuzzy Prince
Originally uploaded by Panic Inc.

the new katamari shirts from panic make me want to fire up the ol' ps2 and roll up some constellations.


posted by jgs at 7:48 AM

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

the artists guide

check out the new zine series by wurstminster contributer matt cassity. the first in the series is the artists guide to making money, you can see the cover below and a sample spread from the brilliant andy rementer.

the artists guide to making money

the artists guide to making money

"Our first issue is dedicated to the topic of making money. We asked the tough questions; as a working artist, how do you make money? How much do you make? Is money the root of all evil? How would it feel to be a money-making pioneer with a printing press and paper and green ink and whatnot? We're getting the answers, and you can get them too...when you buy the book."

posted by jgs at 10:13 AM

Wednesday, March 07, 2007

remember when...

it's scary how vividly i remember this commercial.


posted by jgs at 12:36 AM

Thursday, March 01, 2007

thunder eyez

Artwork by
E*Rock
Mt. Eerie
White Rainbow
YACHT
Hooliganship
Lucky Dragons/Sumi Ink Club
Adam Zeek
Curtis Knapp (Marriage Records & Watery Graves)

Artists Receptions March 1st and 2nd, 6-9pm


grass hut.


posted by jgs at 4:59 PM

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

tide, sap & breath

evan b. harris has his solo show opening tomorrow night at compound gallery. also showing will be katy horan.

for those that can't make it to the opening, the art will be up for sale and viewing on the compound site on friday.

you won't want to miss this!


posted by jgs at 11:47 AM

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

more dogs added to the show!

over the next couple months we're going to be adding more dog breeds to the show that weren't originally represented. we've already added a couple, so go check them out!

posted by jgs at 8:23 AM

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

jeremyville sessions

wurstminster contributor jeremyville has released a new giant beautiful book compiling all the collaborated projects he's worked on. it's called jeremyville sessions and it comes with a dvd and all sorts of neat stuff.


jeremyville sessions

posted by jgs at 8:57 PM

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

another new shirt by a wurstminster artist at threadless

Rampage - Threadless, Best T-shirts Ever

her dog is still available as well.

posted by jgs at 12:09 PM



can your furniture do this?

um, wow.

via arkitip

posted by jgs at 12:14 AM

Sunday, February 11, 2007

the best new shirt from a wurst artist


More More More Shirt
Originally uploaded by Ray Fenwick.

check out this new shirt from the always amazing ray fenwick.

his dog may have already sold from the wurstminster show, but you can still get this wearable wonder over at threadless.


posted by jgs at 4:04 PM



the beasts come out at night

if you haven't seen the new beasts book by fantagraphics yet, i highly recommend thee to go get yourself a copy now! the design/lineup/everything is amazing!

if that wasn't enough, the beasts crew took it to another level and put together an amazing set of 10 letterpress prints by some of the peeps from the book...but with new work! they only made 100 sets, and last i heard 30 sold. the only reason i'm passing this hot tip along is cuz the wurst already scored theirs! get yours!

below is an image of one of the pieces from the letterpress set, this one by souther salazar. in an effort to try and make your head explode with anticipation they're only releasing an image-a-day from the set.


posted by jgs at 3:36 PM

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Wurstminster Piece Stolen!

this piece was stolen from the exhibit space at the ace hotel today. it was especially disturbing since i was there the whole time and spoke with everyone who came in to check out the show. please spread the word and hopefully someone will know something about it.


posted by jgs at 9:42 PM



the wurst, revealed

if there's anyone out there interested in seeing what lurks behind the wurst curtain, the excellent craft magazine has posted a wurst interview on their blog.

posted by jgs at 11:33 AM

Monday, February 05, 2007

the wurstminster dog show!

thanks to everyone for coming out to the opening this weekend. the turnout was amazing, as was all the generous support from artists, friends, family and sponsors. watch this space for more frequent updates in 2007!

posted by jgs at 2:15 AM

Monday, January 08, 2007

crap hound revealed

ian lynam's got a great interview with sean tejaratchi, of crap hound fame, at Ping.

posted by jgs at 7:19 PM

Friday, December 01, 2006

Calendorks




From Mr. Spoons:
"12, or is it 13? Artists created new original work for our 2007 calendar and December show. Including a mighty line-up: Le Merde, The Reverend, APAK, Tim Biskup, Evan Harris, and more. The fantastic yarnhut spirit tent installation by David Wien is sadly gone, but now we have some real room for us to run around in the gallery.
The Calendar will be available at the show and online Friday as well.
There are also two toy releases at grass hut this Friday at noon.
Purple Nights Steven, and mini Pupstroyer which comes with a copy of PF#3"

posted by jgs at 8:55 AM

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

the wurst week in portland

a couple shows going on this week in portland you might want to check out if you're around.



first off, for last thursday on Alberta we have our second show we've curated for the folks over at office on NE Alberta. this one is called "now i know my abc's" and features 26 artists representing a randomly assigned letter from the alphabet. you'll see works by brad simon, martin ontiveros, driscoll reid, chris hutchinson, bwana spoons, josh berger of plazm, sarah hollowood, the sturgills, wesley younie, jessica lynch, trish grantham, damion triplett, geoffrey lorenzen, adam bayer, matt cassity, eric lovejoy, scott barry, guy burwell, evan harris, le merde, ray fenwick, apak, jason vivona, ademar matinian, ian lynam and tony secolo








on saturday we have another solo show from the guy that brought you the piece in our vintage vandals show that caused quite a commotion. the show is at cal's pharmacy which recently has been relocated to the department of skateboarding building. come get a piece of driscoll before he says sayonara to portland for awhile.

posted by jgs at 5:21 PM

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

supermundane!

if you're in london be sure to check out supermundane's new show at beyond the valley.

november 16th-28th




posted by jgs at 9:26 AM

Monday, November 13, 2006

dot dot dope

if you haven't seen it yet, there's a big new book out covering the world of 3D character design. included in this impressive collection are some of the pieces from our very own russian doll show. you can pick up your very own
here.

dot dot dash

posted by jgs at 11:15 PM

Friday, October 20, 2006

the wurst web we weave

we've given into the wurst peer pressure of them all, myspace peer pressure. the kids say it's all the rage.

if you're in, come join the wurst space.
nevermind, it seems that the powers that be at myspace have deleted the wurst account without warning. we have long been opponents to this bastion of poor taste and unsolicited blaring music and we encourage all the wurst fans to join us in our protest of this pervert playground. 8^)

the wurst is not one to pass up another marketing opportunity, so we're also on the flickr.

we're really excited to have everyone who's bought a piece from the wurst or has been to a wurst party to add their wurst flickr photos to the the wurst flickr group.

posted by jgs at 12:04 AM

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

portland knows how to party

there's a couple events this week going on in Portland that you should check out if you are in town.

molly s. anderson has an opening on thursday at office that is sure to blow your mind with the craft and care taken in her work.


the next evening, friday, we have a real authentic pencil fight going down to celebrate the release of bwana's new pencil fight zine. come on down, pick a fight and pick up a copy.


posted by jgs at 2:33 PM