Tuesday, June 30, 2009

LA BUZZ BLOG!

Check out this article, I made the front page of LA Buzz Blog!
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By Trisha, on June 30th, 2009

Will Koffman is a surprisingly normal guy. I mean, given that he bleaches stretched black fabric into a carny-esque ladies in curious yet intriguing poses, with maps of tiny, etched drawings not unlike those found an a high school detention room’s desks scrawled around their female forms. It’s almost as if pop culture threw up a monotone cud of itself, but it becomes strangely beautiful when crafted by Koffman.
I was able to chat with Koffman for a minute by his display at this weekend’s
Create:Fixate event, where he was one of the most visually and conceptually interesting artists of the show. I was mainly curious about his inspiration, as the overall effect of his works was so serene, never once hinting at the chaotic parts that create the whole. Essentially Koffman does vomit his latest meal of pop culture, art history, beauty ideals, and consumer culture onto his canvases. His wheels always seem to be turning, smushing everything he’s mentally absorbed into one big old chewing gum ball of the world we live in. All the elements retain their own small voice, and Koffman piles together hundreds of those small voices on top of one another, and the piece gets louder and louder until the soothing sound of white noise washes over. The end result is as pleasing to look at as it is impossible to dissect.
Koffman’s work does have its quiet moments, and these pieces - often single females with their backs turned to the viewer, emerging ever so softly from a sea of black - are no less engrossing as his louder works. These works are decidedly unprecious. Something in the way Koffman handles the bleach belies a drive to depict the realness of the woman over the beauty. And it’s this realness that makes his subjects more beautiful than even the most skilled airbrush artist couldn’t attain.
Koffman has produced enough work in his young career to choke a horse. He’s produce cover art for bands like Make Moon and NASA Space Universe, he’s created graphic t-shirts based on his work, he’s illustrated for Weird Tales magazine and Kill Me Comics, and he’s even had multiple people get his work tattooed on them. Koffman is easily the must-see artist, so catch him at the Laguna Arts Festival and the OC Super Fair, where his work is up until August.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Tattoo Venus

Tattoo Venus
aprox. 18x30" Hand Bleached Black Cotton
sold

Trouble in Outer Space Print Edition


Home Burned, hand-pulled Bleach Print Edition only 8x16"!
Based on the original six foot hand-bleached piece of the same title.
From giant to tiny.
Only 4 of these in the universe.

Bleach Betty

The Venus of the 20th Century
Works I made for Create:Fixate Saturday.  Will I see you there?

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Make Moon


Breaking new ground with silkscreen work at the Diverse Productions studio.  18x32" prints! Edition of 15 plus 5 green variations.  Inkblot madness and a crazy tonal range.  Want your own? link

Genuine hand made in CA

Sunday, June 14, 2009

The Tattoo Madness Continues

  
One of my old school T-shirt designs is the latest piece of art to get inked up!  I know there are more of you out there - if anyone's got photos of their WK tattoos,  send them in and I'll post them up here.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Sea Sleeves


Bleached Black Cotton 36x36"
Here's a piece I put together for the Surf Art show at Evocal.
Come out for CM Day of Art and find out all the spots in your local scene
Announcement!  
I'm launching my first ever online store for original art!
It's all online at the Drawing Beneath the Skin site:
Lots more coming - I'll be updating it all the time with new fun treats for y'all!