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** Special thanks to Boogeyman & Danny
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–>> ..the sadly defunct Toy retailer ( closed in 1992 ) was pretty $@#*’n cool and one of the greatest !!
If you’d never been to one of these stores: Hm – to tOkKid’s eyes & children in the 1970s, 80s, and early 1990s it pretty much was the COSTCO or “Sam’s Club” Warehouse of toys of it’s time. The place was seemingly huge, and the overstocked shelves reached very high ceilings in near every isle.
Entire isles were devoted to a majority of the most popular toys of the time. So imagine a TMNT toy lane from your wildest dreams – as far as the sore eye could see. To your beady and impressionable young , mushy mind – this was a NINJA TURTLE & Toy Mecca !! Think of it that way and maybe, just maybe you’ll get the tinge of just how overwhelmingly cool a trip to Children’s Palace / Child World really was.
.. guess it’s experiences like this that had added to Tokka’s mental anguish and over-all brain damage.
Yeh for some people, Turtlemania has actually been documented as a very severe mental-health condition requiring heavy medication from rather early age.
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‘COTTONWOOD Center for the Arts’ Cautiously Presents::
“TOKKA” ~ One x One Show
MARCH 25, 2011
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**Cottonwood Center for the Arts
*** Directions to Cottonwood on Google MAPS..
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“Tokka .. Regardless of what he calls himself you know him as an
intensely gifted and thoroughly focused artist. Raw, realized, passionate, political, his work screams at you on levels both in your face and abstractly, both Day-Glo and nuanced, bold and sublime. His mediums are many: he puts the bang back into Pop, pours power across a page, tears pixels into tomorrow, gives action figures a second coming. He rocks, he raves, he saves. He wakes us up from ourselves.”
— Steve Murphy :: Former creative director of Mirage Studios Inc.;
Puma Blues, Umbra, TMNT Adventures, Tales of the TMNT
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” [ Tokka ] .. the creme da la creme of TMNT fans!! ”
— Ryan Brown :: TMNT Legend and Artist alumni, Wild West C.O.W. Boys of Moo Mesa
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Lambasted by the industry that motivated him; lauded ,endorsed & cheered by the creators that inspired him.
Tokka’s work has singed the eyeballs of the likes of Lucasfilm Licensing, Midway Games, Sega, Microsoft, Disney Comics, Wizards of the Coast, Hasbro, Playmates Toys, Nickelodeon, Nintendo, Heavy Metal Magazine, Mirage Studios, Dark Horse Comics, and Viz Communications just to name a scant few. ( Barf-bags were provided as a courtesy to said company representatives ).
His global & unique cult-following has embraced his schizophrenic renderings & twisted visions of pop-culture iconography & recycled heroes as much as those who’ve shunned him.
It’s also landed him in the sights of the acclaimed international 80s animation magazine ; “CerealGeek”.
And then there’s that crazy “Turtle” thing he does with so much $#%^@#* heart !
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COTTONWOOD Center for the Arts in Colorado Springs will present a one night, open-house & special engagement featuring Tokka’s FRIGHT FEATURES on the second floor !!
The First FINAL Friday event of it’s kind with all kinds of fun from the Mutant Monster- Mind and Slaphappy Snapper Freak !!
Friday – March 25, 2011 :: 5 – 8 P.M. @
COTTONWOOD Center for the Arts in Downtown Colorado Springs.
Prepare to be Shell-shocked or just bring a box of tomatoes to “SHUCK” at him letting him know how much you disprove of his antics.
And if he owes you money – then bring a pair of boxing gloves to pop him in the beak until he’s bloody and blue and ponies up the $$ !
Heck, you may even get a free sketch from Tokka out of it !
Hope to smell you there !
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“Budget Cuts” A visual and interactive commentary on the financial crisis gripping the city of Colorado Springs.
Featuring the work of local artists, produced from reclaimed materials, each targeting one of the many dilemmas weakening our community. The …state of affairs in Colorado Springs is a constant topic of discussion all over the city, and Rubbish hopes to present imagery that will stay in the collective mind of the citizens of 80903 and beyond…
TONIGHT!!! join us for the opening of BUDGET CUTS- featuring THE LOST CITY by spika, and works by stan baldwin, gloria lynch, logan bartlett, juanita canzoneri, tokka, adam leech, nethery wylie, joseph fernandez, lorenzo white, bradley flora, josh kennard, erin jones and lorelei beckstrom!
OPEN @ 5:30 pm. Live Music from The Ghost of Micheal Clark, Goodnight Stranger, and Eavesdrop beginning at 7:30
Closing reception will be Friday, April 2 from 5:30 to 11:00pm with music from Megan LeFurge, John Strelec, and The Spaghetti Harvest @ 7:30
Local illustrator and urbanist J. David Thorpe will be giving a talk on the why, what, and how of the Colorado Springs infrastructure on Sunday, March 14th @ 3pm.
Rubbish Gallery is located at 17b Bijou Street, in the alley behind Old Chicago and across from 15c. We’re open Fridays & Saturdays from 5:30pm-10:30pm, or by appointment @ 719.355.0280. email us at lorelei@rubbishgallery.com
Twenty-oh-Nine .
Rubbish Gallery has been showing and supporting emerging artist in the Pike’s Peak region for over four years.
Our aim this holiday season is to not only provide small and affordable art to give as a gift, but to take it one step further
and present a product that can be sold for less than the price of dinner and a movie.
Twenty-Oh-Nine is a collection of creations from local artists selling for $20.09.
Doors open this Friday Dec 11 { Show OPEN THRU’ January 1 !! }at 5:17 PM, all art will be sold off the wall on a first come first serve basis.
All original artwork by local artists. Over 40 different artist’s made over 200 pieces of art for this years show. Give the gift of locally made art this year. ( *including tOkKa !! )
Info
**Rubbish Gallery 17 B Bijou St
Downtown in the alley behind Old Chicago across from 15 C
Monthly Opening night on Second Fridays.
Open every Friday And Saturday night 5:17 – 10:17
Follow us on Facebook At Rubbish Gallery.