It was with a heavy heart that we left Wellington, as the first official Totem Decks exhibition - held by our friend Steve Maddock of Underground Arts at his National Tattoo Museum - started with a bang, and shows no signs of slowing down!
Running until October 7th, word of the expo is spreading and more and more Wellingtonians (is that even a word!?) are discovering just why Totem Decks rock as hard as they do.
We would like to send a massive thank you to everybody who has already shown up and give an extra hug to anyone who has bought their own piece of Totem action! A massive kudos to the wonderful artists who contributed their works.
To those that don't know, most of the pieces - some very limited - are available from the exhibition space. So get down there!
The White Room mural wall featuring the Dennis Nona, Alick Tipoti and Megan Cope indigenous pieces:
The Brandstudio Press range, with designs by Andrew Wilson, Alberto Ruiz and Frank Cho, plus many other amazing illustrators:
An incredible set of designs by legendary artist Ron Cobb. Specially manufactured with black paint fill:
Australian artists Lewis Morley and Marilyn Pride from Red World Stories contributed these:
A very special "Wellington Apocalypse" artwork created by Totem Decks guest artist Christian Pearce. This one went down a treat with the natives:
The Miramar Gangsta Originale; the North Island Pimp Daddy; The 101 Proof Hiphopopotamus; the one and only Mr. Christian Pearce lays down the law, shoots straight and speaks the truth beside the display of his designs:
National Tattoo Museum and Underground Arts master Steve Maddock with his big friend:
Some Totem Decks original designs out on parade:
Even more original Totem Decks. All the cool kids in New Zealand are talking about 'em:
The almighty Totem in the White Room:
Some of the Underground Arts tattoo themed designs by Steve Maddock:
The Great Wall of Weta:
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