Dork Art: Scott C's Gallery for The Academy Awards

Why should Mondo have all the fun?  ITMOD favorite, Scott C is putting his unique smiley stamp on the award show as well.  Not surprisingly, my favorite piece is the one devoted to Django Unchained.  The perfect scene for Scott C's brush, Django's stairwell confrontation with Stephen.  All smiles meets unstoppable killing.  My second favorite would have to be Beasts of the Southern Wild.  Hushpuppy staring down the great beast.  And it amuses me that the completely fictional confrontation from Argo is the one moment Scott C decided to highlight.  Biting commentary?

--Brad

Dork Art: Mondo Celebrates The Oscars Again!

Similar to last year, Mondo will be launching three posters in conjunction with The Academy Awards.  My favorite is the mesmerizing Laurent Durieux print for The Master.  Stare into the abyss of Phillip Seymore Hoffman and it stares back - he's a Lovecraftian nightmare come to life!  It measures 24 x 36 and will set you back $55.  I'm guessing it will go on sale at some point during the Best Supporting Actor or Best Actor category Sunday night.  Follow Twitter closely.

 
The Paranorman print is the work of the artist DKNG.  It's limited to 245 copies and will run you $45.  Glad to see Mondo endorsing what is clearly the best film in the Animated Feature category.  Really got my fingers crossed for this Should-Be-Classic.

I most certainly cannot claim to be a fan of the film, but Olly Moss' Les Miserables print seems like a revelatory departure for the artist.  Not your typical simplistic beauty, it has much more of an illustrative flair.  ITMOD approved.  24 x 36 and running $50.  I'm guessing it goes on sale during the Best Original Song category.

--Brad

Dork Art: Gallery 1988's 85th Academy Awards Posters

Not letting the BAFTAs have all the fun with their pamphlet art, Gallery 1988 just announced an exhibit showcasing this year's 85th Academy Awards nominations.  The artists so far are as follows:

"AMOUR by artist Matt Owen, ARGO by Anthony Petrie, BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD by Rich Kelly, DJANGO UNCHAINED by Mark Englert, LES MISÉRABLES by Phantom City Creative, LINCOLN by Jeff Boyes, LIFE OF PIby Tom Whalen, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK by Joshua Budich and ZERO DARK THIRTY by Godmachine."

But there is promise of more to come.  Very cool, I say.  Every year I enjoy the Oscars more and more despite my dwindling respect for the nomination process.  It's a joke, we all know it.  But it's a special time of year when the rest of the world seems just as enamored with cinema as I am on a daily basis.

--Brad

Dork Art: The 2013 BAFTA Brochures

These latest batch of brochures for the 2013 BAFTAs are even better than last year's work.  The artist is Jonathan Burton and you can purchase them as prints if you're willing to part with your hard earned American dollars.  I even like the images done for my two least favorite of the nominated films, Life of Pi & Les Miserables.  I know these Award Shows are complete nonsense, but I still can't help getting swept up in the movie making enthusiasm.  Really looking forward to the absurdity of The Oscars on February 24th.

--Brad