Carlos Enriquez - Alternate Realities!

Here are some sneak peaks at a few of the figures that Carlos will be showing at the Praxis show in Miami (see prior post for details on show opening).

Strange! Visionary! Magical! Sensuous! Mysterious! Beautiful! Amazing!!!


















































































































































































Photos © 2007 Carlos Enriquez Gonzalez. All rights reserved.

Carlos Enriquez Show at Praxis Gallery in Miami!

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Brain Mushroom Carousel Monster by Carlos Enriquez!

A few shots of another amazing piece by Carlos:

Brain Ear Monster by Carlos Enriquez Gonzalez!!!

This absolutely amazing figure is now the premiere piece in my collection, bar none. Thanks to Carlos, Mark Nagata of Max Toy Company, and Whitney and Kirby at Rotofugi in Chicago for making some of Carlos' work available at the Toy Karma Show that was held at Rotofugi in September. My photos do NOT do this figure justice.

Fiberglass sculpture. One of an edition of 8. 15 inches tall.

Carlos Enriquez Gonzalez is an artist from Caracas, Venezuela. His work is in the permanent collection of the Caracas Museum of Modern Art (Museum of Contemporary Art of Caracas Sofía Ímber) and he has exhibited his kaiju and Astroboy influenced sculptures in other museums and galleries around world.

Mark Nagata has provided a very nice description of how these figures are made by Carlos:

"Carlos goes thru a rather hand intensive process on each figure. First each is carved in wood, than special molds are made, and from those fiberglass copies are made. [The figures that were offered at the Toy Karma show at Rotofugi in Chicago] only have 6-8 unique versions. After the raw casting is pulled, each one must be sanded down and patched up if needed. Once done each is primed for paint. Now the magic begins... very expensive auto paint with glitter in it is used to hand paint each figure. No two figures are the same... each has a subtle "fade" in it's painting... something that no photo can pick up... much like a low rider car, these figures simply glow in the sun! Since these figures are so limited the cost is not cheap. These are not toys or even customs.. but rather fine art, think Murakami or dare I say Warhol in approach. ... After each run is done the molds are destroyed and will never be released again."

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(Brain Ear Monster shown here with a Rainbow Barom 1 Kinokuruge.)











Photos © 2007 Geozilla Omni-Monster. All rights reserved.

Carlos Enriquez at Toy Karma Rotofugi Show in Chicago

I was very happy to be able to attend the Toy Karma show, curated by Mark Nagata (Max Toy Company) held at Rotofugi's Gallery in Chicago last weekend.

In particular, I was very excited to meet Carlos Enriquez and see some of his incredibly beautiful work up close and personal.

It was the end of a long day (I got there early to try to get a good place in line for the show), and I wish that I had been able to spend more time speaking with Carlos and many other artists and fans that attended this show hosted by Rotofugians Extraordinaire Whitney and Kirby (with able assistance from Jermy and others)... I also wish that I had taken a lot more care in photographing the show - my pictures turned out about as tired and blurry as I was feeling at the time.

In any event, here are some (very blurry) photos from the show of Carlos and his work. These are all limited edition fiberglass pieces, each approximately 15 inches tall.

Enjoy!

(Many of these figures are still available for purchase from Rotofugi here and here.)









































Shown immediately above, the "Brain Ear Monster"!!!

If you check out Flickr, I am SURE that you can find some much better shots of these figures, and lots of other shots from the show. Look here, here, here, here, and here for example. Also, just try searching for "toy karma" and "rotofugi".

Photos © 2007 Geozilla Omni-Monster. All rights reserved.

Carlos Enriquez - Brain Ear Monster Prototypes!

Carlos is working day and night creating new kaiju creations - he has almost 2000 sketches of possible figures, so you can be assured there will be a lot more Enriquez goodness to come.

Here are some pics of the Brain Ear Monster:

























Photos © 2007 Carlos Enriquez. All rights reserved.

Carlos Enriquez - Giant Darkron and Rabbit Boy!!!

Carlos Enriquez is hard at work creating some of the most wonderful kaiju creations out there.

First, some pictures (and a video) of the making of the mold for what will be a 14 foot fiberglass Darkron (previously discussed here at Omni-Monster - just search for Carlos).

Also, some more shots of the awesome fiberglass Rabbit Boy!

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Don't forget, Carlos will be one of the featured artists at the Toy Karma Toy Art Show which will be held at Rotofugi in Chicago on September 8, 2007 (curated by Mark Nagata). He will be there with figures for sale! This show “deals with the current crop of vinyl makers and how they are all influenced (directly or indirectly) by classic Bullmark and Marusan toys from Japan. It will be the first time a art show explores this connection plus show how US, Japanese and Global artists have taken those classic designs and morphed them into the current Kaiju Boom of toys.” More info about the Toy Karma Toy Art show (and Carlos' work) at Mark Nagata's Toy Karma Blog here and at the Toy Karma Toy Art Show website here. You can get to Rotofugi using this link.

Photos © 2007 Carlos Enriquez. All rights reserved.