Five Points Festival Exclusive Black & Bone Dissected Bear Head Vinyl Figure by Luke Chueh x Clutter

This newest colorway of Luke Chueh’s awesome Dissected Bear Head will be dropping this weekend at the inaugural Five Points Festival in New York! Produced by Clutter, the Five Points Festival Exclusive Black and Bone Edition Dissected Bear Head features a killer black, white and bone color scheme sitting on a convention exclusive vinyl blood pool. Limited to just 50 pieces, this Five Points Festival release measures 6”×6”×5½” and will retail for $100 at Clutter’s FPF booth #234.

Infected Decapitated Bear Head Blood Red Edition by Scott Wilkowski x Luke Chueh x Clutter

Yesterday, Clutter Magazine unveiled the second colorway of Scott Wilkowski and Luke Chueh’s awesome Infected Decapitated Bear Head! Known for his Infected and X-Ray versions of popular designer toys, Wilkowski has infected Luke Chueh's signature decapitated bear head, once again creating a collaboration that is to die for!

The Blood Red Edition Infected Decapitated Bear Head resin figure features a translucent red bear head with a white skull and a black pool of blood. Limited to just 150 pieces, colorway will go on sale at noon EST today, Wednesday, April 5th, at the Clutter online store for $125.

NYCC 16 Exclusive Infected Decapitated Bear Head by Scott Wilkowski x Luke Chueh

Check out this awesome New York Comic Con 2016 Exclusive Infected Decapitated Bear Head resin figure by Scott Wilkowski x Luke Chueh! Does this new figure look insane or what!?! This New York Comic Con 2016 exclusive is a bone and black colorway Infected Decapitated Bear Head swimming in a pool of red blood. Head over to Clutter Magazine’s NYCC booth #603 ASAP where you can buy this killer exclusive for $100.

NYCC 16 Exclusive Black & Gold Dissected Bear Head Vinyl Figure by Luke Chueh

Luke Chueh and Clutter have teamed up to bring to you this sleek new colorway of Chueh's Dissected Bear Head exclusively for New York Comic Con 2016! The vinyl figure that proves Luke's iconic anthropomorphic bear character is more human than we thought will be available this weekend in an awesome new Black and Gold colorway. This New York Comic Con 2016 exclusives measures 6”×6”×5½” and features a semi-gloss black exterior, a matte black eye, and bones of gold.

The New York Comic Con 2016 Exclusive Black and Gold Dissected Bear Head Vinyl Figure by Luke Chueh includes a red blood pool, is limited to just 50 pieces and will retail for $100 at Clutter Magazine's NYCC booth #603. As an extra bonus, Luke Chueh will be making a special signing appearance at the booth! Any remaining pieces will be available after NYCC at shop.cluttermagazine.com.

DCon Exclusive Luke Chueh x Giant Robot x Lightsleepers “Talk About Death (or Pirates)” T-Shirt

If you’re at Designer Con 2015 this weekend make sure you swing by the Giant Robot DCon booth #100 and pick up one of these killer limited Edition Luke Chueh x Lightsleepers “Talk About Death! (or Pirates)” T-Shirts! If the design looks familiar, it is because it’s a new colorway of the “HI” t-shirt they released earlier this year in Hawaii at the Honolulu Museum of Art Contempo Art Shop. The Blot is a huge fan of the Luke’s Bear, so I hope they keep releasing new versions of this t-shirt! Maybe then The Blot can actually get my hands on one.

The Designer Con 2015 Exclusive Luke Chueh x Giant Robot x Lightsleepers “Talk About Death (or Pirates)” T-Shirt is available in extremely limited quantities in sizes S-3XL and retails for $30.

NYCC Debut “Everyone Needs A Lot of Head” Vinyl Figure by Luke Chueh

Luke Chueh's “Everyone Needs A Lot of Head” vinyl figure makes its debut appearance this weekend at New York Comic Con 2015!!! Produced by Clutter and cast in white vinyl made entirely in the USA, these Bear heads are BIG - human size in fact! “Everyone Needs A Lot of Head” is Luke Chueh’s classic Bear Head design and measures a whopping 7.5” tall, 8.5” wide and 7.5” deep.

For its initial release, “Everyone Needs A Lot of Head” will be available at New York Comic Con 2015 in two editions, Painted and DIY. The Painted Edition is a hand painted rendition made to emulate Chueh's own paint style and will retail for just $60, while the completely blank Do It Yourself Edition will retail for just $40. An extremely limited number of both editions will be made available for this debut release exclusively at Clutter Magazine's NYCC booth #603.

Luke Chueh x Giant Robot x Lightsleepers “HI” Hawaii T-Shirt

Luke Chueh and Giant Robot have traveled across the Pacific Ocean to visit the Lightsleepers crew and all their fans in Hawaii! All weekend long there have been awesome events at the Honolulu Museum of Art Contempo Art Shop, which included the release of Hawaii exclusive t-shirts, prints and art. One of The Blot’s favorite Hawaii exclusive releases is this fun “HI” black t-shirt featuring Luke’s signature bear head.

The “HI” tee has a great double meaning with Luke Chueh’s bear both saying hi to everyone and screaming Hawaii! The Blot hasn’t heard if any of these awesome black and white t-shirts are still available, but keep your eyes peeled to the Lightsleepers online store and/or Giant Robot online store to see if they pop-up for sale sometime soon!

KS Exclusive Kenner Prototype Blue Edition Dissected Vinyl Figure by Luke Chueh

There are only a few days left in Clutter Magazine’s awesome Kickstarter project to produce Luke Chueh’s newest vinyl figure, Dissected (seen here)! The KS project has been so successful backers have unlocked a number of epic stretch goals, including this beautiful, unpainted Kenner Prototype Blue Edition Dissected colorway!

This version is based on the legendary (and super rare) Prototype Blue Boba Fett Star Wars action figure by Kenner – the holy grail of the toy collecting community. Best of all, the Kickstarter Exclusive Kenner Prototype Blue Edition Dissected vinyl figure is just $40 (or $30 as an add-on to any higher tier)! While Clutter is probably taking a hit offering this colorway at such a freaking unbelievable low price, consider it a thank you to all the collectors out there supporting this awesome Kickstarter campaign.

The Luke Chueh x Clutter Magazine Dissected vinyl figure is currently available for pre-order through their Kickstarer campaign found here. The OG Dissected will be produced as a fully painted vinyl figure by the factory and will sell for $80 at retail, but supports can secure a figure through this Kickstarter campaign by pledging just $60. To find out more about this exciting project head over to the Luke Chueh's Dissected Vinyl Sculpture Kickstarter Campaign page!

Luke Chueh's Dissected Vinyl Figure Kickstarter Campaign Is Live!

Acclaimed artist and creator Luke Chueh, known for his parody-laden lowbrow paintings and designer toys, has just launched a new Kickstarter project to produce his next vinyl figure, Dissected! Based on Luke Chueh’s original “Anthropomorphized” painting, Dissected is a 6”x6”x5.5” version of Luke’s iconic bear head with a quarter cut exposed showing a human skull within. The symbolism of this figure is that deep down all of Luke’s anthropomorphized characters are truly human. As a huge fan of Luke’s work, The Blot is beyond excited that this project is taking place!

For this Kickstarter project, Luke Chueh has teamed up with Clutter Magazine, a 10 year veteran of the designer toy world, and Unbox Industries, a skilled and reputable producer of vinyl toys. The OG Dissected, available now through this KS project, will be produced as a fully painted vinyl figure by the factory. While this figure will sell for $80 at retail, supports can secure a figure through this Kickstarter campaign here by pledging just $60 here.

Clutter and Luke Chueh have come up with some awesome rewards for supporters of their Dissected Kickstarter campaign! Along with the original colorway Dissected, fans can purchase a Kickstarter Exclusive Glow in the Dark Unpainted Dissected by pledging $80 or a KS Exclusive Kickstarter Green Everyone Needs A Little Head 2” Resin Decapitated Bear Head by pledging just $25. There are also some amazing stretch goals like prints, Luke original sketches and even a Blood Pool Dissected accessory. To find out more about this exciting project head over to the Luke Chueh's Dissected Vinyl Sculpture Kickstarter Campaign page!

NYCC 14 Exclusive “Kenner Prototype Blue” Dissected Bear Head Resin Figure by Luke Chueh

Luke Chueh has teamed up with Clutter to produce an awesome new figure, the Dissected Bear Head! Made out of rotocast resin, the New York Comic Con 2014 Exclusive Dissected Bear head will be released in a killer “Kenner Prototype Blue” Edition colorway based on the old school, super rare Boba Fett Prototype action figure. The Dissected Bear Head takes Luke’s signature Bear design and gives it a quarter cut, which exposes a human skull on the inside. Deep stuff, don’t you think!?! Standing 6” tall, 6” deep and 7” wide, the NYCC 14 Exclusive Kenner Prototype Blue Dissected Bear Head will retail for $100 at the Clutter booth #504. Limited to just 15 pieces, only five pieces will be available for purchase on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of NY Comic Con each day.

Clutter will also be releasing a New York Comic Con 2014 Exclusive Black Edition of Luke Chueh’s popular “Everyone Needs A Little Head” mini resin figure! Limited to 50 spot painted pieces, this NYCC exclusive can be purchased for just $50 each.

Luke Chueh “HEADS” Solo Show This Weekend at Clutter Gallery

This weekend Clutter Gallery will be the hosting Luke Chueh’s upcoming mini solo show “Heads”. What’s awesome about this show is that it’s so different from Luke’s typical paintings on canvas shows. For this event Luke and Clutter took Chueh’s iconic decapitated bear head and enlarged it to a whopping 8” tall to make for a truly unique new platform. Luke’s been posting pics of pieces from the show on his Instagram account and it looks freaking amazing!

“Heads” is one of Luke’s first major exhibitions on the east coast, and it is definitely not one to miss! Scott Tolleson will also be in attendance as he will also be opening a new mini solo show at Clutter Gallery at the same time. So if you’re a fan of Luke and Scott’s work you get two shows for the price of one trip to the Clutter Gallery in Beacon, NY!

The opening reception for Luke Chueh’s “Heads” solo show is this Saturday, May 10th, from 6pm-9pm EDT at the Clutter Gallery located at 163 Main St., Beacon, NY 12508.

Book Review: The Art of Luke Chueh - Bearing The Unbearable

From the minute Luke Chueh first teased his new art book The Art of Luke Chueh: Bearing The Unbearable on Twitter a number of months ago, I knew I had to have it. So of course I jumped at the chance to review a promo copy of the book when the opportunity arose. The book is a retrospective of Luke’s carrier focusing on his first seven years of painting form 2003-2009, and I was blown away by how early into his career his vision seemed to fall into place. I seriously lost track of time as I flipped through all 160 pages, with each painting taking me back to the place where I first saw so many of these iconic images.

I have been a huge fan of Luke’s since well before I started blogging, and he’s quite possibly the only artist I’ve been too intimidated to talk to. I chalk that up to how impactful I find his art and the messages behind each piece. I can still remember heading over to Munky King’s San Diego Comic-Con booth back in 2009 (my only trip to SDCC so far) so I could meet him. Luke was there for the release of his Decapitated Bunny Head and all I could do was stand by and watch as he sketched and signed for fellow fans. Looking back on it now I guess you could say I was a little star struck.

Now I may be a bit biased, but this is one beautiful book. Luke teamed with Gallery 1988 and Titan Books to produce Bearing the Unbearable, and it’s really everything you’d want in a coffee table style art book. The cover is great, the binding is impeccable and each piece of Luke’s artwork pops off the page. I also really love that it's an oversized book (9.3"x12.5"), so that the paintings can be reproduced in a larger format. And fans will definitely want to read all of the quotes and interesting stories included throughout. Everyone involved did a fantastic job capturing the essence of Luke’s work.

I for one have never been able to understand some of the criticism that Luke is “just that emo bear guy.” Yes there are similar themes and images running throughout his art, but to focus solely on that seems to devalue Luke’s body of work. His ability to evoke emotion with such minimalistic imagery is amazing, and I love his use of empty space and thick black lines. If you’ve never taken the time to really study Luke’s art, here is the perfect opportunity. Pick up a copy of The Art of Luke Chueh: Bearing The Unbearable when it goes on sale next Tuesday, June 12th, in bookstores everywhere for $34.95 (or pre-order yourself a copy from Amazon for $22.83 here).

To celebrate this release of Luke’s new art book, he’ll be holding signings throughout Southern California over the next three weeks. The first is Saturday, June 9th, at Gallery 1988 (Melrose) from 1-4pm PST. For this signing, Gallery 1988 has put together a show featuring the original sketches for many of the paintings seen in the book from Luke’s first seven years of full time painting. Luke will also be at Nucleus Gallery (Alhambra) on Saturday, June 16th; Gallery 1988 (Venice) on Sunday, June 17th; and Giant Robot (West Los Angeles) on June 24th.

Full Reveal: Blood & Fuzz 8 Inch Dunny by Luke Chueh

Luke Chueh’s fan-favorite flocked Dunny 2009 design gets the 8 inch treatment with the new Blood & Fuzz Dunny from Kidrobot. Drawing from Luke’s utterly recognizable oeuvre of cute and horrifying hodge-podge, each Blood & Fuzz 8” Dunny comes with a decapitated Dunny head accessory continuing Chueh’s line of decapitated head figurines. It is very rare for Kidrobot to reproduce a 3” design as an 8” Dunnys, so you know this speaks volumes about the design and its designer (as well as its marketability).

The Blood & Fuzz 8” Dunny by Luke Chueh has a limited edition run size of 1000 figures and will retail for $60 each at Kidrobot stores, Kidrobot.com and super-select retailers on October 14th. Blink and you might end up decapitated yourself – or worse, you’ll miss this homicidal masterpiece.

Blood & Fuzz 8 Inch Dunny by Luke Chueh - On Sale October 14th

While collectors have known about Luke Chueh’s upcoming 8 inch Blood & Fuzz Dunny for a while now, Kidrobot has still not given an official announcement of its release. Thankfully, Luke himself ended the speculation when he announced his upcoming signing at Kidrobot LA on Thursday, October 14th!

Luke Chueh will be at the Los Angeles Kid Robot store, Thursday, October 14th, for the release of the 8 inch version of his Series 6 Dunny, the aptly titled Blood & Fuzz Dunny. The flocked 3” version of this figure was sick, so I can only imagine how awesome an 8” version will look! The signing will take place from 6:00pm - 8:00pm, but I’d be pretty hesitant to get the actual figure signed…not too sure how a signature would look on a flocked Dunny.

The run size and price of this figure is currently unknown, but the artwork seen above was created by Luke especially for the packaging of this figure. The Blot will be sure to write a follow up blog post once more details are known.

SDCC 2010 Exclusive Black and Splattered Decapitated Bunny Head by Luke Chueh

Along with the Black in White vinyl figure, Munky King will also be releasing a third Decapitated Head resin figure by Luke Chueh at San Diego Comic-Con 2010. The Black and Splattered Decapitated Bunny Head is a hand painted resin figure that stands 4 inches tall and comes signed by Luke. Made from high quality hand-casted resin, this limited edition sculpture makes a perfect companion piece to the upcoming Black in White by Luke Chueh.


The San Diego Comic-Con 2010 Exclusive Black and Splattered Decapitated Bunny Head by Luke Chueh has a limited edition run size of just 50 pieces, comes packaged in a special silkscreened bandana and can be purchased at the Munky King SDCC booth #4539. This custom colorway is hand-painted with nice splatter detail, meaning each Decapitated Bunny Head is uniquely different.

Luke will also be attending Comic-Con and has two signings scheduled, both at the Munky King booth. The first is on Friday, July 23rd, at 2-3:30pm and the second is on Saturday, July 24th, from 2-3:30pm.

UPDATE: SDCC 09 Exclusive Decapitated Bunny Head by Luke Chueh Photos

It’s official, the sneak peek photos The Blot posted here two weeks ago were in deed of Luke Chueh’s upcoming San Diego Comic Con 2009 exclusive Decapitated Bunny Head, produced by Munky King. Made from high quality hand-casted resin, this limited edition sculpture makes a perfect companion piece to the upcoming Black in White (and Red All Over) also by Luke Chueh and produced by Munky King.


The SDCC 09 exclusive Decapitated Bunny Head is 4 inches tall and has limited edition run size of 250 pieces. While the price has not been announced yet, expect it to be sold for around $150. Chueh’s 4” Decapitated Bunny Head can be purchased this weekend at the Munky King SDCC booth #4539.


Collectors can get their Decapitated Bunny Heads and other Chueh figures and artwork signed during his two appearances at the Munky King booth: Friday, July 24th from 3:30-5pm and Saturday, July 25th from 1:30-3pm. A bunch of other great artists are also scheduled to appear at Munky King’s SDCC booth, to find out the who, what and when of those signings click here.

Luke Chueh x Munky King SDCC 09 Exclusive Decapitated Bunny Head Vinyl Figure Teaser Photos

On Friday Luke Chueh unveiled two different sneak peek photos of his upcoming Munky King San Diego Comic Con 2009 exclusive on his official Twitter page. Not much is known about Chueh’s 2009 SDCC exclusive but from the pictures below it looks like we’ve got a Decapitated Bunny Head vinyl figure in our future. I would assume it is going to be very similar to Chueh’s previously released Decapitated Bear Head vinyl figure from 2007 (seen above), but one can never be too sure.


According to Chueh’s tweets (here and here), the picture above is of the actual Luke Chueh x Munky King San Diego Comic Con 2009 exclusive Decapitated Bunny Head vinyl figure, while the photo below is the preliminary artwork for the figure’s packaging.


Expect more details (like the figure's run size and price) to be posted here on The Blot Says… as they become available!