After I read DT’s post about David Flores’ ‘Dark Lord’ print, I recall seeing photos of customized Dark Vader helmets surfacing around the blogsphere last year. This landed me on The Vader Project’s homepage today. Originally released in Los Angles in 2007, the Andy Warhol Museum presents The Vader Project, an exhibition of 100 re-imagined Darth Vader helmets. Curated by Dov Kelemer and Sarah Jo Marks of DKE Toys, they reached out to 100 contemporary artists for the project. Each artist was given a 1:1 scale authentic prop replica of the actual helmet worn through the STAR WARS™ films to produce their customized helmet.
Just like Andy Warhol, Darth Vader has become an iconic figure in American pop culture, which Kelemer explains that “It’s because of trailblazing artists like Andy Warhol that The Vader Project can even exist today. We couldn’t be more honored to be showcasing The Vader Project at the Warhol.” What better way to combine two pop icons into one space? The closing date of the exhibition will be on May 3rd in Pittsburgh, PA.
Below are the list of artist:
Troy Alders
Kii Arens
Attaboy
Anthony Ausgang
Axis
Aye Jay
Gary Baseman
Andrew Bell
Tim Biskup
Mark Bodnar
BXH HIKARU
Andrew Brandou
Buff Monster
Mister Cartoon
Chino
Mr. Clement
Robbie Conal
CRASH
Steven Daily
Dalek Dehara
DGPH
Cam de Leon
Devilrobots
Yoko d’Holbachie
Bob Dob
Tristan Eaton & Azk One – Thunderdog Studios
Marc Ecko
Eelus
Ron English
FERG
David Flores
Brian Flynn – Hybrid Design
Paul Frank Sunich
Gargamel
Huck Gee
Fawn Gehweiler
Mike Giant
Girls Drawing Girls
Dan Goodsell
Gris Grimly
Joe Hahn
Haze XXL
Jesse Hernandez
Derek Hess
Itokin Park
Jeremyville
kaNO
Mori Katsura – RealxHead
Sun-MinKim & David Horvath
Jim Koch
Frank Kozik
David S. Krys – DSK Designs
Peter Kuper
Wade Lageose – Lageose Design
Joe Ledbetter
Simone Legno – Tokidoki
Mad Mad Barbarians
Madtwiinz
Marka27
Mars-1
Bill McMullen
Melvins
Mori Chack
Brian Morris
Nanospore
Niagara
Mitch O’Connell
olive47
Martin Ontiveros
Estevan Oriol
Alex Pardee
The Pizz
Plasticgod
Playskewl
Dave Pressler
Ragnar
Jermaine Rogers
Erick Scarecrow
Secret Base
J. Otto Seibold
Shag
Sket-One
Shawn Smith
Winston Smith
Jeff Soto
Damon Soule
Bwana Spoons
Jophen Stein
Suckadelic
T9G
Gary Taxali
Cameron Tiede
Touma
UrbanMedium
Usugrow
Michelle Valigura
VanBeater
Amanda Visell
Photo/Source: tomophotos, Starwars, The Vader Project,
My favorite:
http://www.killahbeez.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/univader.jpg