Under The Influence: He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Art Show

Gallery1988 LA is following up its hugely successful collaboration with ABC, the "Lost Underground Art Project," with a new art exhibit produced in conjunction with Mattel entitled “Under The Influence: He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.” For this show, Gallery1988 LA invited 100 different artists (including many from the Lost art show) to reinterpret the influential 80’s toy and cartoon property and I have to say, the results look sick!



MOTU is one of my favorite childhood toy lines, and Mattel is doing an excellent job reviving the property through its MattyCollector.com exclusive line of redesigned action figures. "Under The Influence: He-Man and the Masters of the Universe" includes work by Alex Pardee, Todd Slater, Scribe, Eric Tan, Tim Doyle, Dave Perillo, Camilla d’Errico and Dan Goodsell. All of the amazing artwork featured Gallery1988 as a part of “Under The Influence” can be seen here.




Best of all, a few of my favorite MOTU pieces are available for purchase as limited edition prints. Todd Slater’s Skeletor inspired signed and numbered screenprint “Alen Oppenheimer” is 19”x23”, has a run size of 150 and retails for $45. Jeff Boyes’ signed and numbered screenprint “Greyskull” is 18”x24”, has an edition size of 60 and retails for $60. And last but not least, Eric Tan’s Battle Cat inspired lithograph “Fearless Protector” has a signed and numbered run size of 123, is 14”x30” and retails for $70.



“Under The Influence: He-Man and the Masters of the Universe” will be showing at Gallery1988 LA from January 8-29th. If you live in the Los Angeles area this is an art exhibit you won’t want to miss!