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Daniel Seifert, better known as Attaboy, presents his first solo show in two years at LA's POV Evolving Gallery in LA's Chinatown. Atta presents an onslaught of meticulously hand-cut shadow casting spray varnish stenciled plastic pieces, elaborate "exploded view" drawings, and a Gooberry Patch in the back room, where visitors can pick an unripe ned talking pull string Gooberry Plush and take one home to abuse. After 5 years of waiting, they've finally arrived, and they're still not ripe.

Music in the Gooberry Patch will be by toy piano mash-up genius Twink (http://www.twink.net/index.html)

The show has been generously sponsored by Hi-Fructose Magazine and Gelaskins. If you come out to the show early enough you will be able to snag some iphone, ipod and laptop skins of Atta’s recent work to embellish your electronic life...

Attaboy @ POVevolving Gallery ~ June 13th to July 8th, 2009

Join us for the opening reception on Saturday June 13th from 6 - 10 pm.

The gallery is located at:

939 Chung King RoadLos Angeles, CA90012

www.povevolving.com

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Atta is the co-founder of the critically acclaimed Hi-Fructose Under the Counter Culture Magazine which has grown to a world wide circulation which quickly sells out, Hi-Fructose features interviews and exposes with a growing echelon of pop and visual counter-culture artists like Mark Ryden, Chris Ware, Jeff Soto, and Tim Biskup. The first four volumes of Hi-Fructose was jus t reprinted by Last Gasp.

Too Many Robots, an animation created and directed by Atta premiered in May of last year on the Disney Channel. It is now downloadable on ITunes and seen on YouTube.

Attaboy's interpretation of all too literal abused punctuation marks is personified as vinyl toys in his Super Action Nub Nub series, which includes his most popular character with interchangable mouths, the Axtrx.

Atta's Art focuses on the disturbed childlike sensibilities that he values above all else and is centered in a world of goo filled creatures; lust filled and awkward, uneasy with their own cuteness or simply unaware of it or how it affects them or others, all imagined in a palette reminiscent of a rusted cruise ship. His images and collectables are glimpses into Atta's insecurities and corrupt sensibility often times providing more of a physical diary to his day to day undertakings..

About the artist:

Attaboy is an internationally shown artist, creator and toy designer whose work is seen in galleries, museums, toy boutiques, magazines (Newsweek, Wired, Juxtapoz, Clutter, Playtimes, X-Funs, Hi-Fructose, East Bay Express, the Gaurdian, etc.), calendars, and art books. After years of creating, recreating, and inventing award-winning and best selling toys for Hasbro and Milton Bradley, he went AWOL to create his own art studio. His art work has been licensed to Dark Horse, Last GAsp, Tower Records, Kiss, the Dixie Chicks, Sony, and many more.

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Additional details about the show's theme:

"We are what we make, be it children or bombs or bomb pops for children. The future, like our present, will be part advanced, part regressed, dismantled. Exploded views, spare parts, unexpected explosions, glass and plastic, and oddly some religious themes are sneaking in. A messed up future doesn't mean it's a dystopian one though, there's ups and downs even in the darkest state, the darks just seem darker, making the lights stand out more, so to speak." says the artists.

There will also be a few collaborations by Attaboy with Alex Pardee, Nathan Spoor, Chris Ryniak, and Annie Owens. Sculptor J.Shea has created hovering "Brine Queens" based on Attaboy's hand-pressed print by Pressure Printing available at the show. A new resin cast hand painted edition sculpture will also be available as well as exclusive Attaboy Gelaskins items premiering at the show.

About his medium:

"If dinosaurs were meant to create oil, i think we humans are here to create plastic. And i think plastic is forever. Like the need for religion, or even various plastic religions. There's nothing like plastic with spray varnish to withstand the test of time.I'm making art for the damn cockroaches and lung brained jelly pop humans to enjoy 600 years from now."