MAN-E-NEWS// WeBecomeMonsters’ “Ate the Wrong Mushroom” custom sculpt for GAME ON…

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“In a world where flowers can let you spit fireballs, and mushrooms can make you grow instantly or even gain an extra life, eating the wrong mushroom can have terrifying effects…”

Chris Moore aka WeBecomeMonsters kindly share details of his latest one-off custom sculpt, “Ate the Wrong Mushroom”… Created for 1AM‘s upcoming GAME ON group show, the absolutely stunning piece depicts everyone’s favourite plumber in the unmistakable WBM style, featuring deep textures, grotesque flaps, multiple eyes and a suitably grimy paint job. As mentioned before this guy is unfortunately just a one off, but Chris has stated that the base resin figure used, entitled “The Hell?”, will be making it’s debut shortly… More news on that as soon as we hear anything!

GAME ON” will be opening March 22nd, 2013, from 6:30-9:30pm, exhibiting through April 20th. Featuring graffiti art, street art, traditional paintings, drawings, custom vinyl toys and more from the following artists:

Vogue, Jesse Hernandez, Frank Kozik, Monty Guy, Robert Bowen, Sam Rodriguez, Pemex, Satyr, Nate1, Christopher De Leon, Mike “BAM” Tyau, Estria, Tim Diet, Goser, Toro, Ardabus Rubber, JC Rivera, Igor Ventura, Carson Catlin, Grimsheep, Mark Troup (Gomi), Rsinart, Clark R, Chris Moore (We become monsters), Timbone, Sekure D

Published by Niall Anderson

Owner of ShinGangu, a UK boutique toy brand specialising in self-produced Japanese soft and keshi toys...

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