http://www.thetourshow.com thetourshow Mon, 12 Mar 2012 06:07:21 +0000 http://www.thetourshow.com en http://thetourshow.com/NOTES-FROM-THE-UNDERGROUND http://thetourshow.com/following/thetourshow.com/NOTES-FROM-THE-UNDERGROUND Mon, 12 Mar 2012 06:07:21 +0000 thetourshow 2984508 Notes from the Underground/Catalog Gallery. <img src="http://payload34.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2984508/P1015352-adj_750.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="562" width_o="900" height_o="675" src_o="http://payload34.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2984508/P1015352-adj_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="15207758" /> <img src="http://payload34.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2984508/P1015367-adj_750.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="562" width_o="900" height_o="675" src_o="http://payload34.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2984508/P1015367-adj_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="15207756" /> <img src="http://payload34.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2984508/P1015371-bw_750.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="562" width_o="900" height_o="675" src_o="http://payload34.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2984508/P1015371-bw_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="15207751" /> <img src="http://payload34.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2984508/P1015410-bw_750.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="562" width_o="900" height_o="675" src_o="http://payload34.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2984508/P1015410-bw_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="15207719" /> <img src="http://payload34.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2984508/P1015406-bw_750.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="562" width_o="900" height_o="675" src_o="http://payload34.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2984508/P1015406-bw_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="15207721" /> <img src="http://payload34.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2984508/P1015389-bw_750.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="562" width_o="900" height_o="675" src_o="http://payload34.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2984508/P1015389-bw_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="15207733" /> <img src="http://payload34.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2984508/P1015387_750.JPG" border="0" width="750" height="562" width_o="900" height_o="675" src_o="http://payload34.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2984508/P1015387_o.JPG" align="left" data-mid="15207745" /> <img src="http://payload34.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2984508/IMG_0598_750.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="1125" width_o="900" height_o="1350" src_o="http://payload34.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2984508/IMG_0598_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="15208018" /> <img src="http://payload34.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2984508/P1015392-bw_750.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="562" width_o="900" height_o="675" src_o="http://payload34.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2984508/P1015392-bw_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="15207715" /> <img src="http://payload34.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2984508/IMG_0599_750.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="1125" width_o="900" height_o="1350" src_o="http://payload34.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2984508/IMG_0599_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="15208027" /> <img src="http://payload34.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2984508/IMG_0601_750.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="500" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload34.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2984508/IMG_0601_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="15208023" /> Vancouver's CATALOG GALLERY hosted my first solo show of the year. Many thanks to everyone involved. All photos by Jonathan Dy and Kale Friesen. “This show is a collection of works on paper and a painted installation. I approached the imagery as a series showcasing my style and preferred materials and techniques. My themes involve strength and fragility, love and regret and aim to illustrate the universal vulnerability that is the human condition” -Ben Tour. March 2012. http://thetourshow.com/NEW-NEWS http://thetourshow.com/following/thetourshow.com/NEW-NEWS Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:47:37 +0000 thetourshow 2732563 Notes from the Underground at Catalog Gallery. <img src="http://payload21.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2732563/P1015391-adj_750.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="562" width_o="900" height_o="675" src_o="http://payload21.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2732563/P1015391-adj_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="15207930" /> More photos and info here. <img src="http://payload21.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2732563/bentour_750.jpg" border="0" width="720" height="540" width_o="720" height_o="540" src_o="http://payload21.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2732563/bentour_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="14801025" /> Catalog Gallery Presents : Ben Tour 'Notes From the Underground' from Catalog Creative on Vimeo. <img src="http://payload21.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2732563/cover copy_750.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="1117" width_o="770" height_o="1147" src_o="http://payload21.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2732563/cover copy_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="13853496" /> Hello 2012. As of right now my work and interview has been featured in the latest issue of The Hundreds Magazine. I created 5 all new works which will be part of a larger collaboration with The Hundreds this coming Spring. Stay tuned. http://thetourshow.com/X-THE-HUNDREDS http://thetourshow.com/following/thetourshow.com/X-THE-HUNDREDS Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:47:31 +0000 thetourshow 2732773 <img src="http://payload21.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2732773/BTTH_750.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="455" width_o="1000" height_o="607" src_o="http://payload21.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2732773/BTTH_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="13854671" /> <img src="http://payload21.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2732773/BTTH1_750.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="1003" width_o="750" height_o="1003" src_o="http://payload21.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2732773/BTTH1_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="13854701" /> <img src="http://payload21.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2732773/BTTH2_750.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="1016" width_o="750" height_o="1016" src_o="http://payload21.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2732773/BTTH2_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="13854716" /> <img src="http://payload21.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2732773/BTTH3_750.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="1009" width_o="750" height_o="1009" src_o="http://payload21.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2732773/BTTH3_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="13854735" /> <img src="http://payload21.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2732773/BTTH4_750.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="1037" width_o="750" height_o="1037" src_o="http://payload21.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/2732773/BTTH4_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="13854751" /> Ben Tour X The Hundreds. 2012. All work Ink and mixed-media on paper. This work will be featured on T-shirts this coming Spring via The Hundreds. http://thetourshow.com/ILLUSTRATION http://thetourshow.com/following/thetourshow.com/ILLUSTRATION Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:51:52 +0000 thetourshow 621275 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/621275/Good Morning Blues Cover copy_750.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="671" width_o="982" height_o="879" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/621275/Good Morning Blues Cover copy_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="15921076" /> Album cover artwork for Cityreal & Wes Mackey's 'Good morning blues'. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/621275/lizard lftm_750.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="649" width_o="750" height_o="649" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/621275/lizard lftm_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="15444382" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/621275/eagle lftm_750.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="609" width_o="750" height_o="609" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/621275/eagle lftm_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="15444598" /> I was asked by Lifetime Collective to create 2 new T-shirt graphics for their Spring 2012 line. Lizard & Eagle. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/621275/CS Poster - small - final copy.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="741" width_o="500" height_o="741" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/621275/CS Poster - small - final copy_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="10780137" /> Poster for the film Comforting Skin. This portrait is a likeness of actress Victoria Bidwell who is the films lead 'Koffie'. 2011. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/621275/flying lotus.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="670" width_o="750" height_o="750" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/621275/flying lotus_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="2893275" /> Portrait of Flying Lotus for Color Magazine 8.2 2010. Typography by Cody Hudson. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/621275/082.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="829" width_o="750" height_o="928" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/621275/082_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="2893350" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/621275/083 copy.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="829" width_o="750" height_o="928" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/621275/083 copy_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="2893359" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/621275/084 copy.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="829" width_o="750" height_o="928" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/621275/084 copy_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="2893367" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/621275/085 copy.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="829" width_o="750" height_o="928" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/621275/085 copy_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="2893372" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/621275/086 copy.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="829" width_o="750" height_o="928" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/621275/086 copy_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="2893374" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/621275/087 copy.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="829" width_o="750" height_o="928" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/621275/087 copy_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="2893375" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/621275/088 copy.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="829" width_o="750" height_o="928" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/621275/088 copy_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="2893378" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/621275/089 copy.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="829" width_o="750" height_o="928" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/621275/089 copy_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="2893380" /> 'Secrets Travel' a collaboration between myself and photographer Gordon Nicholas to produce a fashion editorial for Color Magazine 7.6 2010. http://thetourshow.com/GALLERY http://thetourshow.com/following/thetourshow.com/GALLERY Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:14:40 +0000 thetourshow 609659 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/609659/Ben Yellow Girl copy copy_750.jpg" border="0" width="734" height="1007" width_o="734" height_o="1007" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/609659/Ben Yellow Girl copy copy_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="10780336" /> DI 3. Ink on paper. 23x15. 2011. This image is now available as a Print. Available through my studio. Please email me directly for information- mistertour@gmail.com <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/609659/yello gurl_750.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="1097" width_o="750" height_o="1097" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/609659/yello gurl_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="10780389" /> DI 1. Ink on paper. 23x15. 2011. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/609659/Di2_750.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="1100" width_o="750" height_o="1100" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/609659/Di2_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="10780324" /> DI 2. Ink on paper. 23x15. 2011. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/609659/Cold 1 copy copy.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="893" width_o="750" height_o="1000" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/609659/Cold 1 copy copy_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="2865064" /> Cold 1. Ink on paper 23x15. 2009. Also used in Playboy Magazine December 2009. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/609659/Image2 copy.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="920" width_o="750" height_o="1030" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/609659/Image2 copy_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="2865066" /> Cold 2. Ink on paper 23x15. 2009. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/609659/ben install copy.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="750" height_o="500" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/609659/ben install copy_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="2865057" /> Gallery view Joshua Liner Gallery 2009 http://thetourshow.com/SKETCHBOOK http://thetourshow.com/following/thetourshow.com/SKETCHBOOK Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:27:39 +0000 thetourshow 609710 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/609710/Soldier.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="1214" width_o="750" height_o="1360" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/609710/Soldier_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="2892270" /> Sketch 2009. Ink on paper. Original outline for Mural at Time Bomb Trading, Vancouver BC. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/609710/TimeBomb Mural.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="686" width_o="750" height_o="769" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/609710/TimeBomb Mural_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="2892280" /> Finished Mural. Acrylic and spray paint on drywall. 2009. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/609710/LiveStock1.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="953" width_o="750" height_o="1067" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/609710/LiveStock1_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="2892298" /> This and following images, Ink on paper. 2010. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/609710/LiveStock2.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="896" width_o="750" height_o="1004" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/609710/LiveStock2_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="2892305" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/609710/LiveStock3.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="779" width_o="750" height_o="873" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/609710/LiveStock3_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="2892306" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/609710/tank.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="487" width_o="750" height_o="546" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/609710/tank_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="2892325" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/609710/smoker.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="562" width_o="720" height_o="604" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/609710/smoker_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="2892380" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/609710/Anger sketch copy.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="1274" width_o="750" height_o="1427" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/609710/Anger sketch copy_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="2892389" /> Anger sketch. 2009. Rejected skateboard graphic also used as a t-shirt graphic by Lifetime Collective. 2010 http://thetourshow.com/CONTACT http://thetourshow.com/following/thetourshow.com/CONTACT Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:05:05 +0000 thetourshow 609661 Ben Tour's paintings and illustrations have been featured in publications such as Juxtapoz and Playboy, he is also a regular contributor to Color magazine. He has shown his work in galleries across the US and Canada. Clients include BMW, Absolut, Burton, Nike Snowboarding and Lifetime Collective. Ben Tour lives on The Sunshine Coast, British Columbia. Contact: mistertour@gmail.com All images copyright Ben Tour 2012 © <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/609661/P1015304-adj-2_750.jpg" border="0" width="750" height="562" width_o="900" height_o="675" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/45200/609661/P1015304-adj-2_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="15208254" /> Photo by Jonathan Dy.