ADLAR-studio brings new limited-edition fine art print from Kenny Scharf to life using Augmented Reality

Kenny Scharf | Blobosistic, 2022 | Pigmented ink print on Moab Entrada Rag paper (290 gsm) | 33 x 33 inches (84 x 84cm) sheet | Edition of 100

ADLAR Studio, the publisher of fine art prints with augmented reality as seen through ADLAR’s proprietary app, is pleased to announce the release of its latest print edition with the legendary Kenny Scharf – available for sale now. Titled Blobosistic, ADLAR Studio worked very closely with Scharf on this new print using the highest quality print-making techniques enhanced with a second-to-none augmented reality (AR) animation that brings Scharf’s iconic characters to life in 3D on a user’s mobile device. See the technology in action by clicking HERE.

Using world-class creative special effects, animators, engineers, and technologists, many with decades of experience working in Silicon Valley and Hollywood, Scharf guided the creative and artistic decisions with exacting precision to create this artwork in AR. The ADLAR Studio app makes it easy to experience Blobosistic on the wall as a fine art print, and as an enhanced digital asset through its mobile app, now available at no cost for iPhone users in the Apple Store.

“I’ve been waiting my whole life for technology to catch up with my ideas of intermingling painting with animation. I didn’t know exactly how or when it was going to take effect, but I knew it would be right now. So get yours today!!”
Kenny Scharf

Published in a limited edition of 100 signed prints, Blobosistic shows Scharf in his full classic style. Here Blobosistic (the central red character) greets us with his infectious and slightly mischievous grin. Soaring through outer space, Blobosistic isn’t lonely or cold… in fact, he’s surrounded by some of his closest friends huddled around him, laughing, smiling, licking… and keeping warm. Here, the AR gives us a glimpse into life for Blobosistic, laughing, giggling, burping, and even a little gas. The AR also enables Blobosistic’s friends to spill out from their frame as figures intricately modeled in 3D, pushing up against one another with noses and tongues and cheeks unfurling and nudging and laughing all the while.

The release of Blobosistic, comes on the heels of ADLAR Studio’s launch in late 2022 with prints from Analia Saban, and Shane Guffogg.

Kenny Scharf (born in Los Angeles, 1958) attended Manhattan’s School of Visual Arts and came of age in the 1980s New York downtown art scene alongside his contemporaries Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat. A painter and performer inhabiting the visual worlds of street art and popular culture, Scharf’s paintings gained him notoriety and established a visual language all his own.

Often working with improvisation, he creates playful, gestural pieces that blend stylized motifs with references to the surreal, science fiction, and icons of popular culture. Many of his larger works still adorn New York streets to this day.

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Source: ADLAR Studio, Jan 19, 2023
1028 N Western Ave
Los Angeles CA 90029