- Peter Adamyan - Born Thanksgiving eve 1987, Peter grew up in Southern California, and blames his ignorance on the education he received from the Los Angeles Unified School District. Television was his father, his mother a constantly running generator, working harder and harder to keep the television set on. His favorite toy growing up was paper and pencil, which he used to draw his favorite cartoon characters and super heroes. Nothing has changed but the cartoon characters and super heroes he chooses to draw. Now in Oakland, CA, Peter is an artist who uniquely combines religious, political, and popular culture references that he confronts heartily with sardonic humor and surprising twists. "Dystopia Toyland" "Dystopia Toyland" is an exploration of the darker side of the duality of man. It is inspired by the formative moments in our youth when we first learned of true violence, a time when we're most susceptible and our psyches are still in development. As children, our first understanding of the adult world comes from using toys to play out scenarios we believe to be a reflection of the grown up world around us. At the time, we are taught that violence is a heroic act of self sacrifice and that the good guys always win. In most places in the world today, violence is much more real, and considered a hard fact of day to day life for children. For the Western world however, it's something less tangible, something we see only on our televisions and in our video games. Why then does it permeate throughout our culture as prevalently as it does? Is it due to the benefits of imperial advancement? The validation found in religious text? Or is it simply encoded in our DNA? The fact is that humanity seems to have become less violent over time, but our means to destroy have grown exponentially. Violence is not as accepted as it has been throughout history, but we still learn to accept it as a fact of being human. We tell ourselves that there will always be war, oppression of women and minorities, and that children will grow up in a world where they accept violence as a part of adulthood. "Dystopia Toyland" is an attempt to engage in this dialog using imagery from our collective childhood while also examining the disassociated visions of violence we have learned to accept as a part of day to day life. Original Artwork For Sale (click image for larger picture): "The First Birdhouse of Satan" by Peter Adamyan 7.5"x7.5"x5.5" oil & acrylic on wooden birdhouse $250.00 "Toby" by Peter Adamyan 5"x9" unframed oil & arcylic on wood relief $250.00 "The Unfriendly Ghost" by Peter Adamyan 5"x9" unframed oil & arcylic on wood relief $250.00 "Freight Train Fuhrer" by Peter Adamyan 4.5"x8" unframed oil & arcylic on wood relief $250.00 "Drone Attack" A Dystopia Toyland Toy 5"x10" edition of 12 $9.99 "Napalm Casualties" A Dystopia Toyland Toy 6"x7" edition of 20 $9.99 "Battlefield Amputees" A Dystopia Toyland Toy 6"x7" edition of 20 $9.99 "Lil' Max Mass Shooter" A Dystopia Toyland Toy 6"x15" Edition of 40 $19.99 "Endangered Species" A Dystopia Toyland Toy 5.5"x7" Edition of 20 $9.99 "Bitch Get in the Kitchen" A Dystopia Toyland Toy 6.5"x10.5" Edition of 20 $14.99 "Baby's First Homicide" A Dystopia Toyland Toy 6.5"x7" Edition of 25 $19.99 "Lil' Sally Shootin' Spree" A Dystopia Toyland Toy 6"x15" Edition of 40 $19.99 Ltd. Ed. Prints For Sale (click image for larger picture): "Dark Side of the SS" by Peter Adamyan 9"x12" unframed giclee print on paper signed & numbered (Series of 15) $20.00 "Rebel Fighter" by Peter Adamyan 9"x12" unframed giclee print on paper signed & numbered (Series of 15) $20.00 "Mickey & Minnie" by Peter Adamyan 10"x8" unframed hand colored screen print on paper signed & numbered (Series of 20) $20.00 "Mickey & Minnie (B&W)" by Peter Adamyan 10"x8" unframed screen print on paper signed & numbered (Series of 30) $10.00 "Cracka Ass Willis" by Peter Adamyan 11"x14" unframed block print on paper signed & numbered (Series of 40) $15.00 "Manson" by Peter Adamyan 5"x5" unframed block print on paper signed & numbered (Series of 10) $10.00 "Painting to a Christian Nation (God Bless This Mess)" by Peter Adamyan 20"x16" unframed archival pigment print on 310gsm Fine Art Paper signed & numbered (Series of 40) $40.00 "Mighty Morphine" by Peter Adamyan 11"x14" unframed block print on paper signed & numbered (Series of 40) $15.00 T-Shirts For Sale (click image for larger picture): "Manson Sings" Hand-Screened by Peter Adamyan 100% Preshrunk Cotton Mens Tee White ink on Black T-Shirt Available in S, M $19.99       To purchase a piece, or for more information...Please Click Here - Click Here to see Artwork from this Artist that has previously been Sold -