{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Urban Design"],"cover":{"alt":"Action Figures: Banksy, Hirst \u0026 Ron English!","height":840,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/banksy-hirst-ron-english-action-figures/Banksy-action-figure.jpg","width":1880},"credit":"","date":"2010-05-25T18:45:40Z","description":"You are a fan of street artist Banksy, Damien Hirst or Ron English? Then watch out now! Mike Leavitt created some freaky action figures of famous modern artists...","html":"\u003cp\u003eIt’s unbelievable! While clicking through \u003ca href=\"http://www.welikethat.de/2010/05/21/actionfiguren-von-banksy-ron-english-uvm/\"\u003eone of my favorite German art and design blogs\u003c/a\u003e, I found out that there are some really crazy things going on in the international action figures world\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"urban-art-action-figures\"\u003eUrban Art Action Figures\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUS artist \u003cstrong\u003eMike Leavitt\u003c/strong\u003e, whose interests are fine craft, sculpture, portraits, painting, performance, education, architecture, and animation, created Action Figures of \u003cstrong\u003eDamien Hirst\u003c/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eRon English\u003c/strong\u003e and famous street artist \u003cstrong\u003eBanksy\u003c/strong\u003e!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeavitt’s Art Army toys are hand-made one-off toys depicting the surly band of marauders that’ll one day take over the earth. Spanning a range of historical subjects from Van Gogh to Tupac, Leavitt has stop-motion animated the articulating figures into movie shorts. (\u003ca href=\"http://intuitionkitchenproductions.com/info/\"\u003eabout Mike Leavitt\u003c/a\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaybe you will be able to buy an action figure of your famous graffiti artist at the toy store of your trust some day\u0026hellip;unbelievable\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more photos, visit \u003ca href=\"http://intuitionkitchenproductions.com/shows/?p=62\"\u003eintuitionkitchenproductions.com\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; --image-ratio: 2600 / 2112\" data-source-width=\"2600\" data-source-height=\"2112\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"2112\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/banksy-hirst-ron-english-action-figures/action-figures_hu_352713081ba5a7b1.avif 480w, /banksy-hirst-ron-english-action-figures/action-figures_hu_4207e54524f5f59c.avif 960w, /banksy-hirst-ron-english-action-figures/action-figures_hu_65728342648062f9.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/banksy-hirst-ron-english-action-figures/action-figures_hu_902e8356527083b3.webp 480w, /banksy-hirst-ron-english-action-figures/action-figures_hu_b6710ea532bfa4bf.webp 960w, /banksy-hirst-ron-english-action-figures/action-figures_hu_3e7f32511582c501.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/banksy-hirst-ron-english-action-figures/action-figures_hu_2fb01f85680c8abf.jpg\" srcset=\"/banksy-hirst-ron-english-action-figures/action-figures_hu_d7351b285adc55a6.jpg 480w, /banksy-hirst-ron-english-action-figures/action-figures_hu_7af62fe27c916036.jpg 960w, /banksy-hirst-ron-english-action-figures/action-figures_hu_2fb01f85680c8abf.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1170\" alt=\"action figures\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eaction figures\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nIt’s unbelievable! While clicking through [one of my favorite German art and design blogs](http://www.welikethat.de/2010/05/21/actionfiguren-von-banksy-ron-english-uvm/), I found out that there are some really crazy things going on in the international action figures world...\n\n\n## Urban Art Action Figures\n\n\nUS artist **Mike Leavitt**, whose interests are fine craft, sculpture, portraits, painting, performance, education, architecture, and animation, created Action Figures of **Damien Hirst**, **Ron English** and famous street artist **Banksy**!\n\n\u003e Leavitt’s Art Army toys are hand-made one-off toys depicting the surly band of marauders that’ll one day take over the earth. Spanning a range of historical subjects from Van Gogh to Tupac, Leavitt has stop-motion animated the articulating figures into movie shorts. ([about Mike Leavitt](http://intuitionkitchenproductions.com/info/))\n\nMaybe you will be able to buy an action figure of your famous graffiti artist at the toy store of your trust some day...unbelievable...\n\nFor more photos, visit [intuitionkitchenproductions.com](http://intuitionkitchenproductions.com/shows/?p=62).\n\n![action figures](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/banksy-hirst-ron-english-action-figures/action-figures.jpg\u003e)\n\naction figures ","tags":["Ron English","Banksy","Damian Hirst"],"title":"Action Figures: Banksy, Hirst \u0026 Ron English!","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/banksy-hirst-ron-english-action-figures/"}