Category: Art & Design

  • Dan Eldon and the power of creative activism

    Dan Eldon and the power of creative activism

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    Dan Eldon and the power of creative activism On July 12, 1993, Kathy Eldon attempted to process the news that no mother ever wants to hear – that her 22-year-old son had been murdered. Earlier that day, American-led UN forces had launched an aerial attack on the suspected headquarters of Somali warl via Huck Magazine:…

  • Juxtapoz Magazine – Ugur Gallenkuş’ Sobering Collages of a Polarized World

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    Juxtapoz Magazine – Ugur Gallenkuş’ Sobering Collages of a Polarized World Uğur Gallenkuş is a Turkish visual artist whose sobering digital photo collages have recently been shared across social media as a stark reminder of t… Link: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/collage/ugur-gallenkus-sobering-collages-of-a-polarized-world/ Uğur Gallenkuş is a Turkish visual artist whose sobering digital photo collages have recently been shared across…

  • Juxtapoz Magazine – Joan Cornellà Shows New Painfully Funny Paintings at London’s PUBLIC gallery

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    Juxtapoz Magazine – Joan Cornellà Shows New Painfully Funny Paintings at London’s PUBLIC gallery This Wednesday, London’s PUBLIC gallery is opening I’M GOOD THANKS, a solo exhibition by the renowned Catalan artist Joan Cornellà. Through… Link: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/painting/joan-cornella-shows-new-painfully-funny-paintings-at-london-s-public-gallery/ This Wednesday, London’s PUBLIC gallery is opening IM GOOD THANKS, a solo exhibition by the renowned Catalan artist Joan Cornellà.…

  • Jerry Saltz: How to Be an Artist

    Jerry Saltz: How to Be an Artist

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    Jerry Saltz’s 33 Rules for Being an Artist How to go from clueless amateur to generational talent (or at least live life a little more creatively). via Vulture: https://www.vulture.com/2018/11/jerry-saltz-how-to-be-an-artist.html?utm_source=tw How to Be an Artist 33 rules to take you from clueless amateur to generational talent (or at least help you live life a little more…

  • Juxtapoz Magazine – KAWS: Art Louder Than Words

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    Juxtapoz Magazine – KAWS: Art Louder Than Words It’s hard not to notice the astronomical change in the art landscape over the past 25 years. The notoriety and fame that a generation of artists … Link: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/magazine/features/kaws-art-louder-than-words/ From toys to graffiti, fine art to fashion, art collecting and public art that bridges American pop culture to…

  • Hip hop photography, remixed by iconic graffiti artists

    Hip hop photography, remixed by iconic graffiti artists

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    Hip hop photography, remixed by iconic graffiti artists In the years leading up to the birth of hip hop, graffiti was sweeping the streets of New York and Philadelphia, reinventing itself on the cusp of a new millennium. No longer was it mere inscriptions from anonymous hands, but an emerging world filled with via Huck…

  • Visualizing our world’s ever-growing urban infrastructure

    Visualizing our world’s ever-growing urban infrastructure

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    Visualizing our world’s ever-growing urban infrastructure For his projects Exodus and Timeout, Marcus Lyon takes overhead photographs and edits them into fantastical scenes that none via kottke.org: https://kottke.org/18/05/visualizing-our-worlds-ever-growing-urban-infrastructure For his projects Exodus and Timeout, Marcus Lyon takes overhead photographs and edits them into fantastical scenes that nonetheless seem plausible. LAX isn’t that large, no waterpark…

  • Nadine Boughton: The Modess Women | LENSCRATCH

    Nadine Boughton: The Modess Women | LENSCRATCH

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    Nadine Boughton: The Modess Women One of the taboo subjects in any arena is….well, menstruation. Nadine Boughton tackles the subject with humor and beauty in her new series, The Moddess Woman. Her project reexamines a 1950’s ad campaign for Modess sanitary napkins, a campaign that in tr via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2018/04/nadine-boughton-the-modess-women/ One of the taboo subjects…

  • These Photo Tiles Transform Walls Into Soviet Apartment Blocks

    These Photo Tiles Transform Walls Into Soviet Apartment Blocks

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    These Photo Tiles Transform Walls Into Soviet Apartment Blocks Here’s an unusual way to decorate a wall with photos: the Lithuanian design studio Gyva Grafika printed photos of apartment windows onto tiles. Once via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/03/20/these-photo-tiles-transform-walls-into-soviet-apartment-blocks/ It’s “an idea to bring outside inside,” Gyva Grafika says.

  • Philippe Calandre, Utopia – The Eye of Photography

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    [contentcards url=”http://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/10/31/article/159970896/philippe-calandre-utopia/”] Philippe Calandre, Utopia – The Eye of Photography For nearly twelve years, Philippe Calandre’s work has revolved around architecture, and more recently utopia. Since 2012, he has been using the technique of photomontage to introduce imaginary elements into real sites. The peculiar character of Philippe Calandre’s landscapes resides in a subtle balance between…

  • Q&A: Yancey Richardson on Gender Diversity in the Art World | PDNPulse

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    Q&A: Yancey Richardson on Gender Diversity in the Art World | PDNPulse The gallery owner on representing women artists, the challenges they face, and whether or not collectors and curators display bias against women artists. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2017/09/qa-yancey-richardson-gender-diversity-art-world.html A study published this spring by The City University of New York’s Guttman College argued that the…

  • New York Stories

    New York Stories

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    New York Stories The magazine’s first-ever all-comics issue, with 12 tales of the city based on stories from The Times’s Metro desk. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/02/magazine/new-york-stories-introduction.html?_r=1 We asked Richards to discuss his experience of sifting through nearly 50 years of photos and memories during the planning of “The Run-On of Time.”

  • Unpleasant Design & Hostile Urban Architecture – 99% Invisible

    Unpleasant Design & Hostile Urban Architecture – 99% Invisible

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    Unpleasant Design & Hostile Urban Architecture – 99% Invisible Benches in parks, train stations, bus shelters and other public places are meant to offer seating, but only for a limited duration. Many elements of such seats are subtly or overtly restrictive. Arm rests, for instance, indeed provide spaces to rest arms, via 99% Invisible: http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/unpleasant-design-hostile-urban-architecture/ Unpleasant designs take many…

  • Maggie Meiners: Visiting Rockwell | LENSCRATCH

    Maggie Meiners: Visiting Rockwell | LENSCRATCH

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    Maggie Meiners: Revisiting Rockwell I’ve always love photographs based on paintings and Maggie Meiner’s project, Revisiting Rockwell, is no exception. The idea of using Rockwell’s illustrative images as inspiration for photographs is a bit of a meta endeavor as it was discovered that Rockwe via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2016/05/maggie-meiners-visiting-rockwell/ The idea of using Rockwell’s illustrative images as…

  • Juxtapoz Magazine – “Steve Jobs’ Day Off”: A Show by Eric Yahnker

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    Juxtapoz Magazine – “Steve Jobs’ Day Off”: A Show by Eric Yahnker One of our favorite artists, and former cover artist, Eric Yahnker has some of the best art show names in the game. “Steve Jobs’ Day Off” is the name… Link: http://www.juxtapoz.com/news/painting/steve-jobs-day-off-a-show-by-eric-yahnker/ One of our favorite artists, and former cover artist, Eric Yahnker has…

  • Juxtapoz Magazine – Thomas Ruff Pushes the Limits of Photographic Representation

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    Juxtapoz Magazine – Thomas Ruff Pushes the Limits of Photographic Representation The is the last week to see press++, a new series of works by Thomas Ruff currently at David Zwirner in New York Working in distinct series since the… Link: http://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/thomas-ruff-s-press-david-zwirner/ Shown here for the first time, press++ features large-scale photographs of archival media…

  • Juxtapoz Magazine – The Golden Age of Hand-Painted Film Posters from Ghana

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    Juxtapoz Magazine – Best of 2016: The Golden Age of Hand-Painted Film Posters from Ghana Originally published on Feburary 4th, 2016 It’s not secret that we have a special kind of love for outsider and bootleg art here at Juxtapoz. The Atla… Link: http://www.juxtapoz.com/news/film/the-golden-age-of-hand-painted-film-posters-from-ghana/ When Frank Armah began painting posters for Ghanaian movie theaters in…

  • Robert Capa’s ‘Falling Soldier’ Photo Was Turned Into This Monstrosity

    Robert Capa’s ‘Falling Soldier’ Photo Was Turned Into This Monstrosity

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    Robert Capa’s ‘Falling Soldier’ Photo Was Turned Into This Monstrosity One of legendary photographer Robert Capa’s most famous photos is The Falling Soldier, a 1936 picture from the Spanish Civil War that’s said to show a via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/10/09/robert-capas-falling-soldier-photo-was-turned-into-this-monstrosity/ Well, someone saw fit to turn the iconic photograph into a giant and bizarre 25-foot-tall (7.5m)…

  • Juxtapoz Magazine – Steve Cutts’ Anti-capitalist Illustrations

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    Juxtapoz Magazine – Steve Cutts’ Anti-capitalist Illustrations Since quitting his job with a firm that illustrated for companies such as Google and Reebok, Steve Cutts has turned a corner with his subject matter,… Link: http://www.juxtapoz.com/illustration/steve-cutts-anti-capitalist-illustrations Since quitting his job with a firm that illustrated for companies such as Google and Reebok, Steve Cutts has turned…

  • Juxtapoz Magazine – Preview: Inside Banksy’s “Dismaland” @ Tropicana, Weston-super-Mare

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    Juxtapoz Magazine – Preview: Inside Banksy’s “Dismaland” @ Tropicana, Weston-super-Mare Well, we had to keep a secret a little longer than we wanted to, but finally today, we have been able to announce our exclusive interview and cover st… Link: http://www.juxtapoz.com/current/preview-inside-banksy-s-dismaland-tropicana-weston-super-mare Well, we had to keep a secret a little longer than we wanted to,…