Category: Art & Design
-
The street art of JR
The street art of JR Parisian guerilla photographer JR aims to put a human face to the most impoverished areas of the world via the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/mar/07/street-art-jr-photography From the slums of Kenya to the Paris banlieues, the guerilla photographer JR aims to put a human face to the most impoverished areas of the world. Just…
-
Street Art Is Landing at New Addresses, in Galleries – NYTimes.com
Street Art That’s Finding a New Address Pop Pluralism is the skateboarding, graffiti-tagging, sometimes bratty and rebellious younger sibling of the art shown in most Chelsea galleries. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/arts/design/07lowbrow.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Unlike Pop Art, which drew on similar sources to comment on art and culture, “for this generation, who grew up on TV, pop-culture imagery is their…
-
Wooster Collective: JR's "WOMEN ARE HEROES" – PARIS – The Official Video
JR / Exposition Paris 2009 – Ile Saint Louisby JR via: Wooster Collective: JR’s “WOMEN ARE HEROES” – PARIS – The Official Video
-
Mark Ryden's Snow Yak postcard set Boing Boing
Mark Ryden’s Snow Yak postcard set Last summer, I posted about Mark Ryden’s wonderful and inexpensive Tree Show postcard set. The follow up, “The Snow Yak Show Microportfolio,” is even more delightful in my opinion… via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/24/mark-rydens-snow-yak.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29
-
Stephen Colbert for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics – Obey Giant
Stephen Colbert for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics – Obey Giant Shepard recently did an illustration for Colbert. It debuted on the Colbert report this week and re-airs tomorrow (Friday) on… via Obey Giant: http://obeygiant.com/headlines/stephen-colbert-for-the-2010-vancouver-winter-olympics?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ObeyGiant+%28Obey+Giant%29
-
Little People – a tiny street art project: Spilt Milk
Four amazing new pieces just posted by street artist SLINKACHU Link: Little People – a tiny street art project: Spilt Milk
-
Banksy in Park City « The Igloo Chronicles
Link to more pix: Banksy in Park City « The Igloo Chronicles
-
Juxtapoz Magazine – Exclusive Interview: Blek le Rat on Homelessness
“As the temperature in London plummets, my thoughts turn to the homeless who have to endure below freezing conditions out on the streets,” reports Helen Soteriou. “I knew Blek Le Rat is an artist passionate about highlighting this issue, so I contacted him to ask a few questions.” Link: Juxtapoz Magazine – Exclusive Interview: Blek…
-
Juxtapoz Magazine – Jim Denevan Uses Beach and Desert As Canvas
Jim Denevan transforms the beaches of Northern California into expansive but ephemeral works of land art. Instead of a paintbrush, Denevan prefers a simple piece of wood or a rake. Link: Juxtapoz Magazine – Jim Denevan Uses Beach and Desert As Canvas | Current
-
bright stupid confetti: baken be the brazen sun, buttered be the snows
baken be the brazen sun, buttered be the snows “WE HAVE DECIDED NOT TO DIE” directed by Daniel Askill * J. Kenneth Rothermich lives & creates in Brooklyn, NY: * Sw… Link: http://brightstupidconfetti.blogspot.com/2009/12/baken-be-brazen-sun-buttered-be-snows.html Lyon is a journalist, but not by the usual ’90s definition. Whether he was photographing the Civil Rights Movement in the American…
-
B.N.E., the Graffiti Writer, Gets a Manhattan Exhibition – NYTimes.com
Making a Name for Himself, With Just 3 Letters B.N.E., a surreptitious graffiti writer, painter and “sticker,” is the focus of an exhibition sponsored by an ad agency. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/nyregion/09bne.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss The postcard-size stickers bearing the three simple black letters are affixed to mailboxes, phone booths, signs, walls, parking meters and streetlights, mostly in New York…
-
A Survey Shows Pain of Recession for Artists – NYTimes.com
A Survey Shows Pain of Recession for Artists A major new survey of American artists and how they are weathering the economic downturn has found that slightly more than half experienced a drop in income from 2008 to 2009. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/24/arts/design/24study.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss Many of the findings — that working artists tend to work day jobs to…
-
David Hockney: portrait of the old master – The Observer
David Hockney: portrait of the old master He is one of the most influential British artists of the past half-century and, at 72, finds he is busier than ever. On the eve of a major new retrospective, David Hockney talks about the romance of nature, the benefits of going deaf and his part in the…
-
Wooster Collective: D*Face – An Introduction By Friends We Love
D*Face, Artist :: Off The Wall from friendswelove.com on Vimeo. via: Wooster Collective
-
+KN | Kitsune Noir » Juan Molinet
Link: +KN | Kitsune Noir » Juan Molinet: Juan Molinet is an illustrator and designer living in Buenos Aires, Argentina and making some sweet art.
-
Wooster Collective: Invader – The Interview With Friendswelove.com
Off The Wall :: INVADER from friendswelove.com on Vimeo. viaWooster Collective: Invader – The Interview With Friendswelove.com
-
John Scalzi's Guide to the Most Epic FAILs in Star Wars Design
AMC – Blogs – SciFi Scanner – John Scalzi’s Guide to the Most Epic FAILs in Star Wars Design: Stormtrooper Uniforms They stand out like a sore thumb in every environment but snow, the helmets restrict view (“I can’t see a thing in this helmet!” — Luke Skywalker), and the armor is penetrable by single…
-
Invader “Low Fidelity” Exhibition @ Lazarides Gallery
Invader “Low Fidelity” Exhibition @ Lazarides Gallery | Hypebeast: London’s Lazarides Gallery looks to open their latest exhibition on August 14th, 2009, featuring the artwork of internationally renown French artist Invader. The show looks to run through September 17th, 2009.