Category: Art & Design

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

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

    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

    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

    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,…

  • Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Exclusive: An Interview with Banksy about Dismaland

    Juxtapoz Magazine – Best of 2015: An Interview with Banksy about Dismaland For the October, 2015 issue of Juxtapoz Magazine, Banksy contributed not only the cover story and interview, but a statement about Dismaland&nbsp… Link: http://www.juxtapoz.com/current/october-2015-banksy-s-dismaland-exclusive-interview The following is an excerpt from our October issue cover story, featuring a Juxtapoz exclusive interview with world-renowned artist Banksy,…

  • Juxtapoz Magazine – Mr Bingo’s Hate Mail Postcard Project

    Juxtapoz Magazine – Mr Bingo’s Hate Mail Postcard Project Hate Mail: The Definitive Collection will be the ultimate retrospective of Mr Bingo’s hugely popular Hate Mail project. Since 2011 Mr Bingo has… Link: http://www.juxtapoz.com/illustration/mr-bingo-s-hate-mail-postcard-project Hate Mail: The Definitive Collection will be the ultimate retrospective of Mr Bingo’s hugely popular Hate Mail project. Since 2011 Mr Bingo…

  • Juxtapoz Magazine – Familiar Faces by Alan Miknis

    Juxtapoz Magazine – Familiar Faces by Alan Miknis Artist Alan Miknis referenced the same vintage photo of two children singing to create every single one of his “Middle Americana” portrait… Link: http://www.juxtapoz.com/current/familiar-faces-by-alan-miknis The portraits represent the people behind me in a checkout line, the people who cut me off on the road, and most definitely…

  • Juxtapoz Magazine – Max Dalton “On a Mission From God” @ Spoke Art, SF

    Juxtapoz Magazine – Max Dalton “On a Mission From God” @ Spoke Art, SF For his solo, Dalton has created a wide range of limited edition prints and collectibles. A large portion of the show is comprised of his “Great… Link: http://www.juxtapoz.com/current/max-dalton-on-a-mission-from-god-spoke-art-sf Working as an illustrator and graphic artist, Dalton’s passions lie within the wonderful…

  • Slinkachu photographs miniature scenes in London in his exhibition, “Miniaturesque” at Andipa Gallery.

    Slinkachu photographs miniature scenes in London in his exhibition, “Miniaturesque” at Andipa Gallery.

    There’s Tiny Art Hiding on the Streets of London City dwellers, Slinkachu says, tend to have a love-hate relationship with the natural world. They long for it, and yet they want to contain it so that… via Slate Magazine: http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2015/03/31/slinkachu_photographs_miniature_scenes_in_london_in_his_exhibition_miniaturesque.html City dwellers, Slinkachu says, tend to have a love-hate relationship with the natural world. They…

  • Romance of Canada: new work by Ryan Heshka [NSFW] – Boing Boing

    Romance of Canada: new work by Ryan Heshka [NSFW] – Boing Boing

    Romance of Canada: new work by Ryan Heshka [NSFW] Head on over to the Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea in Milan for the opening reception on March 26th for Ryan’s Heshka’s show, “Romance of Canada.” via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2015/03/16/romance-of-canada-new-work-by.html Head on over to the Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea in Milan for the opening reception on March…

  • Juxtapoz Magazine – Pulp Drunk: Mexican Pulp Art from 1960’s-1970’s @ Ricco/Maresca, NYC

    Juxtapoz Magazine – Pulp Drunk: Mexican Pulp Art from 1960’s-1970’s @ Ricco/Maresca, NYC An awesome show at Ricco/Maresca in NYC, one that we think Juxtapoz readers will love: “Post-war America saw the rise of the erotic pulp paperbac… Link: http://www.juxtapoz.com/current/pulp-drunk-mexican-pulp-art-from-1960-s-1970-s-ricco-maresca-nyc An awesome show at Ricco/Maresca in NYC, one that we think Juxtapoz readers will love.…

  • Juxtapoz Magazine – New Work by Brecht Vandenbroucke

    Juxtapoz Magazine – New Work by Brecht Vandenbroucke We've been fans of Brecht Vandenbroucke for a while now. The Belgian artist was most recently featured in our September 2014 issue and we were hap… Link: http://www.juxtapoz.com/current/new-work-by-brecht-vandenbroucke We’ve been fans of Brecht Vandenbroucke for a while now. The Belgian artist was most recently featured in our…

  • My NYT Nightmare « The Hooded Utilitarian

    My NYT Nightmare I thought about it for maybe five seconds, and then I said something I’d learned to say after a lot of bad experiences with illustrations and comics that turned out mediocre because of meddling editors who thought they were smarter at what I do then I am. I said “I’m not comfortable…

  • Pathos to Politics, Compassion to Poison: The Cartoonist’s Response to the Paris Terrorist Attack on Charlie Hebdo — BagNews

    Pathos to Politics, Compassion to Poison: The Cartoonist’s Response to the Paris Terrorist Attack on Charlie Hebdo — BagNews

    The Cartoonist’s Response to the Terrorist Attack on Charlie Hebdo (and How Hard it is to Take a Joke) – Reading The Pictures The sphere was awash in cartoons and illustrations yesterday in response to the lethal attack on the French political cartoonist and satirist publication, Charlie Hebdo. This is a summary of the primary…

  • This Poster Shows Over 200 Cameras from Between 1839 and 2014

    This Poster Shows Over 200 Cameras from Between 1839 and 2014

    This Poster Shows Over 200 Cameras from Between 1839 and 2014 In early 2013, we shared a print by Pop Chart Lab that showed 100 landmark cameras from the history of photography. Now, the online shop is one-upping via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2014/10/31/poster-shows-200-cameras-1839-2014/ Called, “The Charted Collection of Cameras,” the print bills itself as “the most comprehensive…

  • Juxtapoz Magazine – A Collection of Vintage Halloween Masks

    Juxtapoz Magazine – A Collection of Vintage Halloween Masks Someone, well, “Brechtbug” according to their Flickr username, has compiled a vast collection of vintage Halloween masks. Enjoy! Someone, we… Link: http://www.juxtapoz.com/current/a-collection-of-vintage-halloween-masks Someone, well, “Brechtbug” according to their Flickr username, has compiled a vast collection of vintage Halloween masks. Enjoy!

  • Wasting Time – Boing Boing

    Wasting Time – Boing Boing

    Wasting Time By John Atkinson of webcomic Wrong Hands. via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2014/10/13/wasting-time.html By John Atkinson of webcomic Wrong Hands.

  • Scenes from Daily Life in the de Facto Capital of ISIS | Vanity Fair

    Scenes from Daily Life in the de Facto Capital of ISIS | Vanity Fair

    Scenes from Daily Life in the de Facto Capital of ISIS A source in Syria describes life in Raqqa, a city transformed under militant control, with sketches by Molly Crabapple. via Vanity Fair: http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/2014/10/raqqa-syria-isis-daily-life A source in Syria describes life in Raqqa, a city transformed under militant control, with sketches by Molly Crabapple.

  • The pixel art of Octavi Navarro – Boing Boing

    The pixel art of Octavi Navarro – Boing Boing

    The pixel art of Octavi Navarro Fanciful bit-worlds imagined by the Barcelona-based designer. You can buy prints! via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2014/10/03/the-pixel-art-of-octavi-navarr.html A Nashville convention center figured out how to boost its revenue from selling Internet service: it illegally jammed guests’ and exhibitors’ Wi-Fi networks. Glenn Fleishman explains the technical scam and why it earned a…

  • ‘Impossible Bottles,’ a GIF series by artist Rafael Varona – Boing Boing

    ‘Impossible Bottles,’ a GIF series by artist Rafael Varona – Boing Boing

    ‘Impossible Bottles,’ a GIF series by artist Rafael Varona Berlin-based artist and illustrator Rafael Varona created this wonderful series of animated GIF art: Impossible Bottles. via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2014/08/08/impossible-bottles-a-gif.html Berlin-based artist and illustrator Rafael Varona created this wonderful series of animated GIF art: Impossible Bottles.

  • Artist Paints Pop-Culture Characters Into Old Thrift-Store Paintings | Bored Panda

    Artist Paints Pop-Culture Characters Into Old Thrift-Store Paintings | Bored Panda

    Artist Paints Pop-Culture Characters Into Old Thrift-Store Paintings Idyllic rural thrift-store paintings, while perhaps pretty, might not be the most interesting paintings in the world. David Irvine, however, has set out to change all of that by collecting thrift-store paintings and “re-directing” them by adding various p via Bored Panda: http://www.boredpanda.com/re-directed-paintings-david-irvine-gnarled-branch/ Idyllic rural thrift-store paintings,…