Category: Art & Design
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Banksy ordered to clean up his elephant act
Guardian: The elephant may have been in the room, but by the end of its stay it had lost its sheen. Tai, the 38-year-old painted pachyderm that was the centrepiece of the first major US show by the British graffiti artist Banksy, was scrubbed down on Sunday on the orders of the Los Angeles department…
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Banksy's elephant provokes anger
BBC: Mr Boks said he tried to withdraw permits for the elephant on grounds of public safety last Friday, but found the three-day exhibition would be over before they took effect. “Permits will not be issued for such frivolous abuse of animals in the future,” he said. Tai’s owner, Kari Johnson, denied that the 38-year-old…
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Fuct Interview (with Erik Brunetti)
Addicteed: So I recently came across the “fuct facts” where it is made clear that Shepard Fairey aka OBEY has “borrowed” several designs and ideas from fuct, you have publicly addressed your opinion about him – What does Shepard have to say about all this? Has he/you ever tried to contact each other about this…
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FUCT: LOVE AWARENESS PROGRAM
BrightNights: FUCT printed this graphic on t-shirts titled “Mao-Now!” circa 1993. In response to a simple question that Erik had asked himself: “Who is the Lucifer of China ?” while brainstorming ideas for a logo that would faithfully represent Evil in Asia. Sure enough, genocide-genius Chairman Mao Zedong (pronounced Tse Tung) came up as contestant…
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BANKSY: The Story Disneyland Doesn't Want You To Know
Wooster Collective: Families visiting Disneyland on their holiday this week saw a life-size Guantanamo bay inmate standing inside the Rocky Mountain Railroad ride at Disneyland in Anaheim California. The sculpture, consisting of an inflatable doll dressed in an orange jumpsuit with its hands and feet manacled remained in place for one and a half hours…
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Little People: A Tiny Street Art Project
Wooster Collective: “Little hand-painted people, left in London to fend for themselves.” Here.
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Joe Coleman gets a retrospective at the Tilton Gallery in Manhattan
NYT: IF P. T. Barnum had hired Breughel or Bosch to paint sideshow banners, they might have resembled the art of Joe Coleman. Obsessively depicting a grim moral universe of transgression and retribution, Mr. Coleman paints grotesque images of murderers and victims, freaks and monsters, disease, depravity and perversities of every kind. In his painstakingly…
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THE ISSUE ONE PDF ZINE IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD.
From wallspankers.com: This is a brand spankin’ new project headed by MWMgraphics and Knuckle Sandwich Press. The idea is pretty simple and we have been meaning to make it happen for years. It is a collaborative endeavor that entirely relies on participants submissions and “spanks”. Spanking refers to slapping stickers up (an incredible current worldwide…
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Artwork Available
From The Girls: Well, hello there. Here’s some paintings that some people might not know about, available through Lunar Boy Gallery in Astoria, Oregon. Here.
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Obey – Supply and Demand
From obeygiant: So, after two years in the making Supply and Demand has finally arrived and I’m very happy with the results. This book is 350 pages, large format (9″x12″) with a foil embossed cover. More than looking spiffy from the outside, it is mega-juicy on the inside. There are tons of images that have…
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Mark Jenkins New Tape Project…"Embeds"
From Wooster Collective: Mark Jenkins is taking it to another level with his new “Embeds”. The sculptures are made of tape and then clothes are added. The photo above are of first installation that went up yesterday in DC. Here.
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McDonald's Interactive Division
YES! From McDonald’s Interactive Division: McDonald’s Interactive was formed four years ago to help the company adapt to new market conditions. “We began developing a simulation of the fast-food industry, for use by managers in developing market strategies.” said Division CTO Sam Grossman. “When we added a climate simulation module, it showed those strategies helping…