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Words, a mathematical interpretation
Craig Damrauer presents interesting bits of text as mathematical equations. As well as other things.
Posted on Friday, 20 Mar 2009 
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Tags: art,
funny,
visualization
300-horsepower paintbrush
This work, conceived by artist Robin Rhode, will be on display at Grand Central Terminal’s Vanderbilt Hall between 25 March to 6 April.
Posted on Friday, 20 Mar 2009 Comments
Tags: advertising,
art,
bmw,
car
Book Surgeon
Brian Dettmer is a unique craftsman. He slices up books for the sake of art. And a damn fine craftsman he is!
Posted on Monday, 16 Mar 2009 Comments
Tags: art,
book,
flickr
Andy Rooney discusses public art
Pi-KAAH-so
Posted on Wednesday, 24 Sep 2008 Comments
Tags: andy rooney,
art,
news media
Plastic bags + Subway air = Inflatable street art
Novel use of one’s environment. More here and here. Good work Mr. Joshua Allen Harris!
Posted on Thursday, 21 Aug 2008 Comments
Tags: art,
nyc,
street art,
subway
Michael Moschen: Juggling rhythm & motion
Being a diehard fan of TED, I’m always anxious to see what new and amazing presentation is around the corner. Michael Moschen’s highly artistic approach to juggling and rhythm is another example of a really captivating “talk.”
Posted on Thursday, 19 Jun 2008 Comments
Tags: art,
juggling,
presentation,
ted,
video
Muto
Another mind-blowing wall animation from BLU.
Posted on Monday, 26 May 2008 Comments
Tags: animation,
art,
graffiti
Eduardo Recife interview
Adriana de Barros interviews Eduardo Recife of Misprinted Type at Scene 360. Definitely worth checking out both the interview AND his fresh collages!
Posted on Wednesday, 23 Apr 2008 Comments
Tags: art,
brasil,
collage,
illustration,
interview
EMEK + Erykah Badu
Poster for Erykah Badu’s Israel concert by EMEK
EMEK’s work for Erykah Badu is 100% badass! I’m literally blown away with how bold and beautiful it is. He made several things for her latest album (all shit hot!), plus there’s tons of other really nice posters as well. Check his stuff out here.
EMEk designed the cover for Erykah’s new album as well. Without the artwork, the album stands on it’s own. But, his art is a helluva compliment to this great new album
Posted on Wednesday, 19 Mar 2008 Comments
Tags: album cover,
art,
music,
poster
Chris Jordan - Running the Numbers
Art: Chris Jordan, Cans Seurat, 2007
Chris Jordan’s new exhibit Running the Numbers is a thought-provoking piece that brings ordinary statistics to life throught his brilliant use of scale and repetition.
If you’re in New York this summer, you’ll be able to see these images in their native size at the Von Lintel Gallery from June 14 through the end of July.
Posted on Friday, 02 Mar 2007 Comments
Tags: art,
photography,
politics,
visualization
Imaginary Foundation
Karyn Gray has written an inspiring piece, Charlie’s Angels Meets Deep Pattern Structures about the Imaginary Foundation.
“It’s funny that brilliant minds so often feel the need to shut themselves up with other intellectuals and moan about how the common folk don’t “get†things. They brainstorm and philosophize, and write essays that are published in journals that hardly anyone will ever see or care about. If they’re so smart, how is it that they never bother to spread their ideas effectively?”
Posted on Sunday, 19 Nov 2006 Comments
Tags: art
Owltooth
Art: Jimmy DiMarcellis
Owltooth is Porous Walker is Jimmy DiMarcellis—and this trinity is rockin some entertaining sketchbook messaging, complete with blood, nudity, and animals, heh. Really nice work!
Posted on Thursday, 26 Oct 2006 Comments
Tags: art,
comic,
funny,
illustration
"Todos Dias" - Carlos Quitério
If you happen to be on vacation in Lisbon later this week, I urge you to stroll down to Galeria Trema to check out the “Todos Dias” exhibition showcasing the work of Carlos Quitério.
I’ve been a big fan of his work for awhile now. He’s got a real dreamy sense of composition and still manages to be “down-to-earth” and real (which is essentially the same thing).
I really wish I could make the trip to Portugal in general, but this would be a serious cherry-on-top for me!
Boa sorte Carlos, parabéns!
Posted on Monday, 11 Sep 2006 Comments
Tags: art,
exposition,
graphic design,
lisboa,
portugal
Paula Scher, painted maps
Africa, 2003, Acrylic on canvas, 120” x 104.5”
Chances are you’ve already seen Paula Scher’s work outside of a gallery. A principal at Pentagram, she’s built identity systems for Citibank, The New York Public Theater, and the American Museum of Natural History. She began her career designing album covers for CBS Recordings in the 1970s.
She showed a series of paintings at the Maya Stendhal Gallery in NYC earlier this year consisting of 12 large canvases, some spanning 5’ to 12’. She uses color in a bold fashion to communicate her opinions about a particular region. She does this quite elegantly, as a seasoned graphic designer could only pull it off. Despite having a lot of text all over the paintings, there’s an understated simplicity which is pleasing and fun to interact with. I also can’t help but to feel some sort of primal obsessive-compulsive angle to these works—like aboriginal art, for example.
Emu Dreaming, 1975, Acrylic on masonite, 12” x 20”
I really love these painted maps. I’m sure in person these behemoths are even more impressive, what a pity I missed this exhibit!
Read more about her here:
Posted on Thursday, 07 Sep 2006 Comments
Tags: art,
maps,
painting
Mass produced, bioengineered pets implemented today
Just in case you didn’t want to read about Genpets on their site, here’s a little taste of what your kids will be begging for this Christmas:
“Genpets are living, breathing mammals. Bio-Genica is a Bioengineering Company that has combined, and modified existing DNA to create the Genpets lineup. Genpets are flesh and blood just like any other animal.The Genpetsâ„¢ come in 2 base configurations, a 1-year model, and 3-year model.
From there we’ve broken it down even further. While each Genpet may look the same, really they aren’t. Each Genpet™ comes with a color-coded personality. For example, a child that wishes to have a Genpet™ that is very energetic would choose a Red Genpet™ (see features section for details).
Engineered DNA, engineered personalities, and engineered lifespan, it doesn’t come any better than that. Bio-Genica has you covered on all bases. Just leave the details to us.”
Eeeeewwww, yuck!
UPDATE
Ok, calm down, apparently, it’s just art.
Posted on Wednesday, 21 Jun 2006 Comments [1]
Tags: art,
biotech
Beyond Green at M.A.D.
Art: Allora & Cadzilla
Beyond Green is a travelling exhibition, currently showing at the Museum of Art & Design in Manhattan from February 2 – May 7, 2006, which explores not only the aesthetics of design and art, but the sustainability and impact on our environment. Curated by Independent Curators International, this group of artists spanning the globe one-ups the usual “recycled used tire art” (that I personally have a great distaste for) by presenting unique situational pieces that oftentimes address specific “flaws” in our current style of living (or lack thereof).
I haven’t seen this exhibit yet—only looked at the catalog pdf. However, I’m really digging Allora & Cadzilla’s work. One of my personal favs is their Landmark (foot prints) piece. And the still from Under Discussion (shown above) is appropriately the signature piece of the show.
Another group of artists worth mentioning is Free Soil (including Amy Franceschini of Futurefarmers). F.R.U.I.T.(Fruit Route User InTerface, but an open acronym), 2005 is just too cool for school!
I would guess that this travelling green art expo extravaganza would knock the hemp socks off of anyone with half an eco-friendly conscious, you can bet your 401K that I’m soooo there this weekend to check it for myself!
Posted on Friday, 24 Mar 2006 Comments
Tags: activism,
art,
exhibit,
green
The Carnaval Heist
In the chaos of Carnaval, art thieves armed with grenades and guns forced their way into the “Chácara do Ceu” art museum in downtown Rio de Janeiro and made out with 4 famous paintings worth over $50 million.
The paintings include:
- Pablo Picasso’s “Dance”
- Claude Monet’s “Marine”
- Henri Matisse’s “Luxemburg Garden”
- Salvador Dali’s “Two Balconies”
Plenty of people writing about it, check here.
Posted on Wednesday, 01 Mar 2006 Comments
Tags: art,
brasil,
carnaval,
crime
Matej Kren's book sculptures
Idiom, Ṣo Paulo Рheight: 500cm, Foto: www.matejkren.cz
The photographs of Matej Kren’s book sculptures are amazing—I imagine to see them in person is indescribable. There are some images on his biography page as well as a few nice ones here.
“Matej Kren’s work is remarkable for its exceptional scope. In recent years his distinctive approach to sculpture, object, installation, drawing, print, painting, action art, film, music, sound and word has attracted attention at many prestigious international art shows.His work not only touches on very contemporary problems, such as erasing the boundaries between reality and fiction, memory and the present, but also on classic themes in art – the relation between inner and outer, the part and the whole. Typical of his work is a searching for a complexity of content expressed in a monumental and comprehensible language.”
Posted on Sunday, 12 Feb 2006 Comments [1]
Tags: art,
sculpture
Nam June Paik
Nam June Paik, revolutionary media artist, passed away on Sunday. Although I don’t know too much about his work, I was able to see his exhibit at the Guggenheim in 2001 and it truly blew my top off.
R.I.P.
Posted on Monday, 30 Jan 2006 Comments
Tags: art,
birth and death,
video
Michelle Hines: Fartist, Sleep-deprived
^Image: intermaweb.net^
Peristaltic Action is the title of Ms. Hines 26-foot long poop art concept. She also set a record for sleep-deprivation.
Damn, talk about suffering for your art!
Posted on Monday, 30 Jan 2006 Comments [2]
Tags: art,
funny
Mark Jenkins, Storker Project
Street artist/tape sculptor Mark Jenkins tapes up parking meters making them look like lolipops, places his storker babies stategically in street scenes, and overall does a whole lot of really amazing things…with tape. He has several photos of his impromptu street and nature installations from New York, DC, Rio de Janeiro, etc. at Storker.net. Highly recommended, so check it! If you want to see even more, check his Flickr page.
Posted on Sunday, 29 Jan 2006 Comments
Tags: art,
street art
Soundbike
Soundbike is a portable sound piece that uses motion-based mini-generators mounted to an ordinary bicycle to broadcast the sound of laughter as the bike moves through the urban environment. The laughter is generated by playing sequences of short source clips that respond to the bike’s velocity.
…I’m holding out for the Fartbike personally.
Posted on Thursday, 08 Dec 2005 Comments
Tags: art,
bike
Paintings by foot or mouth
See more here.
Posted on Tuesday, 18 Oct 2005 Comments
Tags: art,
painting
Martha Rich—Out with pantyhose, in with art!
So, I’ve quite enjoyed my serendipitous morning/afternoon of playing some Nina Simone and cleaning my desk. I decided to read up on her, searched for some photographs of her, etc. I was pleasantly surprised to come across one painting in particular by Martha Rich, shown above. So, I checked out some of her other work and it put an even bigger smile on my face. Her work is fantastic! You’ve probably seen her murals in Beck’s Girl video as well as her illustrations and paintings all over the place.
Here’s a snippet taken from her site:
“Originally from Philadelphia, Martha Rich lived the typical, suburban life – until she followed her husband to Los Angeles where, just short of a picket fence and 2.5 children her average American life unraveled. To cope with divorce, fate lead her to an illustration class taught by the Clayton Brothers. They persuaded her to ditch the pantyhose world, quit her human resources job at Universal Studios and join the world of art. She graduated with honors from Art Center College of Design and is currantly based in Pasadena obsessively painting undergarments, wigs, lobsters, and Loretta Lynn.”
Posted on Saturday, 01 Oct 2005 Comments
Tags: art,
painting
Mr. Trout's neighbor
Art: Kurt Vonnegut and Joe Petro III
I just saw Kurt Vonnegut on The Daily Show with Jon Stewert. It was a rerun. He was talking a little about evolution, as it was Evolution Schmevolution week at The Daily Show. Then there was a commercial for a pizza topped with steak. And after that was either a car commercial or a talking gecko – hard to remember. And it dawned on me that I might as well be living next door to *Kilgore Trout and not even realize it.
The world is a weird place. And to quote Mr. Vonnegut…err a Martian visitor…
“WHAT IS IT, WHAT CAN IT POSSIBLY BE ABOUT BLOW JOBS AND GOLF?”
*(Holy shit, me too… I had no idea).
Posted on Tuesday, 20 Sep 2005 Comments
Tags: art,
books,
funny,
print
Moving images…Moving
German art students take the moving image to a new level by packing up a suitcase with a projector (and other items), sticking it on the side of a subway car. The result are projected images on the tunnel walls for subway riders to look at. I couldn’t help but wonder what would happen if anyone tried that here in New York. You’d probably end up in jail or on a terrorist watchlist.
Moving Canvas is a project by Frédéric Eyl, Gunnar Green and Richard The.
Here’s the link to the parasite clip. Also, check out the aperture piece too – really cool stuff!
Posted on Sunday, 11 Sep 2005 Comments
Tags: art,
installation,
video
When the Day Breaks, a short film
I just caught a wonderful animated short film on Sundance Channel called When The Day Breaks, directed by Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby. Made from pencil and paint on photocopies, the visuals are nothing short of breathtaking, much attention to detail, and quite dreamy. the story is fantastic as well, I enjoyed seeing how two seemingly random lives are so interconnected (as all of our lives potentially are).
“A rooster has his last biscuit for breakfast and goes grocery shopping. A pig prepares her breakfast (potato peelings, with the potatoes thrown in the trash) and discovers she needs more milk. Their paths cross, a lemon falls into the sewer, and both lives are changed.”
Check it out for yourself of Sundance Channel:
- Saturday 09.10.05 at 11:45a
- Saturday 09.10.05 at 05:15p
- Thursday 09.15.05 at 11:15p
- Tuesday 09.27.05 at 05:45p
Also, here’s the IMDb page for When The Day Breaks.
Posted on Saturday, 10 Sep 2005 Comments
Tags: animation,
art,
film,
video
Mike Mills' Thumbsucker
I don’t get too worked up about new films lately as every movie I’ve been to in the past few years has been disappointing. However, I came across a post that redirected me to Mike Mills’ new film Thumbsucker, his feature-film directorial debut. I’ve admired his design work since Air’s Moon Safari art, which he made (as well as their music and tour videos). I’m really excited to see all the details of his design background in the movie as well as the story, which looks quite interesting. And a final note, there’s a cool little interview with him over at Ready Made Magazine.
Posted on Friday, 02 Sep 2005 Comments [1]
Tags: art,
film
Reverse balanced rock destruction (zen)
Danny Brown, of Sensei Studios shows us the power of the zen master’s mind as he reverses time, destroys balanced rock sculptures, and walks backwards/forwards. Check out the video of Balancing Point at IFILM.
I get the impression that gems like this, with their simplicity and grace, is probably why the person that invented the paperclip might be more successful at the end of the day than one who invents complicated machinery.
Posted on Thursday, 11 Aug 2005 Comments
Tags: art,
funny,
video
Canis Interstellarhydroencephalitis
⬆ This is a strange video clip sent to me from this freak.
UPDATE:
I just figured out that this is Rubber Johnny by (rock*star) Chris Cunningham.
Johnny is a hyperactive, shape-shifting mutant child, kept locked away in a basement. With only his feverish imagination and his terrified dog for company, he finds ways to amuse himself in the dark. Rubber Johnny is the latest creation from the UK’s most imaginative filmmaker, Chris Cunningham. Featuring music by legendary electronic composer, Aphex Twin, this nightmarish and hallucinatory experimental short film is accompanied by 40 pages of drawings and photographs – Cunningham’s first published book of original artwork.
Posted on Friday, 08 Jul 2005 Comments
Tags: art,
film,
music,
video
Lost Pollock paintings resurface
It appears that 32 previously unrecorded paintings from American painter Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) were discovered in 2002 after the late painter’s friend’s son was cleaning out his father’s storage facility in East Hampton, New York. Pollock Matters 2006 is a site set up concerning this recent discovery. (2006 will be the 50th anniversary of his death).
Posted on Monday, 16 May 2005 Comments
Tags: art,
famous people
Henry Miller paintings for auction
Over 200 paintings will be auctioned off on eBay in four days. The paintings are mostly watercolors which were made between 1944-1963. The asking price is 1.5 million USD which breaks down to $7100 per painting.
If that’s too expensive for you, I’ll sell you a print of this one for $50!
Posted on Friday, 13 May 2005 Comments [1]
Tags: art,
famous people,
literature
Artist paints discarded chewing gum
Is a good, old-fashioned piece of canvas getting that expensive these days? Probably not, but Ben Wilson’s laudry bill might. He lays down on the sidewalk and paints tiny pieces of discarded chewing gum. I love to read stories like this. Crazy people doing crazy things and not giving a shit. Big up to you Ben – you Juicy Fruit! He has apparently begun drawing in fans as a Flickr gallery has sprung up here.
Posted on Wednesday, 11 May 2005 Comments
Tags: art,
funny
Struggling elephant artists
Foto courtesy of AFP
Everyone’s a freakin artist these days. You can check out the hijacked image here.
Posted on Tuesday, 22 Feb 2005 Comments
Tags: animal,
art
The Gates, Central Park
This February, Christo and Jeanne-Claude will change the face of New York City’s Central Park by erecting 7500 16-foot Gates along the walkways in the park.
These artists do not accept sponsorships or donations and will fund this project themselves. Also, they will employ thousands of New York residents in the construction of this huge installation.
Their site is full on interesting information about their work. I will, however, leave you with an interesting quote from an article I read on Yahoo News.
“Freedom is the enemy of possession and possession is equal to permanence. That is why our projects cannot remain and must go away forever. Our projects are ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ and ‘once upon a time.” –Christo and Jeanne-Claude
I can’t wait to see this with my own eyes!
Posted on Saturday, 27 Nov 2004 Comments
Tags: art,
new york city
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