Jefrey Lacson

Posted on May 13, 2005 Under Art

Jefrey Lacson creates very intricate and interesting artwork--they're collages, digital assemblages, or "3-D constructions" as he calls them. He remixes forms he finds, like these, into "super hybrid" constructions. He says the focus of his work revolves around the central…

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Corey Arnold

Posted on May 2, 2005 Under Art

Corey Arnold is an incredibly talented photographer from Southern California-- his photos are provocative and simple. This photo is from a series called "The Animal Condition", a collection of simple black and white photographs he took of animals away from…

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John Ritter Illustration

Posted on April 29, 2005 Under Art

John Ritter's illustration is clever, thought provoking, and I think it's just damn good. He has been experimenting with Photoshop and Illustrator for a very long time--working at Adobe for three years as a graphic designer in the early '90's.…

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Cease + Desist Art Show

Posted on April 28, 2005 Under Art

If I had a Cease and Desist order from Louis Vuitton, I'd probably be a little scared-- but not the folks at The Hotel Des Arts in San Francisco. Remember that hotel? Packed full of customized rooms from floor to…

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Fluorescent Lights and Powerlines

Posted on April 28, 2005 Under Art

1301 fluorescent tubes powered by the electric fields generated by overhead powerlines. This is what happens when physics meets art, clearly a success and very fascinating. Richard Box, an artist-in-residence at Bristol University's physics department had the idea for this…

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Get It Louder

Posted on April 25, 2005 Under Art

Remember Scott Rench? He is easily one of the most talented and forward thinking and talented sculptors I've have ever seen. I mention this because he is going to be showing at the Get It Louder exhibit in China this…

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Hotel des Arts: Painted Rooms

Posted on April 22, 2005 Under Art

The custom boutique hotels around the world all took notice to the Hotel des Arts in the heart of San Francisco's downtown Union Square when it launched last year. Last year they showed their project called "

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Little Boy: The Arts of Japan’s Exploding Subculture

Posted on April 20, 2005 Under Art

The Japan Society in NYC has an going on right now called "Little Boy: The Arts of Japan's Exploding Subculture"--curated by Takashi Murakami (you have probably seen his work for Louis Vuitton, drawing on handbags,etc). The exhibit sounds absoloutly amazing,…

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Rik Catlow

Posted on April 18, 2005 Under Art

Rik Catlow is an illustrator and designer from North Carolina. He worked for seven years as a designer in NYC doing web design for clients like Bluefly and CDNow--but what I like most about his design is his organic and…

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Destruct Issue #5

Posted on April 14, 2005 Under Art

Destructed magazine's 5th issue is now available for download. It's 112 pages long, and features 23 different artists, including the creators of the magazine. The topic of this issue is "guess what happens next". They're an independent art magazine based…

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