Boxi @ Carmichael Gallery

Posted on April 1, 2009 Under Art

The work of London-by-way-of-Berlin artist Boxi paints a dark picture. Described by the artist as a collection built around themes such as paranoia, grief, and mistrusts, "Grey Area" pulls together images of humans and the nebulous backgrounds they find themselves…

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Hush x Veiled Beauty

Posted on April 1, 2009 Under Art

At first glance, British artist Hush's paintings have an obvious Japanese animation influence, but the chaotic backgrounds belie his street art roots that made his name in London. Take a look through a couple paintings made available as prints here.…

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Mira Nameth's New Prints

Posted on March 30, 2009 Under Art

The lovely new website celebrating artist Mira Nameth's creations covers a broad range of illustrations and images broken down by prints, commercial, personal, fashion, vector, and hand-drawn work. (And you thought you had a lot on your "to do" list.)…

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Swan Day 2009

Posted on March 27, 2009 Under Art

This Saturday marks the second international Support Women Artists Now (SWAN) day, a commemoration and series of celebrations to raise visibility for women artists around the world. Whether you're in Austin, Jerusalem, or Nairobi, there are a series of events…

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Os Gemeos: Vertigem

Posted on March 27, 2009 Under Art

[caption id="attachment_14018" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="Photo from Black Rainbow Extraordinaire Magazine"][/caption] Although Brazil's famous graffiti export Os Gemeos have gone from painting streets in Sao Paulo to castles in Scotland, they deserve more than a few solo shows given to them…

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Gallery1988 Presents Idiot Box

Posted on March 26, 2009 Under Art

Gallery1988 was once snubbed by Juxtapoz, but it now celebrates its fifth anniversary as one of the most relevant art galleries of our generation. On April 2, G1988: LA presents Idiot Box, 100 artists paying tribute to icons of the…

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Magnetic Art

Posted on March 26, 2009 Under Art

Magnetic poetry became passe long ago (sorry to burst your bubble Mr. Fridge Poet). Motifo is selling packs of magnetic pixels to turn your refrigerator into a work of art. Their cool black, white, and gray pack, or the warmer…

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BMW Art Cars

Posted on March 20, 2009 Under Art

In the mid 70s BMW began asking artists to paint their cars, getting the likes of Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Esther Mahlangu to turn racers into artwork. You can take a look at the art cars from 1975 to…

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Sean Tubridy

Posted on March 20, 2009 Under Art

It would be a sin of omission to call Sean Tubridy a photographer when he's in fact a publisher/activist/graphic designer/salesman. And by salesman, we mean the "stuff" he sells, that includes screenprinted shirts with illustrations of Leica M3s and transistor…

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Clark Little

Posted on March 19, 2009 Under Art

This is going to sound like a sin, but I think Photoshop is cheating. Yes, yes, I've heard the business about what professional photographers used to do back in the darkroom, but I'm still not convinced. Then I stumbled onto…

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