Poptogramas Brasilis

Posted on December 12, 2008 Under Art

After making a sensation with his 2005 Poptogramas book that turned bands and artists like ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Ozzy Osborne into bubbly, clever pictograms, designer Daniel Motta's follow-up Poptogramas Brasilis is out…

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Gift Guide: Art

Posted on December 12, 2008 Under Art

Chuck Anderson Wondering Off into Space: Read JS Review | Buy It ($30) A new book by one of our favorites featuring Chuck's catalog of illustrations and photographs, new and old. Themes of his works include sharks, space, light bubbles…

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New WANTS and NEEDS

Posted on December 10, 2008 Under Art

We totally love Justin Gignac and his girlfriend Christine's work, all of it from the garbage collection to the WANTS and NEEDS paintings. After their trip to Las Vegas they are giving back a little. They've just put up a…

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Rubens LP

Posted on December 10, 2008 Under Art

Brazilian illustrator Rubens LP must have done a lot of connect-the-dots drawings when he was a kid. But he must have had a few ideas of his own, because that's what his artwork looks like"”a more elaborated and fresh version…

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World of Wes

Posted on December 8, 2008 Under Art

A lot of artists are adopting blogs to show their work. The World of Wes (or as he calls it WOW) is more of a blog showing the life around his work and of course his paintings. Putting up post…

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SpearTalks: Jesse Hora Dot Com

Posted on December 5, 2008 Under Art

You know what we like? When the names of people we love (Jesse Hora) start winding up next to names of artists we worship (Si Scott; Alex Trochut; Hellovon). Not that we would expect any less of the designers, illustrators…

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Exclusive Sickboy ‘Stay Free’ Pics

Posted on December 5, 2008 Under Art

I had a chance to go to the private viewing of Sickboy's Stay Free show. When an announcement was made that we were going to have to wait out in the cold because one of the oompa loompas was acting…

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Jonathan Ball’s Shrooms

Posted on December 5, 2008 Under Art

The mushrooms in Super Mario worked great for getting bigger and scoring extra lives, but we're well past our 8-bit years and by now, those fungi are a little stale. So Jonathan Ball, a Welsh illustrator and graphic designer who…

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Monsieur T @ Hecklewod Gallery

Posted on December 2, 2008 Under Art

Skateboard art just keeps getting better and better. Like graffiti, it's made its way from street level with a flare for deliquency, to carrying content dope enough to warrant a gallery show. If you happen to be in Portland this…

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Own a Piece of Storefront

Posted on December 1, 2008 Under Art

When the Storefront for Art and Architecture renovated its New York City space this past summer, some things had to go. Among the items that got the ol' heave ho were the iconic letters that adorned its facade since 1993.…

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