Popping Up Everywhere

Posted on March 24, 2008 Under Art

In 1982, I was busy wandering around my house wearing kickass Spiderman pjs with footies and learning to put sentences together. Not far away in New York City, the Storefront for Art and Architecture, a not for profit organization 'committed…

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SpearTalks: Alyson Fox

Posted on March 21, 2008 Under Art

Alyson Fox likes doing things. In her case, 'things' mean drawing, taking pictures, designing clothes, making shop windows pretty - and probably one or two more 'things' since we last talked. But Alyson hasn't always been so dexterous; rather, it…

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Greg LaMarche

Posted on March 21, 2008 Under Art

You may not know the name Greg LaMarche, but if you count yourself as a connoisseur of urban artwork, then there's a good chance you're familiar with his work. LaMarche spent his early days spraying tags in the streets of…

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Paul Villinski

Posted on March 21, 2008 Under Art

Look. Up in the sky. It's a bird. It's a plane. It's New York artist Paul Villinski. The glider-flying sculpture artist makes it no secret that flying is at the heart of his work. Whether it's the fragile beer can…

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Studying Character @ Moral Punch

Posted on March 20, 2008 Under Art

Nude dancing harlots, erotic circuses, bare-breasted revolutionaries and crocodile strangling. Now that's culture. These are all examples of characters currently inhabiting West Hollywood's art gallery Moral Punch. During the "Studying Character" exhibition animation artists like Tim Beard, Eliza Frye, Leo…

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MethodIzaz: Stalkerazzi of the Good Kind

Posted on March 20, 2008 Under Art

What if you could harness paparazzi tactics for good instead of ill? While getting stalked by a photographer usually mean you're Britney Spears, the photographers at MethodIzaz believe that stalking makes for the most candid shots. Everybody knows to pose…

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ISO50: Northern Lights

Posted on March 18, 2008 Under Art

Scott Hansen (aka ISO50) has been a favorite of ours for a while. The man is a triple threat -- and in the awesome way, not the Broadway er, way. This month he premiers a new print, Northern Lights, under…

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EtsyFound: Bringing The Zoo Home To You

Posted on March 18, 2008 Under Art

There aren't many more fun activities for all ages than going to the zoo (okay, maybe bowling). Unfortunately after you pay your admission it's kind of a crapshoot. Sometimes the tigers don't really feel like hanging out or the llamas…

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Alex Hornest

Posted on March 18, 2008 Under Art

Brazilian artist Alex Hornest, or Ornesto as he's otherwise known by his street name, is a different kind of artist than the others I've been sharing with you lately. A rooted legend in this country's street art scene, Ornesto's just…

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Color Chart: Reinventing Color from 1950 to Today

Posted on March 14, 2008 Under Art

We'll admit that there have been times when we've wanted to chuck our color wheel out the window. We've stood in Home Depot and really tried to discern the different between antique, eggshell, and albino ferret white. So, we can…

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