(Auction) Red

Posted on January 22, 2008 Under Art

Despite our past mixed feelings on the success of the (red) campaign, we've remained supportive of its effect on the proliferation awesome artistic collaborations and solo efforts as a means of raising money for a good cause. This time around…

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Studio Joseph Shaeffer

Posted on January 22, 2008 Under Art

It would not do Joseph Shaeffer justice to simply adorn him with the titles sculptor, fabricator and conceptual artist. You'd be hard pressed to encompass to overall scope of his talents using just those terms. The Boulder, Colorado based principle…

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Andres Sandoval

Posted on January 22, 2008 Under Art

Even though artist Andres Sandoval's academic background lies in architecture and urban studies, this Brazilian has made illustration the name of his game. He's starring as part of a group exhibit in Sao Paulo's Canto Gravura gallery, alongside class favorite…

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SpearTalks: Jeremyville

Posted on January 18, 2008 Under Art

Jeremy Andrew, a.k.a. Jeremyville, covers a bit more ground than your typical designer-slash-artist. Perhaps we should rephrase that, for while it is correct to refer to what Jeremy covers as "ground" (being that he darts around the world with a…

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Daniel Firman

Posted on January 18, 2008 Under Art

French artist Daniel Firman's work is a diverse bunch of opposites. His life-sized body cast plaster sculptures stand in impossible formations - balanced on each other's feet or crawling upward into an inner tube. Clothed and proportioned, but with faces…

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Never is a Better Time

Posted on January 18, 2008 Under Art

I feel like this is a perfect print for a Friday like today -- three day weekend approaching, the hours ticking by with molasses-like viscosity -- when most of us probably aren't being incredibly productive at all. 'Never is a…

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Artist A Day

Posted on January 16, 2008 Under Art

As children our mothers always told us, "an artist a day keeps the doctor away." Or maybe it was an apple that kept the doctors away; listening was never our strong point. Our potential bout of ADD aside, we think…

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Paul Butler: Collage Party

Posted on January 14, 2008 Under Art

Canadian collage artist Paul Butler takes the experience of art off the wall and turns it into a full-on party. Literally. A "traveling experimental group studio with a rotating cast," Collage Party has roamed North American and Europe creating walk-in,…

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The Art Monestary Project

Posted on January 10, 2008 Under Art

Picture it: Italy, 2007. In the green hillside of Calvi dell'Umbria sits a cherished 17th century Baroque convent. A group of artists, dedicated to their passion for finding new ways to communicate and collaborate, have come together to create, imagine,…

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Liz Wolfe

Posted on January 10, 2008 Under Art

Hiding beneath the vibrant candy colors of Canadian photographer Liz Wolfe's stunning works is a whole bunch of twisted contradictions. Exploring the juxtaposition between what we commonly consider pretty (flowers) and what we mostly consider gross (an octopus), the sugary…

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