Dave Eggers + Apex Art: Lots of Things Like This

Posted on March 28, 2008 Under Art

Dave Eggers is a modern day renaissance man. Not only is he responsible for founding McSweeney's, but he's got a few impressive books under his belt and also runs a writing program for underprivileged kids amongst other things. Eggers continues…

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Expo Skate Obsession

Posted on March 25, 2008 Under Life

From Ed Templeton to the Art Dump and stretching back to the Dogtown days, the world of skate plays a big part in the creative process, one that runs parallel with the sport itself and constantly reinvents itself as long…

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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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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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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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Chris Levine: The Lightness of Being

Posted on March 14, 2008 Under Art

Have you ever wanted to see the Queen of England"¦IN YOUR FACE?!? Thanks to revolutionary light artist Chris Levine's heralded series of Royal 3D and light based portraits, entitled The Lightness of Being, now you can. Not previously recognized for…

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Poketo First Editions

Posted on March 10, 2008 Under Art

We've always loved lifestyle product company Poketo's usable art goods, which began five years ago as a project to promote the artists they felt were right on the money through the creation of vinyl wallets with artists' designs available to…

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Society of Illustrators 50th Editorial Show

Posted on March 5, 2008 Under Art

Founded in 1901, the Society of Illustrators is the grand mac daddy of this artistic genre. And, like every established society, once a year (for the past 50, at least) they pat themselves on the back, drink champagne, and laugh…

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Kayone

Posted on February 25, 2008 Under Art

Kayone is the tag name of Italy's Marco Montavani, a pioneer in Milan's graf scene who has been bombing like mad more canvas than concrete in the past year. He's moved on to develop a beautiful fine art style using…

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Jose Parla Show in Italy

Posted on February 15, 2008 Under Art

Anyone who knows this site (or me) knows I've been a big José Parla fan since early 2005 when I first discovered him, and also a collector since the very beginning; I was lucky enough to have a grabbed a…

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