With a great deal of wit and symbolism, Sachin Teng has created a portfolio of beautiful and anthropologically critical works that are entertaining and thought provoking. CULTURE!!!
Categories: Art, Graphic Design, Painting
Bizarre and nightmarish visual mash-ups are the specialty of Caleb Brown. Presenting viewers with bizarre scenarios, confusion leads to strange delight. Be sure to check out his website HERE.
Categories: Art, Painting, Reclaimation
Spenser Jordan Palmer has got some unique styling and political messages to share with everyone. If you are a goody goody, you are warned that some of his content on his site is a tad graphic. (via SupersonicElectronic)
Categories: Art, Graphic Design, Painting, WARNING
Aight yall, here is the first ‘Grab Bag’ post of little bits and pieces that have been lingering on the desktop in the ‘prospective post’ category. Transforming into inapplicable and aging clutter, I’ve decided to just throw them all together in a jumbly mess for you to pick through. Please hit play on the classy and oh-so seasonally relevant track from Donna Summers and have a browse over the visuals below. MO SOON.
Categories: Architecture, Art, Audio, Graphic Design, Nature, Painting, Photography, Reclaimation, Sculpture, Stellar Jams, Travel
Easily one of the most interesting concepts for a project/blog the internet has seen for some time, the faux blog of Scarfolk township is disturbingly hysterical. Posing as a council of a small town perpetually caught in the 1970’s, the site churns out propaganda-ish material that imitates the style of literature and posters from the infamous decade. Take a look at the Scarfolk website and some of the samples of their disinformation below for a chuckle. SCARE TACTICS IN PUBLICITY
Categories: Art, Graphic Design, Quote
Checking back on the site of artist Boneface, it was a pleasant surprise to find some new material. Having done a pretty big posting of his work all the way back in January, please click here to see more background info and other works of his. Also click here (or his name above) to visit the personal website of Boneface. CRISPY & CLEAN!!!!
Categories: Art, Graphic Design, Painting
Jonty Hurwitz has created a very specialized niche in the sculptural art world by delving into anamorphic (“a distorted image that appears normal only from a certain view point or suitable mirror or lens”) creations. Using scanners and complex algorithms, Hurwitz is able to produce sculptures whose original identity is only clearly seen with the aid of a cylindrical mirror. There has been work of his featured on here before in a hodge-podgy post, but I recently found a skull […]
Categories: Art, Modern Events, Sculpture, Video
With incredible depth and a staggering amount of content, the exhibiton entitled ‘War / Photography:: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath‘ will test you. Originally put together in Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts, the exhibition will be traveling nationally – first to the Anneberg Space for Photograph in Los Angeles, and then on to D.C. and Brooklyn. Here is a synopsis from the site (link above): “WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY encompasses over 150 images going as far back as 1887 through present-day […]
Categories: Art, Modern Events, Nature, Photography, Photojournalism, Video
Confuscious once quipped: “A man who runs in front of a car gets tired, A man who runs behind a car gets exhausted.” It seems like he knew what a negative effect automobiles were to have on his fellow countrymen down the line (WWCD?). Now-a-days China has become a juggernaut & is gagging on its own growth. Influenced by pop-American lifestyles, Chinese now practice gown and tux marriages, eat fast food, smoke cigarettes, and drive cars in ever-increasing numbers. Emulating […]
Categories: Art, Modern Events, Nature, Photography, Photojournalism, Quote, Travel, Video
So, apparently Stockholm has the most awesomely decorated subway system known to man. Brilliantly combining minimalistic engineering with shocking colors and ornamentation, the city has created an aesthetic underground-cum-tourist attraction. Alex Dragunov is a photographer who specializes in documenting international subway systems and has captured Stockholm’s system with GET DOWN THERE!
Categories: Architecture, Art, Modern Events, Travel
Capturing Capacity