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Incredible Grooves by Double A (Perfect for Summer!)

May 14, 2014 by capture-monger

Here’s a funky az Double A track right off the bat to set the tone! With the lengthening of days & increasing solar rays, there always comes the need for summer music. You know the kind- unabashedly upbeat & bubbly, celebrating the teeming life and vibrance of the season. Double A (known as Aaron Sieger in the ‘real’ world) has an abundance of these type of tunes to help amplify the summer vibes. Stumbling across a song of Double A’s […]

Categories: Art, Audio, Disco, Free Music, Modern Events, Positive, Reclaimation, Stellar Jams

Screen Printed Brilliance of Brian Luong.

April 11, 2014 by capture-monger

To say Brian Luong is an adept print-maker would be a understatement. His hyper detailed silk-screen prints will create a draft in that ol’ mind of yurz :} . Just found out Brian has a brother by the name of Kevin – you’ll certainly be seeing another post centered on his work in the near future. Until then Stay Brassy.

Categories: Abstract, Art, Etching, Graphic Design, Illustration, Ink + Paper, Paint, Painting, Posters, Psychedelica, Skulls, Surreal, Textures, Woodblock

All-Star Group Art Show At the Corey Helford Gallery

April 5, 2014 by capture-monger

Last month at the Corey Helford Gallery in L.A., the POP-EYEconic group show took place. Focusing on the theme on tweaking Pop art Icons, the artists involved came up with some very comical submissions. Emo Boba Fett drinking a Bubble tea?! KLEVA. via Juxtapoz. Here is the Line up of artists: POP-EYECONIC GROUP SHOW Chris Anthony, Carlos Ramos, Ron English, Shag (Josh Agle), Korin Faught, Natalia Fabia, KINSEY , Lola , Luke Chueh, Sarah Folkman, Joey Remmers, Paul Frank, David […]

Categories: Abstract, Adbusters, Art, Books, Collage, Community, Drugs, Funny, Graphic Design, Illustration, Ink + Paper, Paint, Painting, Parody, Posters, Psychedelica, Reclaimation, Sculpture, Skulls

Fantastic Visual Creations from Sam Chivers

April 5, 2014 by capture-monger

Sam Chiver‘s work is something astounding. Psychedelic & geometric, there are portals in Chivers work to take your mind to alternate planes. Be sure to check out Sam’s website, blog, and shop (very reasonable and affordable prints there!!). VISUAL PORTALS

Categories: Abstract, Art, Graphic Design, Illustration, Ink + Paper, Posters, Psychedelica, Surreal

Impressions from the past.

April 5, 2014 by capture-monger

Highly excellent album release by French/Italian producer Le Nonsense that he has graciously offered up to the world for free. Perfect for winding down to and reflecting on this wild world. Click on the following link to hop over to the Bandcamp page to download the album. Below you’ll find 2 sampler tracks from the release. BE EXCELLENT TO EACH OTHER.

Categories: Art, Audio, Disco, Free Music, Positive, Psychedelica, Stellar Jams

Photojournalism Gems from LENS

March 30, 2014 by capture-monger

You know the drilll….here’s the week’s best shots from LENS.

Categories: Art, Community, Light, Modern Events, Photography, Photojournalism, Physics, Space

Thought Provoking Material from Adbusters

March 29, 2014 by capture-monger

If you for some reason you ain’t familiar with the magaizine Adbusters, allow me to introduce you to one of the most avant-garde and radical publications of the modern era. Thanks to my good friend (Loren Polster) who gifted me a subscription to the commendable bi-monthly, I now have an even larger disdain for capitalism than before ;}. Here is a link to preview issues of past ADBUSTERS. Even if you can’t agree with all the critical views presented in […]

Categories: Adbusters, anti-capitalism, Art, Collage, Community, Graphic Design, Modern Events, Nature, Photography, Photojournalism, Reclaimation, Schumacher

Miscellanea ta Entertain Ya #327

March 27, 2014 by capture-monger

Here’s a randow medley of fun images that have accumulated on the desktop over the past couple months – hope they make ya smirk!

Categories: Abstract, Art, Comedy, Disco, Drugs, Graphic Design, Illustration, Ink + Paper, Light, Lighting, Modern Events, Nature, Painting, Photography, Physics, Posters, Psychedelica, Skulls, Snow, Surreal, Textures, Woodblock

Chaotic Beauties by Steve Clark.

March 26, 2014 by capture-monger

There is a certain Zen-like quality to Steve Clark‘s creations. Toying around with watered down inks and allowing the runny pigments in suspension to interact with other elements on the page such as singed areas; Clark fabricates visuals that look elementary, but possess a complexity and aesthetic that is ethereal and casually magical .

Categories: Abstract, Art, Collage, Graphic Design, Ink + Paper, Paint, Painting, Textures

Woodblock Prints from Master Ohara Koson.

March 20, 2014 by capture-monger

Ohara Koson was a master print maker who lived in the Tokyo area in late 1800’s – 1945. Along with a few other masters of the field, Ohara played a large role in resurrecting the Shin-hanga print style from the 17th century. EXQUISITE CRAFTSMANSHIP.

Categories: Art, Etching, Graphic Design, Illustration, Ink + Paper, Nature, Paint, Painting, Posters, Serigraphs, Vintage, Woodblock

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Category Archives: Art

Incredible Grooves by Double A (Perfect for Summer!)

Screen Printed Brilliance of Brian Luong.

All-Star Group Art Show At the Corey Helford Gallery

Fantastic Visual Creations from Sam Chivers

Impressions from the past.

Photojournalism Gems from LENS

Thought Provoking Material from Adbusters

Miscellanea ta Entertain Ya #327

Chaotic Beauties by Steve Clark.

Woodblock Prints from Master Ohara Koson.