Just, hear me out. This is probably old-hat to many people, but the man whose iconography I had only known as bedazzled graphic licensing run amok, is in fact a hyper-intelligent, classically-trained artist who passed on a graduate scholarship to Yale in order to pursue the once-illicit craft of tattooing. Ed Hardy: Tattoo the World, [...]
“The notoriously secretive creative process of reclusive German artist Gerhard Richter is exposed in filmmaker Corinna Belz’s new fly-on-the-wall documentary, Gerhard Richter Painting. Belz spent three years as an observer in Richter’s Cologne studio capturing mesmerizing footage of the artist producing his radical abstract works. As we witness him mixing layer upon layer of bold [...]
Cy Twombly, the idiosyncratic Postwar artist responsible for adding a poignant, almost childlike touch to the frenzied joyjismagasms of Abstract Expressionism, died today at his house in Rome. Notoriously reticent about his work, the influence of Twombly’s scribbles and use of color can still be felt, from the energy of a Dan Colen piece to [...]
I’m loving this ongoing series of portraits from the folks over at A Blog (purveyors of A Magazine). I’ve always thought Kiki Smith was beautiful, and a muse in her own right, but these photos of Lawrence Weiner decked out in Ann Demeulemeester are taking it to another level. -christina
Lola Dupre is a Glasgow-based collage artist who works completely by hand. Fecal Face has an interview with this extremely patient young lady, including many photos of her meticulous work. Click here to check it out. -christina
Artist Jacob Dahlstrup Jensen from Copenhagen, Denmark spent 38 days on this lush pencil drawing (adderall alert! Just kidding…maybe). See the finished product and a video of the process here (via FecalFace) -christina
Olek is a Polish artist who works exclusively in crocheting yarn – she’s exhibited in galleries around the world and is known for pulling street art stunts like covering the Wall Street Bull in NY and inspiring others to create knit-based street art (they call it “yarnbombing”). Her work is always meticulous and colorful, and [...]
One of a series of talks with artists at this years Art Basel Miami, Baldessari sets aside his usual sharpness and answers the question “what makes you feel alive?” with the pleasant, easy-going attitude he’s known for. Take a moment to read the intro on Nowness, it references Baldessari’s involvement the long-overdue art initiative Pacific [...]
Don’t know if you’re up on the hulaballoo that followed Olivier Zahm’s posting of a personal email he received from tattoo-artist-cum-fine artist Scott Campbell (a very low brand of exhibitionism Zahm gets off on – but that’s another issue), but Interview magazine recently sat down with Scott to figure out exactly what happened – and [...]
You know Johnny Ryan – he draws all those incredibly gross and/or offensive comics in back of every issue of Vice. I’m always impressed by his abject willingness to be a horrible human being, even though I hate how entertained I am by all of it. The intro to the interview nails the appeal of [...]
The Curiosity Shop is an San Francisco boutique shilling “crafts, kits, and curios for the creatively inclined,” as serves as a gallery space for artists from all over the country. SOMETHINGMISTAKENFORNOTHING is a solo exhibition of new works by artist Scott Albrecht. With his type-based imagery and hand-drawn/ hand-cut lettering style, Albrecht attempts to re-contextualize [...]
There’s a fun interview with artist Eric Joyner up on Arrested Motion. Joyner’s work centers on the subject of robots and donuts…and not much else. He has a solo show opening this Saturday, August 14th, at the Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City, CA. Read the full interview here I’m hungry.
“Harvey Pekar, the irascible writer who spun the mundane details of his own life and the quotidian existences of his fellow Cleveland residents into comic-book narratives, and who showed that the comic-book panel could include everyday feelings of anxiety and disappointment as easily as it does the adventures of costumed heroes, has died, The Plain [...]
Look at these gorgeous sweaters from Jil Sander men’s collection for Spring ’11. They remind me of Ray Johnson’s Calm Center. If you’re unfamiliar, check out How to Draw a Bunny immediately. (runway images via Jak&Jil)
“The Thing quarterly is an object-based publication produced by visual artists Jonn Herschend and Will Rogan. Each issue is conceived of by a different contributor. The object is reproduced, wrapped, and shipped to the subscribers. The Thing Projects is an off-shoot that encompasses a wide range of artworks and events.” (via The Thing Quarterly) Herschend [...]
