Helsinki-based illustrator Ville Savima, whose best inspiration is to sit down in front of the stormy sea, creates surreal characters in dreamlike atmospheres, with a little bit of a Scandinavian touch. We love his revised take on Gil Scott-Heron’s poem “The Revolution Will NOT Be Televised”… because as we all know in today’s media-drenched society, EVERYTHING is televised (or Tweeted… or Facebooked). Written by: Vivianne Lapointe
From Live Fast Mag
If you can't sleep. If you suffer from anxiety attacks or depression; don't take pills! A towel tied to a leaking pipe doesn't stop a leak!
PILLS
SUCK
The Vader
Project
This awesome project is actually from last year, but it's still pretty great.The Vader Project had an auction July of 2010 at Freeman’s Auction House in Philadelphia. Over 100 customized Darth Vader helmets were auctioned off at approximately $3,000 each. All bids started at $1,500 and were highly coveted by Star Wars collectors and art collectors alike. If you weren’t in the Philadelphia area, you were able to bid online while watching a live stream of the auctioneer. DKE Toys has published a 200-page full colour print book of all 100 Vader Project pieces that were sold, that you can get here.
Some of the helmets auctioned
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summer in the city
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The Mermaids welcome you to Weeki Wachee Spring, on Florida's famous Sun Coast, 60 miles north of St. Petersburg on US 19. These damsels of the deep perform in the crystal clear waters of the spring without once surfacing for air. You see it all from the underwater theatre.
Waka Waka Freckles!
Dreams aren't just made for kids.
Santiago
Ydanez
Santiago Ydáñez‘s work represents another extension of the poetics on the body that have been so influentual over the past years in the international scene. Nonetheless, in his case it is around painting - as it is in other different cases from Luc Tuysmans to Marlene Dumas - that different questions, that seem to interest critics and artists, are formulated about identity or human nature. The fact that a painted portrait is an instrument of choice - and we are purposedly calling it instrument rather than theme - has made it so that he be associated with, above all a tradition that includes Edward Munch and Francis Bacon, rather than the poetics that we are referring to now. Because of this he has been classified as, I think superficially, Expressionist or Neoexpressionist, based solely on the appearance of his work. What is worse is that a careful analysis of appearance, in truth, leads to opposed conclusions.
(Spanish Painter)
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Constructed out of cast resin and glass crystals, these works merge classical forms with a gritty, urban aesthetic. Figures cloaked in modern-day streetwear are given a meditative, somber quality by the smooth, reflective nature of the material. The luster of the works‘ surface captivates the eye as the gaze becomes transfixed on the subtle contours of each shape. Unique to this particular show, Gray has completed his first life size marble sculpture. Rich in opposition, these sculptures project a sense of nobility and admiration for an often marginalized and consciously melancholic inner-city youth subculture.
KEVIN
FRANCIS
GRAY
Is a London based artist. I can't help but notice that the sculpture below reminds me of Cobra Commader from G.I. Joe. lol
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Oh, ah Golly Gee - only Nylon Tricot makes lingerie so sigh, so soft, so melody. It's supple, smooth and terribly shred about little care and long, long, wear. Oh, never a fabric with the spriteness, delightness and everlovin' rightness to make you feel so never before...'til Traditional Tricot of Du PONT NYLON!
The figurative sculptures of artist Carolein Smit exude an intriguing element of the macabre within their delicate husks. Often meditations on spiritual mythology and private despair, the figurative sculptures emanate a powerful sway over the viewer, much akin to how religious sculptures can incite spiritual revelation within faithful followers. The visceral additions of blood, cocoons of hair, and reliquary bones are balanced with the pale, ethereal tones of the ceramic, illuminating the interesting juxtaposition of the contradictory nature of mythology and psychological landscapes.
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SMIT
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Apple's New Headquarters
Steve Jobs presents his proposal for a new Apple Campus to the Cupertino City Council. The presentation was recorded Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at the Cupertino Community Hall.
The Simpson's creator Matt Groening
did work for Apple.
In this booklet, dating all the way back to 1989, there are quite a few Matt Groening pieces, and a handful of glimpses at old school MACs, and the commercial concepts that accompanied them.
Apparently Matt Groening did some illustration work for MAC back in the days.
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If you live in the New York area, don’t miss your chance to see two huge sculptures by Yoshitomo Nara on Park Avenue (one is located at 62nd and Park, the other is at 70th and Park). The installations entitled “White Ghost.” The installations on Park Avenue will be removed in November 2011. Make sure to check them out before they move!
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nara
"White Ghost"
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