In what is his most outstanding group of works to date, James Marshall has lost his Nom de Guerre and infected the Space Monkeys. The Monkeys, which were the central theme of his work up until this date have somehow taken a dip in Springfield Lake and resurfaced as growths in a mutant neon landscape. The evolution/mutation has been to the greatest benefit as Marshall's work now feels refreshed and fully active.
"Diseased" which opens this Saturday, August 4th at Merry Karnowsky Gallery runs through September 1st and is not to be missed if in Los Angeles. More pictures of the art after the jump
This Bart Simpson 10" QEE by Parisian street artist Space Invader is one of 20 customized Barts that went on display in the window of Colette last week. If interested, contact galerie@colette.fr for availability. More images can be seen here
A favorite website (which also has a book), Pictures of Walls has just updated their site with a couple new galleries and a submit your own photo feature. While the site is not capable of hours of entertainment yet, it will give you an hour of entertainment. Go check it out and then vandalize things!
One may remember ages ago when this Refill 7 show was mentioned in all the hip blogs. Well, now you have the chance to actually purchase the decks that were in this show. For once let American Currency take you somewhere and actually get a discount. All boards are priced at 500 AU which in greenbacks is $429. Standouts from the show include (pictured from left to right) Nails (Niels Oeltjen), Genevieve Gauckler, and the Vision Psycho Stick. There are boatloads of other artists with big names, but I will let you discover for yourself. Purchase here or browse the flickr account here
This Thursday night, Scion will be hosting the "Easy 10 Filmmaker Series" in NYC. The Easy 10 is billed as an "Evening of Short Films and Cinematic Socializing" and will feature 10 shorts including one titled 'Pigeon Mumbler' by friend of the TWBE, Roger Gastman. The rest of the flier after the jump. RSVP here
Alex Pardee has a great story on his blog about a false guardian angel. It is quite interesting and shows one mans battle and victory with superstition. I remember as a younger self that I carried one of those funny gnomes around in my pocket to ward off the Police and teachers (to much success). It did help that this was during those wacky years where I would wear size 40 jeans with the ultra-fat legs even though I was lean machine. Anyway read up and reflect on your wacky superstitions and if they have paid off. Right here on his blog
I don't know about you, but this definitely looks like my church. And by "my church" I mean the sales conference I was at last week in the Poconos. The crowd was a bit lighter than this and I do believe that the dollar sign was replaced with the almighty £. But how would I really know since the majority of my time was spent lounging in the kiddie pool with my water wings. "Need sauce for those?" All in all good work Shepard in depicting what a typical sales conference really does look like.
A new blog, that could become a staple! It's like Vice magazine's Do's and Don'ts, minus the page reload. The only downside is content, since this type of site needs a lot of it to survive.
All I have to say is that this studded denim blazer is the worst execution of an idea that I have ever seen. I can only imagine Scott Weiland wearing this one, and it probably weighs more than he does wet. BTW, rumor has it there might be a 20th anniversary GnR reunion show in L.A., the missing link being AXL of course.
Cuckoo clocks are normally left for the walls of Grandma's house, but German street artist Stefan Strumbel thinks otherwise. He creates and paints by hand a modern update to the classic cuckoo. Bring the cuckoo clock back is what I think. If one is interested in purchasing one of these gems, there are a couple available at the "These walls Belong To Us" auction, linked to here
Digg's new look. Arc is a new way to view Digg, created by the Digg Labs. (Outsourced to marumushi)It looks like a giant sunburst, with every ray representing a news story. The larger the ray is, the more Diggs the post has received.
Also, people who post more than once are linked by a transparent thread, so if you liked what they’ve Dugg, maybe you’ll be interested in something else they’ve posted.
Via ktsune noir.
The new issue of Complex with guest editor Kanye West hits newsstands this week. Kaws along with REAS, Brent Rollins, and a few other artists also directed pages for the issue. Here is one of Kaws images from the shoot with photographer Matt Doyle.
Staying up and current with the digital age, Brooklyn's Bast has a website. In keeping with his true form, the site is raw and sloppy with the highlight being the intro. This site is not for the internet saavy and would be best viewed on dial-up.
Under Tokyo, browsing through the gallery of shots from Tokyo's underground, I think you'll agree there's something pretty interesting going on down there. It looks like a scene from the matrix.
It is nice to see that cops realize the drug war is a waste of time. It is also nice to see that Police feel guilty for incarcerating non-violent drug offenders. And it is super great when ex-cops give you tips on how not to get busted. Read it here at Radar online
A site for men to discuss growing, washing, brushing, and wearing long, luxurious locks. Many of the posts take on a defiant tone and mention things like "fighting the good fight," which, we assume, means not getting a haircut. Very scary, very scary!
New video by Yacht "women of the world will take over" demonstrates that you really do not have to be that good at editing to make a video. It feels like the early days of MTV.
Flavor Flav aka Jonathan Drayton Jr. joins the elite and gets roasted on comedy central. Roasters include Patton Oswalt, Jimmy Kimmel, Carrot Top ... and of course, Snoop. Poor Brigitte. Premieres 8/12 on Comedy Central. Via Stereogum, for another clip from Lisa Lampanelli, click here.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Iraq moved into its first Asian Cup final, beating South Korea 4-3 on penalty kicks Wednesday night after a 0-0 tie. At least 50 fans were killed by car bombs during postgame celebrations in Baghdad.
Iraq advanced to Sunday's final in Jakarta against Saudi Arabia, which beat two-time defending champion Japan 3-2 in Hanoi. The winner of the tournament joins the United States, Brazil, Italy and host South Africa at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup along with the champions of Europe, Africa and Oceania.
Thousands of fans gathered in the central Baghdad district of Karradah to celebrate Iraq's victory by dancing, beating drums and chanting "Iraq! Iraq! The first bomb exploded in a crowd of people cheering near a well-known ice cream parlor in Baghdad's western neighborhood of Mansour, according to police and hospital officials. At least 30 people were killed and 75 were wounded, an Interior Ministry official said.
Another suicide car bomber detonated his payload about 45 minutes later in the midst of dozens of vehicles filled with revelers near an Iraqi army checkpoint in the eastern district of Ghadeer, killing at least 20 people, including two soldiers, and wounding 61, according to the ministry official. Via the Washington Post.
2007 sees the 50th anniversary of the most ubiquitous sans-serif typeface on the planet (with the possible exception of Arial). Helvetica has been honored in the form of a feature length documentary and an exhibition at MoMA in New York. Now, Blanka and Candy Collective have curated an exhibition at the Design Museum in London which features one imagemaker for each year of the typeface's existence. Our eyes are on the NB Studio's print above, championing Apple's integration of Helvetica as a system font on every machine they've made since 1985. A chance to peruse (and purchase) the other offerings can be found here.
Do you need to waste 10:24? This little gem is a compilation of some of the best Homer moments from The Simpsons, over the years. The quality varies, but the comic genius does not. Enjoy! Consider it a teaser to the movie.
Shepard Fairey teams up with MC5 to bring the message. The collaboration which includes a signature military jacket, T-shirt and ballcap, is even more notable because of its otherwise dubious origins: a bootleg. When Shepard discovered the seminal Detroit rockers’ trademark white panther logo and assimilated it into a design of his own, the band’s Mike Davis took note and reached out to Fairey to make the it legit. To read more about this story and Mike Davis thoughts on Shep, check out supertouch.
The sartorialist empire grows. He started out with a blog, then men.style, then GQ, style.com, and now Wallpaper. A hobby of taking well edited photos of beautiful people on the street and putting them online. Scott has become the fashion source of the street. This is my favorite of the moment.
New York City. Madame Tussauds New York has a new victim in their celebs in prisoner's uniform series, Lindsay Lohan. The wax museum launched their new exhibit by dressing up the wax figure of Lindsay Lohan with a prisoner's uniform stripped from the Paris Hilton exhibit.
Available at this moment is a nice drawing by Richard Colman. This Untitled piece measures 4" x 6" and is priced at an attainable $425. This is just one of his pieces featured in 'Tigers in a tropical storm' at The Riviera Gallery. Contact them for more info. Don't sleep!
If you are a beachgoing lass or have a fine lady who likes sand, sun, and surf, this is just the bikini for you. Part two of this collaboration features some nice Kaws action in the form of a gold snake (they're so hot right now) graphic overlaid on some MOB black goodness. Available this friday, the bikini will look great just in time for the weekend.
Yuri is a Frank Sinatra look-a-like, born in the Eastern Bloc who aspires to a simple life of sunflowers and fieldwork. In an effort to capture the heart of a beautiful Israeli immigrant, he joined the armed forces. Although this clashed with his pacifist nature, lust for young eastern Europeans is full of contradiction. His favorite drinking activity is "hot pigeon" (the old world version of what we call "hot potato") where when the accordians stop playing, the possessor of the pigeon has to bite its head off. This print captures Yuri in a moment of loss, surprised at the reaction from the Israeli girl who just asked "But, Yuri I thought you were a pacifist".
The Walls Belong To Us is an Art Auction benefiting Alan "Ket" Maridueña's legal defense against the feds. Billed as "the largest line up of global graffiti, urban art and photography ever assembled in one space" it should be outstanding. Familiar faces include Barry McGee, Jose Parla, ESPO, LEE, Crash, Daze and the list goes on. Bidding for the art begins July 25th and can be done here. Tickets to the event on August 1st at Powerhouse can be purchased online, or $30 at the door.
London artist Jason Taylor has installed a series of his sculptures under the sea off the coast of Grenada. The aim of the sculpture park is to create a unique space which highlights environmental processes and celebrates local culture. The structure will allow soft and hard corals, algae and sponges to colonise creating an artificial reef.
Twbe, font. Designer, Oliver Munday, created a 3-dimensional alphabet made from burned army figures. Remember when using a magnifying glass to melt army men was a way to pass time. Now everything you do can have a purpose.
Looking for rare Radiohead art, or rare Radiohead recordings? Check out eil.com you can also find just about anything here. Its great for finding art to use on the iphone coverflow.
An instant classic, this 99 problems t-shirt pays homage to the great Barry Bonds through some witty linguistics usurping Jay-Z's 99 problems song. This T-shirt is part of Upper Playground's Fall 2007 collection and was designed by illustrator Chris Wright.
Found opened last weekend across the pond at The Leonard Street Gallery and to put it in the gallery's words is "an exhibition of original artworks made on found objects, discovered materials and other rarities by artists Matt Small, Nick Walker, Beejoir, AMP, Arofish, Mantis, Asbestos, Luc Price, Sweet Toof and New Yorkers Chris Stain, Skewville, Judith Supine, Elbow-toe and Rene Gagnon."
Keeping with the frontal assault of (somewhat) affordable art consumption, a series of Limited Edition prints will accompany the show and be issued in a staggered release. Dates are as follows after the jump
Travis Louie, creates arresting images with his brush. Louie's work is so realistic that he has been accused of doctoring vintage photographs. His process is actually painstakingly blending layers of paint over a fully rendered pencil drawing, reproducing perfectly the shadow and light in the glowing haze of the 19th century world. His work can be viewed on his site
"Dracula’s Castle” in Transylvania went up for sale by an heir of Romania’s former royal family. The castle is perched on a cliff near Brasov in mountainous central Romania and was built in the 14th century as a fortress to protect against the invading Ottoman Turks. After being restored in the late 1980s it gained popularity as a tourist attraction known as “Dracula’s Castle.” It has been predicted that the castle will sell for more than $135 million and will only be sold to a buyer who will treat the property and history with respect. Oh and the resident bats also need to stay.
"Do you find dealing with email boring? Would your day be brighter if your email was rendered as characters in a SecondLife style universe, complete with spam eating sharks? Were you dropped on your head as a child? Introducing". Via techCrunch.
Ricky Gervais,the office, extras,(on dvd now) reveals to men.style his secret passion for painting. It is a great video you must watch again and again.
Todays muse hales from "The Apartment Life No.2" magazine that arrived at the twbe offices last week. She is part of a fashion editorial spread, that of course give no names except the photographers. Photographed by Rinze van Brugh & Michael Creagh.
Sisley's new ad campaign, features girls snorting dresses with a white powderd credit card and the misspelling of Fashioin. Its causing a fuss, but its "poetic license", regardless if you like it it makes you aware of Sisley.
This is actual soap. shaped like little hands! each ‘hand’ is hand made. wash your hands with hands. the soaps range from 1/2” to 2”. it’s goat’s milk glycerin & has a light scent. really quite lovely! comes in a pretty bag… all ready for gifting to a friend with dirty paws! Buy it here for $12.00 + S&H.(foliage.myshopify).
The people at Fox painted a giant Homer Simpson next to the Cerne Abbas giant - a 180ft 17th century fertility symbol carved in the hillside above Cerne Abbas - to promote the new Simpsons movie. Apparently this pissed off the people at The Pagan Federation, and their district manager said:
“It’s very disrespectful and not at all aesthetically pleasing. We were hoping for some dry weather but I think I have changed my mind. We’ll be doing some rain magic to bring the rain and wash it away. I’m amazed they got permission to do something so ridiculous. It’s an area of scientific interest.”
You know what else is an area of scientific interest? My brain. But only because it's incredible something so big could actually fit in a human skull.
Via Geekologie
Do you have 45 minutes to spare? If so watch this amazing BBC documentary on Real dolls, if your not familiar with real dolls, then let us introduce you to them. Since 1996, they have been using Hollywood special effects technology to produce the most realistic love doll in the world, featuring completely articulated skeletons which allow for anatomically correct positioning, an exclusive blend of the most expensive silicone rubbers for an ultra-flesh like feel, " If you've ever dreamed of creating your ideal woman, then you have come to the right place." The documentary is brilliant, it lets you see who buys you the dolls, and how they live with them. One owner has a organic girlfriend and 8 real dolls. Lets just say it leaves you speechless.
Well we know street art is popular these days, but now everyone is getting in on the action. Several works from the National Gallery are hanging in the streets of London - it's the Grand Tour initiative and it's hoping to lure more visitors into the museum.
Holbein's Ambassadors is particularly fun since this public display makes it easier to see the anamorphic skull. It isn't easy to come this close to a painting in a museum.
It is Tuesday again, which means another print release by art machine Shepard Fairey. Does he have a sweatshop going here? Does he take vacation? Who knows? Releasing in two colorways, the choice is kind of yours. Other colorway after the jump
Via Gizmodo, the crawling zombie is alsome! The Crawling Zombie, a legless, lifeless and red-eyed oaf that chases you across the table as he cries out such pithy sayings as "Hey, slow down, would ya? I can only crawl so fast!", and "I can't feel my legs," and even more wisecracks. Jump to the next page for a video of this undulating undead ogre in action.
Spoon Sisters created these little "gems". Pencils adorned with Swarovski crystals. They are colored by hand with vegetable dyes that permeate the entire pencil; when sharpened, the ends maintain the dark stain, never showing the natural color of the wood. Sold as a set of five -- each with a different color crystal. Pencils measure 7”L, including pre-sharpened point. Come packaged in a sleek black paper slide box. Total cost, $15.95.
On newsstands yesterday and available to purchase today, Swindle no. 12 includes a great interview with coverboys Faile, Ron English's muses, a feature on the Ferus Gallery as well as a nice quip on back-in-the-day Detroit Hardcore. Definitely make your way out to a local retailer and pick up a copy.
Instead of saying "we are getting the band back together", or trying to reinvent you acting career, pitch a deal to VH1 or A&E. ( I remember when A&E seemed educational) So if you did not know already Corey Haim and Corey Feldman, that magical 80’s screen duo, are back starting July 29 on A&E in The TwoCoreys. Despite the fact that both have had difficulty finding work in recent years, it seems that RDF USA (the people behind Wife Swap, Survival of the Richest and Ice T’s Rap School) want to give the former child stars their own TV series. The Coreys is planned to be an improv-type comedy show, similar to Curb Your Enthusiasm, where they play slightly fictionalized versions of themselves. Feldman is living life in suburbia with his wife Suzie and their son, when the single Haim is brought back into the picture and “shakes life up for the Feldmans”. And Chachi,(Scott Baio) is trying to find love, I thought he found a lot of love in his day.
Also I would like to note, the new Brett Michaels show, on VH1 "Rock of Love" is the new version of Flavor of love, with dumb rocker girls/strippers with bad plastic surgery a mashup of a drunk mess. The 80's rock groupie lives. Long live the "band aids"!
Alex Lukas is featured in a relatively new show, "Brain Bashers" at Andenken Gallery in Denver, Colorado. Field #3 (above) is one of three works he has in the show. Measuring 14" x 18" and created using a mix of Ink, Watercolor, Acrylic, Enamel, Silkscreen, Gouache, and Spraypaint on Paper he achieves a gorgeous landscape. At $650, it is a steal. Someone buy this.
Here at twbe, we receive many invites to all the posh events around the city, and I have to say this is one of the bizarre ones. The box came to us like a box of roses, but instead, we get carrots. This invite is for the Spring 2008 Press Preview for Mens Jewelry. the event is at the University Club. I wonder if they are organic.
This Tuesday night at McCarren Pool sit back with all the kids and watch one of the best films ever made, and probably Ben Affleck's best role. Dazed and Confused launched a few actors careers, enjoy.
Anthony Gormley currently has a major exhibition at the Hayward Gallery. In addition there are 30 of his nude statues, part of a huge installation called Event Horizon, dotted across the London skyline. This one is atop the National Theatre. One is at ground level on Waterloo Bridge.
Via Wooster Collective, Placed outside of the White Cube Gallery Masons yard at 3.30 am on Sunday night in response to the Damien Hirst's "For The Love of God" diamond skull exhibition.
The "For the Love of God" prank was created using 6522 Swarovski crystals
and took Laura, the artist, a month to create.
Going on display at the end of August at The Metropolitan Museum of Art is Damien Hirst's "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living". Basically a tiger shark encased in formaldehyde inside of a tank, the work is one of the most notable pieces by the YBA. More here
Our favorite new new bar to open in Williamsburg, "Macri Park" located on Union, between Metropolitan and Conselyea St. The bar takes its name from the Park across the street. It features a outdoor space and a indoor grass stage/dj booth. By the looks of it there was a little $$$ that went into it, from the in-floor lighting to the angled celling. One of the best features of the bar is the full walk through open space from street to backyard, which creates a wind tunnel to keep you cool. The bar opens at 6am so if your looking for a early drink or a late late drink, its possible here. They plan to start serving some coffee and lite breakfast snacks in from the kitchenette. The bar is a "finished" product, so enjoy the drinks at this new off campus spot!
Convert your MacBook into a briefcase with the MacBook Handle-It. The Handle-It is very sleek, although you won’t have any storage pockets for your plug.
Case Mate, who sells the device for $49, describes, “Handle-it by Case-mate is the ultimate way to take your Apple notebook virtually anywhere. Designed exclusively for the MacBook this unique device is constructed of resilient aircraft aluminum (in either black or white) and accented with Case-mate’s trademark embossed, Italian Pebblestone leather for added style and comfort while carrying. In use, handle-it doubles converts to a passive heat sink which folds underneath the laptop allowing better airflow and promoting cooling.”
And they have a really nice iphone leather sleeve!
PhotoBlogger Dalton Rooney has a solo show at Design within Reach Brooklyn, July 19th, if the images look as nice as the postcard it might be worth the visit.
If your planning a a traveling this year it will be real easy to find your bag at the airport. Dutch designer Marcel Wanders has collaborated with PUMA to create a design focused accessories collection for Spring 2007. The result of this collaboration was presented to the press last week in Amsterdam with a very nice lounge party at the Hotel De Goudfazant. Everyone is making luggage these days.
If you really need an excuse to subscribe to arkitip, here is one. Included in the July 15th release of the magazine is a collaboration between Kaws (original fake) and incase, the result being a sick laptop case(above) which also doubles as the magazines case. Only 1000 of these will be available, by getting a subscription by tommorow you will be guaranteed one. Well worth it.
USA Today reports that early iPhone adopters are overwhelmingly happy with their iPhones.
In one of the first such studies, 90% of 200 owners said they were "extremely" or "very" satisfied with their phone. And 85% said they are "extremely" or "very" likely to recommend the device to others, says the online survey conducted and paid for by market researcher Interpret of Santa Monica, Calif. The firm surveyed 1,000 cellphone users July 6-10.
Of course, early adopters are a special population and may not reflect the satisfaction of later consumers as a whole. Some other interesting statistics that came from the studies are included:
• 51% of buyers were switching to AT&T from another carrier
• 35% of carrier switchers paid an early termination fee (avg $167) to switch
• 3 of 10 were first-time Apple customers.
• for 4 of 10, the iPhone was their first iPod
• New iPhone owners expected to pay about $35 more a month than their previous cellphone. Via MacRumors.
The team at Behance is offering a great alternative to the traditional lined and boxed sketch guides. The Dot Grid Book offers a very light geometric dot matrix that, will disappears immediately after drawing a line over it, and allows you to scan the image into Photoshop with minimal need for adjustment.
This ad for the museum of sex in today's AMNY has to be the scariest thing ever. I am a bit speechless. Man? Women? He-she-it, I am not sure what is happening.
One of the twbe moments on tv, Carlton is hyped up on speed and goes to the prom, a brilliant actor tv forgot! Who knew a spot with Michael on a pepsi ad would have lead to this. You tube truly has everything under the sun, for more carlton dance moves click here.
Word from the horses mouth today...
For Immediate Release
HBOS EMMY-NOMINATED COMEDY SERIES EXTRAS TO END ITS RUN WITH A ONE-HOUR SPECIAL WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY SERIES CREATORS RICKY GERVAIS AND STEPHEN MERCHANT
“Fame is a mask that eats into the face – even a pug-nosed face,” says Ricky Gervais
You can buy both seasons of Extras right now. And you should.
"The flamboyant singer of 'The Doors,' the beautiful California boy, had become an inert lump crumpled in the toilet of a nightclub." Sam Bernett, whose French-language book is called "The End: Jim Morrison," says he believes two drug dealers brought Morrison's body back to his apartment. The official story goes like this: On the last night of Jim Morrison's life, the rocker went to a movie in Paris, listened to records, fell ill and died of heart failure in his bathtub at the age of 27. Regardless on how he died, it sounds like it might be a good book to read. More on the story
Amazing photographer,Josh Cheuse, captured so many moments of musical history. Stussy released a limited addition of his images on T-shirts, plus a video documentary of his work. I have always been a huge fan of his work and his ethics to making great art. For more of Josh's work check out his site.
Galapagos, this Sunday don’t be shy. You know you want to find out what some of NYC’s hottest choreographers want you to do to them. Their dance offerings will satiate your curiosity as they fill in the blank for your enjoyment . . . so good, you’ll want to _______ them all after the show.
The choreographers were challenged to complete the sentence “I want you to ______ me.” and draw on this newly formed thought as inspiration for an original work. Each artist brings their own unique approach to performance to the intimate backroom for one electric evening.
So you have no place to go swimming this summer. Let the pool come to you, offically launched this past weekend, "the Floating Pool Lady", a barge with a built-in swimming pool docked in the East River off Brooklyn Heights. For more information on the Lady, check out the Brooklyn Parks site. To learn more about the pool check out the Neptune fondation.
Magnolia Baker closed today for health violations. Mouse poop was found. It's not like the KFC problem, but standing in line for hours to get a cupcake the has mouse shit in it does not seem that appealing. Let me recommend BabyCakes. Best baker in the L.E.S.
What has this world come to. Lets add a "bassO matic" reference, (sorta) and a iphone in a blender, and what do you get? Someone who wants to have a purpose.
Friday, July 13th, 2007 7pm-11pm Scion and SWINDLE Magazine present:
Installation 4 It's a Beautiful World
featuring art by:
Andrew Pommier, Angela Boatwright, Blaine Fontana, Blek le Rat, Books llll, Caia Koopman, Chris Yormick, Cody Hudson, Dalek, David Choe, Eye One, Francesco LoCastro, J. Shea, James Jean, Jeff Soto, Joshua Krause, Kofie, Mel Kadel, Michael Sieben, Mike Giant, R. Grimes, Rammellzee, RETNA, Ron English, Sage Vaughn, Sam Flores, Tim McCormick, Travis Millard. Artists in attendance: Ron English & Dalek. Music provided by DJs Intel & Duane Powell.
Show runs: 7/13/07-7/25/07
RICHMOND, Texas -- A teenager was killed in a freak accident while lifting weights, the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Department announced Monday.
Deputies said Cameron Michael Shaub, 16, was lifting weights alone at his home when a 240-pound barbell fell on his throat on Friday.
Cameron's father found his son's lifeless 195-pound body on his weight bench.
Opening tommorow at GERING & LóPEZ GALLERY, PopCentric is a group exhibition of 13 internationally renown artists curated by artist Michael Bevilacqua and gallerist Sandra Gering. "This exhibition surveys a new generation of Pop artists continuing the exploration of pop themes while employing new techniques drawn from popular mass culture. Still inspired by an obsession with consumerism and commercial imagery, these artists are less concerned with literal renderings but rather allow an emotional connection to contemporary culture to fuel their work."
What makes this most exciting for me is the two Kaws paintings on display. Whoever is lucky enough to purchase them is a smart person.
Aug 25, take the quiz and hang out. The "BOB", the first annual Brooklyn overnight barbecue, not far from Coney Island is the retired airport where Amelia Earhart flew out of, you will find a campground(in NYC!). Bring you own food and camping gear and show up for a big party. Play music bring it with you! It looks like it could be fun, or go horrible bad! You can make choose.... For more information check out the site and take the quiz.
Interpol's new album "Our Love to Admire", is out. If you have not checked out the new site, you should it is really beautiful. The songs you need to know are.....
Pioneer to the Falls, and All fired Up, are my picks. We at twbe have had the album for a while now and lets just say its a great album, it is in heavy rotation at the headquarters.
Opening this Thursday at the Riviera Gallery in Williamsburg is—aptly titled for the weather—Tigers in a tropical storm. Featuring the incredible likes of Richard Colman, Matt Leines (above), and Taylor McKimens the show is very promising. The showstopper is a 10' x 12' mural by Richard Colman that I could spend hours in front of. The opening is from 6 - 11 and is sure to include some local flavor. Stop by and sweat for a bit.
FredriksonStallard Kite #1, comes from the original “Falco Subbuteo” by way of an outline. Pull out the kite from its packaging and the kite unfolds itself, no complicated assembly - just attach the line and Kite #1 is ready to fly, scare other birds and entertain the neighbours. Buy it here.
Another day another dollar, or in this case large currency. The cash machine/workhorse Shepard Fairey drops two large format prints on the public today. Two Sides of Capitalism: Good / Bad, were showstoppers at his E Pluribus Venom show and now the more affordable version can be yours. Each in an Edition of 89 measuring roughly 30" x 44", the prints are masterpieces and at $450 a pop a sound investment. Go buy yourself the pair, frame them, and enjoy.
Metallica singer James Hetfield was investigated by UK airport officials who believed he was a terrorist this week, it has been claimed. The star was barred entry to Luton airport on Thursday and questioned by staff who were concerned about his appearance. Fears that Hetfield might be involved in terrorism were apparently founded on his "Taliban-like beard", according to The Times. He was allowed to leave the airport after a brief interrogation, when he persuaded officials that he was a rock star. Metallica played Live Earth at Wembley Stadium.Via Yahoo
Available for a brief moment is a new print by the man the British coined "The New Hockney", David Choe. Titled 'Hell Houndz' the print is in an edition of 76 and measures an inconvenient, but classic 19" x 25". Here is what the man had to say about it.
"In celebration of my new rott puppies, And my love of killer dogs, and every DMX song that has him barking in it.Comes out newest print, Sexy Vvanda walks our two hell houndz, Helmut and Puma. She is wearing no underwear and doesn’t care because she walks down the street in full confidence and safety behind her two bearlike angels, all claws and teeth.
Opening this friday at McCaig-Welles in Brooklyn, New York Legends features new work by stay-hard graffiti artists Cope 2, Blade, Seen, Ghost, JonOne, and Iz the Wiz. It is always interesting to see the transition for graff artists to canvas and indoor spaces, but no doubt the show will be legendary. Bring your black book!
In an attempt to replace the hipster love for Pabst, Colt 45 teamed up with graphic novelist Jim Mahfood to create a ad campaign to celebrate the love for the 40oz and a brown bag. Does anyone remember cool colt? Its here at 40ozmaltliquor.com
along with many other 40oz that have come and gone.
There is a new steakhouse in town at the corner of Leonard and Conselyea. It offers a little history of Brooklyn and who is famous from the area. It's hard to say who the target audience is, its "off campus" but it looks nice from the outside. Gmap
Enertia Bike created by Brammo Motorsports, a company based in Oregon, will be available in the States early 2008. Enertia Bike was designed from the ground up to be a fully electric bike. It has a top speed of 50 mph, range of 45 miles, and can fully recharge via a standard plug in 3 hours. It weighs just 275 pounds, and uses a direct-chain drive for power. For more info and photo's check out treehugger, or check out there site.
Sidel's innovative NoBottle, which the company is pitching as a "water skin." Unlike traditional half-liter water bottles which weigh in around 13 to 16 grams, Sidel's NoBottle comes in at just under 10 grams. Sidel used its proprietary plastic technology, dubbed Flex, to make this new "water skin." Because it is highly flexible and has shape-memory, Flex allows the bottle to spring back to its original shape upon being compressed or gripped in any way.
"The Show on Vegas", in celebration of the city's recent centennial, M+B Galler of L.A, has put together the ultimate visual tribute to Las Vegas and is pleased to present The Show on Vegas , a group exhibition of photographs of the city as seen through the eyes of many of the most important photographers of the past 50 years. Based on the recently released book, The Book on Vegas (Greybull Press, 2006) and curated by Lisa Eisner and Roman Alonso, these classic and contemporary images capture the true essence of what makes Vegas the high/low pleasure capital of the world: its entertainers and celebrities, its winners and losers, the dealers, divas, players and dreamers.
The Show on Vegas features landmark images of the desert city's architecture, street life, weddings, casinos and surrounding landscape, in both color and black and white. The Show on Vegas will be luminous, loud and spectacular--just like the city itself. Running from June 28 to August 25.
New York-based artist, Tar Donovan transforms everyday materials in beautiful visual landscapes. "Untitled(Plastic Cups)," NO at New York's PaceWildenstein Gallery, consists of three million stacked plastic cups. It's a virtual landscape, the prettiest landfill I have ever scene!
Watch the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs video for “One Night In Paris”, on a crappy Yahoo video player. The only good thing is ...the song is good, its a good video, and you do not have to sit through a ad before the video plays.
A big monster movie. Shot with the trust video phone, the Trailer for the new film is making its way on the net. If you’re like me you’ve heard nothing about it. The most complete list comes from AICN, to sum it up:
- The giant monster is referred to internally as “The Parasite”
- The majority of the film will be shot on handheld cameras, as if from the perspective of citizens of New York under attack
- It will be a relatively small film but will deliver some “big thrills” like an Manhattan-leveling earthquake or an oil tanker capsizing near the Statue of Liberty…or, you know, what we saw in the trailer
Looking for twbe deal, go to Walmart. I know Walmart, and pick up a 32 polaroid tv for $699.00. Swallow your pride and get a big tv for cheap. The prices are falling the tv market is flooded, so if you bought a 32 inch Sony last fall for $1800.00 you might be kicking yourself. Now you have the tv you can watch these really cool dvd's from panoramica
The centerpiece of the main gallery at the Jonathan Levine Gallery, 'Sunsets' is being released today as a print on Shepard Fairey's internet portal. The edition is most likely 350, a jump from the standard 300 which is great as 50 more people are likely to be gifted with this print. An instant classic, you can expect 'Sunsets' to arrive on ebay by tommorow. Let's hope I don't have to dig around there. If you do miss the print, you can still buy the original painting for a mere 40 g's
In lieu of it being a holiday week and the offices at the worlds best is on skeleton crew duty, we have put together a list of fireworks accidents for you to enjoy. So enjoy
Via Gizmodo.....You probably know by now that the iPhone only lasts about 300-400 charges —and that's most likely full charges, not topping it off from 80% to 100% at night—before you have to send it into Apple for a replacement. Apple's just thrown up a page saying it's going to be $79 with $6.95 shipping, which is $85.95 per phone when you send yours in.
Sending it in also wipes out all your saved data, so you'll have to resync it (but it also wipes out your text messages and email, which you may not be able to resync). Hopefully nobody will have to deal with this for another year or two.
Twbe, recommends checking out The Editors. They are playing webster hall, September 7th tickets are still available at ticketweb. Its a great live show!
Ryan McGinley is obviously the photographer/man of the moment. So much so that Puma has gotten together with him to make a short film in promotion of their new bike/gear line. The film is of two naked lovers frolicking in an eden-like landscape. Truly beautiful and complimentary of his photography. Watching this makes me realize that I need to find a beautiful naked lady with a huge, fertile plot of land to play around on. Watch it here. via V magazine
This month during the bearable winter of Sao Paolo, Brasil's favorite graffiti writing twins Os Gemeos are holding a modest show of 30 drawings at brasilian powerhouse Galeria Fortes Vilaça. The drawings are glimpse into the genius of the twins, as most are preliminary sketches for the art that they gift to the public on the street.
From the press release:
"All the drawings on show are small-format; originally, many of them served as studies for street paintings, others were conceived merely to be rendered on paper. The older drawings, dated from up to three years ago, were folded up and taken around, tucked inside the twin's clothing pockets. They are time-worn and bear traces of their roles as sketches, such as scribblings, soiled spots, and even blotches of spray paint."
For more information on the show visit the gallery website here. via supertouch
