UTTAPORN NIMMALAIKAEW
Each piece from Thai artist Uttaporn Nimmalaikaew “starts from a canvas backdrop that is set inside a deep casement, and that is then lightly veiled by multiple layers of thread and netting. The artist paints not only on the canvas but also on the thread and netting in order to create shimmering portraits and figurative […]
WE LOVE DELHI
“WE LOVE DELHI” BY LEK & SOWAT AND HANIF KURESHI with this beautiful french-indian collaboration between Lek & Sowat and Indian artist Hanif Kureshi. After speaking with children of the community who play cricket at their site everyday, the artists decided to write the text ‘We love Delhi’ in hindi which Hanif then painted on top of their sanskrit cyphers […]
LITTLE MONSTERS AT POW! WOW!
KEVIN LYONS’ LITTLE MONSTERS AT POW! WOW! HAWAII In Honolulu for the yearly POW! WOW! Hawaii 2016, American artist, creative director, illustrator and typograph Kevin Lyons was given the perfect wall to bring to life some of his signature mischievous monsters. The New Yorker came up with the idea of these funky monster characters after he had his first child. His […]
THE MOST-VIEWED WORK OF PERFORMANCE ART IN HISTORY
THE MOST-VIEWED WORK OF PERFORMANCE ART IN HISTORY: VANESSA BEECROFT ON DITCHING THE ART WORLD FOR KANYE WEST On Valentine’s Day, the artist Vanessa Beecroft sent an e-mail telling me to go to an address on Wooster Street in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood, where she would be, as the e-mail stated, “w Kanye.” “Haven’t had a […]
Walter Yetman aka The Harsh Truth Of The Camera Eye
Walter Yetman aka The Harsh Truth Of The Camera Eye delivers this week’s Los Angeles Scene Report featuring Kemr, Jase, Delae, Spuna, Snake, Yunoe, Qyer, Aidz and more. See more photos from The Harsh Truth of the Camera Eye here and Follow him on Instagram.
STREET LIFE
Martin Wong, whose visionary paintings of the 1980s capture the tragic lows and vibrant highs of life on New York’s decaying Lower East Side, received his first and, until now, only retrospective in 1998, at the New Museum, as he was dying of AIDS. After more than a decade during which his work received relatively […]
SABIO STYLN’ IN SAO PAULO
Do you consider this a throw up these days? It’s like a throw up with a couple extra decorative touches. Sabio has some really fun letters here ether way.
PANTHER MODERN
From their website: Each project shown at Panther is given a unique structure in the format of a 3D model file, which built to engage the artist and their process of making. Given the variety of methods available to produce works in virtual space, the artist is able to choose the format in which they […]
SCENE REPORT: BAY AREA
Mike D aka Doomsday1973 delivers this week’s Bay Area Scene Report featurinf Demos, Salute, Berg, Meck, Avert, Aneml, BTH crew, Nope, Lolc Crew, Snarl, Spree, Orfn and more. See more photos from Doomsday1973 on Instagram.
BLANK ON BLANK: DAVID BOWIE ON STARDUST
BLANK ON BLANK: DAVID BOWIE ON STARDUST Our website might just be a celebration of everything is David Bowie as we mourn his passing this week. “I never really felt like a rock singer or a rock star. I always felt a little bit out of my element,” he said in this episode of the […]
Julia Vogl wins the Catlin Art Prize 2012
Huge congratulations to Julia Vogl who has been selected as this year’s winner of the Catlin Art Prize.Let’s Hang Out invites visitors to create a communal area by selecting coloured carpet titles that correspond with Julia’s pastime suggestions. A colour is designated to each activity (“Call Mum”, “Tweet” and so on). The work evolves throughout […]
Interview with Multimedia Artist, Annina Roescheisen
Annina Roescheisen is a multimedia artist working across video, photography, installation and sculpture. Reflections on character, awareness, conscience and spiritual growth are key themes in her artwork. The question of identity as an embodiment of the self is underlined subtly. Roescheisen’s video piece What Are You Fishing For? was longlisted in the Aesthetica Art Prize, […]
SCENE REPORT: DETROIT
Each week we feature updates on current graffiti scenes in a number of major U.S. cities with the help of a few select photographers. Scene Report. See more photos from German Friday and his Instagram
AN ABANDONED CHURCH IS TRANSFORMED INTO A COLORFUL SKATEPARK
An abandoned church in Llanera, Asturias was recently converted into a skate park and canvased by artist Okuda San Miguel. With the help of an online fundraising push and support from Red Bull, a collective lead by the “Church Brigade’ salvaged and transformed the space into one of the coolest spots to skate we’ve seen.
THE PAPER PAINTERS
Ella & Pitr are from the the French town of Saint-Étienne. When this duo met, Pitr, serious and of dour demeanor, unrepentant tagger and graffiti artist, had been clandestinely hitting the city walls for close to a decade, and wondering where to take things next. One dark and stormy autumnal night, this solitary individual would […]
