Having recently relocated from London to Melbourne, Sarah Beetson is a dynamic and exciting young illustrator whose work ‘reflects herself in its energy and innovation. Among her current and frequent inspirations and obsessions are retro, trash and gay culture, vintage clothing, John Waters movies, Angela Carter, JT Leroy, The White Stripes and The Dresden Dolls, 1980s Pepsi logos, candy and fairgrounds. Her favourite place in the world is Coney Island, New York’. [see also Ben Frost]
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In 2008, graphic designer Becky Edgington and illustrator Sarah Beetson created two limited-edition packs of playing cards featuring images from Beetson’s exhibition, 50 Bucks: Bring On The Sluts. The images were selected from almost 500 small artworks created on moleskine paper, inspired by vintage pornography and a trip to Japan. Read more
Sarah Beetson’s I Dream in Celluloid exhibition
Premiering her fourth solo exhibition, I Dream in Celluloid, Australian artist Sarah Beetson’s work presents the strange and beautiful world of lucid dreaming. With images inspired by Beetson’s dreams and memories, the exhibition will feature everything from hand-painted quilt to a stop-motion animation of her completing one of her works. Beetson’s fantastical show will start on the Gold Coast on February 19, with ten percent of all opening night sales being donated to The Queensland Flood Appeal. Read more
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Australian-based illustrator Sarah Beetson has her third solo exhibition, You Are Not What You Eat, beginning in Adelaide next month, as part of the Fringe Festival. It will then move onto Melbourne in March. Read more
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Maths explains the origin of superhero characters
I love the colours and simple reasoning in this clever series by Scottish illustrator Matt Cowen, which uses basic maths equations to explain how certain pop culture icons came to be. Read more
Star Wars Uncut: a fully crowdsourced version of Episode IV
The project of creative technologist, Casey Pugh, this full length version of the George Lucas masterpiece was created from multiple 15 second segments recreated from the original movie and submitted by thousands of Star Wars fans, which were then spliced together by editor Aaron Valdez to form the final product. Genius, as both a commentary on contemporary pop culture trends (there are references to LEGO, stop motion, memes and the like) and on the power of tapping your audience for quality material.
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YOU'RE SAYING (9)
Zolton said | 23 September, 2006
agreed! her work is so vibrant and colourful. love it.
Dan said | 28 September, 2006
This is some filthy gorgeous stuff. LOVE IT!
caitlin said | 18 August, 2007
hey my name is caitlin beetson are you related to a arthur beetson or a dudley beetaon because i am dudley beetsons daughter and arthurs coiusin
Retro Fashion said | 13 October, 2007
All the old stuff I wore as a child is coming back. Kinda scary and makes you feel old, but it looks great most of the time.
carolyn walsh said | 11 February, 2008
really savage stuff, been following your work for ages, really inspiring stuff!:)respect!
Jackie Hallam said | 12 February, 2008
Hey Sarah like your work well always have then again i am biased lol shame about United yesterday not like when i took you
Sarah Beetson said | 12 February, 2008
Hi everybody,
Thanks so much for your comments! Caitlin, can you contact me thru facebook – maybe we are related?!
Hi Jackie! Hope you are well!
Sarah x
bethany said | 21 October, 2008
hey sarah im doing an art project on YOU its great i love your work xxx
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Liam Sparkes’s medium is ink on skin. He is a tattoo artist based out of London, mostly. His tattoo imagery looks of old school book illustrations and woodblock prints. I like the lines and cross hatches. Read more
Argentinean artist Benito Laren’s illustrations roll through the mind like a restless childhood memory. They remind me of building blocks — solid, inviting and always full of potential.
I remember the first time I saw a Mark Rothko piece at the Art Institute in Chicago. I’d only seen reproductions until that point, and I never understood why people considered the late painter so important. Read more
What is it with these big fake islands that look like things from the air? We’ve had palm trees, a map of the world, and now an island that looks like Russia! Read more
Created by fellow nerd, Ben Goldacre, Nerdy Day Trips is a website where users add points onto a giant map to tell all about their nerdy destinations. Click on the points to check out each nerd’s story, and comment, find new destinations to seek out, or add your own fun story.
What do you get when you combine the most sophisticated rock band of the past thirty years with a smooth jiving, foul mouthed rapper with enough testosterone to make up for the rock band’s distinct lack of it? Hmmm? I present Jaydiohead. The greatest mash-up since the great potato wars of 2008.
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Can you ever really get sick of red plaid pants? Geography defying brand, Mjolk certainly doesn’t think so and looking at their Autumn/Winter ’08 collection, it’s hard not to agree. Read more
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chapolito said | 23 September, 2006
I’m really diggin these illustrations. such great style, full of life and color. it’s more pop than i could ever ask for and i absolutely love it.