February 4, 2012 | Cool Travel | by Irina Rozovsky |
Fountain Studios is curated and directed by husband and wife team Troy Hagenbart and Susan Gargulio. Since it opened in 2008, Fountain has exhibited a large number of emerging artists, oftentimes as two person shows that spin contrasting bodies of work into unexpected dialogue, drawing parallels between installation, experimental music, photography, painting, and sculpture. Slowly shifting its mission (and possibly name) to include more conceptually oriented exhibits, I am looking out for upcoming delights.
February 4, 2012 | New Photography | by Irina Rozovsky |
Yola Monakhov’s project Empire Pictures weaves together images loosely connected to the Hudson River and her depictions of people leave me stunned. This photographer’s heightened interest in and sensitivity to the lives of others give her subjects dignity and importance. Strangers she has met in passing seem to be sharing openly with her camera what we are too shy to admit to ourselves. Somehow, they are as curious about her as she is about them. Read more
February 4, 2012 | New Trends | 
by Gerry Mak |
Once upon a time I was totally into visions of the future that included vehicles such as this Lit Motors C-1 fully-enclosed electric motorcycle. Now, I’m foreseeing a bit more Mad Max crossed with Lord of the Flies.
February 4, 2012 | New Photography | by Irina Rozovsky |
Gerry Badger titled his collection of essays on photography after Lee Friedlander, who once said: ‘the pleasures of good photographs are the pleasures of good photographs’. With accessible and vivacious writing, Badger makes seemingly simple claims that quickly become layered and profound. He is open-minded yet opinionated, slightly cynical, and deeply, infectiously infatuated with the medium. Reading this book and sharing it with students is indeed a pleasure. It makes sense that Badger was the 2011 winner of the Infinity Award in Writing.
February 3, 2012 | New Art | by Nicole Steen |
Incredibly detailed just using five colours or less, Chris Crites’ portraits of the seedier side of society are painted on brown paper bags. Mugshots from the past (including celebs Nick Nolte and Frank Sinatra) pinups, celebrities, nudes, and most recently, the faces of war. Read more
February 3, 2012 | New Fashion | by Nicole Steen |
Astrosatchel is the brain-child of artist Janna Hurtzig. Purses, totebags, wallets and even diaper bags made from vegan friendly vinyl and recycled textiles. Artistic appliques and stitching, bold colours and kick ass designs make these bags stand out from the pack.
February 3, 2012 | New Art | by Nicole Steen |
Sin or salvation? I was lucky enough to attend the opening of British artist Neal Fox’s Beware of the God exhibit in London this summer. A series of 12 stained glass windows made using traditional methods at Franz Mayer of Munich manufacturers dedicated to a cult of personality, revering such alternative saints as Billie Holiday, Serge Gainsbourg, ,J.G. Ballard and William S. Burroughs.
February 3, 2012 | New Art | by Nicole Steen |
1000 plus avatars and not all of them blue. In fact, these avatars are purely pixelated representations of residents of the virtual world of Secondlife and not a James Cameron film. Gracie Kendal, aka Kris Schomaker, is an artist in both worlds. The portraits explore the idea of the avatar as a constructed online identity and deals with concepts of anonymity, personality, and diversity.
February 3, 2012 | New Art | by Nicole Steen |
Yellow, pink, blue, green, red, black, white, orange, hot pink, baby blue, the elusive mint green and the very rare purple dishwashing gloves are my canvases. No longer just a symbol of the drudgery of domestic work, these rubber gloves called Dirty Dishes are hand-painted with saucy ladies of playful adventure NOT relegated to the kitchen sink. Framedfor posterity under glass, every pair is unique and signed. Read more
February 3, 2012 | New Art | by Lisa Solberg |
If you are chosen for the path of an ‘expressionist’ and/or ‘abstract expressionist’ painter: first of all, you accept that painting the intangible, aka ‘nothing’, is a lot of the times harder than painting the ‘something’. Know the challenge. Secondly, painting from only a real and honest place within yourself can be extremely exhausting and at the same time intoxicating; or, sometimes you’ll just need to get intoxicated. Give yourself a break! Read more
February 3, 2012 | Cool Websites | by Lang Leav |
Being an analogue junkie, I still enjoy window shopping. But what beats shopping in your pyjamas? A recent favourite online haunt of mine is GlitterTrees. The brainchild of Melissa Peters, (founder of Love Bento), GlitterTrees is an online shopping destination with a focus on beautiful eco products. Taking this one step further, the site pledges to plant a tree with every $50 spent.
February 3, 2012 | New Trends | by MartyParty |
If you love to stare at a starry sky, this will change your life. It shows you planets, constellations and all kinds of planetarium info in real time, as you point your iPad at the sky.
February 3, 2012 | Cool Websites | by Marius D. Hagen from Team Me |
Short of the Week is truly a treasure chest. It is basically a website dedicated to short movies. Why waste a Sunday with bad movies on the television when you can be inspired by all these amazing short movies, including this one above on American Juggalos.
February 3, 2012 | New Music | by Dijana Necovski |
Having supported The Decemberists on their last tour, don’t be surprised when you fall in love with the voices of Mountain Man after their very first verse on any track. On this one, you’ll find yourself singing: ‘Please Mister Moon, don’t tell on me’. Girls, we think you’re doing just fine.
February 3, 2012 | Cool Websites | by Lesya Westerman |
If the rain in Spain stays mainly in the plains, and you’re elsewhere, Rainy Mood can become the go-to tab to have open whilst browsing the Internet. With a simple purpose of providing the background sounds of a stormy day, Rainy Mood is perfect if you’re craving the pitter patter or just need soothing sounds of nature [listen below]. Read more
This compelling series by Parisian photographer Alain Delorme was taken in Shanghai and shows the troubled commute of Chinese delivery riders, who stack their bikes to the sky with the goods that they’re ferrying around. Unless, of course, it was all photoshopped. Wink wink. Read more
I’m sure lots of people can relate to this blog, which documents the crazy, retarded, offensive, and just plain awkward messages people send on dating site OKCupid.
Seldom has black humour been done so well. On the surface, this film about the everyday lives of some unusually mundane characters, sounds extraordinarily boring. But it is instead a cutting comment on the absurdity and drudgery of everyday life. The characters try to break out or change their lives without success, and the results are bleak and hilarious. Read more
These photos show the dramatic effects of huge volcanic ash clouds being shot through by fierce lightning bolts at the recent Puyehue eruption in Chile. Read more
Metal Heads Unite! And thanks to this map, it makes bridging the gap that much easier. Tread the lands of Death, Black, and every other kind of metal you can name.
The highly polished electronic sound of Minneapolis band UltraChorus falls somewhere between Hot Chip and Phoenix, bringing a cut and paste indie rock aesthetic to late nineties Hip-Hop and R&B. We have their debut single, Words Kept Talking [listen below], available for free download in our Music Download section.
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New York-based designer Ryan Sullivan’s shirts are printed in his studio in low runs. His latest batch works with geometric space on silky cotton poly blend shirts.
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Benjamin Edminston’s psychedelic heads seem to have some fearful wisdom behind their blissed-out eyes. Read more
It’s refreshing to see artists like Joe Kievitt who are contented to explore the beauty in simple forms and asymmetrical patterns. Read more
A little infectious lollipop rock anyone? Feel free to embarrass yourself singing along at the stoplight. If the other drivers give you that look, roll down the windows and spread the love.
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Francoise Nielly’s Yellow series
Parisian visual artist Francoise Nielly brings technicolour to the forefront in her latest series, Yellow. Featuring thick impasto palette knife strokes and trippy neon hues, Nielly captures the vulnerable expressions of her muses to a tee. Read more
Baltimore Mural by Josh Van Horne
My friend Josh Van Horne, a local Baltimore artist, did this amazing mural in our neighborhood that depicts the history of this warehouse-laden area.
Danot has created a stunning line of new illustrated tanks and tees, featuring our latest obsession, the Forlorn tanktop. Is it a bird? Or a face? Or all of the above? Dive into this graphic and decide for yourself. While you’re there, check out the other great new Danot pieces in the Lost At E Minor store
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