Posts tagged with black and white artwork
December 9, 2008 | New Illustration | by Gerry Mak |
Mark Vallen’s folk-art-esque paintings and sketches draw from Frida Kahlo and Francisco Goya, but with a modern activist realist bent — the Angelino artist strives to express themes of ‘human solidarity and compassion’. His paintings sometimes fall flat, but his pencil drawings are more consistent, with greater depth and detail in general than his oils. Read more
April 30, 2008 | New Events | by Stacey Howard |
Eli Klein Fine Art Gallery in Soho is exhibiting Zhang Hui’s first showing in New York. Read more
Through contrasting post-graffiti backgrounds and photorealistic foregrounds, Pedro Matos’ artwork highlights an alarming concern for people and their values. It’s as if he matches the subject’s thoughts, feelings and mentatlity to each cleverly painted setting. Read more
Michael C. Hsiung draws pictures of bearded and mustachioed men and mermen boxing kangaroos, growing branches, and riding unicorn porcupines. Unicorn. Porcupines. Read more
Animator Mathieu Labaye created this short film in tribute to his late father, who had been in a wheelchair for the last 15 years of his life. Read more
Swedish city Gothenburg faces a challenge comparable in size with the industrial revolution: to become a sustainable city. The Kjellgren Kaminsky architectural firm, in collaboration with a team of local volunteers, have created a vision for a sustainable Gothenburg in fifty years time. Read more
The Magazineer is ‘a blog about magazine design and print culture, written by people who love, and make, magazines’. Read more
There are two kinds of metalheads: those that are drawn by the hyper masculine, angry, aggressive aspect of metal, and those that are drawn by its Wagnerian drama, themes of pagan nature worship, and disdain towards modern civilization. The line between the latter and hippies is quite thin. I am one of these sorts of metal fans, which is why I also really love bands like The Lickets, an empyrean, luminously beautiful, experimental folk collective. They make music that makes you feel like a tiny speck floating in the vast oceans of existence, perfect for a night of star gazing, just like Burzum’s fourth album, Filosifem.
This recent photo series by Joshua Scott combines gang sign stacking with cutting edge jewelry brands, nOir and Bijules. Who needs brass knuckles when you’ve got this much swag on your fists. Stack signs and represent your set with metal and mesh. Read more
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Nerd-attack! Man, this TARDIS zipper robe is so much cooler than any Star Wars crap people are hawking this days. This is for the true gangsta nerd.
Mathematics? Leave me out. Fashematics? Now you’re talking! This gem of a site is a runway equation that adds up to a whole lot of wonderful.
How ’bout this Jose Manuel Hortelano-Pi guy, huh? Quite the illustrator, yessiree Bob. From Spain, too. Spain is great! Read more
Matthew Dear’s Black City album totem
Our friends at Ghostly International are releasing Matthew Dear’s Black City album as a limited edition ‘totem’. A what? A totem – a limited edition metal bar used to access a private music chamber. Cool! Read more
Christoph Niemann illustrates a nightmare flight
New York Times illustrator Christoph Niemann has created a brilliant visual diary outlining the peril and pitfalls that beset the everyday passenger based on his recent experience flying from New York to his home town of Berlin. Read more
The Arquebus Clothing Brand, based in Brooklyn, is dedicated to designs that are self-expressive and meaningful through imagery or typography. They are bold, positive, inspirational, motivational, witty, philosophical and very wearable. We love these pieces inspired by nature, history, and everyday living. Some favorites can be found in the Lost At E Minor store.
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