Category Archives: Art

Vintage Murakami

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

Vintage books has reissued its Haruki Murakami 15-book backlist with redesigned covers based on a unified color palette of red, black and white, and the use of the circle as a central motif. The original illustrations were screenprinted by Israeli-born … Continue reading →

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Ban This Book

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

Today is the final official day of 2012 Banned Book Week. I thought we’d “celebrate” with this comic created by Grant Snider. You can see more of Grant’s clever work over at his website called Incidental Comics. Take a look.

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Injustice Anywhere…

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

Polish-born, New York City-based artist Olek yarn-bombed London last month with this awesome four panel knit grafitti installation. The project was in collaboration with Anti-Slavery International and Street Artists Against Slavery. The quote, by the way, is from Martin Luther … Continue reading →

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Street View Ghosts

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

Media artist/provocateur Paolo Cirio has created a new take on street art using images of unsuspecting people captured by Google Street View. Cirio prints life-size pictures of the unidentified pedestrians and pastes the cut-outs on walls at the exact spots … Continue reading →

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Another Reason to Love Barcelona

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

Tens of thousands of tourists and Barcelona residents were treated to a breathtaking multimedia spectacle at the iconic Sagrada Familia church on the nights of September 21,22 and 23.. Entitled Ode a la Vie, the installation was produced by Montreal’s … Continue reading →

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Nary a Cheesesteak

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

Street art is undoubtedly the most exciting and powerful contemporary art movement. At its core street art is an ephemeral exercise, often disappearing within days of its installation. The precarious, and often politically fraught, nature of street art necessitates dedicated … Continue reading →

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Is It Overdue

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

Italian-born, Berlin-based artist Frederico Pietrella uses diverse medium in his work, but lately he has added a unique tool—library date stamps. The time-intensive, large-scale images takes weeks to complete and are selling for up to €20,000. The DW video below offers … Continue reading →

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Open Air Philly

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

“Open Air is an interactive art installation designed to transform Philadelphia’s historic Benjamin Franklin Parkway, between tonight and October 14, 2012. In this project, twenty four powerful searchlights create unique, dynamic light formations in the sky which react to voice messages … Continue reading →

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Literature vs Traffic

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

This past summer our favorite Spanish street art collective Luzinterruptus  visited Melbourne, Australia and made a lasting impression with the reprise of their installation called “Literature vs. Traffic”. The work, which they previously offered in New York City, incorporated more … Continue reading →

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Painting Europe

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

This Spring, Berlin-based Bruno Levy and Blake Shaw, better known as the performance art group Sweatshoppe, video-bombed five European cities. Utilizing a technique that they call “Video Painting” based on their own secret software blend, the duo temporarily covers urban … Continue reading →

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