Category Archives: Art

Don’t mention the Ethnic Stereotyping

Posted on October 23, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Virgin Media has launched the world’s first billboard made entirely out of cheese. The broadband provider unveiled the edible advertising platform at Covent Garden in London to kick off a new ad campaign for its super-fast broadband service. The cartoon … Continue reading →

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Books on Shirts. Shirts on a Mission.

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Out of Print Clothing celebrates the world’s great stories through fashion. Their t- shirts feature iconic and often out of print book covers. Some are classics, some are just curious enough to make great t-shirts, but all are striking works … Continue reading →

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Who Would Call It Graffiti ?

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Whether you call it street art, vandalism or graffiti, Portuguese artist Alexandre Farto, AKA Vhils, has spread his amazing architectural portraiture from Moscow to Milan. The 23 year old artist has been altering building facades and the walls of abandoned … Continue reading →

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That’s Mass Production

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Sunflower Seeds 2010 Tate Modern Museum, London October 12, 2020 to May 2, 2011. “Ai Weiwei’s Sunflower Seeds challenges our first impressions: what you see is not what you see, and what you see is not what it means. The … Continue reading →

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Is This NYC’s Quirkiest Museum?

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

The City Reliquary is a not-for-profit community museum and civic organization located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Through permanent display of New York City artifacts, rotating exhibits of community collections, and annual cultural events, The City Reliquary connects visitors to both the … Continue reading →

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Here Comes the big Frieze

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

The Frieze Art Fair is the London artworld’s largest, annual contemporary art event. This year the 8th edition of the Regent’s Park show includes 173 galleries from 29 countries, along with an enormous sculpture park, films, music, workshops, talks and special … Continue reading →

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Map Works

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Thanks to reader Jeff Hill for this post. New York City born, Dallas-based artist Matthew Cusick creates these ethereal images using maps, atlas pages, books, acrylics, coffee, wood and aluminum.

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Is This How We Really See The World ?

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

The daring, imaginative Bulgarian artist/graphic designer/illustrator Yanko Tsvetkov has created a terrific website to showcase his hilarious, but biting, Mapping Stereotypes.

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Why Not Moby-Dick ?

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Inspired by Zak Smith’s Gravity’s Rainbow project and the Blood Meridian project, artist/illustrator/librarian Matt Kish has created the Every Page of Moby-Dick blog, where he posts one drawing per day illustrating each of the 540 pages of the Signet Classic … Continue reading →

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Blood Meridian at 25

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

This week, Random House is commemorating the 25th anniversary of Cormac McCarthy’s blood-soaked, horror-story of a Western, Blood Meridian, by releasing a special hardcover Modern Library edition of the novel. McCarthy fans will also want to check-out an amazing ongoing … Continue reading →

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