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Monday, August 6th, 2012

Shantell Martin

We first learned about Shantell Martin when we went to a Moviehouse event at 3rd Ward back in 2009. She was performing her sketch projector project – Hidden Oras. During the performance, Ms Martin live-illustrates to music being played and often encourages the crowd to participate by interacting with the projection.

Other than these performances, Ms Martin is also a skilled and prolific illustrator drawing on everything from walls, to cars to sweatshirts. She has collaborated with some pretty big brands and names like NikeID, Nigel Barker and 3×1.

Another reason we’re big fans? Although originally from London, Shantell is currently calling our favorite borough home <3

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Friday, June 29th, 2012

WATERTOWER | Tom Fruin

photo by Robert Banat

Tom Fruin’s Watertower is a new sculpture installed on the rooftop of 20 Jay Street in the DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn. As part of his series Icon, the first to be placed in the US, Fruin utilized plexiglass and steel to create a sculptural piece atop a water tower platform on the Brooklyn waterfront, essentially making his piece a new part of the Brooklyn skyline.

Fruin’s Icon series take salvaged and recycled materials to create sculptural tributes to iconic symbols of architecture. Regarding Watertower, from Fruin’s website:

“Illuminated by the sun during the day and by Ardunio-controlled light sequences designed by Ryan Holsopple at night, this beacon of light is a tribute to the iconic New York water tower and a symbol of the vibrancy of Brooklyn…”

Of note to Brooklynites and to visitors to Brooklyn, Fruin also created the ‘HOTEL’ letters seen on the facade of the new Wythe Hotel. If you haven’t seen them in person, they are quite a sight. Check them out on his site here.

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Thursday, June 28th, 2012

2012 Hanji Project | New York

2012 Hanji Project New York, Hanji Metamorphoses is a celebration of a unique Korean process that utilizes the bark of the mulberry tree and the mucilage of the Hibiscus to create unique paper and textiles beloved by scribes, craftspeople and designers alike.

Events displaying the many artistic uses of the material will be held June 28th – July 5 at various event spaces around New York City.

See where the events are taking place below and follow this link to learn times and descriptions.

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Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

The Armory Week Guide | Artlog

Artlog / The Armory Week Guide.

Having spent this past December at Art Basel Miami, we can fully admit we’re art fair snobs and addicts. The Armory Week grouping of fairs and shows is never a disappointment, so much art crammed into 4 days, forcing us out of our comfortable winter cocoons and out into the streets of New York City. Artlog’s guide to the festivities is a concise review of this year’s hottest fairs to check out. We hope to see some of you out there this year as we wander the booths and galleries!

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Friday, February 24th, 2012

Jenny Holzer | Projections

Jenny Holzer is one of my favorite artists for a few reasons:

She uses large scale public displays to reach as many people as possible
She’s a successful female artist with an amazing collection of art by other awesome female artists (Louise Bourgeois and Kiki Smith to name a few)
Since the mid-90s she’s been utilizing light-projections as a medium

And now, a few notable images from Holzer’s website

Monterrey, 2001

New Castle, 2000

Buenos Aires, 2000

Rio de Janeiro, 1999

Duisburg, 2004

New York, 2008

Paris, 2009

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Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

Riusuke Fukahori

Riusuke Fukahori uses incredibly precise painting techniques to create 3-dimensional fish using meticulous layers of paint and resin. Breathtaking stuff. | via This is Colossal (with more pics + video)

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Friday, October 14th, 2011

D. Cuypers’ Frieze Portraits

Charles Saatchi, Chapman Brothers

Two Minute Portraits by Damien Florebert Cuypers. These were done at the Frieze Art Fair for Nowness.
| via It’s Nice That

Hans Ulrich Obrist (one of my personal heroes), Tracey Emin

John Baldessari, Jeff Koons

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Friday, October 14th, 2011

FORMS

Pitchfork is curating a multimedia arts/music event at New Museum, called Forms. We should all be skeptical about and too-cool for this, sure. But we’re excited. | via Pitchfork

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Thursday, October 6th, 2011

Eda Akaltun

Crushin hard on Eda Akaltun‘s collage work right now. | via Nobrow

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Thursday, September 29th, 2011

Franklin Collao & Petra Cortright

OK OK OK… so much to <3 about this series:

Petra Cortright, Queen of the Net
Preteen Gallery
Awesome digital collage technique, reminds me of something I’ve been working on…

This awesome project comes from a collaboration between Petra and photographer Franklin Collao, for the latest issue of Caviar Izquierda. | via Petra’s Facebook

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Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

Ellis Nadler’s Cards of Wu

The Cards of Wu is a project by Ellis Nadler, and was conceived as a “satire on the Tarot in a set of 78 woodcuts.” As a reformed Tarot junky, I had a chuckle or two. | via Drawn

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Monday, September 26th, 2011

Martin Cole

martin-cole

aka The Ultimate Illustrator. Smart, sharp work comes outta this guy every day. I follow his flickr and also his many stonerific sites like upper-cut.net and dot-jpg.

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