Parisian graffiti artist André once again keeps himself busy these days. Just recently we reported about his collaboration with Incase as part of the Curated by Arkitip collection. Here we take a look now at a series of Quiksilver that the artist custom hand painted with his artwork. Overall he worked on 12 surfboard. For now it is now clear whether these will be sold, auctioned off or not come out at all. We will keep you posted.
New York artist KR will be participating in an exhibition at the Vicious Gallery in Hamburg starting on Halloween, October 31st, 2009. The event will feature a number of works alongside a piece involving the painting of a Cooper Mini in what we can anticipate to be KR’s iconic drips motif.
KR x Mini Exhibition
Vicious Gallery
Kleine Freiheit 46
D-22767 Hamburg
Germany
p: +49 (0)40 67305653
To coincide with the Haters exhibit opening tonight, Insa designed a new print. Titled Chains, it will be available in three colours at the show tonight and next week online through Insa’s website. Each signed and numbered by the artist, himself.
Françoise Nielly’s massive, colorful portraits are delicious to look at. Even more wonderful – and particularly infuriating to those of us who have timidly dabbled in painting – is to watch her create them. In a beautiful video posted on her site, she, in her confident, strong hand, wields her painting knife shaped like a miniature garden trowel, and makes painting look easy like cake frosting. She paints her vivid, passionate canvases — some as large as 78 x 25 inches (195 x 62 centimeters) — from black-and-white photos, further proof of her unfailing ability to interpret light, shadow, hue and tone by applying brilliant colors and daring strokes.
After the Bubble Chair collaboration by INSA and Rousseau, the artist and the brand got together once again to work this time on a lounge chair. The one piece lounger by Rousseau feature INSA’s signature colors and patterns and will be released in the coming weeks.
Mekanism Skateboards once again impresses, having worked for their second 2009 project with Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson. The artist is well known for his large exhibition structures and most recently for the impressive sun artwork. With Mekanism the artist of course worked on skateboard decks. The “Your Mercury Ocean” decks have a silver reflective upper and for the first time the artist also reworked the upper structure of the board into a 3D structure. The various levels on the board, give the impression of a wave pattern. The artist worked on overall 90 skatedecks, as well as 10 artist proofs and 10 exhibition pieces. Without a doubt this has to be the most impressive project by Mekanism to date.
Nike and Basketball star LeBron James have just received three one-of-a-kind customized versions of his latest signature shoe as a gift from local Paris artists “Nyno” and “The Mayor”. Lisez la suite de cette entrée »
Last week, we reported on a new Michael Jordan print designed by Shepard Fairey. Obey have just officially announced the print is part of a series of three paying tribute to MJ, also coinciding with his induction to the Hall of Fame last week. There will be a whole range of sizes and editions ranging from super-limited, signed by both Shepard Fairey and Jordan, which will sell for $4500 all the way to a modest $80. For more info, head over to the Obey website.
Artists Mac and Retna have created artworks together several times. Usually Retna uses his distinctive bold calligraphic brushwork for the background, while Mac places his uniquely stylized faces and figures in the forefront. Now, Upper Playground and Gingko Press have published a book documenting their artistic collaborations. You can purchase it online through Gingko Press here. Lisez la suite de cette entrée »
Peter Jansen (1956) studied Physics and Philosophy at the university.
For a number of years he worked as a guide, accompanying groups on survival and canoe trips, after which he dedicated his live entirely to the arts.
Based on his ideas on transposition and movement the artist Peter Jansen uses shapes of the human body to create energetic spaces.
In his earlier works he focused on open spaces, created almost free of matter and weight.
In his recent sculptures he captures sequences of human movements in space and time, in a single frame.
Today we came across the very impressive portfolio of illustrator Michael Sanderson. The 23 year old is working with Taiko & Associates in Japan and has already a very impressive client list under his belt. The mix of illustration and sharp branding in his pieces is especially interesting and intriguing. So far he has worked with both small NYC boutiques and fashion heavy wheigts such as Gucci and Louis Vuitton. He is definitely one to keep an eye on in the future
See more after the jump..
To celebrate his new rubber leggings, Insa hit up a rooftop to create a new painting of his trademark Legs graphic in a matching mint colour.
Via: lostateminor
An art director at Australian street magazine, STU : Luca Ionescu, who created a look for STU.
Luca went onto launch his own publication, Refill, and taking on a long list of clients whose brand identities have been shaped over the years by his highly conceptual design
The real ‘Door hand’, called Door “Hand-le”, by Naomi Thellier de Poncheville for London Design Festival.
In preparation for his first solo exhibition in Hong Kong’s Art Statements Gallery, Parisian graffiti artistZEVS decided to take a brief detour a few hours ago for a “bombing” run. Armed with a ladder, black paint, factitious cleaning crew outfit and barricade tape, he went on to adorn the signage of CHANEL – Central District flagship store with his signature “Liquidated” motif… Unfortunately, local law enforcements were notified and ZEVS was arrested soon after these images were taken… No news on whether he’s been release yet or whether he will make it to the opening of the exhibit this Tursday…
Art Statements Gallery
G/F, 5 Mee Lun Street | Map
Central, Hong Kong
TEL #: +852 2122 9657
Exhibition Dates: July 16th (Thursday) – September 30th (Wednesday)
This was a type treatment commissioned by BBDO Toronto for their client Doritos to be used on some point of sale material over in Canada. The new product apparently combines 2 strong flavours in the one corn chip hence the line - Tag Team Your Tongue. There’s also a french version of the line which you can view over at http://www.lifelounge.com/blog/Luke.aspx
One of the features of the Audi Design Wing is the lid, which extends without a break down to the base. When viewed from above, the lid is seen to be recessed into the main case, and in the side view, the curve of the treble side is not interrupted by a joint line. Besides, the keyboard has no wings at the ends, the cast frame is in gray instead of the usual bronze color, and the felt damper strips in natural white instead of wine red.
Price: $139,867.00
Digital clock: only figures, no case, only the necessary – only accurate time. Each figure has self-contained power supply and independent control, it can be fixed to any surface autonomously. A light sensor will switch the clock to an invert mode: the figures are white in the dark time of day and black at daytime.
Via: supernews
French urban artist zevs has a must-see show at art statements gallery, opening there on thu – jul 16. the artist arrived earlier in hong kong to create a series of paintings of LV and chanel dripping logos on lacquer [the traditional chinese way] in collaboration with local craftsmen. additionally, he made a series of ceramics and paintings on metal. all these works will be presented plus a variety of his other signature liquidated logos
Everyone associates the Moonwalk with Michael Jackson; however, it existed long before the King of Pop made it his trademark move. An enthusiastic Japanes blogger cut together a bunch of old videos of dancers (besides two, all recorded between 1929 and 1955), who no doubt had an influence on Jacko, such as Fred Astaire, Sammy Davis Jr., Bill Robinson and more.
After recently working with Pharrell Williams on a sculpture that ended up selling for over 2 Million USD at Art Basel, we get a look at a Kanye West x Takashi Murakami aluminium sculpture that is currently being exhibited at the gallery Emmanuel Perrotin in Paris. They turned the Takashi Murakami bear mascot, made for one of Kanye West’s album into a gold figure and the outcome is really nice actually.
More images of the Kanye West x Takashi Murakami Aluminium Bear Sculpture follow after the jump. Lisez la suite de cette entrée »
We all have that friend that’s always chronically late, so as soon as I saw this clock I knew exactly who it would be perfect for. Designed by Diamantini & Domeniconi and Fabrica, it was first shown at the Palazzo Borromeo during the Salone del Mobile di Milan in April. The On-Time clock’s minute hand clock is bent three minutes forward, definitely a great way to keep you always on time.
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Jamie Chung, a Parsons School of Design graduate, melts some heels. Jamie’s still life photography is full of awesome imagery !
The classic Michael Jackson’s moonwalk in Lego. Ciamoslaw Ciamek captures Michael doing the moonwalk in “Smooth Criminal”.
SILLY THING Toys has been the talk of the industry since its establishment. Following their Bounty Hunter and The Beatles interpretations, SILLY THING Toys gets set to yet again launch a triumphant collaboration, this time with Marvel Studios and Hong Kong-based Hot Toys. Marking the very first time that they have authorized an original customized version of its characters, Marvel allows SILLY THING founder TK to work up a special colorway, utilizing the 1/6 Mark III as his base. One of the figures highlights includes the use of rare “battle-damaged” paint, which called for a figure re-creation considering the paint would not adhere to the original plastic surface of the Mark III platform. A release is scheduled for July 4th, 2009 via THINK SILLY Hong Kong. Lisez la suite de cette entrée »
There is not much to say about this photo by Tim Walker. I just like it. You can find it in the current spring catalog of Hermès.
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Jaime Martínez made this animated GIF, you can find more of this kind atfffffffffffftttttttttttt.
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