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Art/Not Art

Wed, 16 May 2012 15:14:07 -0400

The story goes like this.

Kidult tagged Mark Jacobs’ NYC storefront with his not-patented fire extinguisher spray can, splashing “ART” over the facade. Jacobs took this in stride, printing a tee of the vandalized storefront with “Art by Art Jacobs”.

The kicker here of course was the accompanying $689 price tag. Of course, Kidult took great exception to this appropriation and commercialization of his vandalization and printed 50 pink shirts with a photo of him tagging the store and the tagline “Not art by Kidult”, selling them at $6.89 Euro each.

These shirts (see below) went on sale about 10 minutes ago. All 50 and another 50 white ones sold out in about 15 seconds. Sadly, I wasn’t able to score one despite the constant site refreshing at 2:59p EST. So instead of telling the story on my chest, I’m telling it here.

Enjoy!

Wicked. :-) tacticalshoyu: Chewing gum installations by Simone...

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:24:32 -0400

Wicked. :-)

tacticalshoyu:

Chewing gum installations by Simone Decker

Rufus Wainwright and The Rufus Songbook: At The Hub Sunday, June 10

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:52:00 -0400

Luminato says:

The Rufus Songbook (8:00 PM)

A vibrant assortment of emerging and established musicians, including Krystle Warren, Teddy Thompson, Sarah Slean, Royal Wood and Alejandra Ribera, interpret the words and music of Rufus Wainwright.

Rufus Wainwright (9:00 PM)

Rufus takes centre stage, together with an eight-piece band, for the Canadian premiere of all 12 tracks from his hotly-anticipated new release, Out of the Game. Producer Mark Ronson considers Out of the Game an even greater achievement than the landmark Back to Black he crafted for Amy Winehouse. It is also, says Rufus, his most popcentric work to date.

Sounds like fun to me!

Photo: Tina Tyrell.

Full Circle is the first fashion film for new London/Melbourne...

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 13:21:49 -0400

Full Circle is the first fashion film for new London/Melbourne label Klezinski. Klezinski makes apparel, accessories, art and interior products utilising sustainable manufacturing processes and materials.

This film is a creative collaboration between film-maker Callum Cooper, sound artist John Kassab and Klezinski.

Suntan rocks. Ralitsa Doncheva on flickr.

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 10:02:35 -0400

Suntan rocks.

Ralitsa Doncheva on flickr.

Evil boy 4 life.

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:48:48 -0400

Evil boy 4 life.

Metronomy. The Hoxton. Tonight. Awesome.

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:06:00 -0400

Metronomy. The Hoxton. Tonight. Awesome.

Photo

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:01:56 -0400

Hey tiger.

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 02:28:52 -0400

Hey tiger.

The dude in the middle is way too Extreme, but man, I...

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:23:48 -0400

The dude in the middle is way too Extreme, but man, I can’t believe they pulled off a cover with one guitar and 5 people playing it. Top notch!

Gavin McInnes is in Toronto this Tuesday. I really should not be...

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 11:00:00 -0400

Gavin McInnes is in Toronto this Tuesday. I really should not be missing this, but I’ll be several thousand kilometers away. Don’t you make the same mistake.

Photo

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 03:58:22 -0400

RIP Jean Giraud.)

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 11:45:59 -0400

RIP Jean Giraud.)

I Am Your Grandma.

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 20:12:54 -0500

I Am Your Grandma.

Black, black eyes.

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:45:29 -0500

Jake Waldron is selling 20 of these bad boys right here.

Hand sculpted and hand cast in resin.

Painted with oils over semi-translucent resin giving awesome depth to the skin tones.

Backed with felt and ready to hang.

3” x 3” for $47 each.

Wood.

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:07:46 -0500

Wood.

Zebra Katz - Ima Read ƒ Njena Reddd Foxxx. Some dirty business.

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:31:00 -0500

Zebra Katz - Ima Read ƒ Njena Reddd Foxxx. Some dirty business.

Photographers and their photos.

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:27:12 -0500

Famous Photogs Pose With Their Most Iconic Images is a new piece in Wired on Tim Mantoani’s photographic series.

Most amusingly stands Neil Leifer holding his Ali vs Liston photo from May 25, 1965:

But it’s Brent Stirton who tells the most compelling story about his photo:

This is Virunga, the first National Park in Africa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Silverback Mountain Gorilla, along with 6 females, had been killed by a group trying to intimidate conservation rangers into being less proactive in their efforts against poaching & illegal charcoal making. There are only about 40 of these Silverbacks in the world, so the Rangers were devastated at the assassination.

This procession went on for about 5 kms, moving the 600 pound body over hills & through the forest. Over 120 of these rangers have died in the last 10 years doing this job; most make less than $10 a month. They’re heroes, there’s just no other word that seems appropriate to describe these incredible African men.

Incredible. And as one of the younger looking photographers in the series, I wonder: when was this photo taken?

Good night, lady.

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:35:02 -0500

Good night, lady.

Party Rock Band Anthem.

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:04:44 -0500

Party Rock Band Anthem.