Wednesday, January 14, 2015
We Are All Homeless : Exhibition Curated by Artist Willie Baronet
Willie Baronet, a Dallas artist and Stan Richards Professor of Creative Advertising at SMU's Meadows School of the Arts, has been buying and collecting signs made by homeless people for more than 20 years.
We are All Homeless brings together nearly 300 signs produced by homeless people at New York University's Kimmel Center for University Life in New York through 24 January 2015. We are all homeless is a project by Baronet: We Are All Homeless website.
From Yahoo News: "It's an art installation sure to evoke a spectrum of emotions: from sorrow and surprise to humor and hope. Whatever the feeling, Willie Baronet wants his exhibit at New York University to bring "the issue of homelessness to light in a unique manner to hopefully change people’s hearts and minds on how they view the homeless." Baronet, a Texas artist and advertising professor, drove across the U.S. last July purchasing signs from panhandlers in 24 cities. His "We Are All Homeless" exhibit features 260 signs he acquired as he met with homeless people from Seattle to New York City. The NYU exhibit – his first from the coast-to-coast project – is hosted by HELP USA and will be on display through Jan. 24 in the Kimmel Center for University Life Stovall Family Gallery.
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Charlie Hebdo Office : Paris Memorial 12 January 2015
People visit a makeshift memorial near the headquarters of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo on January 12, 2015 in Paris (AFP Photo/Bertrand Guay)
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Danielle Voirin's DesCollages : In From The Street @ The Brklyn In Paris
For the past year and a half, Danielle Voirin has been pasting up her photos in the streets of Paris, and often re-photographing them as they deteriorate. In Le Brykln show, she has included some of those posters (which will be pasted in the street at the end of the show) as well as prints of those posters after other people and the weather has altered them. Along with that is a selection of her recent cyanotypes, an extension of the same series.
Opening: Saturday January 10, 2015 at 6 PM
The Brooklyn 58 Rue Quincampoix, 75004 Paris
Connect with Danielle Voirin: http://www.daniellevoirin.com/
Not Afraid: Paris - 7 January 2015
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#JeSuisCharlie
Raw Story on Muslim Community condemnation of the attack.
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Je Suis Charlie - 7 January 2015 - Paris
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Thursday, January 1, 2015
Victoria's New Secret? Not exactly, Vicky: Zion's Unisex Lingerie!
Born in Chicago, raised in Texas, living and working in Paris, Zion Ama Dio is starting 2015 with underwear. Specifically lingerie, and not specifically lingerie for men or women. It's not yet a Victoria's Secret category, but it might be. Lingerie for all might be a traffic stopping winner.
"Why create lingerie?" recalls Zion. "Well, I can remember a time when I was working as a beauty consultant in the States. Every morning I helped my clients look fabulous that day; we were close and shared birthdays. So I wanted to not just give them a gift, but make them one. And so I designed and created these lace lingerie boy shorts!"
The designer then asked his women friends and other male friends what they thought about unisex lingerie – and taking it to the world. The response was strong enough for Zion to launch a site and a business. While still developing the business and expanding the lines for both men and women and the all purpose unisex modesl, Zion is out to change the way people dress and underdress, even if you can't see it : Zion's FaceBook Page.
Zion Ama Dio in Paris, France.
To get on the list for all sorts of Zion's creations, go here: http://www.zadluxury.com/
Friday, December 19, 2014
Malekeh Nayiny's Traveling Demons at Taymour Grahne Gallery
Malekeh Nayiny, All in Pink, 2007, color photograph mounted to aluminum, 36 1/4h x 23 5/8w in / 92h x 60w cm
Taymour Grahne Gallery is pleased to present Traveling Demons, a solo exhibition by Tehran-born, Paris-based artist Malekeh Nayiny. Both unnerving and playful, Nayiny creates devilish, sinister creatures reflecting our inner demons we never escape from. Through one’s transformation from childhood to adulthood, Nayiny’s surprisingly kind and innocuous ‘demons’ accompany us, internally and externally, in a world dominated by superficiality, disillusionment and fear.
The exhibition opens 10 January 2015 and runs through 20 February 2015. Taymour Grahne Gallery: 157 Hudson Street New York, NY 10013.
Check all out all the demons (slide show) : Malekey Nayiny.
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Look, in the phone booth, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's NYC WiFi!
A “Superman” phone booth, one of three that will remain on West End Avenue in Manhattan.
Credit
Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times
That's right, Jimmy, telephone booths to become free wifi hotspots all over New York City. Thanks Bill de Blasio. Great idea! Read all about it, Lois:
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Monday, November 3, 2014
Pot Hole Flower Project : Chicago Artist's Glorious Road Work
From THIS IS COLOSSAL : Artist Jim Bachor (previously) continued his guerilla effort to remedy Chicago’s pothole problem by creating a number of flower mosaics in streets around the city. Bachor installed four mosaics through this fall while the weather cooperated, but as things get wet and cooler we’ll probably see a bit less of his, uhm, street art. I’m not sure if any of these are still around, but he keeps a list of photos and addresses where each piece was installed. Bachor opens a new exhibition of mosiac art at Packer Schopf Gallery titled “Jentaculum” early next month.
MORE PHOTOS FROM JIM BACHOR AT THIS IS COLOSSAL.
Friday, October 17, 2014
Trainwrecks: Stand By Me in Paris
The Trainwrecks : Stand By Me, playing in Paris at the Johanna Halford exhibition...
Thursday, October 2, 2014
Friday, September 26, 2014
Post Card From Paris: Lost For Words - Nuit Blanche, Oct 4, 2014
Download a high resolution PDF of this poster to print at home, office, art museum, or somewhere in the world: LOST FOR WORDS.
If you would like to see a catalog/price list: LOST FOR WORDS CATALOG.
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Saturday, September 20, 2014
The Cairo Dish Painting Initiative
The Cairo Dish Painting Initiative is a project by writer/artist Jason Stoneking : https://www.facebook.com/CairoDishes/
From Jason Stoneking's Facebook page on the project:
About
The
Cairo Dish-Painting Initiative is a collaborative art project launched
by Jason Stoneking for the purpose of helping to beautify the Cairo
skyline.
(Arabic below)
The Cairo Dish-Painting Initiative is a project launched by Jason Stoneking, in cooperation with the Artellewa Art Space, as part of his residency there in the fall of 2014. It was inspired by a conversation with Egyptian artist Hany Hommos on his balcony in Cairo, when he said that the endless sea of dirty brown satellite dishes made the skyline depressing to look at. Jason suggested that maybe something could be done about this that would be fun and empowering for the people in the community. So along with the help and support of the entire Artellewa team, Jason and Hany made their way first to the roof of the Artellewa building in the Ard-El-Lewa neighborhood of Cairo, and painted the satellite dishes in bright, day-glow colors. The plan in the coming weeks is to approach several other buildings in the area about painting the dishes on their rooftops. And in time, the hope is that this idea would catch on and spread across Cairo. That the citizens of this vibrant city would help brighten their skyline, and announce to the world that the signals of hope, happiness, and free expression are the ones that they want to receive.
مبادرة تلوين أطباق القاهرة
مشروع أطلقه جيسون ستون كينج بالتعاون مع مساحة فن آرت اللوا على هامش مشاركته في برنامج الاقامة الفنية بآرت اللوا في خريف 2014
استوحى جيسون المشروع عبر محادثة دارت بينه وبين الفنان المصري هاني حمص في شرفة منزله، عبر هاني خلالها عن ضيقه من هذا البحر الممتد من أطباق الاستقبال الصدئة والذي يجعل الأفق يبدو كئيبا، فاقترح جيسون هذه المبادرة التي تجمع ما بين المتعة وتدعيم المجتمع، وبمساعدة فريق عمل آرت اللوا أنطلق جيسون وهاني إلى سطح مبنى آرت اللوا في منطقة أرض اللواء كخطوة أولى، وقاما بتلوين أطباق الاستقبال بألوان ساطعة وبراقة، وتتركز خطة جيسون خلال الأسابيع المقبلة على إعادة التجربة عبر عرض الفكرة على الجيران من قاطني المباني المجاورة في منطقة أرض اللواء، ويأمل أن تنتشر الفكرة والمبادرة عبر أرجاء القاهرة، فبهذه الطريقة يمكن لسكان هذه المدينة النابضة بالحياة أن يضيفوا بريقا إلى أفق مدينتهم ويعلنوا للعالم أن إشارات الأمل والسعادة وحرية التعبير هي الإشارات التي يرغبوا في
Monday, August 4, 2014
Letter From Kiev - Today's Home : Putin Toilet Paper
Amongst the souvenir items, tents and lemonade stands in Kiev's Maidan, the Independence Square where demonstrators were shot and killed last year, are rolls of Vladimir Putin Toilet Paper, probably for sale. July 6, 2014: From The Economic Times.
Saturday, August 2, 2014
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Scott Blake's ShopDrop in Omaha Target Store
Scott Blake, an Omaha, Nebraska artist has gently turned shoplifting around and dropped his limited edition, signed and numbered silkscreen printed tee shirts at an Omaha, Nebraska Target store.
The tee shirts are typical of the artist's subversive artwork. Blake created "bar code" art years ago: He's made a bar code portrait of Andy Warhol out of Campbell's Soup Can barcodes. He's done Marilyn Monroe out of DVD bar codes from her films. Scan the barcode and a scene from her film plays. And he's upgraded his tech portraits with QR codes.
Blake's Shopdrop tee shirt was purchased (see above) by the artist's friend, Larry Ferguson, for $13.90 and Mr. Ferguson even saved $1 on the purchase. The shirt comes a signed and dated and numbered tag. The sale will go towards Target's bottom line earnings in the upcoming quarter. Check out more of Scott Blake's intriguing work here: http://www.barcodeart.com/
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
MH-17 Wreckage Analysis
Piece of wreckage from the Malaysia Airlines jet downed over eastern Ukraine last week shows damage, including shrapnel holes and blistered paint, that is consistent with a hit from a fragmenting warhead, according to consultants with IHS-Jane’s.
Here's an analysis of the wreckage from the point of view of a ballistic and missile expert looking at the fragments impact on the skin of the airplane. Analysis.
Photo: Noah Sneider (The New York Times).
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Metamorphic at Converge Gallery: 11 July - 2 August 2014
Metamorphosis is the governing process of life: Change. In “Metamorphic” Converge Gallery presents seven artists whose works deftly explore the vast metaphor and process of change using a range of materials reclaimed and re-purposed from their original context.
Cast off, found and everyday objects are married thoughtfully here with post-modern artistic concerns – concerns that dig away at meaning in an oftentimes meaningless world. The results by these international artists offer a fresh and startling perspective on an often stale worldview.
"Metamorphic" thrusts us into a very contemporary philosophical (and often humorous) dialogue, launching us into a new and challenging visual landscape that upends our experience with our familiarity with these “things we know.” Our awareness is reframed; we are transported to a different if not unique perspective. Familiarity will never be the same again.
"Metamorphic" is curated by Kasey Lyon, assistant director, Converge Gallery.
Works by Hope Kroll, Matthew Rose, Will Kurtz, Brock Dent, Timothy Allen Miller, Chad Andrews, & Ron Lambert will be on display.
The exhibition opens on Friday, July 11 at 6 PM and will be on view thru Saturday, August 2.
See : Converge Gallery.
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