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Snoope Special Edition

Ken Kagami (perhaps best known for Deerhoof cover art) chimes in with some thoughts on Snoopy. Not sure how I would explain this one to the kids…

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Beth Brandon – Link (via Fallon + Rosof)

Unknown – Link (via Pootee)

Top image reminds me a bit of the one by Tommy Stockel.

Debating whether or not to get this for my pirate obsessed / sea serpent loving kindergardner. Link

Andes Series
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His portrait series, also done on phone book pages, is purty good as well.

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Very much liking this work by (Chicago based?) painter Jason Dunda. Link & Link

Nevadaville Greenpeak

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Benign Corporate Dictatorship, 2002
(after Pablo Picasso’s Study for Guernica, 1937)

Loving It, 2004
(after Robert Indiana’s “Love” 1967)

Gelt Suit 2002
(After Joeph Beuys’ Felt Suit, 1970);

This is one of those deals where the technical execution is excellent and aesthetically everything is great but I’m not neccesarily into the concept (or at least as I understand it). Subtle it aint. Hats off all the same.

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Citadelle

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Exit by Matthew Mccaslin

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Otomobilbaum by Emilie Perotto

Untitled by Nicolas Robio

Folingua by lia chaia

She puts  a few different plants in there…. Link

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Untitled (Erasers) – aka Erased Erasers

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Tracey Maurice & Luke Best

By Ayumi from Apak

Nicholas Burrows and Luke Ramsey

I posted about Tracey Maurice’s collaboartion w/ the uber talented luke ramsey awhile back. A few of their works are now available for sale (quite reasonably) along with other very nicely priced work over at Islands Fold.

A rare example of  BONAFIDE AFFORDABLE ART (original works you can afford). Link (via lumper)

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Universal Everything is an agency founded by Designer’s Republic alum Matt Pyke and specializing in digital motion work. There’s some interesting stuff in their portfolio but also worth checking out is a blog they maintain called “Advanced Beauty” which seems to focus on generative art if you are into that sort of thing.

Natalie

found here

Caminho Interno

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Decabraquido Radiofonico

Luageres Sonoros

Oraculo

Prototipo

Of course what kind of sounds come out of these things could make or break it but I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt.

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Heritage Film Stills

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Few things are as amusing as seeing brand names, logos and all the associations that come with them lifted wholesale, removed of most of their original context and crudely reproduced. Unless you are an IP lawyer or Kate Spade it’s hard not to look at these appropriations as a wonderful kind of folk art. I only wish there were more of these.

“Fake brands” have been making their way around the web for awhile now (“fake chinese brands“, more fake chinese brands, more examples and yet more)… Someone should really compile a proper book of these.

Many of these appropriations are bizarre and amusing, like the notion of a “shanel battery” below… but what could ever compete with the IBM church above? One can’t help but wonder “what idea was the person creating it trying to convey?”*

Above photos found at Pobre Mi Gordo (Via Colectiva)

* and if IBM actually stands for something practical like Iglesia Bolivar Martinez or whatever I don’t wanna hear about it.

So… in addition to writing good press copy the people over at Lawrimore also do a decent job curating:

Sketchbook by Cris Bruch

Mutterhulse by Bruch

Burden of Proof – Installation of 191 Wine Bottles by Bruch

Department of Forensic Morphology Annex – by Bruch

Bombardment by Tivon Rice

South by Anne Mathern

Tilt

(this a photograph, not a mirror btw)

Stove

Sink with Lettuce

Ok… first thing first. Anybody running a gallery could learn a thing or two from whoever is doing the publicity over at Lawrimore Project in Seattle which describes Issac Layman’s upcoming photography exhibit thusly:

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EXHIBITIONS OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE LAST 500 YEARS EVEN THOUGH PHOTOGRAPHY HAS ONLY BEEN AROUND FOR 180

So anyways, some of the work here is a bit more clinical than I tend to like my photography but there is some nice composition going on here and for people who care about technical sleight of hand and various forms of trickery (I don’t) this is worth stopping by and perusing. I think this exhibit will perhaps win this young man some acclaim but probably not too many roomates.

Definite bonus points for the site specific photograph that looks like a mirror.

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untitled neighborhood tight knit

I first saw Chris Ballantyne’s work over at the Park Life site awhile ago… He has a show coming up in a month or so over at hosfelt gallery which I definitely plan on checking out. Speaking of which… I only just recently found out about todd hosfelt’s blog which is well worth adding to your reader. Always great to see another gallerist spieling a bit and pointing out various finds.  Aside from Winkleman who else is doing this?

Ballantyne’s kind of out of date site – Parklife 1 – Parklife 2

“Pictures of TV” is pretty much just shooting fish in a barrel… and its a concept that’s been done to death in various guises over the years. All the same it’s kind of a sad summation of popular culture. You don’t want to rubber neck past the scene of the accident but you can’t help looking.

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Old Folsom State Prison on ceramic tile

San Quentin State Prison

Puntão de Leblon, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

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Geography of a Wave

Meerschaum

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Shepherdess Marie Antoinette

Inspired by a visit to Versailles… Link