Make Ink – Project Origins
Project Origins comes from the collective known as Make Ink. Make Ink specializes in arts based branding projects such as recent works they’ve done with Levi’s and Adidas. Their newest work is a spoof Adidas campaign highlighting the heritage and history of the ‘brand with three stripes.’ According to Nick Hussey, Director of Make Ink: ‘Project Origins’ is a concept created by us at Make Ink to test the online environment. We specialise in the subversion of branding through art… and like everybody else, we love dinosaurs”
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The Art of Ivan Puig
The art of Mexican born Ivan Puig mixes a bit of optical fun with a simple yet dramatic flair. His work and imagery gives its viewers a “scratch your head” moment at first viewing, but as a whole, one can truly appreciate the creativity and subtle poetry he’s infused to all his works.
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Insect Illustrations of Cornelia Hesse-Honegger
The radiant works of Scientific Illustrator Cornelia Hesse-Honegger examine nature’s oft-neglected fragility as well as its unstoppable strength. Since the catastrophe of Chernobyl, Hesse-Honegger has collected morphologically disturbed insects, transforming their mutations into painted pieces of bold, graphic beauty. Information on her new book featuring silk designs with fabric can be found at Wissenskunst.ch.
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Pop Life at the Tate Modern
London’s Tate Modern, assembles together several of the biggest names in the modern art world for one of the highest profile exhibitions in recent memory. Taking inspiration from iconic pop artist Andy Warhol’s famous quote “good business is the best art”, ‘Pop Life’ is an unmissable showreel of work created by an eclectic mix of the biggest names in modern art, featuring pieces by the likes of Jeff Koons, Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst, Takashi Murakami, Richard Prince, and Keith Haring among others, and runs until the 17th of January, 2010.
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Celebrating the Bauhaus at 90
The Bauhaus, one of the most most widely recognized modern artistic movement of the 20th century, is celebrating its 90th year, and Berlin is organizing an exhibit entitled “Bauhaus: A Conceptual Model.” The exhibit is being organized by Germany’s three main Bauhaus institutes, the Bauhaus Archive Berlin, the Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau and the Klassik Stiftung Weimar, with assistance from the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
The exhibit includes nearly 1,000 objects, including models, paintings, photos, and furniture. The items demonstrate the varied design ideologies encompassed by the Bauhaus (Expressionism, Cubism, Constructivism, etc.) and give viewers an idea of its progression following its founding in 1919 by Walter Gropius. Gropius envisioned a unity between art and technology at the outset of the Bauhaus, and its influence spawned countless significant movements within the creative community. The 90th anniversary exhibit pays homage to this influence and brings the Bauhaus to the public.
Read more about 90 years of the Bauhaus at WSJ.
Orb Paintings by Masakatsu Sashie
Part futuristic and nostalgic, part triumphant and tragic, part pop art and architectural Masakatsu Sashie’s tremendous paintings are depictions of decaying civilizations punctuated–and possibly being observed by–giant, self-contained, floating spheres. His work, besides being visually strong, conjures up many a question: is this time after civilization, is this an entirely pessimistic view of our current state (after all, video game machines can’t be that bad), and, most of all, why is a dystopian future so hard to look away from?
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George Petty Pin-Up Girl Illustrations
It’s a little known fact that pin-up artist George Petty was an innovator during the 1930’s. His amazingly inspirational pin-up illustrations and gatefolds for Esquire popularized the use of centerfold spreads in magazines.
Petty was the artist behind the Petty Girl, an iconic full page cartoon that debuted in the 1933 Esquire innaugural issue. The Petty Girl’s image was soon found on advertisements, postcards and was the subject of Life magazine’s “Petty Girl…is feminine ideal?” later that decade.
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Benji Wagner Photography
A Time to Get points us to the works of Benji Wagner, a commercial and editorial photographer and filmmaker based in Portland, Oregon. The subjects in his works are practitioners of active lifestyles whether it’s skateboarding, motocross or travellers. Many of the images he captures show his subjects in action of their respective sport, but the most affecting element from his works are the candid moments – the preparation, downtime, etc. Wagner successfully paints a vivid portrait of these lives.
In his latest work entitled “New Zealand,” Wagner follows a band of cyclists and skateboarders on a road trip of sorts to connect with road and nature. Their most revealing moments are when they set up a roadside camp or enjoy some R&R from their usual activity. It looks as if they are enjoying the most blissful escape from modern life.
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Project Le Tour Photos by Brent Humphrey
While one famous Texan has been getting all the Tour de France headlines, perhaps another Texan will end up best capturing the legacy of this year’s tour. Austin-based photographer Brent Humphrey’s Project Le Tour portfolio captures the grace of the racers and the morning fog coming down jagged hills, yes, but also the tents of campers waiting for a brief glimpse at the riders, rotisserie chicken being grilled at roadside stands, and the proclivity of sunbathers along the roadside. In all, a fascinating, quirky glimpse at the world’s most famous bicycle race. Lance who?
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Sydney Police Mug Shots from 1912-1930
A Time To Get showcases what is undoubtedly the coolest set of mug shots you will ever see. Taken in Australia in the early 20th century, the accused are generally shown photographed twice, once from roughly the chest up (for facial detail) and again as an off-center full portrait. Dressed in their own clothing, the subjects project an air of casualness and confidence, some with arms around another, many with satisfied postures, and all accentuated by the variety of backgrounds—including a trees, plants, and other people. Similar to Richard Avedon’s American West series, the pictures highlight a peculiar mixture of hard-times and informality. For a fascinating in-depth explanation of these photographs and how they were rediscovered, visit Scan.Net.
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