Sihouette cutting is an extremely rare art form these days, but one man is still practicing, or rather, mastering, the all but lost form of portraiture. Master scissor artist Karl Johnson cuts each vintage-inspired silhouette entirely by hand. He simply looks at the person’s profile, either in person or in a photo, and starts cutting the [...]
Another great example of creative urban renewal is Tyree Guyton’s 24-year-strong mission, The Heidelberg Project, where the forgotten neighborhood on Heidelberg Street in Detroit’s East Side has been turned into an outdoor art exhibition. Similar to the Favela project in Brazil, the Heidelberg Project is about healing communities through art. Guyton, founder and artistic director of the Project, [...]
Now that I have your attention… The word “FREE” grabs people’s attention, but there’s always a catch. In the case of The Brooklyn Free Store in Bedford-Stuyvesant, there is no catch. Free is free. The idea of the project is to share the wealth – “Take what you want. Share what you think others may enjoy (not limited [...]
News broke that Lady Gaga’s Monster Ball tour [November 2009 - April 2011] is estimated to gross $200M worldwide according to Billboard, putting her in a league not of her own perse, but one shared only with the likes of the few including Madonna and u2. So I gotta ask, why are we so gaga for [...]
Are you one of those rare people who still have love for the ever diminishing form of art known as album artwork? This show at the Cinders Gallery in NY is kinda perfect for you then! 100 artists collaborated in this show and created album artwork for make believe albums…Pretty cool since album artwork is [...]
These are the days of digital music, iTunes, iPods, mp3 players, etc. etc. etc. So what happens with the hundreds and thousands of compact discs we no longer need? UK artist Bruce Munro has one idea. On the weekend of June 19th and 20th, Munro and team of 140 helpers laid out 600,000 CDs on [...]
In light of the hoopla that is the 2010 World Cup, Minx Nails has tapped into yet another way to support your team and also extends fashion to your fingertips. Minx Nails have been seen on celebs and in magazines in all different designs, bold colors and themes. Their new FANtastic Flags line of nail art [...]
It’s hard to cover a classic and render it equally favorable to its fans, but Muse just does that so well. U2′s The Edge joined Muse at Glastonbury for their cover of the U2 hit, Where The Streets Have No Name, and managed to deliver a version that was equally as haunting, beautiful and stirring [...]
Touring the globe since March 2008, Play Me I’m Yours is an artwork installation by UK artist Luke Jerram. Street pianos are appearing in cities across the world. Located in public parks, streets, plazas, bus shelters and train stations, the pianos are for any member of the public to enjoy and claim ownership of, for any many notes and [...]
In Belgium at the moment is a pretty amazing exhibition running called ‘In Progress.’ A few of the pieces showing are by Dutch designer, Wieke Somers who has created her pieces out of human ashes using a technique of rapid prototyping and 3D printing. He works are a part of her new project Consumer or [...]
