Archive for the 'Art' Category

More Sam 3

February 19th, 2009

Sam 3 is definitely one of my favorite artists; his work continually amazes me.  Here is a recent piece, but please check out his website for more work.
http://sam3.es/

Spencer Tunick

August 20th, 2007

I’ve seen a bunch of other photos Tunick has done – this one is most impressive.
Check out the video showing the participants getting ready for the shots and the artist talking about his vision.

Germart debuts at APE

May 8th, 2007

Two weeks ago, Germart (founded by Ryan and Nathan Germick) showed some of their stuff at the Alternative Press Expo in SF. They featured a great little comic by Ryan, a sweet new album by Nate, and more cool art/comics by Esy Casey. Check out their sites, if you get a chance.

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Ukrainian murals

April 2nd, 2007

Freakin’ sweet.
To look at more, go here.

Two favorites together: Chris Ware and This American Life

March 20th, 2007

Chris Ware, one of my favorite graphic novelists, animated a short segment for This American Life (the television series of the radio show, to be shown on Showtime). This is a preview of the segment. You can’t go wrong with these two. . .

Thanks, Boing Boing

Howard Finster

March 9th, 2007

Howard Finster was a folk artist in rural Georgia. I visited his Paradise Gardens many years ago. I wish that photos or words could describe the chaotic and colorful art on his property. He was very religious, as seen in many (or most) of his work. The official Finster website is [...]

Artist: Sam

February 28th, 2007

The artist Sam is amazing. Please take a minute to look through his website because there are many pieces that are stunning.

Mark Jenkins – Sculptor

February 12th, 2007

I have recently seen a few of Mark Jenkins‘ pieces on the internet, but I just found his website today (from Wooster). Check out the Storker project section – there are a lot of great photographs.

Weird inspiration

February 1st, 2007

Thanks to Justine, I have a plenty of weird inspiration from her scary poster on tapeworms. It has inspired my next freak, which will go on my freak painting (already completed are eyeless aaron and mabel the mouth, soon to come will be bladderworm brad).

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Hand graffiti

January 27th, 2007

This is a picture from Nicholas Rains’ trip to Argentina at Cueva de las Manos, near Bajo Caracoles in the south steppe. These paintings from 9,300 years ago are so beautiful. With my recent interest/obsession with graffiti art, I find these hand pictures so compelling.