a visual collective outlet of inspiration“art has to move you and design does not– unless it’s a good design for a bus.”
–david hockney
–david hockney
google maps – street view photos
i’m generally not a fan of michael wolf photos that are generally too gimmicky for me, but i have to admit he has a point here. to “photograph” a city through the street view option of google maps is something everybody though about but he manage to do it pretty well. nice by pp
ryan mcginley – everybody knows…
on top of being nyc star last week with the most crowded opening ever, ryan mcginley released this beautiful book, published in association with the great dashwood books store on bond street to celebrate “everybody knows this is nowhere”.
haven’t seen it for real (as the exhibition, see photo…) but looks really nice. by pp
everyone knows this is nowhere – ryan mcginley at team gallery
i can’t believe i haven’t made it down to TEAM gallery to see this show in person yet. it may sound cliché to say ryan mcginley has a knack for capturing ‘modern beauty’, but i think it’s true. it’s plain to see this series freezes a taste of the vibe of people today, something we will feel more intensely when some time has passed. as for his images, it’s a beautiful evolution. by kl
a toyota worthy of the emperor of japan
the toyota century royal limousine is the official car of the emperor, while the prime minister zips around tokyo in a corolla
first off lets clarify what an emperor is. it’s not a king, so what is it? an emperor (male) is the ruler of an empire, where a king simply rules a kingdom. the kingdom could be a part of an empire. for example that settles the question about the various kings today who function under one empire, which is the US. the emperor traditionally may be seen as god on earth by his empire, when that fails there’s always religion to massage the masses. an emperor has maximum powers at his command and rules do not apply to him. this makes being a king of kings seem rather pedestrian, doesn’t it? today the emperor of japan is the only remaining emperor (on paper) in the world. but other empires have emerged under suspiciously “cuddly” names… and they don’t drive toyota’s either. by xy
just everyday matters 1963-2009: george porcari exhibition
this man is one of my all time heroes, and i must say that i don’t have many heroes really. of course i’m not talking about the one dressed up in the picture, but rather the artist geroge porcari. the openning is on march 27th (exhibit up through april 17th) china art objects 410 cottage home street, chinatown, los angeles. by dd
africana
pop’africana is an independent magazine based in new york, led by a team of creatives who pride themselves on delivering a rejuvenated image of africa. the first issue is due in out in april 2010 (almost there), but for now you can enjoy the editor oroma elewa’s blog. by sv
Gallery: international edition volume 5
some nice work in the latest issue of gallery
dzuae tatanako (tokyo), sergey tarasenko, anastasiya litvinenko (russia), 
ceft and company, ucef hanjani, kimberley norcott USA, eduardo del fraile, aurelia gonzalez (spain)
landor associates, jason little, malin holmstrom (australia), landor associates, jason little, malin holmstrom, james cockerille, nocola dearn, mike stainford, joao peres
ceft and company, ucef hanjani, pierre jeand’heur, kimberley norcott, james brown, thomas lagrange, USA, ampro design, irinel ionescu, oliwer lovanovici, alin patru (romania) by ar
Shoof: the shoes natural progression into hoof
art: iris schieferstein
i was rather disappointed that women’s shoes did not make their natural transformation into actual hoofs in this last season. there may be still some hope. we have been told that jesus has delayed his arrival for the time being. by dd
logorama vs. the child
also, since we’re in the cinema section, the movie i saw yesterday was logorama, the short animated movie that won the oscar. that was really cool and i was kind of proud as the guys who made the film (h5) went to the same school as i did!…
for the ones interested, here’s a funny bit, one of the first jobs these guys ever done was the video clip for alex gopher “the child” which is not very far from logorama after all. by pp
Kasi az gorbehaye irani khabar nadareh______ no one knows about the persian cats
saw the trailer of this movie yesterday at ifc… looks really great and it seems important to support those guys. must see by pp
Lay off of terry
the big three, angelica huston (what an amazing women), terry and bob in more innocent pastures… for what ever its said about terry (in paris), his work in my opinion is way beyond nudity. i mean there are millions of nudy photogs and you cant bundle terry into that. this trash talk is like writing off Araki as just a nudy photographer and not being able to see past our puritan and rather hypocritical ways, just to get some attention… and that would be rather shallow wouldn’t it. o.k. you can all comment now! by dd
