TAKASHI MURAKAMI IS THE NEW ANDY WARHOL
01/19/2007
With Factory Girl, the Edie Segwick movie, struggling to come into existence amid suits by both Bob Dylan and Lou Reed , Andy Warhol remains strong in the public's consciousness. The problem is he's dead, so we need a new artist to transcend the boundary between art star and household name.That star is officially the 47 year-old japanese artist, Takashi Murakami wh ... Read More
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COLLECTING ART
01/08/2007
Art has been trying to get into people's homes and lives the subversive way for years. "Inside artists" have been trying to play nice, producing functional works (Virgil Marti's wallpaper , Nara's ashtray , Murakami's bag for Louis Vuitton) that could fit nicely in your living room or on your person. "Street artists" have been so frustrated that they've had to tak ... Read More
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Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg go to Hollywood
12/28/2006
Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg wrote a really funny movie called Harold and Kumar go to White Castle. In it was weed, nudity, poop jokes, Neil Patrick Harris (that's Doogie Howser) and social commentary. It also had the honor of starring a Korean-American: John Cho and an Indian-American: Kal Penn, who didn't have funny accents or know martial arts, and believe it ... Read More
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DROODLE!!!
11/28/2006
This is a Droodle. Droodles are drawing/riddles that were invented by Roger Price (in the 60s). They are basically drawings that are so obscure that they could be almost anything. Is it. . . A. Four Elephants inspecting a grapefruitB. A crisis in a pool hallC. Four unsportsmanlike gopher hunters? ? ? You can vote over at the poll ---> ---> ---> Read More
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LARRY MANGEL: CREATOR OF CEREALART
10/31/2006
CerealArt is an unassuming store front on 3rd Street in Philadelphia, but it's also a global online business that works with all kinds of fancy artists: Ryan McGuinness , Maurizio Cattelan and Yoshitomo Nara --to name a few, producing multiples with a wide-range of functional and artistic uses.I talked to Larry Mangel, the creator of Cerealart about the trials, tr ... Read More
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COPPOLA FLASHBACK
10/23/2006
Seeing as Sophia Coppola has just released a new movie (Marie Antoinette) I think it's time to remember just how awful and disappointing The Godfather III was:I have always loved The Godfather I and II, they are pretty much exactly what a good movie should be: slow moving but beautiful, so that every word that every character says is fascinating and holds weight with ... Read More
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Andy Warhol
10/06/2006
Gee, I think that it's becoming cool to be a capitalist. I mean, really cool, even those artists and musicians that once would have been classified as having bohemian lifestyles think it's cool to make a buck. All you have to do is turn on the TV to see that musicians don't mind making music for car ads and evidence of artists thinking the same lay in some of The Vult ... Read More
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Owls Are Hot.
06/16/2006
For awhile, the bird was the perfect symbol of hipster innocence and aspiration. With her tender wings, soft feathers, and mournful gaze, the sparrow on the telephone wire seemed to epitomize the fragile vulnerability of a generation that refused to grow up.Pretty soon, the generic clip-art bird icon was as much of a rock poster cliche as stars, rainbows, and lightnin ... Read More
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The Artist's Statement: A Work in Progress
02/07/2006
Nothing says more about the sad state of art nowadays than the artist's statement—a blend of inscrutable theories, vain boasting and raw salesmanship. Especially sad are those high concept / low craft artists who have clearly spent more time writing their precious statements than making the art itself. And they ought to. Bad art depends on smoke and mirrors for people ... Read More
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The New King of Schmooze Photography: Peter Beste Has Good Friends in Hell
01/19/2006
Surely you recall Mr. Glen E. Friedman, the shaggy-haired fanzine photographer who somehow found himself at the big bang of 21st century popular culture—Southern California around 1990. Friedman's early photographs capture the birth of punk, West Coast hip hop, and swimming pool skateboarding as intimately as a high school yearbook. By pluck or coincidence, Friedman f ... Read More
