Here we’re showing you a preview design from OriginalFake for their 2008 F/W collection. The design features many of Kaw’s signature graphics including the dollar bill design that we’ve previously shown you guys. It also showcases a pink heart in the center being pierced by it’s own anchor.
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LEFTFOOT Taiwan recently played host to controversial pictorial journey titled West End Girls Meets The East End Boys, featuring the West End girls of Taiwan’s Xi Men Ting area. The photos shot by Maco Hsu (aka MCP) also included a small number of t-shirts and a book. Next up for the exhibition is a showing at King Store in Xi Men Ting.
With much to talk about with the recent grand openings of art-based retail spaces via Upper Playground, Estevan Oriol and Mister Cartoon, what would an event like this be without a proper art gallery showing? Aside from providing a space to house Upper Playground products, an opening gallery was marked by a diverse selection of artwork from many artists who have received much attention thanks to Upper Playground’s huge push to create awareness to street-level art. Among the artists showing were Ron English, Slick, Alex Pardee, David Choe, Usugrow and of course Sam Flores and Jeremy Fish.
Upper Playground LA
125 E. 6th Street (between S. Main St. and S. Los Angeles St.)
Los Angeles, California
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As the lone visual artist on Time Magazine’s 2008 list of Top 100 Influential People, Japanese artist Takashi Murakami has become a strong candidate of one contemporary art’s representatives. He has developed a huge following for his interesting take on the world of Japanese culture through his graphic depictions of manga and anime. However, in his most recent show which began in early May, Davy Jones Tear at Blum & Poe in Los Angeles, the artist changes gears with 8 paintings that deviate from his well known style to a more abstract direction. The paintings, include references to Murakami’s Daruma collection with portraits of Zen Buddhism as well as Japanese decorative art, Rimpa. The exhibition concludes on June 14th.
Blum & Poe
2754 S. La Cienega Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90034
p: 310.836.2062
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Krink is recently featured on CNN with a 2-minute long video. Krink is a maker of high-quality markers and inks that is made for use both in the streets and in studio environments. The video covers the beginning of Krink to its dominating state today in the art supply market. They also talk with Craig Costello, the founder of Krink, on how everything got started.
Watch the video [HERE].
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Multi-talented Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park steps out of his usual musical role in his upcoming exhibit Glorious Excess (Born). The DC Shoes sponsored show is arguably his finest work to date incorporating personal revelations with pop commentary and vanitas influences. Vanitas itself is a Northern European art form dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries. The art themes itself around the transience of earthly life and the futility of vanity. Some of the associated imagery includes skulls, rotten fruit, bubbles and musical instruments, each with significant connotations. Shinoda’s exhibition includes multiple influences and a character’s time line through a contemporary society’s fascination with fame, excess and instant gratification
This event is the first of a two part series at the George and Sakaye Aratani Central Hall of the Japanese American National Museum. Aside from coinciding with Mike Shinoda’s collaborative sneaker effort with DC’s Remix collection, all the art and sneakers sold will have proceeds donated directly to the Michael K. Shinoda Endowed Scholarship at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. The event will begin on July 12th and conclude on August 3rd however an opening reception for the public and autograph signing will take place July 11 from 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm.
Famous London street artist, the Decapitator, is on the move again. The Decapitator is known for removing the heads of people in various advertisements including newspapers and billboards. And it seems that this time Sarah Jessica Parker falls victim to the Decapitator’s signature murdering style, as she poses headless on a Sex and the City billboard on the streets of London.
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With the growing popularity of the track bike movement, track frames are quickly becoming the hot topic for customization among a growing list of alternative templates for art coming to fruition as of late. From electronics to sneakers and surfboards, track frames merge together the world of art and consumerism. For the upcoming “Pressure” art exhibition put on by Cinelli bikes and RVCA, Barry McGee’s bike seen here joins a list of artists including Ashley Macomber, Clare Rojas, C.R. Stecyk III, Dan Murphy, DMOTE, Jesse Geller, Josh Lazcano, KAWS, Madsaki, Phil Frost, RVCA founder PM Tenore and Stephen Powers. The inaugural showing is set for June 19th, at RVCA’s flagship store in San Francisco with subsequent trips to Austin, Texas, the home of multiple Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong and his newly opened store Mellow Johnny’s. The Barry McGee set is limited to 50 sets in three sizes, 54, 56 and 58. The set of 50 will be divided into 25 complete bikes ($3,700 USD) and 25 frame-only kits ($2,100 USD) and for sale only through RVCA and Mellow Johnny’s.
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To help promote Atmosphere’s latest release When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold, the rapper has made things a little interactive with the addition of a feature which allows you to bomb/tag any site on the internet. With numerous weapons at your arsenal, you go hit up any site and then upload your work to be judged. Check out my crazy hand steez and the feature at paintthatshitgold.com.
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Singaporean artist Jahan Loh opened his inaugural art exhibition Cherry Pop last week. With hymen-busting at the center of his art show, you can imagine interesting visuals provided by such a liberal and provocative theme. A full re-cap of the art and displays can be seen after the jump. The show concludes June 15th.
Ming Art Gallery
No. 16, Alley 15, Lane 147, Sec. 3
Sinyi Rd., Taipei Taiwan
p: +886.2.27058758
Time: 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
Images not very work safe after the jump.
Premium vodka distiller Belvedere Vodka hired the likes Terry Richardson, RZA and Vincent Gallo in their commercial Make It Rain. Now continuing the involvement of this celebrity cast are special features within the Belevedere site including Terry Richardson and “Terry’s Room”, RZA and “RZA’s Studio” and finally Jade Jagger with “Jade’ Room”. Each section includes both photos and videos and can be seen at belvedere-vodka.com, Discover Luxury Reborn.
In the meeting of two colossal pairings, Mister Cartoon and Estevan Oriol of SA Studios were chosen to help create the movie poster for Overture Films’ upcoming motion picture Righteous Kill starting Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. Also within the creative mix is leading art brand Upper Playground, as this poster represents the debut of an ongoing partnership between UP, SA Studios and Overture Films. This August, SA Studios will open up the SA Studios x Righteous Kill Downtown LA Experience featuring movie merchandise and signed lithographs by Mister Cartoon and Estevan Oriol. The movie Righteous Kill opens up September 12th, 2008.
The full poster can be seen after the jump.
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