What a coincidence it was! I happened to be visiting Toronto for a family reunion, when I stumbled upon a billboard on the way from the airport… it was a billboard for ‘The Art of Banksy’ exhibit! It was meant to be! Firstly, Banksy is one of my favorite all-time …
Read More »Banksy’s ‘The Walled-Off Hotel’
Mysterious artist Banksy has opened a brilliant new hotel called “The Walled-Off Hotel” (like, The Waldorf Hotel) in a Bethlehem, just steps away from the controversial wall that separates Palestine from Israel. The hotel marks the 100th anniversary of British control over Palestine, consequently also the beginning of conflict in turmoil …
Read More »Holy Consumption- Art by Laura Keeble
British artist Laura Keeble took original antique church windows and transformed them into prominent, commercial items, like a Starbucks cup and a Coke bottle, to name a few. I highly recommend clicking over to her site and exploring her art. Once she replicated 5 Banksy’s Slave Labour for anyone to take right …
Read More »Banksy’s ‘Dismaland’- A Bemusement park
That Banksy is really a genius!! If you haven’t heard about ‘Dismaland‘, then you must be living under a rock! Any who, here are some photos from a friend, Alanna Varshney, who was lucky enough to see this mesmerizing, dystopian exhibit in person at Weston-super-Mare, UK. My ass …
Read More »You Are Not Banksy
Photographer Nick Stern has taken some of Banksy’s famous artworks and made them into real life photographs. This is so awesome in so many ways. There are more photos at Nick’s website that I couldn’t grab and post, but definitely worth it to click on over there and look at the whole collection. …
Read More »MOCA- ‘Art in the Streets’ Exhibit
Recently, I went to The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA near Little Tokyo in Los Angeles for the ‘Art in the Streets’ exhibit. I was super excited about this one because: A) it was the first time a major museum has dedicated an entire exhibit to the art form of graffiti …
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