British artist Alex Chinneck has a knack for making the ordinary extraordinary. Take for example these buildings scattered throughout Europe … one is sliding off like a garage door, another is getting unzipped and another had a lightning strike through it creating mundane buildings into a coveted work of art. …
Read More »Beyond the Streets- NYC
Check out Beyond The Streets in Brooklyn, NYC for a nostalgic walk through graffiti’s history for the past 30 years. I was fortunate enough to see the exhibit in LA a few years ago, so I urge my fellow New Yorkers to check it before they pack up and leave …
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 »Cartoon in the City
Check out Canadian artist Aiden Glynn latest installation on the streets of Toronto- it’s a monster invasion! Who knew a pair of googley eyes and teeth could transform a boring pipe into a masterpiece!?We should see this more often in the city… definitely takes the ugly out of unsightly structures. Check out …
Read More »Mooshi Mooshi!
If you ever happen to be in Osaka, Japan, I think the store Jajaqucya should be on the top of your list to visit. Why? Because waffle toy hats , that’s why. Two of their own lines, Nice to Meet You and Kisotengai (“cosmically crazy” in Japanese) are stocked in …
Read More »Art in a Can
UK street artist My Dog Sighs takes cans of food, beer and whatever else cans hold and transforms them into pint-sized pieces of art. On the bottom of the can he paints all sorts of faces and mouths that make it look like they’re peering through a metal tube. I have …
Read More »Not-So-Sweet Street Art
Check out the street art of Herr Nilsson! He takes popular Disney characters and makes into a badass. I like that. My favorite has to be that Snow White chick with a gun. I always new that bunny, Thumper, was a sh*fty bitch. And those birds! They went from blue to the …
Read More »Fam Irvoll- Fall 2013- Yo, Yo, Yo!
The street inspired Fam Irvoll for her latest collection. Not Wisteria Lane, not Sesame Street, not the Champs Elysee, but rather that one street that prompts you to lock your car doors and whip out your mace, just in case. Hip Hop and Chola chicks were the inspiration but …
Read More »Nasir Mazhar-Fall 2013- Men’s Collection
British designer Nasir Mazhar is best known for his avant-guarde headwear, but this season he has branched out to clothes for both men and women. If you go on his website, it’s just one long ass video of a bunch of people in crazy clothes chillin’ at what looks like a …
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