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1200 Black Ping Pong Balls Form a Deadly Assault Rifle

Scrap Metal Sneaker Sculptures by Gabriel Dishaw

Gabriel Disha‘s electronic scrap-metal sneaker sculptures exist in a Bermuda triangle of sneaker art, somewhere between old-school brass diver boots, LA Lights, and highest-tensile Flyknits.
Disha is a junk artist whose imagination can take your old Mac Classic II and turn in into a pair of Air Max 90s. Other works include Jordans, Nike ACGs, and Dunks, and Frees Runs
Check out all his sneaker creations as well as his other amazing work at Gabriel’s website.

Ben Frost - 'The Perfect Drug' Exhibition

 

The Perfect Drug
A solo exhibition by Ben Frost
Feb 22nd – March 18th 2013.

Australian Pop Artist Ben Frost presents an exhibition of new artworks exploring our society’s obsession and relationship with mass-consumerism. Painting directly onto fast food and pharmaceutical packaging, Frost asks us to look twice at the products we have grown to love – and also grown an addiction for.

Kult Gallery, Emily Hill, Blk C2-5, 11 Upper Wilkie Rd,
Singapore 228120. Tel: +65 63381066. http://www.kult.com.sg/

Banksy Canvas Art Prints

 

Now at Jack Threads!

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Indonesia Character Meeting II

The second installment of Indonesia Character Meeting since its first in 2007 saw a group of 14 graffiti artists from Bandung and Jakarta work together on a large grey painted wall primed as their canvas on the theme, 'circus'. Artists who participated include Tutu, Wormo, Darbotz, Yellow Dino and Zeus.

Check out the two videos concluding Indonesia Character Meeting 2, done by Yudha Ludiranto and Fakhruddin Ar Razi.

Ghica Popa - Space Sneakers

 

Ghica an illustration artist based in Bucharest, Romania who's style is a surrealist mix between robots, animal inspired characters and strange buildings - influenced by science fiction, movies he watched as a kid, old futuristic cars, comic books and different art movements, from cubism to pop art. Check out how he interprets his favorite sneakers after the jump. To see more of his art and collaborations at http://ghicapopa.com/.

Niels "Shoe" Meulman for Eurobest Festival

 

Eurobest, the European Festival of Creativity which this year celebrates 25 years, has invited internationally-renowned graffiti artist Niels Shoe Meulman to join the Festival in Lisbon and to work on a live graffiti project in the city. Click the jump to witness the creation that he laid out.

Kidrobot Now at Jackthreads

 

If you are in to  or want to start collecting vinyl toys, here is your chance. Jack Threads is now having a sell on some of Kidrobot's latest releases including KidRoyale, KidNeutron, KidHoHoHo for the holidays, and many more. And of course they are all at below retail prices. Head over and check out the site and you might find something else that you are interested in.

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Shepaird Fairey Murals at Art Basel

 

In the weeks leading up to Art Basel, which is currently running this weekend in Miami Beach, Florida, Shepard Fairey put up two beautiful murals, which was first spotted over at Street Art News. During "the most prestigious art show in the Americas," more than 260 leading galleries from North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa will take part in Art Basel's festivities, showcasing works by more than 2,000 artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.
In the piece above, Fairey adds his classic patterns and imagery in collaboration with artist RISK's colorful background to create this beautiful mural. If you're in Miami, you can see it at 1326 NE 1st Ave, Miami.
Prior to creating this piece, Fairey put up another mural in Miami as a tribute to Tony Goldman, the New York real-estate visionary and art benefactor who was a driving force behind the revitalization of New York’s Soho neighborhood, Miami Beach’s Art Deco District, and Wynwood and the Design District in Miami. “He was such a great ambassador for art,” Fairey says of the man who gave his career a boost when he commissioned a mural at Houston Street and the Bowery in New York. “Tony was so nice to me, so supportive.”

Click the jump to take a look at the master pieces.

Paul Chiappe’s Tiny Pencil Drawings Look Like Vintage Photographs

 

 Paul Chiappe’s miniature graphite drawings that look just like vintage photographs. The super skilled Scottish artist recreates aged black and white photo incredibly realistic and ridiculously tiny, some are merely 2 x 4 cm. His life long attention to detail borderlines on obsession and each piece will make you think twice about what you are looking at. Check out more after the jump.

Shepard Fairey Sentenced To Probation

 

Artist Shepard Fairey was sentenced to two years probation in a U.S. District Court in Manhattan Friday.
Known for the "HOPE" posters he created during President Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, Fairey pleaded guilty in February to charges of criminal contempt, and admitted to destroying and fabricating evidence related to a civil lawsuit with the Associated Press. That lawsuit, which revolved around whether or not Fairey’s infamous poster based on an AP image violated copyright laws, was settled out of court in 2011.
In court on Friday, federal prosecutor Daniel Levy recommended prison time before the artist's sentencing. "Some deprivation of liberty is necessary," he said. "Anything else sends a terrible message to the world."
Fairey's defense lawyer argued against the recommendation, describing his client as a self-made artist who admitted his misconduct immediately. He emphasized that Fairey suffers from Type I diabetes and, if incarcerated, would not receive adequate care for his condition.
Fairey faced a maximum prison term of six months, however Judge Frank Maas sentenced the artist to probation and 300 hours of community service. He cited Fairey's history of charitable work and the letters of support submitted by friends and family of the artist.
Commenting on the public response to Fairey's case, Maas remarked that "public disgrace" will likely be the artist's greatest consequence, stating that he had never seen the press take such an interest in a civil case.
Fairey is not the first artist to have been involved in a high-profile copyright case, though the criminal charges brought against him were unprecedented. Years ago, Jeff Koons was taken to court by a professional photographer, Art Rogers, after the American artist used one of Roger’s images as the model for his 1988 sculpture, “String of Puppies.” Koons argued that the use of the image fell under fair use stipulations, but a court rejected this claim, requiring Koons to pay a settlement fee as well as ship one unsold sculpture to Rogers. Recently, Richard Prince was accused of inappropriately borrowing an image from photographer Patrick Cariou in 2011, further emphasizing the slippery slope of what is and isn’t acceptable reappropriation. During the trial, the prosecuting attorney asked Prince, "There's something about appropriating images from other people that helps you make a work of art that's more believable, is that right? Prince said: "I guess you can say that, yes."

Via Huffington Post

Artist Takes Every Drug Known to Man, Draws Self Portraits After Each Use

 

This is all kinds of cool, and everything your mother told you not to do. Bryan Lewis Saunders is an artist from Washington D.C., not just any artist though. Saunders prefers to take a more unconventional approach to his artwork.

Arguably his most interesting project, entitled DRUGS is described as follows:

“After experiencing drastic changes in my environment, I looked for other experiences that might profoundly affect my perception of the self. So I devised another experiment where everyday I took a different drug and drew myself under the influence. Within weeks I became lethargic and suffered mild brain damage. I am still conducting this experiment but over greater lapses of time. I only take drugs that are given to me.” 

After the jump, you can view a collection of portraits Saunders drew while under the influence of various substances ranging from cocaine, to marijuana, to DMT. Each portrait is an astonishing look into the mind of someone tweaked out on drugs, something that your eyes will surely appreciate.

Andy Warhol Campbell Soup Cans

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Warhol’s famed 1962 “32 Campbell’s Soup Cans” art piece, the soup company will release approximately 1.2 million pop art soup cans in select Target stores nationwide. According to LaughingSquid,com, the product will sell for the accessible price of $.75 beginning Sept. 2, 2012.

MadC - Layers Graffiti Exhibition

 

The famous female graffiti artist Claudia Walde, AKA MadC, has opened her solo-exhibition at 44309 Gallery in Dortmund, Germany! Entitled Layers, the show presents new works made using spray paint, transparent spray paint, ink, watercolor and acrylic paint.

"Her letters flow into each other and parts of one letter borrow parts of another. Everything is connected; one part can‘t be without the other. Thus, her work is a reflection of our modern life where everything and everyone is connected through the Internet, cell phones, social networks and the media. The graffiti community has long used all those channels to stay connected for decades.
For her canvases she is using the same philosophy of connecting single parts. To create those works, MadC is using spray paint, transparent spray paint, ink, watercolour, acrylic paint and acrylic markers. She is painting on canvas as well as carton from spray paint boxes.
Claudia‘s passion for fonts and street art is also visible in her published work. In 2011, her second book „Street Fonts“ was published by Thames & Hudson and various other publishers in 5 languages worldwide. The book shows over 150 alphabets by graffiti and street artists form around the globe.
Since 1996, when MadC painted her first wall, she was invited to and has visited more than 35 countries including Sweden, France, USA, United Kingdom, Lebanon, South Africa, Bolivia, Hawaii, Colombia, Mexico, Spain, Norway, Poland, Russia and many more."

After the jump view some of what she has to offer at the exhibition.

Cezar/CezART - Crazy Monkey Mural

Cezar is a personal friend of mine since high-school. He is talented all around, from freehand graffiti to computer graphic design. Recently he was asked to create a mural at J&J Tattoo Shop located in Orlando, FL. This video cuts the 12 hour process into 7 minutes, take a look and see how it came about. If you would like for him to create a masterpiece for you hit him up at CezART and send him a message. Be on the lookout for more artwork from Cezar in the future.

Haze + Nike Sportswear

Click the jump to check out how this came together.

Design for SPRAYGROUND by DBD

Have your design produced, win $500 in cash and a backpack of your choice. Click the jump for more info.

Banksy Prints Available at Jackthreads

 

If you are a fan of Banksy and always wanted his artwork on your wall, now is your chance to own some prints of his most famous pieces including Stained Glass, Boy Meets Girl, Flying Balloons, Blank Walls, and many more. For excess to this invite only website click the link below.

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Kumi Yamashita - Thread and Nail Portraits 'Constellation'

This body of work consists of three simple materials that, when combined, produce the portraits: a wooden panel painted a solid white, thousands of small galvanized nails, and a single, unbroken, common sewing thread.