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The Hundreds / Garfield Group Show (via )

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Art Inflation: Macy’s Murakamis

Murakami It is not uncommon for people to react with awe to their first up-close encounter with a balloon from the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. But when Takashi Murakami saw his contributions to Thursday’s event, he bowed. Twice. On Wednesday afternoon, on a stretch of West 81st Street in Manhattan where brightly colored, 30-foot-tall inflatable versions of his characters Kaikai and Kiki were wriggling and writhing underneath a huge net, Mr. Murakami, the Japanese pop artist, held a brief Shinto ceremony for purity and luck. He stood at a table where he ...

Activist Artist Goes on Trial in Beijing

BEIJING — In a case that has galvanized the Chinese arts community, a prominent artist who helped lead a short-lived demonstration along the nation’s most politically hallowed thoroughfare went on trial Wednesday on assault charges that supporters say are aimed at punishing him for his political activism. The defendant, Wu Yuren, 39, is accused of assaulting a group of police officers at a Beijing police station last May. He had gone to the stationhouse with a friend who was seeking to file a complaint against his landlord, but Mr. Wu ended up in a verbal confrontation with several officers after they grabbed his cellphone, the friend, Yang Licai, said. The police officers say Mr. Wu attacked them. Mr. Wu claims ...

COOL NEW VIDS ONLINE (via Jersey Joe’s Blog)

REYES - SEVENTH DAY PROJECT ASKEW / DEUS STOP MOTION VIDEO ROID AND DEMS FOR GSHOCK IRONLAK ...

Fans “Thank You” Video (via Mike Shinoda’s Blog)

Big shout out to all the fans who attended The Summit today (and yesterday), and to the amazing ...

Special Art Post #3: ESTRIA

My third "Special Art Post" is dedicated to the graffiti artist ESTRIA. BIO
Estria began spray painting in Hawai'i in 1984 and has since painted hundreds of murals. He was an influential leader of the "Golden Age" of graffiti (1980´s) in San Francisco, pioneering painting techniques of characters and scenes. He is also one of the originators of the stencil tip, a modified cap used by graffiti writers to create thin airbrush-like lines. Estria has painted in Peru, Italy, Mexico, Japan, Honduras, New York, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Charlotte and San Francisco. Since 1993 he has taught graffiti classes and lectured at universities on graffiti´s social and political impact. He garnered national attention with his arrest for graffiti in 1994; appearing in CNN, the San Francisco Chronicle and Examiner, and the National Enquirer. Estria co-founded Tumis Design in Oakland, California, which develops graphic communications and web applications for non-profits and foundations. Estria´s clients prior to Tumis include Sega America, MTV, Toyota, McKesson Corporation, Nokia, the Mills Corporation, President Clinton, and McDonald´s. Estria also co-founded Visual Element, the EastSide Arts Alliance´s free mural workshop that develops youth as a voice of the People. He has served the community through his cultural work for over 25 years. Samurai Graphix is a custom screen-printing company in San Leandro, CA, founded by Estria in 2007 to serve local businesses, bands and schools. He is currently creating screen prints for Hip Hop concerts.
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Graffiti Battle in Auckland, New Zealand (via )

Hi Guys, meet Jersey Joe (Rime)! He's a great graffiti artist, one of my favourites, and he has a ...

The Underbelly Project: Hidden Art Show in Abandoned Subway Station

A vast new exhibition space opened in New York City this summer, with a show 18 months in the ...

South Korean Cartoonists Cry Foul Over The Simpsons

Sitting in his lively studio in western Seoul, veteran animator Nelson Shin is clearly proud of ...

Another Special Art Post: PUSH >>>Divided Attention

LA's Known Gallery has a lot of great artists and because his new exhibition opens there tomorrow I ...
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