A couple artists 12/31/08

So this is my last post for 2008.
2008.
It’s been an interesting 12 months to say the least. What an amazing situation we all are in for 2009.
It is like when you wake up from a bad dream to only realize that in fact you were in a coma, the house was on fire and you [...]

Manteca 12/30/08

Good Times Robert Hardgrave 2008 via flickr
The economic crisis is creating some odd opportunities. With all of the foreclosures there is a surplus of empty backyard pools getting skated in California. (via TWBE)
Did you know that Bo Diddley was once the Sheriff of a small town in New Mexico? Here is a great big pile [...]

manteca 12/29/08

Omnipotent Darin Shuler 2008 (via Soil)
Washington DC based sculptor Mark Jenkins answers a few questions for the folks at Wooster Collective. They have a great collection of these interviews from who they consider influential artists in the street art world
A site specific installation at an abandoned Canary Farm/ Weed growhouse in south Florida (via artlurker)
Video [...]

manteca 12/28/08

Nasty NeckFace 2008 (via The Art Collectors)
I really like the NYC band Kudu though I haven’t heard much about them lately. Here is a cool interview from a while back with The Deli Magazine plus a day in the life video short with Kudu singer Sylvia .
Brooklyn based artist Mu Pan is all kinds of [...]

Hot Chocolate 12/26/08

Heart Shaped NYC Subway Map Zero Per Zero (via Kottke)
I like that the most effective way to publish a zine today is basically doing the internet thing.
One of the best, truest to form ways of doing this is with a PDF zine. The format is basically the same and if somebody really likes it [...]

Bumbaclot Religion

I-Man Nah gwaan post pon de Blog fe nex’ day an ting. be back pon de control Friday.

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Hot Chocolate 12/23/08

Millenium Falcon Origami illo. by Josh Cochran via Wired
New York Daily News brings us a pretty interesting where are they now of professional wrestlers from the eighties
The Citrus Report comes with a new issue featuring articles about OG lowbrow artist Niagara Detroit, photographer Boogie, and skate artist extraordinaire Todd Bratrud amongst other goodies.
Steve Powers aka [...]

Hot Chocolate 12/22/08

Regino Gonzales 2008
Colors so bright they remain glued to your retinas – Mr. in Paris (via We Make Money Not Art)
Visionary artist Alex Grey will be closing his Chapel of Sacred Mirrors in NYC at the beginning of the year according to the NY Times (via Two Coats…)
Handselecta is an online Library of different Graff [...]

Slumber Party 12/19/08

Hugh Leeman 2008 (via juxtapoz)
ReadyMade asks five artists to reimagine the populist poster art of the first Great Depression (via Tracko)
Celebrating 50 yrs. of creating girls manga with Eiko Hanamura (via PingMag)
Billboard “liberation”goes uptown in Moscow. (via Art Newspaper)
Inventive ways to carry Odd things on your bike (Via Guys who cut…)
It’s The Final Countdown:
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Slumber Party 12/18/08

San Narcos Blu 2008
When I visiy NYC I am constantly looking at everything. From the gum blackened sidewalks to the strange, ancient looking cornices I often wonder if anybody else spent time seeing what I do. Apparently this film scout does every day.
Brazil’s Alexandre Orion makes art utilizing the filth we breath in every day.”It [...]