The Price of Being Spiderman: Then & Now

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The Price of Being Batman: Then and Now

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Sign Painters: A Documentary

AWESOME!

Check out this trailer for Sign Painters, a documentary by Faythe Levine & Sam Macon.
There was a time, as recently as the 1980s, when storefronts, murals, banners, barn signs, billboards, and even street signs were all hand-lettered with brush and paint. But, like many skilled trades, the sign industry has been overrun by the techno-fueled promise of quicker and cheaper. The resulting proliferation of computer-designed, die-cut vinyl lettering and inkjet printers has ushered a creeping sameness into our landscape. Fortunately, there is a growing trend to seek out traditional sign painters and a renaissance in the trade.

In 2010 Directors Faythe Levine and Sam Macon, with Cinematographer Travis Auclair, began documenting these dedicated practitioners, their time-honored methods, and their appreciation for quality and craftsmanship. Sign Painters, the first anecdotal history of the craft, features the stories of more than two dozen sign painters working in cities throughout the United States. The documentary and book profiles sign painters young and old, from the new vanguard working solo to collaborative shops such as San Francisco’s New Bohemia Signs and New York’s Colossal Media’s Sky High Murals.

I can't wait to see it!

Deezer X McBess

McBess has teamed up with online musc service Deezer for this great ad/promo...

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Anton Marrast Illustration

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Nychos Update

Nychos is always so bloody active its ridiculous...

Jack Stocker Illustrates Sneakers

Jack Stocker illustrates Nike sneakers throughout the ages. The 18-year old illustrator undertook the project as his final university assignment (yup, he's still studying) and decided to replicate the colours of the iconic sneakers from the late '80s and early '90s.
Using simple coloured paper Stocker constructed the silhouettes of the shoes, including the 1987 Air Line max, 1989 Air Pressure and the 1990 Nike Air Factor.

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We Are Batman

Brazil-based graphic and web designer Billy Butcher took Batman’s final words in The Dark Knight Rises quite seriously (or not so) and decided to imagine how artists and celebrities from past and present would look as if they were the caped crusader.

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Art Shows London Thursday 18th Oct Onwards

Opening times:
Monday - Friday: 8am - 6pm Saturday - Sunday: 11am - 4pm
For more info:
www.prote.in/feed/2012/10/iluzjon www.eyeseaposters.com/exhibitions

'Sound & Vision' By Shepard Fairey 20.10.12 - 04.11.12

Shepard Fairey presents his first London exhibition in 5 years, entitled Sound & Vision. He brings along friend and collaborator Z-Trip to supply the soundtrack to the artwork, opening at StolenSpace Gallery on the evening of October 19th and on exhibition through November 4th, 2012.

The Yok In Hanoi

Aussie painter- The Yok painted a great rooftop in Hanoi, Vietnam the other month....



HANOI LANTERN BEARERS from theyok on Vimeo.

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New JeremyFish Prints

"Rotofugi is currently hosting a new show by Jeremy Fish, and they have a ton of new art prints available (plus some originals). These are all limited edition screenprints for $40-$80 each. Visit Rotofugi.com."

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Malika Favre - Hide and Seek

Hide&Seek - Malika Favre from Kemistry Gallery on Vimeo.

French born Malika Favre has put together Hide and Seek, her first solo show in London.
Malika’s work is bold and minimalistic, exploring the relationship between positive and negative space.

6th September - 29th September 2012

Ian Macarthur Update

Iain Macarthur was born in Swindon,United Kingdom – 1986. He is a freelance illustrator and designer.He says he became a fanatic of art at the age of eight.As he grew older, he diverted from anime drawings to more realistic figures and faces.Iain produces very detailed surreal images made from intricate patterns from his imagination.

 





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Barry McGee Show BAM/PFA

Arrested Motion have great coverage of Barry McGee's show at BAM/PFA that opened yesterday. Wish I could see all his retrospective work in one massive show...

"San Francisco-based Barry McGee returns for his first Bay Area solo museum exhibition in 18 years at BAM/PFA (UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive). This will mark his first midcareer survey, in which all of his previous major installations have been reinterpreted and put under one roof (from his van installation at REDCAT to his Street Market at Deitch to a 1999 stolen mural that was placed on Howard Street in San Francisco, just to name a few). This exhibition as been three years in the making, with the elaborate set-up first starting 2-1/2 months ago."

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London Art Shows Thursday August 2nd Onwards

'Eye In The Sky'
A Show By ATG Collective & Book Launch
03.08.12 - 02.09.12
Stolenspace Gallery, brick lane


'The Daily Standard'
Tim Head Solo Show
Pure Evil Gallery, Leonard St


Gallery Talk: "Ukiyo-e from the design point of view & Japanese Pop"
Thursday 02 August from 7-8pm
ICN is proud to present the second of three gallery talks of our current exhibition "Ukiyo-e Pop". Designer Joe Keating will give in depth understanding on the design composition of Ukiyo-e printing. ICN curator Hisami Omori will guide you through history, from Japonism to contemporary Japanese Pop.

Location: ICN gallery

Address: 96-98 Leonard Street, EC2A 4RH London

Creepy Pencil Art

Laurie Lipton was born in New York and began drawing at the age of four. She was the first person to graduate from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pennsylvania with a Fine Arts Degree in Drawing (with honours). She has lived in Holland, Belgium, Germany and France and has made her home in London since 1986. Her work has been exhibited extensively throughout Europe and the USA.

Lipton was inspired by the religious paintings of the Flemish School. She tried to teach herself how to paint in the style of the 16th century Dutch Masters and failed. When traveling around Europe as a student, she began developing her very own peculiar drawing technique building up tone with thousands of fine cross-hatching lines like an egg tempera painting. “It’s an insane way to draw”, she says, “but the resulting detail and luminosity is worth the amount of effort.

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Mapping The Internet

Check out these cool maps by Nicholas Rapp showing how the interwebs connect underwater around the world and across a city. If you read Fortune magazine, you can get hold of them in the latest issue. Click the images to enlarge.

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London Art Shows 5th July Onwards

Opening Reception:
"Ukiyo-e Pop - ukiyo-e & contemporary japonism"

5 July from 5-9pm

Private View from 5pm (RSVP essential)
Public opening party from 7pm-9pm

The second in the series of three Ukiyo-e exhibitions at ICN gallery is showing selected prints by the great masters of Edo, Hokusai and Hiroshige centring the theme of "Landscapes". Additional works from current J-pop artists exhibited in the basement gallery space illustrate how the trend of printing art continues to date.

Location: ICN gallery
Address: 96-98 Leonard Street, EC2A 4RH London
Contact: info@icn-global.com or call 020 7729 7977