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Entries Tagged as ‘Art’
January 22, 2010
of those humorists: david shrigley
david shrigley does dry, odd humor (my kind of humor) right. i can look at his drawings for hours and still be amused. i will leave you with a few of his drawings, so you can begin your appreciation as well. i do sincerely hope you enjoy them, otherwise… fantastic, huh?
October 15, 2009
tim gunn re: anne truitt
one of the perks of being a crafty college kid in dc is seeing all the crafty grown-ups that swing into town. enter: tim gunn and his surprisingly stoic comrade martin puryear. the hirshhorn museum and sculpture garden just opened an exhibition on anne truitt, a contemporary artist whose floating columns of color completely [...]
October 9, 2009
i want what she ordered, kudasai.
So you’re in a foreign country, and you can’t say anything but “beer” and “bathroom.” Okay, we forgive you, maybe you just had to take a weekend train to Hungary to see some fabulous Finnish band, and sleeping with the Hungarian-English dictionary under your pillow didn’t cut it. Too late. So this time you accidentally [...]
October 8, 2009
a studded leather slap to the face.
It’s equal parts filthy and flashy – useless and sublime. The party photography featured on Driven by Boredom is rich with vile excess. It’s a studded-leather-gloved slap to the face of anything conventional. Nate Smith (known by his friends and followers as “Igor”) is the photographer/provocateur-in-chief. When the über-hip or ultra-tranny contingents of NYC venture out to be seen, it’s [...]
October 6, 2009
Party Picasso.
The Wadsworth Antheneum throws this chic little event every month called Art After Hours where the museum hosts music, a special lecturer and drinks/free nibbles. The first time I went I was intrigued but not overly impressed. When I heard my favorite HPSU gentlemen were hosting the bands for October’s shindig I promptly put it [...]
September 22, 2009
guest drop: brittany levine on indie philanthropy
Who knew “inter-galactic indie domination” would be headquartered in Canada? The founders of the Yellow Bird Project, two recent college grads from Montreal, did. The Project creates and sells indie band t-shirts—think New Pornographers and Devendra Banhart– and gives the proceeds to charities. They call it indie philanthropy. Their newest venture: a coloring book. [...]
August 28, 2009
misguided attempts.
recent alumnus of maryland institute college of art, casey reed johnson is a budding simplistic sculptor. he takes basic ideas, images and objects melds them with bright elementary colors and voila, a masterpiece is born. when i caught johnson’s latest piece (a collision of misguided attempts) being featured at the connor contemporary art gallery in [...]
July 23, 2009
Oh Alexander McQueen
Alexander may be my fashion God. Who else could come up with a knuckle clutch complete with skull rings or turn a hub cap into a chic headband as seen in his fall/winter 09 collection, “Everything but the Kitchen Sink.” This collection is as good as it gets [...]
July 23, 2009
E-Gads!
because i haven’t raved about theselby enough. australian photographer jonathan zawada compiled this poster from the many interior shots on the website. limited run of 275 posters all signed and numbered will be on sale on the website starting tomorrow. zawada’s practically giving these away ($25) so you can bet my bum will be parked [...]
