Archive | August 27, 2009

Modest Progress with the Spindle Series



I’ve shown the likes of these previously. The going has been slow as I have had to sort through a lot of possibilities and pick up some skills.  One thing remains unchanged as I am still stacking balanced elements on a common axis.

The summer a year ago I had stepped …

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In A Dream – The Story of Isaiah Zagar



The New York Times recently ran a fascinating article about Isaiah Zagar, an artist whos has created elaborate mosaics that cover many buildings in South Philadelphia.

Isaiah is now the subject of, In A Dream, an award winning documentary by his son Jeremiah.

You can read the NY Times article here. The DVD of the film will be released in the States on September 29th, 2009.

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Seen On The Streets Of Montevideo, Uruguay



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Seen On The Streets Of Rome

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Artist: Pedro Matos

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Digital Hinterlands Exhibition

Digital Hinterlands features a diverse range of work by some of the best recent architecture graduates from London’s Architectural Association, Bartlett, Royal College of Art, and University of Westminster. Organised by Ruairi Glynn and curated in consultation with Arup, this exhibition reveals how the latest computational design and rapid manufacturing processes are providing new ways [...]

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Fres Stuff From Error Message in Toronto

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Michael DeFeo Goes Big in East Harlem

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The piece above was done for this weekend’s Hacia Afuera Festival

You can see more of Michael’s work here.

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Stupidity In Washington DC

A few weeks ago we posted a call for artists to assist in a massive mural in Washington DC, sponsored by the fantastic nonprofit group Albus Cavus. The final wall is absolutely stunning.

But to show how ignorant some people can be, we heard today that the local Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Marshall Phillips is now protesting the mural because, according to him, for it to be acceptable it needs to include references to MLK, the Redskins football team, and the Nationals baseball team.

Watch below:

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Fresh Stuff From Vhils in Italy

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More from Vhils here.

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