Dunny

What can I say?- I'm obsessed. This is from a show they had in NYC this summer.

Banksy in Palestine

SWOON

This is an amazing interview with one of my favorite graffiti artists.
click here to check it out:
http://swindlemagazine.com/issue04/swoon/

LamsfuB

German artist Ulrich LambsfuB (b. 1971) is amazing. His brush work is thick and expressive, yet precise. His imagery is explosive, though he is apparently more interested in the reproduction of the images he works from, giving the paintings a traditional feel.

"I like the old, the classical, 'sublime' as a clearly recognizable tool of fiction."

FFFFOUND

I found this website- its ffffull of interesting stuff to look at. check check check it out

www.FFFFOUND.com

Kara Walker

Kara Walker (b. 1969) is a contemporary artist who deals with African American sterio types. She is amazingly innovative, and has had shows in the Whitney, MOMA, and the Guggenheim. Very Impressive!

Here is a video someone has shot of her Whitney show.


Also, here is an interview with Walker herself!

M.I.A

M.I.A's new video "Paper Planes" reminds me so much of brooklyn....

Labbit!!

My newest toy. I'm in Loveeee.

Frank Kozik is amazing.

Clayton James Cubitt

http://www.claytoncubitt.com/commissioned/galleries.php?gid=5

I was shown this link by a friend. Stunning and very personal point of view.

Flex

Another Chris Cunningham: "Flex" In MOMA.

Purging Pope

"Purging Pope" - Zane Lewis. This is vinyl and acrylic. This is also awesome. Very innovative- I love when people push the limits of painting, and it doesn't look like crap.

His Artist statement:
"I attempt to explore the power of cultural icons and their relevence to contemporary equivalents of the religious sublime. By
using personas that range from the charasmatic to the unsettling to the worshipped, i throw into question the cultural
paradigms of contemporary culture."

Rubber Johnny

"Rubber Johnny"- ApexTwin music video- Chris Cunningham 2005.

Box Doodle

This is awesome.
Check it out: http://www.neu-e.de/pages/page_001.html

Zak Attack

http://www.zaxart.com

Zak Smith is an interesting character; he attended Cooper Union and Yale for painting… and is also a porn star. Obviously he has a rather interesting relationship with women, and this is undoubtedly reflected in his work (and by work I mean artwork… I have no idea about his relationship with women in his movie work). His artwork is reminiscent of Klimt as well as Graphic illustration. There is an ambitious use of color, shape and pattern which is both charged and stimulating.

Keith Perelli

Keith Perelli was an enormous influence on my decision to become a painter. During my attendance at New Orleans Center for Creative Arts he truly inspired me, pushing me to really fall in love with painting. I recently checked up on his work and they are as marvelous as ever.

His work is represented at:
www.docsgallery.com
www.keithperelli.com

Banksy

Fresh Banksy

... and classic. One of my favorite iconic images of all time.

http://www.lineagegallery.com

This is a gallery in Philly with an interesting selection of work. Check out the artist list.

Ron English and Jeremy Fish shown above- both paintings.

Art and Design

In the world of design there seems to be an explosion of artist related works- with an actual emphasis on the artist. I recently stumbled on a website of Ipod paraphernalia that uses the work on contemporary artists and illustrators, and rather than passing them off as pretty decoration owned by the company they had actual blurbs on each artists work. In a world of endless information just clicks away this new accessibility is precious to artists.

www.gelaskins.com

Freudian

Lucian Freud has been a long time favorite of mine. His art is honest, it is raw- it does not work to beautify the human form, but rather searches to find the human nature within the form. His work is all about the search, thickly layering paint to work and rework the fleshy form and building up color. It pushes the line toward abstraction, we find ourselves concerned with the beautiful physicality of paint and forget the body we are actually seeing.

Aahhh..

Undeniably great. Brushwork, color, content..... Sargent is truly a master.