Art in One Form or Another

The 20 Most Powerless People in the Art World

Not the list you want to be on, but if you like to judge people (like I do) enjoy.

Why Street Art Matters

Some city councils get it, others don’t. Tapping the creative talents of street artists, illustrators and graphic designers is an effective and cool way to make bland public spaces, old buildings, bridges and car parks new again, and to freshen up the concrete jungle. (via).

VW Art Heist

 

Dubbed the “Great Volkswagen Art Heist,” the effort consists of pop-up “performance art” galleries that have sprouted up all over Canada which feature hand-numbered, framed light painting photos created by the light trails. Motion and long-exposure stills cameras were used to film the trails and the end result is the paintings which have been coveted by a variety of people over the course of the last two weeks.

It helps that the artwork, place in random locations, isn’t hung so securely, but that’s the point of it all. VW wants you to steal the art and share it, which people have done via Facebook. But wouldn’t you feel the least bit guilty jacking the work if you had no idea what this was all about? Guess not, according to the clip. Anyhow, the second phase of “Art Heist” is rolling out in a matter of weeks and takes the hunt online and into social media territory.

 

Shepard is Painting the Streets

Shepard Fairey Paints Asbury Park from Adam Worth on Vimeo.

 

Ballroom Marfa

About Ballroom Marfa from Ballroom Marfa on Vimeo.

 A trip to Marfa, Texas remains extremely high on my list for many art-related reasons. Among them is a visit to Ballroom Marfa, who hosts a range of great visual arts, film, music, and performance art experiences.

Richard Misrach Talks Katrina

Richard Misrach describes photographing the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and discusses his book about hurricane-inspired graffiti, Destroy This Memory.

Source: http://www.sfmoma.org/explore/multimedia/videos/432?autoplay...#ixzz1ULMEQhnL
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Richard Misrach describes photographing the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and discusses his book about hurricane-inspired graffiti, Destroy This Memory.

Augmented Art

My mind spins when I consider the possibilities of using art to turn eyesores into something appealing. Case in point. With a little beta augmented reality app magic, Public Ad Campaign and The Heavy Projects have turned billboards and phone booth ads of Times Square into art. This movie billboard digitally updated with a Ron English reminds of the days when cowboys peddled Malboro instead of fighting aliens.

MyBlockNYC

Making the Big Apple small. Local students and a handful of personalities (Opie of "& Anthony", Isaac Mizrahi, Jamel Shabazz…) collected video footage from every street in the city, creating an interactive map that provides a look at the Apple through a prism of "diverse perspectives, viewpoints, and cultural histories."

Sarah Hobbs Book

This makes me 4 kinds of happy. Due out in Spring 2012, Small Problems in Living will feature 28 photographs from 1999-2009. You'll want this. I want this.

Congrats to Sarah and Nancy Solomon.

 

The ABC's of NYC Neon

Project Neon is documenting all the the neon signs around New York City that we can all enjoy via Tumblr and in the near future, an iPhone app thanks to some Kickstarter funding. So happens that neon is on my art hit list that I need to own so the timing is nice.