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Street Art Love
With Valentine's Day (another hijacked Hallmark moment) around the corner, this seems as good as time as any to feature the self-styled street art of the big hearted Brusse. A Spanish street artist on a mission to spread…
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Wes Magyar
It's all about the subtext with Wes Magyar. I discovered this Denver-based painter's work via a rather fascinating interview at Syntax and I have to admit it I'm hooked. I'm not usually a fan…
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Cigarette Ash Landscape
Shanghai artist Yang Yongliang was taught from an early age in traditional Chinese art techniques such as 'shui mo painting' (ink and wash) and calligraphy. However in more recent years his knack for photo montage…
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Beer Can Butterflies
I remember back in the day fellow students being rather creative with beer cans. I was never much of a drinker, but there was always one in the group ready to make it an olympic sport. They probably had…
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The Death of Arts Funding
Since the coalition took power here in the UK there's been a real hoo-hah about cuts in student funding and raises in fees. Riots, rucks with the royals, burning effigies you name it,…
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Andy Denzler Solo Show in Korea
I featured Andy Denzler's fascinatingly freeze frame paintings a while back in my post Distorted Visions. if you love what he does and you're in Seoul, Korea you can catch the opening for his latest show on…
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Graffomat – The Graffiti Vending Machine!
You might have read my post on Artomat already, well it looks like the idea is catching on, beats a rack of Diet Cokes any day. This time, rather than selling you art, Graffomat vends everything you…
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Ai Weiwei’s Shanghai Studio Demolished
All artists, well those worth their sort, are to some extent politically socially aware, if not active. But few have to contend with the comparable might of the Chinese communist government. The fact is, despite the external trappings of…
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Toasting The Toaster
Now, you might think that the humble toaster is little more than a handy kitchen gadget for making a carb-filled snack, but it seems they're becoming all the craze. It's all down to The Toaster Crew and a…