Posts Tagged ‘art’
Free speech mystery: Combo the #COEXIST street artist attacked by toughs in Paris
To Paris, where Combo the artist has been beaten up. Combo is French born. His father is a Lebanese Christian father and his mother a Moroccan Muslim:
It seems like something one would be hard pressed to disagree with: the word “coexist,” written on a wall using a Muslim crescent as the letter “C,” a Star of David as the letter “X,” and a Christian cross as a “T.”
But in Paris, this particular iteration of the popular inscription—here, created by the street artist Combo, who also pasted a life-size photo of himself next to it—didn’t go down well with everybody. Le Monde reports that four young people asked the artist to remove it last weekend, and beat him up severely when he refused to do so.
Combo ended up with a dislocated shoulder and many bruises.
Nasty stuff. Who dunnit, Combo?
Combo declined to discuss the identity of his assailants. “It would only add fuel to the fire,” he told the French newspaper.
“I am deliberately being vague about the description of these cowards and where it all happened. To me, it doesn’t matter where they come from, what colour their skin is, what their religion or their political ideas are. In this context, all they represent is stupidity and ignorance.”
French street artist known as Combo was beaten by a group of Muslims in Paris
French Artist’s Calls For Peace End in Brutal Beating By Local Muslims
Coexist Street Artist Promoting Tolerance of Muslims Attacked by Muslims
French Graffiti Artist Beaten By #NotAllMuslims For ‘Coexist’ Tag
“First I thought I was French, but I quickly understood that I was Arab, then beur (French slang for second and third generation North African), now I’m told I’m Muslim.”
‘Nuff said.
Posted: 14th, February 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment (1)
Auckland Council erects $200,000 council-funded phallus
“Art is there to provoke the reaction and usually for the one negative comment there’s thousands of positive comments as well,” says sculptor Gregor Kregar, whose $200,000 sculpture commissioned by Auckland Council has been erected in Auckland, New Zealand.
“To be honest it’s a little bit upsetting but for me it’s almost more humorous or funny… If you look at the finished sculptures photographed in my workroom there is not a phallic form to be seen.
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Posted: 7th, February 2015 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Real Barbie Dolls Comes With Spots, Stretch Marks And Issues
Want to see the real Barbie doll? Nickolay Lamm wants to show us what a real woman as a plastic doll would look like. His Lammily doll has impetigo, a mole, wounds, bruises and – unlike Mr Stretch Armstrong – stretch marks.
Who knew that a real person wasn’t like a doll?
Kids, eh, so stupid they think all adults look like Barbie. If you let them drive real cars they’d just sit ther going “Brrrrrrrrrrrmmmmmmmmmm”. And never – NEVER – leave your child alone with a full gown grizzly bear.
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Posted: 20th, November 2014 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Artist Turns Heavy Metal T-Shirts Into Hadnmade Quilts
IN San Francisco, artist Ben Venom recycles heavy metal t-shirts into handmade quilts.
Metal fans hould enjoy looking for familiar looking swatches:
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Along The Underground Railroad At Night
“Cypress Swamp” Middle Mississippi
WE can travel down the Underground Railroad with Jeanine Michna-Bales, who created Through Darkness to Light, the slaves’ journey to freedom in Canada:
Finding that there were few visual records of the secret stations along the escape route, she herself traced the steps taken by many of the 100,000 slaves between the Southern plantations of Louisiana to the border of Canada, where slavery was prohibited. Along the way, she creates an archive of historical sites both famous and obscure, discovered through academic inquiry at historical societies and oral histories passed down through generations. …
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Posted: 14th, October 2014 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Who Drew This Massive Knob On The Banksy Artwork On A Folkstone Wall?
SAD news for art fans. A critic has augmented a Banksy artwork on Folkestone’s Rendezvous Street with a generous penis.
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Posted: 13th, October 2014 | In: The Consumer | Comment (1)
Alex Chinneck’s Architectural Illusion In London’s Covent Garden (Photos)
ALEX Chinneck’s architectural illusion in London’s Covent Garden. The structure is copied from the facade at the opposite end of the market and gives the illusion of taking off into mid air.
The housing bubble:
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Posted: 7th, October 2014 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Eleanor Lutz Combines Design And Science To Magical Effect
ELEANOR Lutz uses design and an education in molecular biology to create lovely moving images.
Posted: 5th, October 2014 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Focus On The People Who Handle Show Animals
LONDON-based photographer Toby Coulson has trained his eye on animal show judges, who “examine each paw, claw, beak, and ear looking for the animal with the perfect dimensions”.
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Posted: 1st, October 2014 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Chemical X Make A Rainbow of Ecstasy For Your Entertainment
CHEMICAL X turns pills into art.
Nerdcore has a few photos of the creative process:
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Art Of The Cofffee Shop Toilet
IN the coffee shop toilet:
Spotter: Reddit
Posted: 23rd, September 2014 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Artist Paints Women In The Bliss Of Cosmetic Surgery
ARTIST Jonathan Yeo paints women in the reposeful aspect of cosmetic surgery patients.
Between 2010 and 2012, Yeo created works based on cosmetic surgery procedures. He presents the faces of women in pre and post-operative states, as a counterpoint to the traditional portrait. This collection of paintings was the subject of two solo exhibitions, ‘You’re Only Young Twice’ at Lazarides in London and ‘(I’ve Got You) Under My Skin’ at Circle Culture Gallery in Berlin.
The women appear nun-like, selflessly and obediently awaiting something wonderful and fulfilling.
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Posted: 13th, September 2014 | In: The Consumer | Comment
