All Creative Work Is Derivative
A fantastic little film, animated by Nina Paley (of Sita Sings The Blues fame). All the images in the video were taken at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York…
Controversial Artist William Powhida’s Art World Board Game
William Powhida, the Brooklyn-based artist and art critic, just finished a drawing for the September issue of the Brooklyn Rail. Titled “The Game”, the drawing is a playable board game that is actually part satire, part scathing critique on the art world establishment.
The artist’s intense distaste (NSFW language) for Work of Art, the Bravo TV series, could have possibly had a major influence over this artwork.
Powhida seems to be controversy’s favorite child, and has built up quite a reputation for himself:
Described as a “gadfly in the art establishment” by the New York Times, “an irresistible double-dipper and ingenious double-crosser” by the Los Angeles Times and a “stupid twerp” by the editor of Artnet Online Magazine, Powhida is a mercurial personality who has been investigating new ways to survive the volatile and Janus-faced art world.
Click “Continue Reading” to see the entire drawing, and additional artworks by the artist.
‘Heart On Stage’ – Stunning Illustrated Poetry Art Project
‘Heart On Stage’, an unique art project by Luiz Risi and Leena Yliportimo, combines evocative poetry with gorgeous illustrations. Though the duo are based in Amsterdam, the project is a cross-cultural collaboration, as Luiz is Brazilian, and Leena is of Finnish origin.
They have an exhibition coming up in Amsterdam, sometime in March, 2011.
Click on the images to view them in a higher resolution. There are more images after the jump.
Illustrations of Tourists in Paris
A Flickr gallery with sketches by Rick Tulka, an American illustrator now based in Paris, France. More galleries of his works here.
When Humans Ruled the Earth – Animated Short
We are insatiable creatures, always consuming in excess, but still hungry for more. Stephen Ong’s describes his terrific animated film as “an insight into the human machine and it's consumption…
William Powhida’s Artworld Sorcery
New York-based artist William Powhida has an exhibition of his works going on at the Platform Gallery in Seattle. Also on display is his Ars Magica portfolio, “a series of New York-centric prints about the artworld that double as talismans and hexes.”
Powhida’s work has been exhibited internationally, notably at Schroeder Romero in New York and London, Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles, and Haines Gallery in San Francisco. Holland Cotter of the New York Times has described Powhida as an “art world vigilante, virtuoso draftsman, compulsive calligrapher, and fantasist autobiographer,” and New York Magazine art critic Jerry Saltz called Powhida the second best thing to happen to New York in 2009.
You can view the thirteen prints on the gallery website here. The exhibition will be on till August 5, 2010.
More images after the jump.
view to corrupt – An Interactive Art Project
The image on this art project’s site gets with corrupted with each view, as a portion of the viewer’s IP address is inserted into a random location in it. Thus,…
ARThood Selects – A Curated Art Competition
ARThood, the social networking website created by artists for artists, has launched a new contest called ARThood Selects.
The theme of the contest is "Nomadic", and will be curated by Shamim M. Momin, a former contemporary curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Founder and Director of Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND).
Details of the contest:
The Taxidermy Art of Angela Singer
British animal activist and artist, Angela Singer, creates provocative art pieces that make a strong statement about animal rights, and the flawed human nature that takes grotesque pleasure in exhibiting…