After four years in the making, Tristan Eaton has finally finished his new undertaking with Prestel Publishing called The 3D Art Book. With over 100 works by some of the biggest names in contemporary art today, this 265 page must-have book features many modern works in a medium that is rarely used today, retro 3D. Each expertly rendered image comes jumping to life when viewed in 3D glasses which are included with the book. You can score this rad book right now on Amazon.com.
Installation artist and urban planner, Candy Chang recently inspired New Orleans locals to declare their hopes and dreams on a wall in their community for her new project, Before I Die. This interactive street art uses an abandoned house as a blackboard and encouraged passersby to write down the one thing they want to do before they kick the bucket with the chalk provided.
It’s also about turning a neglected space into a constructive one where we can learn the hopes and aspirations of the people around us.
To the artist’s amazement, the entire wall was filled before the end of the first day.
Indulge in the molten colors of Holton Rower’s vibrant paintings. These videos are beautifully shot and edited by Dave Kaufman with music by Kronos Quartet.
What do you think, genius works of art or a big waste of paint?
Australian artist, Scott Bain has a deep regard for nature, humanity, technology and a well trained eye for detail. His masterful project, MICROMACHINA expresses these worldly issues in a very unique way. By using taxidermy insects, plastic figures and found objects, Scott juxtapozed a series of works that are intriguing to say the least.
Once the stuff of science fiction, today flying and crawling insects are used by the military, fitted with audio and video devices. This exhibition experiments using real taxidermy beetles as mechanized shells, to show how we mistreat our fellow inhabitants, forcing them to do our will.
The MICROMACHINA works were featured in the in the 2011 Adelaide Fringe Festival.
Shepard Fairey was up to his old tricks recently as a new string of wheat pasted posters were spotted above Kidrobot Los Angeles and all down Melrose. Unfortunately our the next door neighbor wasn’t a fan and had it removed shortly after these pics were captured by KRLA’s assistant manager, Jed.
I don’t think that it’s any coincidence that Shepard’s out and about, especially with all the recent Banksy work sprouting up. Birds of a feather, you know…
Earlier this month, 10 popular artists partook in the Volvo Art Session in Zurich. For 5 days (February 9-13) each artist applied their talents to to a 3-dimensional canvas aka a white Volvo s60 and painted it over and over again. Contributing artists include, C-Line, DAIM, Pius Portmann, Yummy Industries, Donovan & Onur, Black Yard, NEVER CREW, Suki Bamboo, Michel FR and WES21. Check out more images and videos at VolvoArtSession.com.
Zoom in to graffiti from around the world with Red Bull’s new interactive Google map, SteetArtView.com. Unlike the high and mighty Google Art Project, Street Art View is a collaborative collection of sites from Google Street view that showcase user submitted graffiti from around the globe. There are specific listings for a few famed street artists including Banksy, BLU, Os Gemeos, Space Invader and Keith Haring. With these select few, you can view galleries of their works with higher res photos that people have uploaded. You can Tweet it, Like it and share specific links of hot spots with all your friends. So spread the word and help build the worlds largest art collection.
Last night marked the first art exhibition of 2011 for Kidrobot Miami with Who Is GUAVA? by Ron “Terryl” Howell. Art fanatics flocked to our South Beach location to meet the artist and got MUNNYS customized by this local talent. Swing by Kidrobot Miami before March 30 and check it out.
