Sofia Maldonado has a new solo show and is rocking some hard line, abstract, graffiti wildstyle influenced pieces.
She’s also awesome because she paints skate ramps, check them out here.
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Writer Highlight- Paebak NSF CTW IPC
Pretty much any city you’re in, Paebak’s been there. There’s a wall with Paebak on it. And if not, there’s a train or a light pole or some wind strewn trash. Taking the train through some small West Virginia town and boom, there’s a Paebak throwie trackside on the back of a shed. His style carries the fun and color of a demented circus or cartoon but also generally adheres to a pretty traditional graf letter form and readability. Most importantly, he’s up.
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Matchbook Paintings- Joseph Martinez
Matchbooks have for one reason or another always been kind of an odd, kitschy collectors item. I suppose they’re like little mementos of all the bars/restaurants your seedy ass has patronized, like little trophies. Well, if you’re in SF you can go check out some matchbooks that are literally works of art. Public Barber Salon (571 Geary) is hosting a show by Joseph Martinez called A Little Piece of the Bay that is all oil paintings done on the insides of matchbooks. On top of that they’re of heroes and friends of his such as Sam Flores, Mike Giant, and Barry McGee. Collectables for sure.
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Wang Yue’s “Meitu” Tree Hole Paintings
Here’s something for a monday morning that, while being cute and adorable, is hard to scoff at. Wang Yue has taken to creating her art in the knots and tree holes around Shijiazhuang, capital city of Hebei Province. While art will always have a place on canvas, I think the culture as a whole gets elevated when it’s pushed forward and presented “outside of the box.” To me, technical skill has become less and less of a primary concern and creativity has really taken over. Granted you still gotta have some skills but we’ve already seen what the Masters have done and there’s plenty of people on the photorealistic tip. Wang Yue’s creativity is something I can actually feel.
It’d be really funny if she became as popular as Banksy and people started digging up the trees like they do with ripping his stencils off of walls. Then there could be a war between art thieves and the tree hugger army. I digress.
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Weekly links including wildlife and Public Broadcasting
Can Dungeons & Dragons make you a Confident & Successful Person?
The Thin Wall Challenge
Portland’s Whistler
“rewrite the agendas for our museums so that art can begin to serve the needs of psychology”
Things I Made by Cory Arcangel
Antarctic Artists & Writers Program
The False and Tedious Defective Brain Meme
nudibranch
Glaucus atlanticus(“blue dragon”) with Blue Danube Waltz
Art neurons, neuronal art
Genetics of cilantro preference
Cheese Flavour Map
Beast vs. Giant Bucket of Nutella
Dishes involving the consumption of live animals
Jeremy Clarkson eats an ortolan bunting
Birds
Slope car
bumpersticker bumpersticker
Authentic Music from Another Planet
Hip-hop in Karachi
We (heart) retro media
Radio New York International archives
David Lynch’s Creepy Anti-Littering PSA
A Natural Order
The Acid Sweat Lodge (NSFW)
Playground Jungle
Hambone
Choros
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Headscapes Art Show- A Brain Storm of Installations
I won’t be there and that makes me very, very sad. But if you are in the nyc area this saturday, March 2nd, you need to go check this out. Common Folk founder extraordinaire Jah Jah Brown is a creator/curator of this monstrosity of an art show. Not only will there be large installations to crawl through that give a glimpse into the head of the artists but there’ll also be a gallery next door featuring prints, photography, paintings, and sculpture. And since the flyer does the show no justice here are a couple sneak peak shots (you can find more on the show’s tumblr here.)
