Category Archives: Art
Branded Art Installations
Brands are tapping into the art space and we are noticing some pretty awesome art installations as a result. It is a precarious feat for a brand to produce art installations because it can easily go wrong and have the exact opposite of the desired effect. A branded piece of art can be viewed as [...]
Andre for Louis Vuitton St. Tropez
Louis Vuitton have paired up with French artist Andre for the opening of their St. Tropez store. Commissioning the artist to create a limited edition postcard set with images capturing the essence of what makes Cote d’Azur so memorable. Limited to 30 numbered copies signed by the artist, each package contains 10 unique designs and is [...]
Jeff Nishinaka – The Paper Genius
The stunning elegance of Jeff Nishinaka’s paper art calls for a new definition of paper. His meticulous sculptural 3D work appears to have been created from marble or extremely fine sand or vanilla ice cream or thick foam — definitely of something other than “just” paper. The Los Angeles-born artist works mainly with white, which makes [...]
Artist: Francoise Nielly
Françoise Nielly’s massive, colorful portraits are delicious to look at. Born in Marseille, brought up near Cannes and Saint-Tropez, and now living in Paris, Nielly is at home among bold contrast and dazzling light. In a beautiful video posted on her site, she, in her confident, strong hand, wields her painting knife shaped like a miniature [...]
Darcel’s Appointment at Louis Vuitton by Craig Redman
Cartoon ‘Darcel’, of ‘Darcel Disappoints‘, by artist Craig Redman, now takes us via his world through the newly opened Bond Street and Clifford Street located Louis Vuitton London Maison. Showing off the space with cartoon drawings of walls adorned in paintings from collaborative artists with the brand such as Richard Prince, Takashi Murakami and Gilbert [...]
May Day: Shepard Fairey’s Upcoming Art Exhibit
Saturday, May 1st, 2010, Deitch Projects will present ‘May Day,’ the newest set of work from contemporary art legend, Shepard Fairey, aka OBEY. The work’s inspiration lies in the revolutionary minds of the past that have drastically changed the mainstream of culture. “Deitch Projects is pleased to present May Day, an exhibition of new work by [...]
Did Our Founding Father’s Have Plastic Surgery??
Did the founding fathers pictured on American currency get facelifts? If you take a close look at the differences between old denominations of American money and new ones, you can notice that the portraits have been retouched to hide flaws, like Lincoln’s nose, Jackson’s laugh lines, and Hamilton’s jawline. Newsweek asked a plastic surgeon to [...]
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