Archive for June, 2009
Bang-yao Liu has been blowing up the blogosphere the last few days with this masterful stop motion video called Deadline. Using nothing but post-it notes, Liu explores the mundane nature of work and the deadlines that come with it. The first video (above) is Deadline, while the second is equally cool and shows the making of the first. Enjoy!
It must have taken artist and self-described “brick creator,” Nathan Sawaya, a mighty long time to create this to-size cello out of legos. Much to the chagrin of everyone who just read the previous line it doesn’t actually play music. It is, however, very cool and contains a crazy amount of detail. Legos seems to be making some waves in the art world of late, becoming the preferred medium of more people than just Sawaya. Here’s a fascinating video that shows him creating this masterpiece brick by brick. 
This is the fifth work in a series titled Duality of Humanity, which is a joint venture between Shepard Fairey’s Obey and legendary photographer Al Rockoff. It has been quite a while since we’ve covered the release of a new Obey print because 1. there’s one almost every week and 2. the new material has been a little weak compared to prints from the spring. Anyhow the dichotomy of innocence and brutality is what captured our attention this time around. The notion of a child holding a massive gun is haunting enough, but when he’s simultaneously sucking on one of his fingers the impact is relatively infinite. Also, it’s a beautiful print with the staple Obey sunbeams shining behind him. It goes on sale Wednesday (6/17) here.
As usual the good folks over at Arrested Motion are on top of the ball with a slew of unbelievable photos from the Banksy show. They also provide an in-depth review, which can’t be done justice in an abridged version and must be read in full here. I’m pretty astonished by most of the pics from the exhibition in terms of their quantity and quality. People who that said Banksy was nothing more than a gimmicky street artist with no credibility in the modern art world have been proven very wrong. His stuff is on par with the best working artists today. Although the allure may be wearing off–making it that much harder to stay on top of his game–Banksy continues to surprise with a mix of irreverence and back-handed thoughtfulness. Enjoy these…
The following come from Justin of the Bristol Street Art blog.
Anyone who uses food as the medium by which artist expression is achieved should be admired. Artist and photographer Kevin Van Aelst does just that and more; creating unique and visually stunning pieces with apples, Cheetos and fruit juice, among other household items such as clothing and bars of soap. Oh and his self-portrait (above) rivals some of the best ever created. Van Aelst is a New York native with a degree in psychology from Cornell and a penchant for the interesting. In addition, he has a weekly segment in the New York Times Magazine called “The Medium.” If you can think of a more verbally complex word than ‘cool’ to describe the following works from his website please comment below.
Since being in two places at once is a physical impossibility, we at the jailbreak are forced to participate in the new Banksy show through vicarious interpretations from qualified third-party informants. The show began yesterday so the reviews are sparse at the moment. However, Steve Wright from the Independent in Britain had some wonderful things to say about the twisted mind of one of the most famous artists in the world. Here are a few snippets of his review, which you can find in full here.
As you can see from the photo above, people are coming out in droves just to get a glimpse of this exhibit. Popular art is once again facing a transformation, propelled by the stellar work of Banksy, his cohorts across the pond, and the revolution of street art in the U.S. More updates and photos from this event as they become available.
Banksy is heading home for the summer. Starting tomorrow (June 13th) at Bristol’s City Museum and Art Gallery, the infamous artist will have an exhibition of new works. The internet has been buzzing over the past few days as people haven’t known the location of the museum and what, if any, new installations will be present. Well now, thanks to Twitter (@banskynews) and the BBC, we’re getting a pretty good idea about what to expect from this previously secret project. Head here for a video explanation, here for a preview through pictures, and here for an written article about the exhibit. Supposedly more than 100 works (70 new) will be shown at the exhibit that runs through August 31, 2009. Thanks to the Bristol Street Art Blog for running consistent updates over the past few weeks. Here are a few pictures from the show…
A week from today marks to start of the Wizard World Philadelphia Comic-Con and Video Game Expo, which will be taking place at the Philadelphia Convention Center from June 19-21. Among the hundreds of artists, toy sculptors, comic creators and movie makers who will exhibit their work is Jailbreak Toys founder and mastermind J*Rock. He will be in attendance for the entire three-day duration of the festival, and can be found at table #900. In fact, if you head over to the Wizard World website, you’ll find a glowing picture of J*Rock as the featured artist of the day. They also include a great expose on both the man and his company, which should be read by everyone, especially those who are unfamiliar with Jailbreak Toys. Wizard World has it all: Movies, Comics, Toys, Video Gaming, Games, TV, Anime, Manga, Horror, Wrestling, MMA, Original Art, Collectibles & More! Tickets are available here for one day, two day or three day passes to the event. More updates every day about what you can expect from the convention!
Brad Pitt has been photographed by various media outlets enjoying himself at Art Basel in Switzerland, and now it has been reported that he actually made a purchase. And quite an expensive one at that. People who follow the art purchases of the rich and famous should already know that Pitt and Angelina Jolie shelled out massive sums of money for original Banksy works when the artist burst onto the art scene in America. This time around he bought the painting above by Germany painter Neo Rauch titled, “Etappe.” According to the Wall Street Journal, Pitt doled out nearly $1 million for the work!
Taking his inspiration from Jeff Koons inflatable vinyl bunny, artist and sculptor Jonathan Monk created “a sequence of five stainless steel sculptures, which capture the inflatable in progressive stages of deflation” for his exhibit at the Lisson Gallery in London. Titled The Deflated Inflated, Monk’s show unfortunately stops running in London tomorrow. But not to worry. His parallel exhibit, The Inflated Deflated, is running until the 20th of June at the Casey Kaplan gallery in New York City. Here’s what the press release had to say about Monk:
Via: Yatzer Photo Credit: Ken Adlard
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