8861 miles

“A collaboration between 2 danish artists, one living in Denmark (Peter), the other living in Australia (Lene). 8861 miles apart their work takes form in sketchbooks, travelling back and forth between the continents.”

Pop Surrealism

I just read the TRAFFIC Magazine article interviewing Kirsten Anderson, and started on a quest to find out more about Pop Surrealism. Soon I realized that this is what many of my painting peers in art school were doing without even knowing it. Here are some links: TRAFFIC Magazine Interview JUXTAPOZ ART & CULTURE MAGAZINE […]

Art Tracing Module 002

Sustain Ability recently completed an interesting conceptual project. Two artists paint a painting, attach a global positioning device, and leave the painting in a public place. They allow it to be abducted, and then monitor its location using Google Earth, where its travel patterns are mapped out and put on display. Brilliant.

Iraq War Coalition Fatalities

Tim Klimowicz has built an interesting Flash piece that chronicles the deaths of the coalition forces in Iraq since the fighting began in March 2003. By staying purposefully objective, this work is powerful in its message.

SPHERICALROBOTS

There’s some interesting artwork up on SPHERICALROBOTS. Take a look at the bit.fall project.

Stanley Donwood’s Prints For Sale

Stanley Donwood has posted his signed Radiohead screenprints on his website. Stanley is an accomplished printmaker, and has given Radiohead a visual manifestation of their music. Buy one of your very own.

depthCORE

There is some beautiful digital artwork on display at depthCORE. I love their tagline, “Digital to the Core.” The site is made up of “packs” – collections of artworks within the same theme. Truly creative work.

Damien Hirst

I went and saw Damien Hirst’s new show, The Elusive Truth, at the Gagosian gallery in NYC. He’s broken away from his old vitrines and the gallery is almost entirely composed of large paintings. This is the ultimate goal of any artist – to be able to wake up and decide to do whatever he […]