Photos of Time Square in the 80′s when it was grimey and crime ridden filled with purse snatchers, pimps hoes and prostitutes.This photos were taken by Bill Butterworth for his book The Forty-Deuce from Powerhouse which is slated to come out in June.
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Today VICE and 42Below are announcing the commissioning of a new public artwork by artists FAILE in the heart of Brooklyn. The work, titled “104 N 7th,” is a new project that covers an entire building facade at 104 N. 7th in Brooklyn with intricately hand-painted, sculpted ceramic tiles.
You can watch a new VICE documentary surrounding the making of the piece here: www.vice.com/art-talk/faile
PARTY: Additionally, in celebration of FAILE’s new work and the documentary, VICE is holding an art showcase and party at the new Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg this Thursday.
Featuring Artwork from FAILE’s repertoire, free booze, all around good time
What: CELEBRATION OF FAILE
Where: Wythe Hotel, 80 Wythe St. Brooklyn
When: Thursday, April 26th
Time: 7pm Press Tour, Doors at 8pm
RSVP to the party here: rsvp.vice.com/faile
BankShot with music by DJ Nick Castle produce a stop-motion film that shows everything from pancakes and bacon to a green pepper with a platinum grill lip-synching along to classic lines from Biggie Smalls, Guru, Raekwon, Q-Tip, Action Bronson, Method Man and a whole lot more notable emcees. (more…)
An Artist named Andy Bell from Colorado had created a portrait of entirely out of Skittles of George Zimmerman the man charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old Treyvon Martin in Florida. The Skittles represent one of the items purchased by Treyvon Martin from 7-11 before he was gunned down by Zimmerman.
The Zimmerman Skittles portrait is called “Fear Itself” and it’s done on a 36-inch by 48-inch piece of plywood.
Caldwell Tanner’s reimagines books as classic video games with this illustration. Take a look at the Mario with Dr. Seuss, Pokemon with Maurice Sendak, and warning of the perils of giving Link a cuckoo.
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Black scale puts this commercial for SSUR’s new exhibit, The Evil That Men Do. It features the man him self with some of his work. The exhibit will take place this weekend in Los Angeles, at The Known Gallery. (more…)
Sponge Bob Jay-Z and Sponge Kanye West Rocking Nike Air Yeezy 2s
Dutch artist Mike Frederiqo has created this Sponge Bob, Jay-Z and Sponge Bob Kanye West wearing Nike Air Yeezy 2′.s
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A Street artist named ABOVE has designed on the exterior walls of the African City Johannesburg’s Jewel City center, which host 300 diamond traders. The double messeged slogan stating “Diamonds Are a Woman’s Best Friend and a Man Worst Enemy are printed on the wall.
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I was able to get away with this diamond wall heist because I told the owners I would paint in big letters “Diamonds are a woman’s best friend” on the exterior of their building. The owners loved the idea and all quickly agreed.
The next day I had started painting but what the owners didn’t know is that I lied to them and was hijacking their wall. Like any premeditated robbery, situations are not what they seem and shit can flip from best friends to worst enemies in a few moments.
I assume the owners were too busy trading diamonds inside the mega centre they never took the time to come out and see I was painting a controversial word play about the diamond trade and how it’s fueled so much bloodshed in wars making it one of man’s worst enemies.
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The now being built One World Trade Center that was once being called the Freedom Tower now has a logo.
The logo was designed by Wordsearch,
uses a customized version of Hoefler & Frere-Jones’s Gotham font. The logo’s “ONE,” when used on postcards and stationery, will be set in Pantone 301 flat blue, which the marketers are calling “One World Trade Center Blue.”
Beastie Boys ‘Kings of Rock’ Vintage Photo Exhibition
In celebrating the Beastie Boys being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (They will be inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame during a ceremony on Saturday, April 14, 2012 in downtown Cleveland, Ohio.) Rush Arts Gallery will be commemorating the group with a special photo exhibition and book event.
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Cool graphic images from “Suspense & Gallows Humor: A Tribute To The All-Time Greatest“ group art show at Gallery 1988 in Venice, CA, by artist Joe Spiotto who was inspired to create Nintendo game covers after Alfred Hitchcock’s most popular films.
Single cover art to the new Kanye West song‘Theraflu’ track by Kanye West, featuring DJ Khaled done by George Condo
A look back at early graffiti artist from the 60′s and 70′s
such as artists Taki 183, Cornbread, Coco 144, Snake 1, Phil T Greek and others. They all talk to Roger Gastman docufilm, “Wall Writers,” to discuss the more innocent days of graffiti before gang taggings, street beef and mainstream interests took it over.
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JR & Liu Bolin on Elizabeth St in NYC 2012 from Roberts Horowitz Creative on Vimeo.
Behind The scenes video of the collaboration between French street artist JR and Chinese artist Liu Bolin JR & Liu Bolin Mural between Elizabeth and 11 Spring St in Manhattan NYC (more…)
