The Polite Umbrella folds up when you squeeze past people on the sidewalk
Lubitel 166+
undercover cops arrest undercover cops
This is a classic – you gotta love how fucked up America is.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle_blog/2009/jul/20/undercover_cop_arrested_for_sell
and another slightly more sinister story
http://stopthedrugwar.org/speakeasy_main/2009/may/19/illinois_sheriff_caught_selling_
Painting, but not as we know it – Xbox Project Natal
Although I’m a bit of a traditionalist in regard to painting etc. this is quite interesting
out of africa – Banksy
The boy wonder has been topping his tan up in Africa lately and I’ve snaffled some images he has sent back . . .
Favourite ^
some pics from London – end of June 09
London, London, London what can I say . . .
You are not obliged to be a victim – no your not.
The photo doesn’t do this piece justice – very Roy Lichtenstein.
Too many pics – 73 – so I guess I’m going to have to start a Flckr account. Also better get some sleep as I’m off to my cousins wedding tomorrow. Should be interesting.
then & now – America uber alles
Bill Owen photographs set the standard for capturing the classic american suburbs. Just beyond the rows upon rows of perfect houses, large haired wives, husbands in bowling leagues and young children playing make believe were lots of people with lots of stories to tell.
The “then and now” comparisons which arose from the decades to follow only serve to make these little time capsules all the more wonderful. Check out some more here – http://www.billowens.com
RIP Dash Snow
aka Sace. He died Monday night in a hotel in lower Manhattan. One of Andy Warhols children – christened in this New York article.
http://nymag.com/arts/art/profiles/26288/
the writings been on the wall awhile
Jef Aérosol has been one of the main “urban art” proponents in France since 1982. He belongs to the very first “street art” pioneers of the early 80s (Blek le Rat, Miss.Tic, Jérôme Mesnager, Speedy Graphito, etc.). He spray painted his first stencil in 1982, in Tours (central France) – nicked from Wikipedia.
One of the old skool masters like Michelangelo maybe?
I’ve found his flickr page – dude has been stenciling the Great Wall of China!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jefaerosol/
and here is some quality 80s pop featuring the man himself . . .
All in all your just another brick in the wall
This year is the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall coming down. I think it is November 11 & 12. Above has jumped the queue and hit up one of the last remaining parts of the wall.
Shiel Yule 