i’m loving it
William Wray has lived in California most of his life and studied painting at the Art Students League in New York.
Making his living as a cartoonist who specialized in painted subjects, he spent many years coalescing a eclectic array of art styles, ultimately finding his voice in a contemporized reflection of traditional California regional painting that focus on humble subject matter rarely considered as fine art.
Wray blends traditional skill sets of realism and the sheer energy of abstract expressionism in an ongoing evolution to find the balance between two seemingly unrelated styles. Wray has challenged himself to create a brand of realistic expressionism he hopes to use a bridge into the customarily circumspect contemporary art world
Plutocracy
rule by the wealthy, or power provided by wealth.
Immortal Technique — The Poverty of Philosophy
You cannot change the past but you can make the future, and anyone who tells you different is a Fucking lethargic devil. I don’t look at a few token Latinos and black people in the public eye as some type of achievement for my people as a whole. Most of those successful individuals are sell-outs and house Negros.
the destroyers bat
Once again Nike Sportswear got together with the good people from DIY (aka Plus 41) to create a special installation for the Nike Destroyer Campaign. The installation consists of wood, the product, as well as an iPad with a video feature. In the video you can see members of the Fayabash crew, a group of young DJs and producers who organize the widely known Electrosanne Festival. The installation is made entirely out of baseball bats and can be viewed exclusively in two stores in Switzerland, Cellophane (Lausanne) and Grand (Zurich).
http://www.highsnobiety.com/news/2010/12/19/nike-sportswear-x-diy-destroyer-installation/
my house
server bear, server bear, does whatever a server bear does
cameo appearance as the bear. some of the fun I had at RTW
Sergey Ryzhov
Sergey Ryzhov creates his moody and atmospheric paintings digitally using Photoshop CS4, only occasionally making sketches and studies in pencil. At first glance I assumed his work was hand painted, and love the effects he can get using digital means alone. They say each picture tells a story, and my mind boggles at what the stories behind these strange images could be.
kevin cyr
http://www.kevincyr.net/index.php?/ongoing/2009/
Artist Statement
In a culture in which people are easily lured by the appeal of status-enhancing symbols, I find beauty in derelict cars and unkempt landscapes. I have always been interested in painting vehicles and scenes that have defined the evolution of the American landscape.
I commemorate commercial vehicles inundated with graffiti and rust, working vehicles, and well-traveled recreational vehicles. I find that there is so much character in old delivery trucks and vans — especially when covered with graffiti — and in the old RVs parked off a main road. Removing them from their everyday context gives them portrait-like importance. I paint with devoted attention to every imperfection and sign of age.
Kevin Cyr
Brooklyn, New York
talk / + 1 617 953 5734
type / kevin@kevincyr.net
Afghan dude
doodletastic
straighten up for the night ahead
Shiel Yule 