I Love Hot Dogs has a collection of screenshots from Onibaba, a Japanese horror movie from 1964 that you should watch if you’re ever bored with that whole sleep thing. It’s on Watch Instantly, too!
Sandy from I Love Rob Liefeld pointed me to this blog post that led me to the work of Michael Johansson, which I am completely enamored with.
I want this so badly I can taste. it. More details about the chair and how it was used in an advertising campaign focusing on the publishing industry here.
Igor “Rogix” Udushlivy’s book designs that incorporate multiple physical elements to create a cohesive, playful whole instantly won me over. (I’m not sure that we need a “cute” edition of The Road, mind.)
If you’re in the Detroit area, this sounds like a terrific exhibition. Nice poster, too, which caught my eye.:
FUNNY (not funny)
Recent Comic Art Exhibiting Signs of Black Humor
Curated by Ryan StandfestJanuary 22 – February 26, 2010
Reception: Friday, January 22 6–9pmThe University of Michigan Work : Detroit Gallery
3663 Woodward / Suite 150
Detroit, MI 48230Participating Artists:
Ivan Brunetti
Chris Cilla
Sue Coe
Lisa Hanawalt
Glenn Head
Tim Hensley
Ian Huebert
Ben Katchor
Michael Kupperman
Mats!?
Daniel Maw
Taylor McKimens
Travis Millard
Tom Neely
Mark Newgarden
David Paleo
Jonathon Rosen
David Sandlin
Rob Sato
Jon VermilyeaThe “FUNNY (not funny)” exhibition seeks to elicit uncomfortable laughter in the realm of black humor—a place where the serious and the taboo are fodder for comic provocation. Artists in numerous media have long sought to overturn convention and challenge what is funny with what is not as a means of producing humor out of the unlikeliest of situations. Work by the twenty artists on view in “FUNNY (not funny)” demonstrates that cartooning is keeping the tradition of black humor alive and flourishing. The very form of the comics page itself is as relevant a vehicle as ever, freed from so many of the commercial restrictions placed on other art forms, to effectively deliver potent images and narratives that carry with them a very immediate and accurate measure of the absurdity of our age.
A catalog of the show is forthcoming.
French photographer Vincent Fournier took tours of various space program facilities and training centers located around the world and documented the experience.
The Star Wars Action Figures in my house get anxious if they’re stored in the closet for extended periods. They like to get out and strut a bit. And when they do my role is simply to observe and report.For someone admittedly using cheap equipment, there’s some surprisingly nice photographs that come out of this, including the one above.
13th Witness captures his father, the legendary graffiti artist Futura, at work.
Stephen Powers has compiled a list of his completed murals for the Love Letter project in Philadelphia. I love public art that manages to be personal and all-encompassing at the same time, and Powers has managed to straddle that line perfectly. More cities should let their artists have such a huge canvas to work with.
(Thanks to Dawlism for the reminder.)
That “Eskimo Pie” typeface is just incredible.
From the website:Between 1957 and 1965 W. Eugene Smith made approximately 40,000 exposures both inside the loft building at 821 Sixth Avenue, of the nocturnal jazz scene, and of the street below as seen through his fourth-floor window.
Smith’s photos are candid and evocative as hell. I’ve just ordered the book that brings together a select portion of this cultural treasure trove. There will also be an exhibition in New York that I’ll likely make the trip to see.
