I had to make up for yesterday by posting one of my all-time favorite role models doing one of my all-time favorite things: Mafalda by Quino. That's what's up!
Above: Lydia Hearst in Genlux magazine's Royal issue, Spring 2010.
(I had thought of clever titles for this post like: "Getting Busted for Tagging is The New Black" or "Gold Spray Paint by Vera Wang" and even "Douchey Fashion Mag Declares Vandalism Conviction The Must-Have Accesory This Season," but I decided to keep it neutral. Wordamercy!)
I've been following Lehumanbeing's blog for a minute now and thought I'd share this rad resource. Lehumanbeing has a precisely-tuned eye for illustration I dig, and always inspires by presenting work from artists I'd never heard of. Some of my faves, from top to bottom:
Awesome designer and all around International Man of Mystery Ian Lynam sent over a copy of his 'zine Liminal: An Examination of Graffiti in Tokyo. It was published in conjunction with a presentation for the Artalking series of lectures on contemporary aesthetics held in Roppongi.
"The bulk of graffiti in Tokyo is not highly decorative, multi-colored murals- pretty surface coatings with vaguely decipherable lettering. Graffiti in Tokyo tends toward "bombing" -tagging and throwups- the less 'painterly' aspects of graffiti," sez Lynam.
The 'zine features work by some of Tokyo's top street lettering and imaging troublemakers including Almond, Toms, Essu, QP, Sekt, Wanto, and others.
The Small Stakes
Music Posters by Jason Munn
thesmallstakes.com
I received my copy of The Small Stakes book a few weeks back. I highly recommend you snatch one up for yourself. The book presents a comprehensive selection of Jason Munn's sharp design work for tons of bands you've probably heard of. Below are some of my favorites.
Here are some shots from the Disaster Zine Heel Bruise release show. I was super stoked to see Lance Mountain's original art for shyat I'd seen only in print.
From top to bottom:
1. HVW8 Art and Design Gallery
2. SEO by Skypage
3. SACE by Skypage
4. Suicidal Tendencies by Lance Mountain
5. Suicidal Skull by Lance Mountain
6. Elephant by Thomas Yu
7. Knitwit by Thomas Yu
A few more versions of my Zapatista characters spotted around the world. Thanks to Ashira for catching the one on the silkscreen, ready for mass-production, at an Israeli (!) anarchist pad; and thanks to lehumanbeing and CrysTAL for the ghost mumu version...
I also have some photographs in Taking It To The Streets, a night of street art, street food, and unity for the community benefiting the L.A. Regional Food Bank. Info below:
Taking It To The Streets
Opening: Saturday April 3, 2010 | 7-10 PM
Featuring art by Eyeone, Estevan Oriol, Meex One, Dino Mayorga, Mikee Kwasnik, Joseph Briscoe + more. Food trucks galore including Komodo, Tasty Meat, and deserts by The Fry Girl.
