Delight

One of the things I am getting in touch with more is art science. That's why I thought it could be interesting to start to share some art and artists with you. Eventhough fashion is in a way some kind of art, too.

To start with I discovered this picture via THE YEAR IN PICTURES and was taken from the New York Times. The photograph on the left came into being after Nan Goldin has been given free access to the The Louvre on the days it was closed to the public. 

The painting on the right is from 1855 and the artist is Ary Scheffer.

This comparison shows one thing that you might already know and which was brought me close on thursday: Most of the artists get inspiration from other artists or maybe even from art made by themselves.  It's not like they make a painting or a photograph out of nothing. I just think it's a sedating thought.

Actually, I thought about doing something like that, too. Look at photographs or painting I like and try to do a new piece in my way.

What I like most about the photograph are the hidden faces. It could be every body on this picture.

Graffiti Wars

Untitled from StreetArtNews on Vimeo.

Some might might know that I am interested in street art and graffiti.

I think this movie is interesting, so have a look at it.

"Am Güterbahnhof" ( DUISBURG - 24. JULI 2010.)

 Last year the Loveparade ended tragically. In commemoration of that Allan Gretzki has collected the leftovers from the parade and published the pictures in an online-galery.

With Banksy

Probably all of you know the streetartist Banksy, eventhough nobody seems to know how he looks like.

Julia Kim Smith imagined how a life with Banksy could be and created this fictious photospread. She is a conceptual artist whose work explores issues of identity, memory, and the artistic, social, and political landscape. 

(photo source: http://www.rebelart.net/diary/)

Adidas Advertising Abuse

Sorry, if the headline doesn't make any sense, but I like the alliteration.

As you may know adidas launched an "Urban Art Guide" with which you have can search streetart objects in berlin via iPhone, it's like a mobile streetartguide. On the launch's date they hide 60 adidas shoes on 60 streetart objects (60 because it's adidas' 60th anniversary this year) to be found by people using the guide.
But adidas didn't asked streetartartist for permission or if they want their artworks to be shown in this guide. So they get together and tried to find many shoes on launch's day. They modified the shoes with paintings etc. to sell them by auction on 14.04.2009, Galerie Superplan, Gärtnerstr. 33a, Friedrichshain, S Warschauer Straße, www.superplan.net. The avails of the auction will be donated to "real" streetart projects.

My question is:
Why do such brands always have to abuse subcultures to gain a more popular and "cooler" image?
It is kind of in fashion to use streetart to sell products and that's sad!

(source: superlan.net)