Gruss vom Krampus 2014
In the past few years I have seen the Krampus gain popularity here in the US. For those not familiar with this story, the Krampus is based in Alpine Folklore and is a companion to Saint Nicholas. While most of…
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Tun Myaing – 5 Pointz
You may have heard that 5 Pointz, the famed graffiti building in Queens, NY, has been demolished. There was much rallying and fighting to keep that from happening and preserve the building as a national landmark, but the owners of…
Sistine Pop by Joshua Budich
On August 2nd, Gallery 1988 in Venice opened a three person show with new work from Jeff Boyes, Joshua Budich, and Jay Shaw. While it’s a good show, the work I was most interested in was the Sistine Pop series…
Art Focus: “Northbound” by Dan May
It’s been a while since I have created an “Art Focus” post, the section where I spend a bit more time talking about one painting or even series of paintings. Today, Dan May released a new painting that gave me…
“Occupy Hope” by Shepard Fairey
I have been trying to take a break from reading the news as much as I usually do; It hasn’t been the most uplifting lately anyway. It’s always good to take a break and remember to enjoy all of the…
Art and the “Occupy” Movement
A little over a week ago I touched on the idea of the need for political art in the article; Political Art for a Much Needed Time. If you have been watching the news, or the lack thereof in most…
Political Art for a much needed time
As some of you may know there have been some very newsworthy events happening in the past few weeks, and I’m not saying that there hasn’t been newsworthy events in the past year, but what about positive events? It feels…