and if it's real

Janus and Jalte - three posters

2012-01-23T16:42:00.002+01:00

Three beautiful posters by two Danish artists/designers Janus and Jalte. They are silk screen print showing mirrored pollen, and they can be bought at the artrebels shop.

Black Dice concert poster

2011-11-18T18:38:00.001+01:00

Anish Kapoor - "Victor Hugo"

2011-11-04T12:38:00.003+01:00

"Anish Kapoor (born 12 March 1954) is a British sculptor of Indian birth. Born in Mumbai (Bombay), Kapoor has lived and worked in London since the early 1970s when he moved to study art, first at the Hornsey College of Art and later at the Chelsea School of Art and Design.

He represented Britain in the XLIV Venice Biennale in 1990, when he was awarded the Premio Duemila Prize. In 1991 he received the Turner Prize and in 2002 received the Unilever Commission for the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern. Notable public sculptures include Cloud Gate, Millennium Park, Chicago,Sky Mirror exhibited at the Rockefeller Center, New York in 2006 and Kensington Gardens in 2010, Temenos, at Middlehaven, Middlesbrough, 'Leviathan' at the Grand Palais in 2011 and 'Orbit' commissioned as a permanent artwork for the Olympic Park and due for completion in 2012.

Anish Kapoor was elected a Royal Academician in 1999 and in 2003 he was made a Commander of the British Empire. In 2011 he was made a Commander in the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and was awarded the Japanese Praemium Imperiale". Text from Wikipedia

Per Arnoldi

2011-09-19T21:55:00.001+02:00

Richat structure

2011-09-19T21:37:00.003+02:00

The Richat Structure, also known as the Eye of the Sahara and Guelb er Richat, is a prominent circular feature in the Sahara desert of west – central Mauritania near Ouadane. This structure is a deeply eroded, slightly elliptical, 40-km in diameter, dome. The sedimentary rock exposed in this dome range in age from Late Proterozoic within the center of the dome to Ordovician sandstone around its edges. The sedimentary rocks comprising this structure dip outward at 10°-20°. Differential erosion of resistant layers of quartzite has created high-relief circular cuestas. Its center consists of a siliceous breccia covering an area that is at least 3 km in diameter. Text from Wikipedia.org

Peugeot 205

2011-08-23T20:37:00.000+02:00

Jean-Claude Mézieres

2011-08-22T20:09:00.000+02:00

Drawings by Jean-Claude Mézieres

aiir on holiday

2011-07-27T20:35:00.000+02:00

Josefine Bentzen + Charlotte Skak: Kitchen Kids

2011-07-21T19:56:00.007+02:00

Danish designers Josefine Bentzen and Charlotte Skak won the second price in the newly established “BODUM Design Award, 2011”. This was for their product range called "Kitchen Kids". About the product they explain: "Studies indicate that children, who participate in the preparation of the family meal, generally have a healthier lifestyle as grownups. However, in Denmark, only 5% of the children frequently participate in the kitchen. When children take the ownership of their healthy meal, they generally develop a greater curiosity towards new and unknown ingredients. This leads to a more balanced and healthy diet. It is therefore imperative to invite children into the kitchen and teach them to be more critical about what they eat and in that way give them the choice of a healthier lifestyle.

The concept “Kitchen Kids” is a series of kitchen tools designed for children aged 4-7, inviting them into the kitchen to do simple chores. The series consists of a knife, a vegetable peeler, a grating bowl, a mixing bottle for dressing, a chopping board and a protective mitten that gives the parents peace of mind when the children use the sharp tools.

Using color and form, the sharp tools are designed to have a clear distinction between where the tools are “safe” to hold and where they are “dangerous”. All handles are made from rubber and have a characteristic functional pattern assuring a safe grip. The functional pattern is a first glance just a structure in the surface, but reveals itself as being a 2d barcode, the digital signature for the specific product.

To protect the fingers of the child, a set of mittens have been created. They are made from silicone and have the same distinctive functional pattern in the palm of the hand, allowing for a good grip on the items to be chopped, grated or peeled. For the parents to feel secure about the mitten, a red buckle is added for them to close around the wrist of the child.

The mixing bottle for dressing is made from translucent silicone and has a transparent graphic interface that simplifies the recipes for the child. A vinaigrette dressing could be made in the following way; fill up with the following to no.1 olive oil, no.2 mustard, no.3 honey, no.4 vinegar, no.5 salt & pepper. Mix and shake well. And squeeze the desired amount over the salad.

For collecting the grated vegetables, a transparent bowl is made to be connected to the grater. It can be tilted in two directions allowing for the best ergonomics possible. And it can be used to serve the grated vegetable salad in.

In a world where everything needs to go fast and food often is something bought to be conveniently heated in the microwave, the “Kitchen Kids” concept is of high relevance, because it gives the generations of the future the possibility to obtain a fundamental knowledge of healthy and unprocessed foods."

Japanese posters from the 20s - 30s

2011-07-08T17:35:00.005+02:00

Beautiful Japanese posters from the 1920s to the 1930s. Via Pink Tentacle

My Name is Wendy

2011-07-07T18:27:00.000+02:00

Work by French creative studio "My Name is Wendy"

epicexquisitecorpse

2011-07-05T18:44:00.002+02:00

"Epic Exquisite Corpse is an online collaborative drawing inspired by the surrealist
principle of exquisite corpse where each contributor adds to the whole artwork by completing it". See it and draw on epicexquisitecorpse.com

Matt Niebuhr

2011-07-05T18:14:00.003+02:00

Photographic works by Matt Niebuhr

Japanese political posters

2011-07-03T21:53:00.005+02:00

A great selection of Japanese political posters via Pink Tentacle

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin

2011-07-02T13:43:00.001+02:00

Shigehiro Okada

2011-06-30T20:33:00.002+02:00

Manga comics by Shigehiro Okada

WU LYF - Go Tell Fire To The Mountain

2011-06-30T20:28:00.003+02:00

Kasper Pyndt

2011-06-29T11:35:00.003+02:00

A new fine project by Danish design student Kasper Pyndt. About the project he explains (from his site): "School project in which I was asked to make a design focusing on the themes of nature and function. I chose to make a series of illustrations showcasing how rocks and trees can be used in a more graphic decorative way, giving these very practical natural materials (construction-wise) a whole new function."

Glenn Brown

2011-06-17T19:58:00.006+02:00

Any proper creative blog needs, at some time, to have a post with the British artist Glenn Brown. There's just no way to get around it, and why would you? "Glenn Brown (born 1966 in Hexham) is an English artist. He was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2000.

Brown appropriates images created by living, working artists, such as Frank Auerbach and Howard Hodgkin, as well as images by artists more established in the historical canon, such as Rembrandt or Salvador Dalí. Brown's paintings, which are uniformly smooth in surface, typically offer a trompe l'oeil illusion of turbulent, painterly application.

There was some controversy over his exhibition at the 2000 Turner Prize, as one of the paintings was closely based on a science-fiction illustration Double Star produced in 1973 by the artist Tony Roberts. Brown has also appropriated individual space scene paintings by Chris Foss and in the one case copying and altering it (Exercise One (for Ian Curtis), 1995) and in the other, leaving it entirely unchanged (Dark Angel (for Ian Curtis), 2002). This gave rise to a charge of plagiarism. The resulting legal action was eventually settled by Brown out of court.

In 2009, Brown claimed that "to make something up from scratch is nonsensical. Images are a language. It’s impossible to make a painting that is not borrowed — even the images in your dreams refer to reality." Brown is represented by Patrick Painter Inc. in Los Angeles, Gagosian Gallery in New York, and Galerie Max Hetzler in Berlin." Text from Wikipedia.org

Thomas Haywood

2011-06-17T18:34:00.004+02:00

Pictures by British photographer Thomas Haywood, via Information.dk

Ricky John Molloy

2011-06-16T11:59:00.000+02:00

Works from the series 'LA moment' by Danish photographer Ricky John Molly

Robert Longo

2011-06-16T10:13:00.001+02:00

More great work by New York artist Robert Longo. "Robert Longo was born in 1953 in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Long Island. He had a childhood fascination with mass media: movies, television, magazines, and comic books, which continue to influence his art.

Longo began college at the University of North Texas, in the town of Denton, but left before getting a degree. He later studied sculpture under Leonda Finke, who encouraged him to pursue a career in the visual arts. In 1972, Longo received a grant to study at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence, Italy. Upon his return to New York, Longo enrolled at Buffalo State College, where he received a BFA in 1975. While at Buffalo State, he studied under, and was likely influenced by Art professor Joseph Piccillo. At this time he was associated with artist Cindy Sherman, who was also studying art at Buffalo State.

In college, Longo and his friends established an avant garde art gallery in their co-op building, the Essex Art Center, which was originally a converted ice factory; the gallery became Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center. Through his gallery efforts, Longo met many local and New York City artists. Longo eventually moved to New York City to join the underground art scene of the 1970s." Text from Wikipedia.org

Raymond Lemstra

2011-06-15T15:07:00.005+02:00

Brilliant drawing by Dutch artist Raymond Lemstra

Max Ernst

2011-06-15T14:10:00.001+02:00

Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976) was a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet. A prolific artist, Ernst is considered to be one of the primary pioneers of the Dada movement and Surrealism. Text from Wikipedia.org

I Wayan Sudarsana Yansen

2011-06-14T14:57:00.002+02:00

Brilliant paintings by I Wayan Sudarsana Yansen. "I Wayan Sudarsana Yansen is a contemporary Indonesian artist who’s abstract paintings celebrate colour, life, energy and spirit in an organic way. Bursting, flowing, decomposing and re-emerging the forms appear in a constant state of transition. The visual language he creates on the canvas is both beautiful and mysterious with each piece he weaving a small story about the natural course of things." Text from nychukdesign.com

Karen Arm

2011-06-13T18:52:00.001+02:00

Paintings by Karen Arm

Moebius

2011-06-07T10:56:00.003+02:00

Thorbjørn Fessel

2011-06-07T10:36:00.003+02:00

Image of Copenhagen, monday 6th of June 2011 by Thorbjørn Fessel. Found on politiken.dk

MAN ABOUT TOWN - Spring/summer 2011 "Hay day"

2011-06-06T14:00:00.000+02:00

Tycho Brahe

2011-06-05T11:40:00.003+02:00

HEAT: Hybrid Exo Atmospheric Transporter. The Danish full-scale rocket was launced this friday. In the top of the rocket the space-ship Tycho-Brahe is placed. Image by Bo Tornvig. And as the Discover magazine reports: "The fourth nation to put a person in space, after Russia/USSR, the United States, and China, could be… Denmark?" read more here

Gas station by Arne Jacobsen

2011-06-03T20:34:00.003+02:00

"Located on the main road following the coast between Copenhagen and Bellevue, this petrol station dates from 1937 and was designed by Arne Jacobsen. The petrol station itself is a concrete box, clad with Meissen ceramic tiles. The service area is what makes this structure stand out: it is covered by an oval concrete shell, supported by a single column. This design was originally intended as a prototype for Texaco. To save the structure from falling apart, it has been subject to extensive restoration, most notably in 2003 by Dissing + Weitling Architects in cooperation with the Gentofte Municipality. The original ceramic tiles and the concrete canopy have been replaced, after meticulous research and cooperation between the heritage and municipal authorities". Text from mimoa.eu and image by Danni Niebling.

Somagahana Fuchiemon

2011-06-03T20:08:00.001+02:00

Sumo wrestler Somagahana Fuchiemon. Woodcut print shows sumo wrestler Somagahana Fuchiemon, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, wearing robes with two swords. Author unknown.

MAN ABOUT TOWN - Spring/summer 2011 "Suit yourself"

2011-06-01T14:05:00.003+02:00

MAN ABOUT TOWN - Spring/summer 2011 "Suit yourself"

V MAGAZINE #71 The Asian issue - "CHINA GIRL" shot by Sebastian Faena

2011-05-26T15:29:00.000+02:00

Bob Dylan 70

2011-05-25T14:12:00.002+02:00

Happy birthday Bob Dylan (yesterday). Photo: AP Photo/SONY BMG, William Claxton

Kilian Eng

2011-05-24T10:12:00.004+02:00

Beautiful drawings by Kilian Eng. Check out his site, there are so many little gems there.

Joseph Szabo

2011-05-24T10:00:00.002+02:00

Joseph Szabo (b. 1944) "Priscilla", 1969.

Minoru Nomata

2011-05-24T09:49:00.003+02:00

Paintings by Minoru Nomata. "Nomata was born in Tokyo in 1955 and studied design at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. He constructed a unique artistic world in his paintings of imaginary buildings that is called "fantasy architecture." He paints buildings standing quietly in natural settings with no human figures present. They exude a sense of deja vu even though they do not exist in reality. The severe precision of these paintings gives these fantasy buildings a strong sense of presence, revealing the artist's predilection for the mechanical forms of modern industry. The exquisite draftsmanship and unique formal imagination of these paintings produces strong, ebullient architectural forms that transcend real time and space." Text from Art Gallery Tokyo Opera City

Mungo Park poster "Forfoererens dagbog"

2011-05-16T15:26:00.003+02:00

Poster from small Danish theatre "Mungo Park".

UNKLE feat. Nick Cave

2011-05-09T20:14:00.003+02:00

Money And Run (feat. Nick Cave) by UNKLE

Robert Longo

2011-05-04T17:46:00.002+02:00

Robert Longo (and not Lango as written earlier. Thanks 'Anonymous') born 1953.

Pierce and Chris Brunner

2011-05-02T16:16:00.001+02:00

Pierce and Chris Brunner filmed at age 12 by Ty Evans.

Rockefeller Center

2011-05-01T15:58:00.001+02:00

Rockefeller Center or Rockefeller Plaza is a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering 22 acres (89,000 m2) between 48th and 51st streets in New York City, United States. Built by the Rockefeller family, it is located in the center of Midtown Manhattan, spanning the area between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987. Wikipedia

Albín Brunovský

2011-05-01T15:49:00.003+02:00

Albín Brunovský (25 December 1935, Zohor, Czechoslovakia – 20 January 1997, Bratislava, Slovakia) was a Slovak painter, graphic artist, lithographer, illustrator and pedagogue, considered one of the greatest Slovak painters of the 20th century. From Wikipedia

Brian Delatorre

2011-04-20T12:14:00.000+02:00

BLU

2011-04-17T13:37:00.001+02:00

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

Yosuke Yamaguchi

2011-04-07T17:02:00.003+02:00

Painting by Yosuke Yamaguchi

Michael Hakimi

2011-04-05T15:19:00.000+02:00

Charlotte Posenenske

2011-04-05T01:14:00.003+02:00

Work by Charlotte Posenenske (* 1930 in Wiesbaden; † 3. Oktober 1985 in Frankfurt am Main)

Protein crystals

2011-04-03T17:36:00.005+02:00

Proteins, like many molecules, can be prompted to form crystals when placed in the appropriate conditions. In order to crystallize a protein, the purified protein undergoes slow precipitation from an aqueous solution. As a result, individual protein molecules align themselves in a repeating series of unit cells by adopting a consistent orientation. The crystalline lattice that forms is held together by noncovalent interactions. The importance of protein crystallization is that it serves as the basis for X-ray crystallography, wherein a crystallized protein is used to determine the protein’s three-dimensional structure via X-ray diffraction. In 1934, John Desmond Bernal and his student Dorothy Hodgkin discovered that protein crystals surrounded by their mother liquor gave better diffraction patterns than dried crystals. Using pepsin, they were the first to discern the diffraction pattern of a wet, globular protein. Prior to Bernal and Hodgkin, protein crystallography had only been performed in dry conditions with inconsistent and unreliable results.

For a better part of the 20th century, progress in determining protein structure was slow due to the difficulty inherent in crystallizing proteins. When the Protein Data Bank (http://www.pdb.org) was founded in 1971, it contained only seven structures. Since then, the pace at which protein structures are being discovered has grown exponentially, with the PDB surpassing 20,000 structures in 2003, and containing over 68,000 as of 2010. Text from Wikipedia

Martin Bigum

2011-04-03T14:52:00.005+02:00

Paintings by Danish artist Martin Bigum

Mark Warren Jacques

2011-04-02T19:15:00.004+02:00

Paintings by Mark Warren Jacques (Born 1984. Columbus, Ohio)

Yue Minjun

2011-04-02T19:10:00.002+02:00

Yue Minjun (Chinese:岳敏君, born 1962, Heilongjiang Province, China) is a contemporary Chinese artist based in Beijing, China. He is best known for oil paintings depicting himself in various settings, frozen in laughter. He has also reproduced this signature image in sculpture, watercolor and prints. While Yue is often classified as part of the Chinese "Cynical Realist" movement in art developed in China since 1989, Yue himself rejects this label, while at the same time "doesn't concern himself about what people call him." from Wikipedia

GQ ITALIA — March 2011

2011-03-30T14:53:00.002+02:00

GQ ITALIA — MARCH 2011"THE GANG". Photographer: Paolo Zerbini, stylist: Andrea Tenerani; Vilnius

Jonathan Zawada

2011-03-26T00:48:00.002+01:00

Painting by Jonathan Zawada

Justin Bartlett

2011-03-26T00:41:00.003+01:00

Two drawings by Justin Bartlett. About the first drawing he says on his site: "Vice magazine asked me to contribute to their Levi's "Unbuttoned" contest... it was never used... go figure?"

Japanese posters 1-2-3

2011-03-26T00:34:00.003+01:00

Three Japanese posters

Alternate Kanye West album cover by Skinny Ship

2011-03-26T00:16:00.004+01:00

An un-official cover for the album 'my beautiful dark twisted fantasy' made by Skinny Ship

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

2011-03-09T17:29:00.001+01:00

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker regarded both as the last of the Old Masters and as the first of the moderns. Goya was a court painter to the Spanish Crown, and through his works was both a commentator on and chronicler of his era. The subversive and imaginative element in his art, as well as his bold handling of paint, provided a model for the work of later generations of artists, notably Manet and Picasso. Text from Wikipedia

Andy Gilmore

2011-03-09T17:14:00.002+01:00

Graphic design by Andy Gilmore (b. 1974)

Anatoly Fomenko

2011-03-08T09:39:00.002+01:00

Drawings by Anatoly Fomenko

Various posters

2011-02-21T14:18:00.003+01:00

Various Sovjet posters found here (bpx's photostream)

Hengki Koentjoro

2011-02-21T11:06:00.003+01:00

Stunning pictures by Indonesian born photographer Hengki Koentjoro (b. 1963)

Google Art Project

2011-02-16T18:28:00.004+01:00

Google has moved their powerful Street view cameras indoor in 14 museums. The level of detail in these pictures is astonishing. Experience it here

SOULLAND A/W 2011/12 men's collection

2011-02-13T09:12:00.000+01:00

From Soulland.

Broomberg & Chanarin

2011-02-13T09:04:00.000+01:00

Pictures by Broomberg and Chanarin

LCD Soundsystem

2011-02-12T15:55:00.002+01:00

LCD Soundsystem have announced that they will play their last ever show on April 2 in New York. James Murphy says that the date at Madison Square Garden will be a three-hour extravaganza. Sounds like something you'd like to hear.

In a statement, they said: "We are retiring from the game. Gettin’ out. Movin’ on. If it’s a funeral, let’s have the best funeral ever!"

Ric Stultz

2011-02-12T13:09:00.002+01:00

Painting by Ric Stultz

Philippe Constantinesco

2011-02-12T13:04:00.002+01:00

A new drawing by Philippe Constantinesco

DixonBaxi - Join the Dots

2011-02-08T21:46:00.004+01:00

DixonBaxi - Join the Dots. "Our approach has always been one that embraces collaboration as a fundamental part of what we do. Over the last ten years we have worked with highly talented individuals, teams and companies from all over the world that help bring our vision to life. Join the Dots is a celebration of the spirit of collaboration. A simple idea. A consistent frame for a multitude of work. A single dot, each representing one collaborator, each a connection to another.

Each collaborator is given a template of a dot in a fixed position on an A2 portrait poster. Each interpreted this in their own way. These are the first 25. There will be 100 in total and be collated into a book and exhibition. Thanks to all that have contributed so far and for those that are still to come." Text from DixonBaxi's site

The Iconic Jean and T

2011-02-07T10:55:00.002+01:00

Dextro

2011-02-07T10:50:00.002+01:00

Paintings by Dextro. Found on BDIF

Acne Paper covers

2011-01-31T16:12:00.003+01:00

A compilation of Acne Paper covers. Acne Paper is possibly the magazine with the best layout in my opinion

Cheap Monday Spring 2011

2011-01-31T11:58:00.000+01:00

"This time we wanted to try out a different aesthetic; sparkling, extrovert and shameless. For inspiration we looked at Latin denim fashions, Italian diamonté and LA celebrity taste. To get a contemporary feel in the collection we have also worked with a cleaner, more fabric focused and minimalistic look. A combination of the exaggerated and the minimalistic creates the balance for SS11." From Cheapmonday.com

Sea Hyun Lee

2011-01-30T17:46:00.003+01:00

Oil paintings by South Korean artist Sea Hyun Lee (b. 1967)

Jamie Mills

2011-01-26T13:30:00.000+01:00

Three nice illustrations by Jamie Mills

Moebius

2011-01-25T19:43:00.005+01:00

Drawings by Moebius. From the site 'quenched consciousness'

Dior Homme Fall '11 - Paris Fashion Week

2011-01-24T17:33:00.002+01:00

Musashino Art University Library and Museum

2011-01-24T15:22:00.000+01:00

Fujimoto’s 6.419 square meters big building, the Musashino Art University Library and Museum, in Tokyo. "We are living in a generation in which digital books are available. In such a situation, I wanted to make a library that can serve as a new place where books and people can meet," says the 39-year-old designer.

Michael Cina

2011-01-24T07:56:00.000+01:00

Paintings by Michael Cina

Kjell Ruben Strøm

2011-01-23T10:29:00.000+01:00

Photographs by Norweigian photographer Kjell Ruben Strøm

An Island - Efterklang + Vincent Moon

2011-01-23T06:02:00.000+01:00

"In August 2010, French filmmaker Vincent Moon and Efterklang's 8 piece-live band met up on an island off the Danish coast. The objective was to shoot a film. A film with the same length as an album, and a film full of performances, experiments and collaborations.  Over an intense period of 4 days Efterklang collaborated with more than 200 local musicians, kids and parents, creating new performances and interpretations of songs from their album Magic Chairs (4AD, Rumraket 2010). It was all filmed by Vincent Moon who same time conducted several filmic and musical experiments with Efterklang as his dedicated playmates. An Island is an unconventional music performance film and an abstract documentary about a band and an island. The running time is 50 minutes.

An Island will premiere February 1st 2011 around the world through what the band and director call Private-Public Screenings. Anyone can host a Private-Public Screening and the rules are very simple. The screening needs to be public, have a minimum capacity of 5 people and free entrance." All text from Efterklang / An Island. See more HERE

Walter Van Beirendonck F/W 2011 from Paris Fashion Week

2011-01-22T14:27:00.002+01:00

From Walter Van Beirendonck (Brecht, 4 February 1957) who is a Belgian fashion designer. He graduated in 1980 from the Royal Arts Academy in Antwerp. Together with Dirk Van Saene, Dries van Noten, Ann Demeulemeester, Marina Yee (graduated in 1981) and Dirk Bikkembergs (graduated in 1982) they became known as the Antwerp Six. Info from Wikipedia.org

Brunnenstrasse

2011-01-22T11:02:00.003+01:00

Brunnenstrasse in Berlin. By Arno Brandhuber

Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band

2011-01-18T16:35:00.002+01:00

"Trout Mask Replica is the third album by Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, released in June 1969. Produced by Beefheart's friend and former schoolmate Frank Zappa, it was originally released as a double album on Zappa's Straight Records label. Combining elements of blues, avant-garde, free jazz and other genres of American music, the album is regarded as an important work of experimental music and a major influence on genres such as alternative rock and post-punk.

Most of Trout Mask Replica was recorded in March 1969 at Whitney Studios in Los Angeles, California. The lineup of The Magic Band at this time consisted of Bill Harkleroad and Jeff Cotton on guitar, Mark Boston on bass guitar, Victor Hayden on bass clarinet, and John French on drums and percussion. Beefheart played several brass and woodwind instruments (including saxophone, musette, and hunting horn) and contributed most of the vocal parts, with Zappa and various members of the band providing occasional vocals and narration. The well-rehearsed Magic Band recorded all instrumental tracks for Trout Mask Replica in a single six-hour recording session; Van Vliet's vocal and horn tracks were laid down over the next few days. Upon release in the US, Trout Mask Replica sold poorly and failed to chart. It was more successful in the UK, where it spent a week on the charts, at #21.

A widely recognized and acclaimed composition, Trout Mask Replica was ranked #58 on Rolling Stone's 2003 list The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Allmusic's Steve Huey wrote that "its inspiring reimagining of what was possible in a rock context laid the groundwork for countless future experiments in rock surrealism, especially during the punk/new wave era."" Text from Wikipedia.org

Mobstr - Shades Of Grey

2011-01-18T16:20:00.005+01:00

UK Street Artist Mobstr engaged in a back-and-forth conversation with the Newcastle City Council

Luke Stephenson - An Incomplete Dictionary of Show Birds

2011-01-17T18:47:00.003+01:00

Jacob Holdt

2011-01-17T18:42:00.003+01:00

© Jacob Holdt 1973-75. "Jacob Holdt (born 1947 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish photographer, writer and lecturer. His mammoth work, American Pictures, gained international fame in 1977 for its effective photographic revelations about the hardships of America's lower classes." Text from Wikipedia.org

Ken Cro-Ken

2011-01-17T10:42:00.003+01:00

Paintings by Ken Cro-Ken

GQ ITALIA - December 2010 "GARÇONS TERRIBLES"

2011-01-15T09:58:00.003+01:00

Dale Frank

2011-01-15T09:29:00.003+01:00

Paintings by Australian artist Dale Frank (b. 1959)

Samuel Beckett portraits

2011-01-13T23:35:00.002+01:00

Photographs by various artists. "Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish avant-garde writer, dramatist and poet, writing in English and French. Beckett's work offers a bleak outlook on human culture and both formally and philosophically became increasingly minimalist in his later career. As a student, assistant, and friend of James Joyce, Beckett is considered one of the last modernists; as an inspiration to many later writers, he is sometimes considered one of the first postmodernists. He is also considered one of the key writers in what Martin Esslin called "Theatre of the Absurd". As such, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. Beckett was awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his writing, which—in new forms for the novel and drama—in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation"." From Wikipedia.org

Jaan Tammsaar

2011-01-13T23:23:00.002+01:00

Paintings by Jaan Tammsaar (b. 1949)

Woodworms - Zimoun

2011-01-13T23:19:00.002+01:00

25 woodworms, wood, microphone, sound system. By Zimoun 2009

Figures - EKTA

2011-01-13T23:10:00.003+01:00

A series of paintings by EKTA. All the paintings are spray paint & colored card on paper

Tom Neely - And I only am escaped alone to tell thee, 2007 Moby Dick illustration

2011-01-13T22:16:00.003+01:00

Illustration by Tom Neely

Rude Mechanicals

2011-01-13T22:02:00.005+01:00

Great robost selected from Rude Mechanicals on tumblr

Keld Helmer-Petersen

2011-01-13T11:58:00.003+01:00

Pictures by Danish photographer Keld Helmer-Petersen. "Keld Helmer-Petersen (born 1920) is a Danish photographer who achieved his international breakthrough in 1948 when he published 122 Farvefotografier/122 Colour Photographs, a collection of experiments with shapes inspired by Albert Renger-Patzsch and the poetic realism of the Neue Sachlichkeit movement." from Wikipedia.org

Auguste Rodin

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"François-Auguste-René Rodin (12 November 1840 – 17 November 1917), known as Auguste Rodin, was a French sculptor. Although Rodin is generally considered the progenitor of modern sculpture, he did not set out to rebel against the past. He was schooled traditionally, took a craftsman-like approach to his work, and desired academic recognition, although he was never accepted into Paris's foremost school of art." from Wikipedia.org

Sixpack France - Silkscreen print by various artists

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Silkscreen posters from Sixpack France