….2008 was a trying year for me, I am so glad its over plus I can’t believe the last time I blogged was in 2007, naughty naughty!
I probably have to teach myself how this thing works all over again. I am actually pleasantly surprised my blog is still here.
Still cant believe the word blog is unrecognised by the spell checker.
I get so much crap in my in box, normally cute creatures and stupid words of wisdom as well as jokes I have read or seen 1000 times before, why cant people send me stuff like this?
The Best Flash Animation 2006
I am still trying to find out whose work it is.
I am going to stop fighting the flow, the rest of the year might as well be dubbed Kanyeuary…. can’t get away from him, any way I was watching this video…..
Which reminded me immediately of TMagic, but judging from the post on his blog he didn’t have anything to do with it. We know where we saw it first.
Young black and fab and more importantly repping the UK, I love the colours, his work reminds me that each colour has many hues and he manages to choose the right one every single time.
My partner wants a t shirt, so do I, saving up as I type…
I am nominating Talib Kweli’s video Hot Thing, Video of the Month…
I love Kanye’s new album, the art work is wonderful…..okay so are the tracks.
Takashi designed the cover and all the inserts, I had come across his work before, all those happy smiling flowers, just never got the chance to post, not that I have posted anything for a while.
Tokyo born and educated, sculptor and pop artist (he denies his work is pop art but a record of struggle for discriminated people)
Takashi has numerous accomplishments under his belts check out the video for Louis Vuitton. Probably how Kanye “The Louis Vuitton Don” was first introduced to Takashi’s work.
Do you want more? can read Japanese click it. The site has an English version and plenty of other cool artist.
Never Change Lovers in the Middle of the Night 2006
I have seriously been considering whether I want other art forms on my blog and I decided I can do what the hell I like….. its not like I have a regular fan base to offend! So in the future I will post about anything creative that catches my eyes or ears.
I should have had a fathers day post…. may be not my dad sucks, anyway before I get therapy referals….
Since I am in the mood to bitch I am going to bitch about Mickalene Thomas’s website…sort it out, get it up and running, I want to see your work without having to scour around the internet like the cyber scavenger that I am. You went to Yale, I thought all graduates had great business acumen by default. Catch her bio here.
My minor vent aside I would love to see better quality images of her worked, being mixed media, I think they would be amazing in real life.
I loved Bingham’s work with out knowing who he was, I collected pictures of Mohammed Ali on a web site a while back, little did I know they were taken by the same photographer.
He was kicked out of school and told to pursue another career apart from photography, like the Greatest Ali, sheer determination always wins, he was the first Black person to work on a Hollywood camera Guild crew.
See more work here
Two Heroic Sisters of the Grassland 2007
Oh my God, was I not drooling like an idiot when I found Kehinde’s site it is everything I love about art, cool, contemporary, modern and perfect execution! It is the type of art I created this blog to find….. it is just so right.
The poses and expressions, European gentry meets African dignatry, with a hint of urban swagger! If you would like to delve into the meaning behind the juxtaposed imagery or just see more magnificent work visit Kehinde Wiley.
Saint Andrew 2006
Don’t you hate the way scientist can take the joy and mystery out of everything…including a good painting.
According to Michael Marmour MD, Degas and Monet, were visually impaired due to cataracts and retinal disease, hence their beautiful blurred artistic effects… did I really need to know?
I wonder if I should take some pics with out my visual aids, probably end up with a migraine.
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I have been extremely lazy recently so blogging is way down my list of priorities, and loafing is, to be honest my day job is taking its pound of flesh.
Justin Bua’s images are a breath of fresh air, one, because some of the subjects look how I feel “droopy eyed”, but on his subjects this looks cool and laid back (stoned) I look like I am ready for the knackers yard.
Two, they are so cool, did I say that already?
Still in loafing mode I am not going to write much, head to the site for more info and art ……… Justin Bua
Buy the new 2007 book The Beat of Urban Art.
