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Artist: Nic Hess

Nicked From Sam Ewan's terrific blog, On The Ground Looking Up.

Love It!: The Art of Ryohei Hase

Check out his portfolio here.

Interpreting The News Through Art

Talk about moving quickly. Late last week, New York Magazine asked a group of artists and designers to create visual interpretations of Eliot Spitzer's fall from grace last week. The cover of the latest issue us by Barabara Kruger and it's absolutely terrific.   

Here's a few others that are included in the new issue:

Chip Kidd

Thomas Allen

John Baldessari

What Is Art?

In this video, different Americans are interviewed about art (some you will recognize, some you will not). The whole thing is animated by Aardman

 

Can't Wait: Olafur Eliasson's New York City Waterfalls

This is why I love living in New York so much.

Things That Inspire Me: Paula Scher's Maps

Paula Scher ongoing Maps series continues to blow me away.  If you're familiar with Paula for her graphic design work but not her fine art, be sure to check out an exhibition showcasing new paintings by Paula that opens this Thursday at the Maya Stendhal Gallery in Manhattan at 545 West 20th Street in New York City.  The show is open through the 26th of January.

A close up:

David Shringley's Title Sequence For Hallam Foe

Being a huge fan of the Glasgow based illustrator, David Shrigley, I'm thrilled to see that he's created the opening title sequence for the upcoming film, Hallam Foe.

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Image Of The Day: Eames Chair Tattoo

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The Work of Ron Mueck

As art events go, seeing the Ron Mueck exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum was one of the hightlights of last year.  The Mueck exhibition has moved on from Brooklyn and is now running at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth through October 21.  As part of the exhibition, the museum has posted a terrific series of photos of Mueck installing his work on Flickr.  You can check them out here.

 

In Praise of UNKLE's War Stories and Sleevage.com

It's been years since a CD cover not only caught my attention as a work of art, but also compelled me to track down who the artist was. 

So today when I saw the artwork for the new UNKLE CD "War Stories" I immediately started Googling.    A quick search brought me to one of the coolest blogs I've come across in quite some time - Sleevage, a blog all about music cover art.  Only a few weeks old, Sleevage aspires to be   "the world’s best resource for great music artwork."

The page on Sleevage about "War Stories" is terrific. From it I learned that the cover art was done not by Futura (no surprise there) but rather by Robert Del Naja (3D) of Massive Attack.

One of the comments left was - "It’s a mini design book + a CD thrown in"   After checking out Sleevage, War Stories is the first CD in six yars that I actually think I'm going to buy.