We mentioned “L’Avenir” opening at White Walls earlier this month. Here’s some of the work, along with opening night photos. Definitely an exhibit worth checking out. It’ll be open through January 4th. Images via Graffuturism …
Author: Tracy Jones
Images from the book Chinese prints 1950-2006 in the Ashmolean Museum were recently posted on 50 Watts. The site featured a collection of these ill prints ranging from otherworldly to everyday life. According to the site, these were “hard-to-find” but East Art Online will make all images in the publication searchable and zoomable online. …
If you haven’t caught Prince Paul and his son DJ Pforreal’s web series, Paul vs. Paul, it’s a brilliant display of an old school head debating a young blood about everything under the sun: Facebook, prom, winter coats, drums, mixing, etc. In one video, they debate deodorant. While his son is pushing “Axe,” Paul pulls out every old black man’s brand of choice, “Old Spice.” There’s a winner declared at the end of each debate. Embedded in the humor are …
Run The Jewels gave their self-titled opus album out via free download, but they saved the super extra fresh joints (bonus tracks) for Europe. You too can have “Pew Pew Pew” for a sick penny, featuring the untouchable DMC champion several times over, to the point where he just got bored and quit competing, legendary cutting heads off by vinyl and former Invisibl Skratch Piklz member, Q-Bert. El-P double times it while Killer Mike spits in contrast over El’s ill beat. …
Apparently George Zimmerman is a painter. He sold a painting on eBay for $100,099.99. It was to help him raise funds to pay part of the $2.5 million he owes his legal team. On the same day eBay removed an anti-racist oil painting, “A Tale of Two Hoodies” by artist Michael D’Antuono. He painted it several days after the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. 50% of the proceeds were going to The Trayvon Martin Foundation. The painting had a bid of …
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