Directed by Andreas Johnsen, the film’s title The Fake Case refers to the $2.5 million lawsuit the Chinese authorities have against artist Ai Weiwei and his art company, Fake. The film recently debuted at the Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It documents Ai talking about the dark past with his mother, spending time with his son, while secretly creating art that reflects his time in detention. Ai, son of the legendary poet Ai Qing, is a Chinese artist famous for speaking out against China’s …
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Walmart recently hijacked a popular image from California based artist Eddie Colla and have been selling it on their online store. To add insult to injury, they call it “Art Wall Banksy ‘Asking for Permission’ Canvas Wall Art.” In response, and in an effort to reclaim his image, Colla started a 1xRun campaign with the same image, but remixed. The 18 x 24 inch 3-color screen print is on 100 lbs Cougar fine art paper. Each print comes signed and …
Yi-Shiang Yang is a painter out of Keelung, Taiwan. The texture in her eerie paintings give them a creeping pulse. The light colors and subtle details speak to a fleeting innocence eclipsed by time and observation. According to Empty Kingdom, she’s a left-handed painter illustrating “personal themes of exploration and nostalgia.” …
Brooklyn Street Art founder and notable photographer Jamie Rojo recently got arrested over mistaken identity at the sight of Banksy’s presumably last stunt (a throw up in actual bubble letters). Street artist Space Invader also got cuffed in New York City earlier last month. Strange timing. Rojo posted some fresh Swoon flicks. In his new Images Of The Week, besides Swoon, Rojo included shots of Banksy’s last stunt from his October Better Out Than In NYC artist residency. Read about …
San Francisco, CA based artist David Young V gets it up at The Loin. He’s doing a wall-to-wall on site instillation. On opening night, he’ll be live screen printing limited prints, patches and t-shirts. The show, Akruva (new world) runs through the end of November. We interviewed DYV earlier this year about his adventures of posting his “Nun of War” in South America and the madness of SF’s Tenderloin. Read here. The Loin 602 Eddy St. San Francisco, CA …
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