Charged with sabotage, Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in prison during South Africa’s apartheid. He went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize and to become South Africa’s first black President. He only served one term, but went on to become a symbol for defeating impossible odds and finding peace through struggle. Although he vigorously campaigned for HIV/AIDS prevention and education, he lost a son to the disease in 2005. Earlier this year he spent three months in the hospital …
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Lauryn Hill’s “Consumerism” was released just before she got out of jail. She’s spitting about everything wrong with the world, incorporating all the “isms” you can think of. Her voice sounds more mature and scratchier, but her presence is evident. The production surrounds brash hitting drums that after a minute, become redundant when listening to her list “isms.” Earlier this year she was convicted for not filing taxes on over a million dollars in earnings. In October she finished her three …
Mexican director Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hell Boy, Blade) is making a TV series about vampires called The Strain. Below the creepy teaser shows a shaky frame with a bunch of rats. Through their spreading a disease, they have something to do with creating the most horrifying of vampires. The show is based on three books written by Toro and Chuck Hogan. Toro definitely has a thing for blood suckers, but he can flip the concept pretty well. His …
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.” …
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