Artist Joe Black creates large-scale portraits of various historical and pop culture figures that are more than they initially appear once you view them closer in detail:
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We've all heard about Stonehenge located across the pond, but did you know we have our own more superior 100% ALL AMERICAN version here in the good ol' U.S. of A? In Alliance, Nebraska (population 8,491) Jim Reinder, as a tribute to his father, built a replica of Stonehenge except instead of stones he used vintage American cars
Carhenge is a replica of England's Stonehenge located near the city of Alliance, Nebraska on the High Plains. Instead of being built with large standing stones, as is the case with the original Stonehenge,[1] Carhenge is formed from 38 vintage American automobiles.
There is also another one made out of styrofoam in Virginia called...Foamhenge. Clap clap clap.
Browse some pictures from my life over the past few weeks, such as the one above where I couldn't resist joining the other hordes of Banksy groupies at one of the artist's more recent stencils. This one can be found on the corner of 79th and Broadway because nothing screams counter culture street art audience like the Upper West Side.
In the July 5, 1993 issue of The New Yorker, there on the upper right corner on page 61 was an amusing single panel cartoon by Peter Steiner. A lot of the New Yorker single panel cartoons are amusing and often quite clever, however none of them would quite beat Peter's for its cultural impact and legacy as the magazine's most popular cartoon. Here's a follow-up conversation with the cartoonist about what he's been up to since those early days of the Internet.
Artist Gillian Wearing asked strangers on the street to write whatever was on their mind and then photographed the result for her 1992-1993 series "Signs That Say What You Want Them to Say and Not Signs That Say What Someone Else Wants You to Say."
The artist's last name is apropos methinks.
Banksy has been running around New York City the past week doing what he does best including updating "few pieces of citizen graffiti a Broadway makeover, slapping the phrase "The Musical" after tags that say "dirty underwear," "OCCUPY!" and "PLAYGROUND MOB.""
As expected his pieces have been quickly drawing a crowd, but this local resident was already at work scrubbing evidence of Banksy's visit to the "dirty underwear" tag at 204 Bushwick Avenue. When told it was a by a famous artist, the man responded "I should build a wall around it and start charging money."
Yes, he should. This is what they did in Park City, Utah to one of Banksy's stencils. They added a protective encasing around it.
[Insert comment here about the ironic intersection of commerce and capitalism, street art, fame, gentrification of New York City and link to this amazing relevant sighting.]
Love this old Gap ad (note the terrific socks and sandals look) featuring the creators behind Myst which was one of the most influential games and digital experiences of my childhood. In this retrospective piece in Grantland on this seminal game I think this is the truest statement:
Without Myst there's no Grand Theft Auto V orAssassin's Creed — but I'd also argue that there's no late-night bottomless Wikipedia rabbit hole. Maybe Myst didn't change how we approached computer games, but rather how we approached computer lives.
One of my fondest memories was playing this game on a Macintosh Quadra and trying to unlock the puzzles with my dad on quiet weekends.
Ed Ruscha, "Not a Bad World, Is It?," 1984.
I like this photo looking at Manhattan from DUMBO with Tom Fruin's stained glass water tower art installation in the foreground.
"Butter Knife" by Derek Paul Boyle.
There are only three things that America will be remembered for 2000 years from now when they study this civilization: The Constitution, Jazz music, and Baseball. These are the 3 most beautiful things this culture's ever created.
Chris Sasaki, a character designer at Pixar shared a bunch of his concept art of various monsters for his company's new film Monsters University.
The film did okay at the box office.
The Chinese town of Dafen in the Guangdong province is renowned for its resident artists who specialize in replicas of famous paintings: "It is believed to be the largest mass producer of oil paintings in the world. Artists here manufacture some 60 percent of the total global trade volume..."
Joseph Pielichaty has been "collecting clippings of blue skies from the travel sections of newspapers" from around the world.
David LaFerriere is not only a designer but also possibly the coolest dad ever: Since May 2008 he has been doodling on his kids' sandwich bags with a Sharpie marker. I love how progressively more awesome and detailed the drawings get over the years. Browse through them all over at his Flickr.
(Hey Sharpie: Get in touch with this guy for your next ad campaign.)
French photographer Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze captures a unique perspective of Hong Kong's skyscrapers.
Nice find by Jens Schott Knudsen.
I like this clever piece of political art by by Egyptian street artist "