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Matchstick

the hippo — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:41:42 +0000

This short by Jeff Scher for American Royalty is an audio/visual treat. The animation flows fluidly with the song, and its refreshing to see an art music video. The song is great, and its exciting to see the AR lads develop into such shredding rockers and talented musicians. Their new EP is out on vinyl (ROOTS) 2/7 and digitally 2/14, and if you haven’t yet GO SEE THEM LIVE.

Drugs Crew @ New Image Art

the hippo — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:11:20 +0000

Saturday we cruised to the opening of the DRUGS CREW show at New Image Art Gallery to support our buddy who was part of the show.

Immediately upon stepping inside, we were overwhelmed by the complete floor to ceiling multimedia installation. Layered underneath the pieces, the walls had been completely painted and pieces were even hung from the ceiling.

I took some detail shots of the pieces, but this is really a show you have to check out in person.

LA based artist, Augustus, who recently had a show here, was in the crowd as well as MOCA director Jeffrey Deitch.

I loved these oversize scratchers hung around the gallery.

Thanks to Hex for supporting the arts!

dont lose your head x TSD Creative

the hippo — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:08:14 +0000

If you were as blown away by the images of our F/W Collection as we were, you should check out Mr. Dunfee’s art show this weekend.

Equally talented behind and in front of a camera, with a pen in hand, surfboard under foot, beer in hand, or crushing miles on his 2 wheeled steed, White Gloss will be hosting an exhibition starting this Saturday 11/5.

And if you’re just a big piece, the rumor is the PBR will be flowing like the Pacific to the soothing sounds of Junkyard or SAH.

Insa, Girls & Bikes…

the hippo — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 06:17:39 +0000

Three things we like very much.

We’ve become especially fond of Insa, ever since the artist graced the walls of a certain establishment along Santa Fe.

“An ongoing public installation project.

“Working with volunteer models, bikes (INSA’s current preferred icon of commodified culture), and large scale painted walls INSA creates momentary installations in public spaces”
MORE HERE

Enjoy…

WOOD is good

the hippo — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:54:56 +0000

I really enjoyed this animation by McBess I found over at Mindtai.
Its a great blend of modern and timeless styles.
He’s a pretty talented fellow – he’s the guitarist in the Dead Pirates – the song in the video.

ROOOOOOOtzzzz

the hippo — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 23:51:23 +0000

THE PUMPHOUSE, Windansea La Jolla, CA 8/2011

I spent a lot of my formative years here. A lot of creativity and talent was fostered, and even more lost, here, in the shadows of the subject of Tom Wolf’s 1968 The Pump House Gang.

Check out Twist’s take from last year.

Some Damn Fine Art @ New Image

the hippo — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:10:34 +0000

Hot off his sold out show “One Man” @ Fifty24SF, check out Augustus Thompson‘s new show at New Image Art Gallery this Saturday.
Here’s a little preview of some of the pieces in progress on our table.

AGSTS – One Man

the hippo — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 01:03:08 +0000

Our friend Augustus Thompson is having a show at Fifty24SF, opening tonight. We grew up with Gus and he’s developed an amazing style that’s refreshingly unique.

“Thompson’s watercolor portraits bleed with mortality. The eyes of his subjects reveal men (young, old, a tiger) surprised by the grip of their slipping, impermanent selves. JUXTAPOZ writes, “Thompson’s faces have a life to them, a poetic style more in line with the Beat era than with his contemporaries.” In the larger works, Thompson uses color and force of line to articulate the inner howling of his human subjects; each painting an isolated, universal beat. Seen together, the portraits and landscapes form a cinematic rush through the back alley of a young man’s life. Thompson writes, “Whatever happens gets packed into my paintings. Black culture and rhythm. Love. Being tired and poor while being privileged and white. Interiors by Vuillard. I can paint everything in a face.”” – Fifty24SF

If you’re in SF check out the show or Augustus’ Blog for more work.

JR back in LA

Neutral — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 06:15:08 +0000

Since winning the 2010 TED Prize, JR has been busy around LA on a new series titled “The Wrinkles of the City.”

The new works have taken over Los Angeles – check out this map of where to find some of the pieces.

For the first time ever the TED Prize Launch is open to the public @ Phantom Galleries LA and can be streamed live online on March 2, 2011.

Telling Them

the hippo — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 22:59:42 +0000

“Well I love the sound when I smash the glass.” – Mike Ness

“A series of smashed, mangled, shot up and melted Apple products are the subject of a recent photography project by [Michael Tompert] a San Francisco-area graphic designer who said he’s trying to make people think about their relationship with these universally beloved gadgets.

“Tompert said the idea for the project came to him after he gave each of his two sons an iPod touch for Christmas. He said the two boys fought over one of the devices, which had a certain game on it. Fed up with the quarrel, Tompert said he grabbed one of the iPods and smashed it on the ground.

‘They were kind of stunned — the screen was broken and this liquid poured out of it. I got my camera to shoot it,’ ”

“The most difficult product to obliterate was the iPad — “it’s practically indestructible,” Tompert said.

“He said the iPad withstood blows from a sledgehammer and other blunt tools. In the end, he used a soldering torch to heat the insides of the iPad until they started to boil and the device exploded.”

“His methods of destruction varied by gadget. To destroy an iPhone 3G device (seen above), he used a Heckler & Koch handgun to blow a hole through it. To obliterate a set of iPod Nanos, he placed the devices on a train track so that a locomotive would run over them.”

These were my favorites. Via LA Times – More pics.