Here’s some art I made for a shirt art contest.

I googled “tentacles” in Google image search to get ideas.  Then I immediately modified my search query to “tentacles -porn.”  Oh Internet, don’t ever change.

Images made from Rubiks Cubes.  It’s interesting how the artist (artists?) transitions from video game icons to full-on photo style images over time.  I wonder if he/she solves the cubes to fill the solid areas or cheats and uses them pre-solved out of the box.

(Why I quit wearing contacts)

Janine Antoni

On interpretation:  participants/parkers describe color-coordinated parking as a calling for “healthcare for the elderly, adequate women’s rights and human rights”, and as “bullshit.”

Carpark from Mark Tribe on Vimeo.

Also, I would have titled this project “COLORPARK” instead, but in 1994 when it was developed I was too busy hanging out on the third grade playground, trying to get the swing to go over the bar.

What is up with this whole “art on the floor” thing?  I’m down with art leaning on top of a shelf or piece of furniture, but the floor?  The floor is for shoes, cat toys, and dirty clothes.

Seriously:

What is this about?  I’m seeing it everywhere.
 

Okay, to recap:

Yesterday was Jackson Pollock’s birthday, so here’s a photo I took of Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist) in December.  Art!

 Here’s some more street art:  Posterboy works in New York subways and streets with poster ads (and sometimes other kinds of advertising).

Pixelated Tiles

Binge

Yummy

Gross Girl

Posterboy working in subway

More Posterboy work is at his Flickr Photostream.

For the record:  the Wordpress add media tool was a constant pain in my ass while I was putting this post together, and I just thought you should share my pain.

I found Aakash Nihalani, an artist who does street art, while I was browsing around.  His work is pretty cool, especially the series that features homeless folk hanging out inside his pieces, but the reason I’m posting the link is really for his “Statement” page.  I’d link it directly but his site is flash, so you’ll have to go to it and navigate to info >> statement to see what I’m talking about.

When you mouse around the page, a white line follows your mouse and eventually fades away.  This isn’t a new trick; mouse trails of all shapes, sizes, and creeds were plastered on every 8th grader’s homepage in 1998 (mine included).  Those mouse-following butterflies or low-res jpg’s of Taylor Hanson didn’t really make any statements though.

Nihalani’s medium is industrial tape, which pulls off his work sites without leaving a residue (or any trace at all that it ever existed).  I thought the mouse trail was a decent metaphor for his work, and the fleeting nature of all street art in general, despite its impact on the page’s legibility.

Screenshot from the Artist Statement of Aakash Nihalani