Madman Mundt The documentary, OUTSIDE IN is a sort of behind-the-scenes peek into the oh-so controversial Museum of Contemporary Arts (MOCA) exhibit Art In the Streets. We actually covered Art In the Streets fairly in depth when it opened, nevermind dealing with all the Blu controversy leading up to it [if you need a quick […]
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Jun
MOCA's controversial exhibit gets its own documentary
5
Jan
While Jeffrey Deitch keeps a very low profile
The thing that most bugs me about this whole BLU mural getting whitewashed is not really the beauty or fantastic nature of the mural itself. To be honest, the mural was so straightforward that it almost bordered on obvious. But that’s not the point. When you ask an artist to paint you a mural — […]
15
Dec
MOCA director Jeffrey Deitch's most disappointing action
As we reported last week, world class Italian street artist BLU’s controversial mural on the Geffen Contemporary was whitewashed after being up for only 24 hours. As a piece created to promote MOCA’s upcoming Art on the Streets “street art” exhibit, many assumed the buffing over of BLU’s work was a Banksy-style publicity stunt. Well, […]
14
Dec
UK artist Ben Turnbull mixes childhood tropes with American violence
Raised and working out of London, artist Ben Turnbull has dedicated his creativity to childhood nostalgia, mixing iconic toys and figures with the dark truth of American violence. Some of his artwork consists of gumball machines filled with weapons, or comic book heroes holding the decapitated heads of dictators the American government has sacrificed lives […]
1
Mar
California streetwear brand loses its logo, and branding
Today Freshjive released their Spring/Summer line and they delivered pretty much exactly what you’d expect from the 20+ year-old California streetwear brand: politically and socially charged graphic tees, pastel madras plaid jackets and shorts, seersucker shorts, colorful oxford shirtings, clean unwashed denim in narrow silhouettes and solid color twill jeans. And of course, plenty of […]
4
Jan
Controversial Yaris Ad gets Toyota apologizing
This Yaris spot won an Australian short film competition to become an actual commercial. The only problem was that after it was shown women’s groups instantly condemned it as sexist, and Toyota had to apologize and cease showing it. People are so damn sensitive. It doesn’t seem sexist to me — just seems pretty honest. […]
