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Greg Bogin Minimal Pop ArtGreg Bogin‘s work is committed to American art history and its pictorial world in the 60s in a form that is particularly typical of his generation. Artistically, he is oriented towards Minimal and Pop Art. In terms of form and colour his works are stimulated by the logos and trade marks of this period. Environmental [...]
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Jiri Geller SculpturesStrongly inspired by pop culture, Finnish artist Jiri Geller defines himself as “an outsider, a punk rocker”. Geller is also an artist who has both managed to stay close to Finnish aesthetic strengths and traditions and also detonate his own unique brand of post-national, mind-fucker nihilism.
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Re:Form School ExhibitionThis weekend in New York’s Nolita there were a series of events produced in conjunction with Redu around the concept of Re:Form School, a pop-up art exhibition raising awareness for the need of reform in the American Public Education System.Well known artists including Shepard Fairy, Swoon and Ron English as well as 100 unknown (or [...]
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Gil Elvgren Pin-upIn our favorite Pin-up illustrator serie, here is Gil Elvgren (1914-1980). Elvgren has joined the ranks of George Petty and Enoch Bolles as one of the premiere American pin-up artists. His heroines are often caught in humorous but distressing situations. Too bad that nowadays the garter-belt is not as much as popular…
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Enoch Bolles Pin-up IllustratorFlorida native Enoch Bolles (1883-1976) is among the earliest and most popular of all the glamor and pin-up illustrators.
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David Spiller’s Pop ArtDavid Spiller has made a solid lifetime career from his “keen eye and ear for the lyrical phrases and comic book ephemera of popular culture.” His iconic paintings synthesize the best of Americana, he admits, “The words just come. And sometimes they’re pure Bob Dylan, and then a bit of me.
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Kaleidoscopic Installation for Nike Store1948 is Nike’s creative playground-retail store neatly tucked away in the old brick railway arches between Shoreditch High Street and Curtain Road in East London. In addition to displaying and selling shoes, 1948 offers an entire art floor for events, installations and a social meeting point. This installation in 1948 was created by Finland-born illustrator/artist/designer [...]
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George Petty – Curvy Pin-up from 1947Wow, how amazingly inspirational are the curvy Pin-ups of George Petty ! He was one of the top “cheesecake” illustrators of the 30s and 40s. He began his career with a series of cartoons featuring beautiful girls and their far from handsome beaus.
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Mauro PerucchetiMauro Peruccheti‘s work is a mixture of Minimalism and Pop Art fused together with an elegance and ironic touch. These works are political statement but the idiom is resolutely Pop. I like it a lot…See more of his work on www.mauroperucchetti.com
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New Generation Pop ArtSeattle based artist Micheal Leavitt is making a statement with cardboard. He is using a material as frivolous as cardboard to create life size sculptures of objects that relate directly to sub-cultures of people. I was calling it Pop Art but I think Safe Art may be a better category for it. One could argue the use of the word Art in this equation at all. I mean we all know how large and fanatic the sneaker heads …
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Pin-Up by Mel RamosAmerican Pop Artist, Mel Ramos is famous for his 1960′s paintings of Pin-up calendars and magazines , I Love his series on the Pin-up, its just Amazing!! [little parentheses Pin-ups are arriving strong as a Trend in Fashion Inspiration boards]. His work is humorous as he often poses the women with [...]
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Paul Insect – Dead BunnyPaul Insect is a interesting English artist, I would say his art is between genius and weird, he definitely like to provoke and his favorite subjects are Sex & Death – His Dead Bunny sculptures are my favorites. See the really cool Online Exhibition at Lazinc / The Manor