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Quentin vs. Coen Top 5

March 27, 2011 by S.D. Rockswell Leave a Comment

A few weeks ago we ran drop on â€œQuentin vs. Coenâ€â€“ An art show tribute to the ï¬lms of Tarantino and the Brothers. Presented by Spoke Art NYC, its one of those shows that you would fly in just for the weekend to check out the opening nite. Then you hang out with your people, get wasted the whole time, and on the flight back Sunday afternoon feel insanley guilty for blowing too much loot and having such a good time. [Read more...]

Filed Under: art, art+culture, design, film & video, gallery, graphic, news, typography Tagged With: art works, Bold Hype Gallery, Brandon Schaefer, coen, contemporary art, Derrick and Christina Perry - Pulp Fiction, Inglourious Basterds, Joshua Budich - Kill Bill, New York City, Prints, screen printers, Serge Gay JrAlan Ball, State of Shock, tarantino, tribute to wes, Visual arts, Wes Anderson

Quentin VS Coen Art Battle Royale

March 19, 2011 by S.D. Rockswell 1 Comment

Spoke Art presents â€œQuentin vs. Coen” â€“ An art show tribute to the ï¬lms of Tarantino and the Brothersâ€, a followup to last yearÊ¼s highly successful â€œBad Dads â€“ a tribute to Wes Anderson.â€ For â€œQuentin vs. Coenâ€, Spoke Art has arranged a battle-royal style art show featuring over 100 world class artists from the new contemporary art scene. Painters, screen printers and digital artists were invited to reinterpret their favorite scenes, characters and ï¬lms from the heralded directors, resulting in an eclectic showing of inspirational ï¬ne art. No restrictions were placed on content or subject matter, allowing each artist to chose their personal favorite scenes, ï¬lms and characters. With over 100 artists, â€œQuentin vs. Coenâ€ offers a broad range of affordable prints and also ï¬ne art works.

Show opens on Thursday, April 7 at Bold Hype Gallery in New York City and will be on view until Saturday.

Bold Hype Gallery
547 W 27th St.
5th Floor
New York, NY 10001
United States

Filed Under: art, art+culture, film & video Tagged With: Alan Ball, art works, Bold Hype Gallery, coen, contemporary art, Inglourious Basterds, New York City, Prints, screen printers, tarantino, tribute to wes, Visual arts, Wes Anderson

Now Live: The Futura 2000 x 12oz Prophet Project

January 20, 2011 by S.D. Rockswell Leave a Comment

You saw the trailer & the sneak peaks. Now you can check the full visual strategy and clandestine maneuvers Â from the 2000 x 12 equation. This is definitely the development to watch right now, and you’ll only be able to do so on 12oz Prophet. All goods are guaranteed exclusive. That concludes at limited, so get it in now [12oz Prophet]

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Legendary Futura 2000 x Clarks Originals Revisited

January 20, 2011 by S.D. Rockswell 5 Comments

Legendary NYC graffiti writer Futura 2000 has a head start on straight owning the year 2011. Not even a week after the trailer / teaser video of his 12oz Prophet collab dropped, we’re blinded sided by a primo addition to the Futura 2ooo x Clarks of England portfolio.Â [Read more...]

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Limited Edition ATL: ChillyO Brand Snapbacks and Truckers

January 17, 2011 by S.D. Rockswell 2 Comments

By now a good portion of the free world is familiar with the ubiquitous apparel brand that is Chilly O. If not you might want to get familiar. Jumping off 2011 with strategic full steam the brand is invading headspace with their iconic ATLien logotype. The type treatment made famous by Atlanta’s homegrown locals and celebs alike, is now sitting in style on Limited Edition Chilly O Snapback and Trucker Caps. With the signature clean and simple aesthetic these joints won’t be around for long if the brands elusive yet very accessible selling game is still at large. And trust us…it is. That said, there’s no excuses. Head over to the Chilly O Store, grab your head gear and stay on it. Chilly O Online

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David Carson vs. 2011

January 16, 2011 by S.D. Rockswell Leave a Comment

For readers of the new school, old school surfer David Carson is to typography + graphic design, What Grandmaster Flash is to deejaying and hip hop. During the early 90′s he changed the face of the layout, most noticeably as the art director for the contemporary alt-rock publication Ray Gun.

January 2011 cover of “Little White Lies” Magazine

“He took photography and type and manipulated and twisted them together and on some level confusing the message but in reality he was drawing the eyes of the viewer deeper within the composition itself.” ~wiki excerpt

Cover of the February 2011 issue of HUCK Magazine

Unfortunately the pages of Ray Gun shut in 2000. The Don is now returning to a new design arena in which the styles and techniques go public overniteÂ and then go bust like methlabs. Small doses of the David Carson aesthetic have been been popping up in Europe with the first issue of C A R S O N ready to roll in February. Stay up on the development by following @carsonmag on twitter.