Blog
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How Artist Woodrow White Uses Humor to Confront Our Monsters
There's much to learn about humanity from Woodrow White's paintings. Through a kitschy backdrop of movie sets and museums, he uses humor to reveal the insecurity, vanity, & illusions behind...
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TOP 5 :: Hamilton Harris Shares an Insider's Perspective on the Cult Film 'Kids'
After our in-depth conversation with Hamilton Harris about the Kids documentary that he’s working on—20 years after starring in it himself—we followed up to get an insider's perspective on what...
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The Range on Crafting His Deep YouTube-Sampled New Album 'Potential'
When creating his latest album Potential, electronic musician The Range mined YouTube for rarely-heard artists to sample, suggesting something profound about expression on the Internet.
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How Tyler, the Creator Helped a 21-Year-Old Artist Realize Her Rap Portraiture Dreams
Self-taught artist Mariella Angela has been painting evocative, realistic portraits of her favorite hip-hop icons ever since she first painted Tyler, the Creator in a goblin mask as a birthday...
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Daft Punk's Creative Director & His Retrofuturistic Creations
Inside Hervet Manufacturier—a French design house responsible for collaborating on creative direction with Daft Punk, the Oscar-winning animated short "Logorama," and more.
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Mr. Penfold on Abstract Graffiti, Graphics & Galleries
Bristol-based artist Mr. Penfold discusses his abstracted graffiti characters, how he refined his aesthetic, his scientific approach to color, and more.
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Swarovski Hoops & Stained Glass Backboards in Victor Solomon's "Literally Balling"
"Solomon’s backboards celebrate the pomp of unbridled athleticism; altars to the church of basketball, sacred in their own right yet archly courting the very spectacle of desecration that inspired them."
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Meet Kamaiyah, Oakland's Newest Rap Queen
We've been waiting for TOO long for someone like Kamaiyah, whose debut A Good Night in the Ghetto just dropped today exclusively on The FADER. Little known fact: She's an...
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The Personal Is Political in Kate Klingbeil's New Work in "Hanging Gardens"
"I have been told to not speak about my work, that the work should speak for itself. The more friction the work causes, the more I feel I have to...
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How Artist Sterling Bartlett's Work Evolved & Burst Into Color
Sterling Bartlett felt trapped by the very visual syntax he created... He began to experiment with pigment again, and in total about-face, Bartlett’s practice burst into color.
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Behind the Shirt :: Kinsey on The Hundreds Summer 2016 "Warhol" Graphic
Artist/designer David Kinsey shares his inspirations and influences when tackling design and iconography in this behind the scenes look at Summer 2016's "Warhol" graphic.
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20 Years after His Role in 'Kids,' Hamilton Harris Is Making a Documentary on It
Hamilton Harris is a native New Yorker cast as himself in the cult-classic Kids. 20 years later, he's spearheading the production of a documentary about the community surrounding the iconic...