Lady Aiko, Solo
Since she broke from the international street art collective Faile that she helped to found, New York artist Aiko Nakagawa, aka Lady Aiko, is making a mark all her own.…
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Just in Time! Special Valentine Unit
Brandon Bird has the perfect cards for that special someone. If that special someone is addicted to watching Ice-T always get his man. And if that man is Bob Saget.
The Inside-out Teddy Bear
Kent Rogowski’s unraveled and reraveled Bears are regular teddy bears taken apart, turned inside-out, and stitched back together. While this may be the stuff and stuffing that childhood nightmares are…
Nordic Craft Superlink
I was looking for flesh at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts last Thursday. But alas. The promo photos for “Irreverant: Contemporary Nordic Craft Art” feature Louise Nippierd‘s spectacular…
Remember When We Watched MTV
This is a link for anyone who ever used to potato on the couch, absorbing rock video after rock video. It’s a panel cartoon by Max Udargo. The subject is…
Impresario of the Inflatable
Jason Hackenwerth‘s balloon sculptures make the quick, traditional poodles and swords of children’s parties look like…child’s play. Works like his Orgasmoebic creation float gracefully in museums, or sometimes double as…
Wendy MacNaughton Superlink
Wendy MacNaughton’s visual blog provides “drawings of people on public transportation on their way to and from work. Five days a week, twice a day, twenty minutes each way. And…
Someone is Trying to Tell You Something
Two years ago Axel Albin and Josh Kamler began photographing graffiti messages in cities around the world. At their website viewers can read, comment and submit their own message graffiti…
Farewell, Dickhead
Now that President Bush has made his final grope for the exit, The Rumpus asks a few artists, curators and friends to tell us which work of art best personifies…
The Rumpus Interview with Zak Smith
Nobody ever asks me, “Why make paintings?” Is wanting to spend your time around attractive women who like to have sex much more difficult a desire for journalists to understand…