Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

The Boom Box Project




On the heels of the graffiti renaissance comes a vibrant look at an old-school icon that figured prominently in the hip-hop, rock & roll, and punk movements of the 1970s and 80s. The Boombox Project features contemporary fine art portraits of an array of vintage boomboxes, as well as scores of documentary photographs of the people who brought the boombox movement to life back in the day.
The book is more than just a collection of images, though; it’s also an oral history of the early days of hip-hop, featuring memories from Fab 5 Freddy, Bob Gruen, Rosie Perez, Kool Moe Dee, LL Cool J, Lisa Lisa, DJ Spooky, and Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys, among others, on the role this once ubiquitous machine played.
Part pop cultural history and part “gadget porn,” this lively and highly stylish volume is one of the cool books of the season.

Casualties Of War

Remember those little green army men you played with when you were a kid? Well things didn't turn out well for them once the war was over. Stricken with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder they have turned to alcohol, drugs, domestic abuse and eventually suicide. See more here.








Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Reimagining Darth Vader


Artists Carlos Villagra, Jorge Lacera, James Groman and Hydro 74 took a stab at designing the Dark Lord Of The Sith using just a few lines of George Lucas's script as a guide. The results turned out to be much more terrifying than the Darth Vader we know.