Poster Boy: The War of Art

Razor wielding Poster Boy is best known for his cut 'n paste mash-ups of corporate subway billboards, manipulating painfully boring brand slogans, text and images into sometimes grotesque, but always poignant pieces of street art. So much so that he's constantly under the watch of 'Johnny Law' and quite frequently a captive guest in their cinder block condos aka the clink.

Poster Boy: The War of Art is a newly released retrospective of works brought to you by Mark Batty Publisher...get yourself a copy or two.

Paul Tebbott: Graphic Artist

Meet Paul Tebbott. A graphic designer, slash, illustrator with a penchant for high contrast colors, minimalism and sharp lines. Paul's modernist graphics pay some serious homage to printwork of yesteryear.

MUCH LIKED ALBUM ART: DIRTY PROJECTORS 'BITTE ORCA'

I get all giddy when I see anaglyphic artwork (3D) and although the cover below isn't 3D in any way what so ever, the red-blue color-blocking still satiates that side of my brain that gets aroused by it.

Rob Carmichael of the Brooklyn based indie art & graphic design firm SEEN, is credited for the album artwork for experimental rockers Dirty Projectors' newest release, titled 'Bitte Orca'.

GEEZERs WERE FREESTYLIN' ON THEIR FIXIES +100 YEARs AGO

Sweet mother! When I was BMX freestylin' (with & without a fixed gear) 30+ years ago, we all swore that we invented this shit...and I know that this generation of gearheads swears up and down that they invented it, too, but this old geezer trumps us all by nearly 110 years. Proof is in the silent film stock, thanks to Mr Thomas Edison.

TONY FITZPATRICK: HOBO ART

Chicago artist Tony Fitzpatrick's Hobo Alphabet. This piece is titled 'The Red Rain' and translates to 'food, but not money can be found here'.

TILLES SINGER: SKATEBOARDANIMATION

Tilles Singer put together this lo-fi little stop-motion animation flick of a gang of skaters doing what they do best, making due with urban features. He used the basics: a ton of skate mags & jillions of digital pics. With the patience of a saint...cuts 'n pastes, fires up some sparklers & shoots. Strings it all together and voilà! Movie magic.

So, roll yourself over to Tilles' Vimeo and get a gander at some of his other work.

Skateboardanimation from Tilles Singer on Vimeo.

MUST SEE FILM: VISUAL ACOUSTICS/ THE MODERNISM OF JULIUS SHULMAN

Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman is a must see documentary film by Eric Bricker.

"Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, VISUAL ACOUSTICS celebrates the life and career of Julius Shulman, the world s greatest architectural photographer, whose images brought modern architecture to the American mainstream. Shulman captured the work of nearly every major modern and progressive architect since the 1930s including Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard Neutra, John Lautner and Frank Gehry. His images epitomized the singular beauty of Southern California s modernist movement and brought its iconic structures to the attention of the general public. This unique film is both a testament to the evolution of modern architecture and a joyful portrait of the magnetic, whip-smart gentleman who chronicled it with his unforgettable images..."