Adrian Grenier Launches Pop-Up Shop in DTLA Art Walk

Adrian Grenier and producer, Peter Glatzer (“Alter Eco”), are opening a “green” pop-up art gallery and store for two weeks beginning this Thursday, May 13th during this weeks Art Walk.

The gallery will include more than 50 pieces by Los Angeles-based artists including Tierney Gearon, Jay Mark Johnson, Lauren Bon, Rebeca Mendez, Ramon Coronado and Jay Mark Johnson.  The store will offer eco-friendly products from SHFT.

10″ Elephant Dung Heels By INSA

The INSA Elephant Dung Heels were created in response to artist Chris Ofili (New York artist whose “The Holy Virgin Mary” painting was done using elephant dung and then nearly banned Guiliani from Brooklyn Museum) done for the British Tate.  Learn more on how they were made at Insaland.

The Lipstick Diaries

Refurbished Kicks By Gabriel Dishaw

Nike shoes made from tossed computer bits and electronics.  Junk art at its finest.

Gabriel Dishaw

Trash Turned Into Shadow Art

Dirty White Trash (With Gulls), 1998

British-born and -based artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster skillfully skirt the boundaries between beauty and the shadowier aspects of humanity, playing with our perceptions as well as our notions of taste. Many of their most notable pieces are made from piles of rubbish, with light projected against them to create a shadow image entirely different to that seen when looking directly at the deliberately disguised pile.

Dark Stuff, 2008

Metal Fucking Rats With Heart Shaped Tail, 2007

Source Environmental Graffiti

Banksy: I Don’t Believe In Global Warming

Here is a Banksy piece that popped up at the end of December.  It is partially submerged in the Regent’s Canal under the Camden Street Bridge in London.  How do you interpret Banksy’s message?

Make Art On Trash, Win Free VIP Coachella Tix

TRASHed :: Art of Recycling celebrates 7 glorious years at Coachella in 2010.

Get TRASHed In Front of 60,000 People & Win Coachella Tickets!!

If you were born with the artistic ability to design a recycling bin like no other…
If your notebook doodles or murals alongside the 101N leave more to the imagination than
the mayans, the ghost kid from three men & baby + the dinosaurs COMBINED…
Then you’re invited to participate in TRASHed Coachella.

Everyone from Hunter S Thompson to Fugazi has represented during the past 7 years.
Now here’s your shot to make the history books and get your redesigned recycling
bin in front the world.

There’s two rounds of competition. Winning Northern America and then the world competition.
20 finalist will be selected each receiving tixs and vip passes for Coachella Festival 2010.
Submit your artwork and be considered to design one of the 20 recycling
bins featured at Coachella. What’s even better is that the non offensive redesigned bins
will be placed in schools throughout Southern California after Coachella to inspire the future
recyclers of the world! Next steps? Send a link to your artwork, concept and/or website.

On January 31st, 2010… 20 artists and 5 alternates will be selected to redesign 96 gallon
recycling bins.

For more info go to Global Inheritance Email:  Coachella [at] globalinheritance [dot] org

Shepard Fairey. ‘Nuff Said

PAUL WATSON

EVOLVE DEVOLVE OFFSET

Global Warning Warhol

LOVE UNITES

POWER UP WINDMILL

JAWS WAVE x surfrider foundation

Kiehl’s X KAWS

Kiehl’s has partnered with New York-based artist, KAWS, in recreating their classic Creme de Corps labels. 100% of Kiehl’s net profits from the sale of Limited Edition Crème de Corps will Support RxART.

RxArt, a non-profit organization, is committed to fostering artistic expression and awareness through the challenging yet rewarding task of engaging young patients through contemporary art in pediatric hospitals. By curating installations in hospital settings, RxArt provides a humanistic and creative surrounding that helps to relieve stress and anxiety, while increasing appreciation for contemporary art in pediatric hospitals. For more information on RxART visit www.rxart.net.

8.4 oz. $26.50; 16.9 oz. with Pump $44.50; 1 liter $70.00

Intolerable Beauty: Portraits Of American Mass Consumption By Chris Jordan

Cell phones #2, Atlanta 2005 44 x 90″

Crushed Cars #3, Tacoma 2004 44×60″

Recycling Yard #6, Seattle 2004 44×59″

Haunting and thought provoking comes to mind when viewing the photographic works by Chris Jordan, a Seattle-based photographer and environmental advocate.

Every day, 426,000 cell phones are discarded.

Photographer Chris Jordan heard statistics like that and wondered “what, exactly, does that mean? What does that number look like?”

His answer resulted in a unique photographic document that puts into perspective precisely how much is thrown away by otherwise responsible citizens.

I love his work. Check out Running the Numbers and Midway: Message from the Gyre

I have to admit, while house cleaning recently, I was tempted to throw away my Sonicare toothbrush. On the Phillips website, they claim you can recycle the battery and they listed Best Buy and Radio Shack as places to take them to. Well guess what? They fucking lied! I went to both places and my ass got denied. I was so frustrated, I just wanted to toss it. But I came home, read how to take out the damn battery myself and then took it to an e-Cycle drop off. Total pain but I felt good for making the effort.

Please take the time and effort to recycle your gadgets. Don’t toss them in the trash! The electronics don’t recycle themselves. You buy ‘em, you take them to e-Cycle heaven.

Source Lost In A Supermarket

And I Thought Paris Hilton Was Bad

This is poodle art and apparently it’ all the craze. Contestants have two hours to pimp primp their dogs out with child safe hair coloring, shears and accessories. According to all the owners, dogs love humiliation attention and don’t mind the prep time or what it takes to be turned into these AMAZING pieces of living art. It’s amazing to me that their dogs tell them so.

Ok, I’m not gonna call this cruelty, but I am gonna call it CA-RAY-ZY. As in the owners of these dogs gotta be bat-shit crazy. You know the type: moms that put their five year olds in pageants to endure fake hair, fake tans, fake nails, Tammy Faye Baker make-up, bedazzled Club Cheeta-approved outfits and endless hours of rehearsing bump-n-grind dances while batoning and never breaking a smile.

Photos Ren Netherland/Bancroft Media

Source Daily Mail Uk

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N.A.S.A. ‘The People Tree’ Video Ft. David Byrne, Chali 2na, Gift Of Gab & Z-Trip

ManBearPig anyone?

Dope song, disturbing/cool/interesting video.

Have a great weekend everyone. xx

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Eco-LogicalART

Eco-LogicalART is a non-profit sister company to Peter Schulberg’s personal recovered element studio, the DejaDesign Gallery. Both entities share his conviction that beautiful objects surround us and only need to be re-envisioned.

With Eco-LogicalART Schulberg takes his theory of creative recovery to ground braking—or rather ground liberating new heights. The gallery’s fine art line features original art painted on recycled billboard vinyl. Tossed into landfills by the ton weekly, this heavy, ink impregnated material is an environmental nightmare. But ECO-LA takes the indestructible nature of the advertising vinyl and turns it into an asset. In fact the art can even hang on an exterior wall.

At 14 by 48 feet it is estimated that over 250,000 people a day will see the free art month long drive-by “exhibit.” To put that in perspective the famed Getty Museum averages about 4000 visitors daily.

The next billboard drop is Saturday June 13th. Go to the site for more info.

Eco-LogicalART is located at 4829 W. Pico Blvd (just east of La Brea) LA, CA, 90019. 310-525-0676

Source Earth First

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Fairey & Sharf For Livestrong

Here’s s a peek at Lance Armstrong’s Trek art bikes designed by artists Shepard Fairey and Kenny Scharf for his upcoming race (Giro D’Italia). The Giro D’Italia is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year and it is considered the most prominent race behind the Tour de France.

Source Hypebeast

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Go Ahead And Play With Your Food

I’ve been kind of infatuated with food art, ever since learning about the book, Play With Your Food. Poodle pic by Saxton Freymann.

Works made from taro root and other fruits and vegetables by Jimmy Zhang

Source NY Times

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Shark Sightings LA

These posters have been spotted in various parts of LA, ATL and DC. The purpose of them? To raise awareness about the depleting species known as the great white shark. As explained in the White Mike blog:

This blog is a guerrilla movement meant to spark the curiosity and collective humanistic action with regards to saving the dire state of Great White Sharks and their near extinction in our planet.

Sharks, the creatures we fear the most, are struggling for survival in our oceans. They are in desperate need of global conservation and these words, however miniscule they may be, serve the only purpose of revealing the inhumane slaughter of sharks and the Organizations out there to help stop the cruel abuse of Whiteys.

The great white shark was added to the endangered list because its population has dropped due to the unregulated trade and excessive hunting. Globally, there has been a reported decline of between 60-95% in great white shark numbers in the last 50 years.

Shepard Fairey made it work for Obama so why not White Mike for the great white?

I had my first Whitey sighting last night on my way to HWood, on the corner of Hollywood and Orange.

Source MNN (Mother Nature Network)

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Let Krylon Light The Way

How dope is this lamp made from actual used Krylon cans? The other cool thing is the cap is the on/off switch.

Choose your color and cop yours on Etsy/BBLock

Source Urban Art Warfare

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Energy Independence By Shepard Fairey

Loving this new piece by Shepard Fairey for Paper Magazine.

Obey

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Obsolete Art

Wow. Mad props to irI5 for her creative reuse of old cassette tapes and film reels. It’s one thing to keep stuff out of the landfills that will take forever to biodegrade, but to keep it out and make dope art out of it is on a whole other level. I want them all! Click the link above to see the rest of the pieces or follow this link to purchase.

Here’s what Iri5 has to say about her work:

“I am an artist who specializes in using non traditional media… old books, cassettes, playing cards, magazines, credit cards… whatever I can find. It feels great to work with strange, older materials. Things that have a mind of their own. Most everything I use has been thrown away or donated at some point. Past its prime, like some of the finest things in the world.”

Source Social Vibe

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Eat Your Veggies

Someone sent me this a while back but I only pulled the pix so I don’t know the name of the artist. Sorry artist, but thanks for the eye candy!

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What A Cute Buttney

New England artist Tom Deininger created this rabbit out of the cigarette butts that he picked up from beach parking lots. This is an example of how Recycled Art can go beyond the decoratively clever to slyly subversive, forcing the viewer to reconsider not only materials but actions; art that makes a statement.

Thanks Shahram.

Source Eco Friend

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Shepard Fairey on The Rachel Maddow

I heart Rachel.

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Kaws X Livestrong

Designed especially for Lance’s upcoming run in this year’s vaunted Milan-San Remo race, KAWS’ ultra-Pop graphic treatment was created to respectfully infuse a modern aesthetic into a truly classic competition.

Employing a vintage style paint scheme as his foundation in honor of the race’s storied 102-year legacy, KAWS then transformed the entire bike into one of his trademark characters with two giant spinning mouths for wheels (Bontrager 5.0s) and a sneering row of teeth snaking across the frame itself. His signature XX eyes appear at key focal points of the frame as subtle reminders of his aesthetic hijacking. Screaming yellow paint was employed to heighten awareness of the Livestrong mission at hand.

A painter known for his iconic character design and interventionist tendencies when using existing designs as a base, Lance’s bike proved an ideal opportunity for KAWS to create an unprecedented piece of rolling art. Fun fact: Lance had KAWS hide the legend WNW 2009 “Winners Not Whiners” on the bike’s bottom bracket. It’s Lance’s personal motto tucked out of sight but not out of mind.

Dildo’s, Solar Panels, Butt Plugs – Oh My!

Randy Polumbo‘s sculptural bouquets of cast glass dildos and butt plugs seduce the viewer visually, then surprise him/her once the content is clear. They bounce between beauty, absurdity and playfulness and at the same time address environmental issues, as many of these kinetic sculptures are solar powered.

Polumbo’s grotto, a 30 foot installation, has traveled across the US. It featured at the Burning Man Festival in the Black Rock desert of Nevada and at the Bakehouse Art Complex in Miami.

The stunning techno ‘flowers’ are created with illuminated sex toys. They bring to mind sea plants in a corral reef – underwater tubers or anemones. Viewers are drawn into a space where perception is altered in subtle ways. The proverbial doorway to the subconscious opens a little wider in Polumbo’s glowing garden.

There is also irony and humor at play – dildos that you might only think of in the context of a sex store, are no longer defined by their functionality. The eroticism becomes a celebration in a sense.

See his flickr acct

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Unnatural Art By Don Simon

Don Simon uses colored pencils and a surrealistic style to speak about the conflict between nature and industry.

Here is the artist’s statement about his latest series of drawings:

Throughout history, particularly since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, mankind has been less than kind to their cohabitants on the planet. We build, produce and consume with little or no regard to the impact it has on the environment. It is the nature of nature to adapt and evolve in order to survive, and we are forcing other species to deal with compromised, damaged or destroyed ecosystems.

This series of triptychs depicts scenes resulting from our tragic indifference. They are rendered in a beautiful and natural way, highlighting the idea that we find this acceptable. We are numb to the damage – and so, the unnatural becomes natural to us. This may be the saddest commentary of all.

See Don’s Nature 2.0 exhibition on March 26th. Visit Yarger-Strauss for details on times and location.

See more of Don’s work here.

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Nike Burger

Olle Hemmendorff was commissioned, together with 7 other creatives/designers/photographers/artists, by Nike to interpret a Nike Sportswear icon. He got the Air Max 90 and decided to turn it into a hamburger.

I’ll take an Air Force 1 veggie version. And I would like the folks from Kitchen 24 to make it. They’re veg patties are to die for!

Source Design Boom

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Shepard Fairey For Earth Hour

Once again Shepard is lending his hand for another good cause. This time it’s for Earth Hour.

Earth Hour is an annual international event created by WWF (The World Wide Fund for Nature/World Wildlife Fund), held on the last Saturday of March, that asks households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. It was pioneered by WWF Australia and the Sydney Morning Herald in 2007, and achieved worldwide participation in 2008.

Earth Hour will next take place on Saturday, March 28 2009 at 8:30pm, local time.

One hour, no lights, no electronics… let’s do it.

source Good

Check out the Earth Hour website for deets.

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Stranded Polar Bears Make Me Sad

Even if their fake. Over the last few days, everyone’s been talking about a polar bear and a cub seen in London. It was actually a 16 foot high sculpture floating on the River Thames to mark the launch of “Eden”, a new natural history TV channel.

It took two months to make and was created by a team of 15 artists. This 100% recyclable structure is 20 x 20 and weighd three thousand pounds. The sculpture traveled 7.5 miles from Greenwich to Tower Bridge and the Houses of Parliament for a photo shoot.

Sir David Attenborough said: “The melting of the polar bears’ sea ice habitat is one of the most pressing environmental concerns of our time. I commend Eden for highlighting the issue; we need to do what we can to protect the world’s largest land carnivores from extinction.”

Source Planet Save

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Shepard Presents ‘HOPE’ To National Portrait Gallery In DC

Simply amazing.

Source Huffington Post

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Obamicon Yo’Self

Make your own version of the ever so popular Obama image.

Available at: Obamicon

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Manifest Hope DC Art Contest

MANIFESTHOPE: DC offered artists and activists from across the United States the opportunity to submit artwork in an online contest and to join the high profile exhibit on display in Washington, DC during the week of the Presidential Inauguration.

These works, based on three themes- HEALTH CARE REFORM, WORKERS’ RIGHTS, and THE GREEN ECONOMY – were then evaluated by a panel of renowned judges, including Anne Ellegood(Curator of Contemporary Art, Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum), David Rolf (President, SEIU Healthcare 775NW), Eric Hilton (Thievery Corporation and ESL Music), Laura Dawn (MoveOn.org Creative & Cultural Director, Artist), and Robbie Conal (Artist), Shepard Fairey (Artist, Obey Giant),Spike Lee (Producer, Director, Actor) and Van Jones (Author, Founder Green for All & Co-Founder Ella Baker Center for Human Rights).

Although almost all the 1000 submissions were fantastic, five pieces in each category stood out to the judges’ as the most exceptional works.

Check the site to see the rest of the pieces.

Source Manifest Hope

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Shepard Fairey To Obama: ADOPT!!

I was doing my daily blog run and stopped dead in my screen tracks when I came across this post on my girl Pauline’s blog on Vimby. It’s a poster done by Shep from Obey, for the book “Animal Farm” by Norman Orwell. I don’t know what rock I was under in my teenage years but I never read this book. Now, after reading a summary on it and learning that the characters are pigs, that overtake a farm from their mean owner, I’m running out to Barnes and Nobles and getting myself a copy asap!

Hold up… as I went to the Obey site to link this story to them I almost shit veggie rocks when I saw this recent work of his. FUCK YES!!! ADOPT!!!

We’ve done a few posts on our hopes that Obama picks a shelter dog for his girls. Buying a pet from a pet store or breeder sucks when there are millions of lovable, abandoned animals available in pounds.

Taken from the Obey site, in Fairey’s words:

A MUTT LIKE ME

OBEY OBEY OBEY OBEY OBEY

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LV Skateboard $8250.00 Um..It’s For A Good Cause

When I first saw this story on Ethical Style, I was like, DAMN the LV people went and lost their damn minds. Ok, I get it, the boards are really exclusive- only 3 made, and I’m down with it being a tribute to Stephen Sprouse and of course I love that it’s for a good cause. Proceeds (doesn’t say how much) will go towards Free Arts NYC which delivers creative art programs directly to low income, homeless, abused and neglected children.

But for 8 G’s that mofo better have one of Dave Stewarts $1400.00 black diamond encrusted vibrators hidden under it as well as an IOU coupon for a sex tape to be made by Johnny Depp and he better be riding me in it and not that board. We love alternate forms of transpo, but this shit is ridiculous.

And for your viewing pleasure I’m throwing in a few pics of that hot piece, vintage, present and an ass shot from his 1985 flick, “Private Resort”. Fast fwd to the 1:40 mark for the pubescent eye candy. Please don’t call Chris Hanson or CPS (Child Protective Services) on me.

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Eye Candy

Mother Nature blesses us with seasons. Humans bless us with creativity.

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Beef Jerky Swag

Check out this bootleg version of a Chanel quilted purse for all y’all who can’t afford the real deal… Guess it would make a snack for the carnivores out there. (Although neither we, nor PETA for that matter,would approve).

Designer, Nancy Wu is a product design student at the art center college of design in Pasadena, California.
The vision for her ’100% beef jerky’ project is to provide a ‘humorous’ take on designer accessories.

Source missbehave

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GOOD Magazine Office Launch

One of my favorite reads, GOOD Magazine, has just opened their new office space and not just for their employees, but for us, the GOOD peeps of LA. Friday night was their first out of a series of 19 events for the month of December.

Check their calendar for their upcoming day and night events. Also, the boys of Dublab.com will be broadcasting live from the spot this upcoming Tuesday. Tune in.

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Eye Candy

Love these shots by photographer Julian Wolkenstein.

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Eco Gift Festival

What: Get your eco-friendly holiday shopping on. There will also be several performances and speakers throughout all three days. Check out our favorite lady, Arianna Huffington, who will be a keynote speaker on Saturday at 2:00 pm.

Where: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. 1855 Main Street. Santa Monica, CA 90401

When: December 12 & 13 from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm. December 14: 11:00 am to 7:00 pm

Cost: $ 10 per day

Website: Ecogift

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Night Of The Sirens

We were honored to be asked by our friend Brian to come and participate in a night for the ladies by the ladies. There will be music, art, spoken word and other performances, so please stop by if you’re free.

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Street Art

Peter Gibson (aka Roadsworth) began painting the streets of Montreal in the fall of 2001. He was motivated by a desire for more bike paths in the city and a questioning of “car culture” in general.

In the fall of 2004, Roadsworth was arrested for his nocturnal activities and charged with 53 counts of mischief. Despite the threat of heavy fines and a criminal record he received a relatively lenient sentence which he attributes in part to the public support he received subsequent to his arrest.

Since that time, Roadsworth has received various commissions for his work and continues to be active in both visual art and music.

source ecocraps via toxel

Blog Love: I Break Bread

This is my girl Angela. She’s a DJ and a Public Performance Director (she brings art in to low income communities who might not otherwise have funding for art in their schools or neighborhoods.)

Ang is also a fellow Green Grown & Sexy and she has a blog we ♥ with good content and dope videos (like the ones below). Check it. www.ibreakbread.com.

mad love. xx

Noam Chomsky. Word.

Katrina, the Tsunami, the Dust Bowl and how they relate from Chronicle Project on Vimeo.
We need more trees!

The People’s Grocery in West Oakland.

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Want A Free Obama Tattoo?

Tuesday Nov. 4th (Election Day)

THE Magazine along with Edgar Varela Fine Arts, GHETTOGLOSS and Shana Nys Dambrot present:

“YOU NEVER GO BACK”: November issue launch party and election results viewing

Featuring art from Grace Oh, Dan Van Clapp, Steven J. Brooks and Suzie Moon
Music by Imiuswi, with victory celebration music provided by the Killsonic Marching Gang

JASON SCHRODER OF INCOGNITO TATTOO WILL BE THERE AND GIVING FREE OBAMA TATTOOS TO ANYONE WHO HAS THE TRUE SENSE OF HOPE IN THIER BLOOD!! HE WILL ONLY BE DOING OBAMA TATTOOS AND THEY ARE REAL TATTOOS. GET READY TO BLEED FOR OBAMA COURTESY OF GHETTOGLOSS.

Free admission and HOSTED BAR. Gates open when the polls close.

www.ghettogloss.com

Edgar Varela Fine Arts (EVFA)
542 S. Alameda Street, 2nd Flr.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
(213) 494.7608

Humble Beginnings

My dear friend Kristie Thinnes is an amazing interior decorator. She’s also a fellow greenie and an animal lover so I wasn’t the least bit surprised to find out that she had started an earth, human and animal friendly home furnishings line called Humble.

Humble products are inspired by the environment and respect the environment. All handmade printed designs are assembled in the USA and are 100% organic, vegan and made of sustainable materials. Humble is committed to supporting organic cotton farmers and keeping all products animal free, therefore creating hypo-allergenic, moisture resistant and pesticide free products. All products are biodegradable so they will eventually absorb back into the earth, where they came from.

Printed graphics are Kristie’s original illustrations, hand screen printed with eco-friendly, water-based non-toxic inks that have a soft feel. Humble graphics follow the lines of geometry, animals and color.

Humble pillows are meant to be small, soft pieces of art for your home. Kristie will be expanding the collection into home furnishing textiles and bedding in the near future and I can’t wait to see it.

Handmade. Organic. Made in the USA. Vegan. Sustainable. Supporting farmers. Animal & chemical free. Biodeagradeable. Damn Kristie- gold stars all across the board! Congrats baby girl.

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Party Time! Excellent! And Vote!

You know the clock is ticking..voter registration is just days away. Our boys Adam and Paul are putting together this party and it’s for a great cause. They have a fashion show lineup, art by Ron English, performances by ?uestlove and Travis McCoy and plenty more!!

Don’t forget to stop by the table set up on your way in and register to vote with Ajay (www.obamafoamfingers.com)

Do the damn thang.

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Banksy Will You Marry Me?

Banksy has opened a faux pet shop in New York called The Village Pet Store And Charcoal Grill. It’s his first official exhibition in NY and his first project using animatronics, moving away from his stencil and street art approach.

Here’s a quote from Banksy on the Wooster Collective website.. “New Yorkers don’t care about art, they care about pets. So I’m exhibiting them instead. I wanted to make art that questioned our relationship with animals and the ethics and sustainability of factory farming. I took all the money I made exploiting an animal in my last show and used it to fund a new show about the exploitation of animals. If its art and you can see it from the street, I guess it could still be considered street art”

In one exhibit, a pair of chicken nuggets with legs dip themselves in sauce as a rooster looks on from a doghouse. Another shows fish sticks swimming in a fish bowl. There’s also an adorned rabbit beautifying herself with an assortment of cosmetics in front of a vanity mirror. We all know how rabbits love to be tested on for makeup. My favorite is the sleeping leopard that is actually a strategically placed fake fur coat.

It’s located at 89 7th Avenue (between West 4th and Bleeker) in Greenwich Village and is open every day from 10 am to midnight, showing until October 31st. If you can’t make it, videos of the animatronics can be seen on the show’s website. I’ve posted several of them in the post below. This story was too good for just one!

To my friends and readers in NY, if you go to the installation, can you pretty please grab me a business card from the store? xx

Thank you Lexie!

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Do You Consider This Art?

In the same week that bankers, financiers and investors experienced “Black Monday,” controversial artist Damien Hirst held a two day auction at Sotheby’s that brought him 198.7 million dollars. The auction titled, “Beautiful Inside My Head Forever.” consisted of 223 works that he had produced over the last two years.

Death is a central theme in Hirst’s works. He became famous for a series in which dead animals (including a shark, a sheep and a cow) are preserved—sometimes having been dissected—in formaldehyde. He made his name sawing up cows, pickling sheep and suspending sharks in tanks, explaining that his work is a stark meditation on life and death.

I couldn’t find any info on where Hirst got his animals, except for the shark. He wanted something “big enough to eat you” and boy did he get it. A 12 foot tiger shark, caught by an Aussie fisherman commissioned to do so for $200. That piece sold for 21 million dollars.

Preserving an animal that died naturally is different to catching and killing one for the sake of art but I guess I’m not the one laughing all the way to the bank.

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Damn, Shepard Fairey Delivered A Smackdown

Dear protector of visual(and lingual) illiteracy,

Your small mindedness is very sad. My Obama image is my unique creation and not plagiarized as you falsely state. The Obama image is a positive image that is patriotic and in no way Socialist or Communist. Is your assertion that my poster is “RED” based on my use of the colors from the AMERICAN flag, one of which happens to be red? I have criticized the U.S. government in my work, though I am a patriotic American. I believe patriotism is about trying to follow your conscience and make the country the best it can be. You are obviously a nationalist who supports the U.S. unconditionally. Nationalism brought Hitler to power. I’m not interested in promoting that mentality. If I thought it was possible to appeal to your intellect I would, but you did not even spell Barack correctly. I actually feel sorry for you, but even more so for the people who live in fear and might be manipulated by your disinformation. It is very sad that people like you resort to such sleazy tactics, and that decent people have to spend time combating small mindedness and disinformation. This once again demonstrates how much is at stake in this election. Those who support honesty and sanity need to take a look at the other side and stay motivated. Thanks.
-Shepard

Obey

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Obama Takes To The Streets

Lafayette & Bond

Thanks Charlie

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Los Angeles Gets CONNECTED

Our girl Sarah Shewey of Pink Cloud Events really did her thug thizzle this past weekend at the Abbot Kinney festival. Her execution of the green lifestyle area, CONNECTED, was a smashing success.

The festivities kicked off on Saturday night with a VIP lounge for media and sponsors of the event. The real party started on Sunday, where over 100 thousand people made their way to the festival to enjoy a day of music, food, shopping and entertainment.

GG&S was honored to be a media sponsor for CONNECTED, and we were excited to see so many people taking an interactive part in the lifestlye lounge. A good time was had by all!

Check out our girl Sarah Shewey’s blog at Pink Cloud Events, or peep her appearance on Alter Eco, or contact her for more socially conscious event planning here.

Thanks for letting us be a part of such a succcesful and meaningful movement!

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Banksy Backs Plastic Bag Ban

Whoa, say that 5 times fast.

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Abbot Kinney Festival Goes Green

The weekend is almost here and we’re looking forward to attending and covering the green living section at the Abbot Kinney Festival called Connected, this Sunday, September 28th.

There will be an art workshop, a gourmet green food court, and an artists lounge featuring works from some of LA’s most talented artists who engage in dialogue about the environment.

Click on the thumnails below to see the other good peeps and fellow greenies that will be also sponsoring and covering Connected. GG&S is excited to be part of the event and we hope to see you all there.

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