{"id":12478,"date":"2007-09-09T13:34:05","date_gmt":"2007-09-09T13:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnackdev\/2007\/09\/cool-recent-art-pt-1.html"},"modified":"2007-09-09T13:34:05","modified_gmt":"2007-09-09T13:34:05","slug":"cool_recent_art_pt_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/09\/cool_recent_art_pt_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Cool Recent Art, Pt. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\/\/NA\/\/ I&#8217;ve been coming across all kinds of interesting artwork lately: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Shout at the devil<\/em>: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brian_Dettmer\">Brian Dettmer<\/a> has sculpted a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/deadhorse\/462921315\/\">skull using melted heavy metal cassette tapes<\/a>.&#160; Rockin&#8217; like Dokken.&#160;[<a href=\"http:\/\/gadgets.boingboing.net\/2007\/09\/06\/skull-made-from-melt.html\">Via<\/a>] <\/li>\n<li>Andrew Huff points out Michael Levy&#8217;s gut-busting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/deadhorse\/1313754917\/\">Deep Fried Liberty<\/a> (see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbc5i.com\/dfwscene\/13993366\/detail.html\">details<\/a>).  I want to see Lou Dobbs suck one of these down on air while supplying &#8220;the facts, not fear.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>What if people walked around with their names floating above them, <em>World of Warcraft<\/em>-style?&#160; Aram Bartholl &amp; Evan Roth <a href=\"http:\/\/graffitiresearchlab.com\/?page_id=81\">give it a shot<\/a>. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guerrilla-innovation.com\/archives\/2007\/03\/000585.php\">Via<\/a>] <\/li>\n<li>Jethro Haynes creates  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jethrohaynes.com\/index.html\">rather amazing shoe art<\/a>.&#160; Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jethrohaynes.com\/08.html\">particular fave<\/a>.&#160; [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.neatorama.com\/2007\/07\/20\/the-shoe-art-of-jethro-haynes\/\">Via<\/a>] <\/li>\n<li>The book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/reader\/0811853144\/ref=sib_dp_pt\/103-7622006-1244637#reader-link\"><em>Dictator Style<\/em><\/a> catalogs the design tastes of colorful despots&#8211;what PJ O&#8217;Rourke calls &quot;felony interior decorating.&quot; [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.core77.com\">Via<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alesinadesign.com\/glass.html\">Want\/Need glass<\/a> reminds the user to sip, not guzzle. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.core77.com\/blog\/object_culture\/needwant_glass_not_for_the_greedy_5931.asp\">Via<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>I found myself enjoying an <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/slideshow\/2007\/05\/25\/arts\/design\/20070526_VISION_SLIDESHOW_1.html\">NYT<\/a><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/slideshow\/2007\/05\/25\/arts\/design\/20070526_VISION_SLIDESHOW_1.html\"> slideshow<\/a> covering new architecture in the Netherlands.&#160; Unfortunately it concluded with the line, &quot;Mr. Neutelings and Mr. Riedijk have fashioned a serious critique of a world saturated in advertising, and marketing images, and <b>reaffirmed architecture\u2019s heroic stature<\/b>, according to Nicolai Ouroussoff&quot;&#8211;making me want to <b><i>throw up a little in my mouth<\/i><\/b>.&#160; The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/05\/26\/arts\/design\/26visi.html?th&amp;emc=th\">accompanying article<\/a> thankfully bypasses the pedantic crap.<\/li>\n<li>On a less pretentious note, peep this Dutch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/photoessay\/0,4644,1924,00.html#5_0\">satellite dish-pimping<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Canon may be taking its  time in revving the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canon_EOS_5D\">5D<\/a>, but in the meantime, can I interest you in a <a href=\"http:\/\/sewnbyblythe.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/pentax-camera.html\">sewn felt Pentax<\/a>? [<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/typepad\/ZSjz\/~3\/149930370\/and-the-damn-th.html\">Via<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>An uncredited YouTube vid shows the  faces of women in Western art <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nUDIoN-_Hxs\">morphing into one another<\/a>. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kottke.org\/remainder\/07\/06\/13773.html\">Via<\/a>] <\/li>\n<li>D*Face subverts a simple pole with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woostercollective.com\/2007\/07\/dface_hits_the_streets_of_london.html\">Missile Strike<\/a>. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.core77.com\/blog\/object_culture\/dface_defaces_where_we_wouldnt_expect_6948.asp\">Via<\/a>] \n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\/\/NA\/\/ I&#8217;ve been coming across all kinds of interesting artwork lately: Shout at the devil: Brian Dettmer has sculpted a skull using melted heavy metal cassette tapes.&#160; Rockin&#8217; like Dokken.&#160;[Via] Andrew Huff points out Michael Levy&#8217;s gut-busting Deep Fried Liberty (see details). 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