interesting article (via ‘it’s nice that’) on the series of images originally shot by artist robert longo using some of his friends dressed in suits that eventually became his iconic (and often plagiarised) ‘men in cities’ charcoal drawing series…
…friends that included Cindy Sherman and Larry Gagosian who were young and perfectly positioned on the apogee of that era of art, ready to embrace a spirit of abandon, punk & irony…
a funky new mural in the ‘jordaan’ district of amsterdam by mister ‘parra’ (spotted by ‘maslow’)
in the words of the makers sick zine is:
…a completely handmade magazine filled with absurd humour. Weird black/white collages provide the magazine’s images and all the text is written on a typewriter. Every page tells its own absurd story. Consider the magazine a bundle of weird stories…
(via ‘doctor wimmenhoof’)
a site dedicated to all things ‘peter saville album cover’ related and those who are geeky enough to be interested in them, yep tha’s me (tip via lieutenant ‘denis’)
admittedly, name-checking bands or famous album art is a fairly obvious/easy way to get social media attention, but i do like these pantone ‘colour picker’ album covers from david marsh
