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Hirotoshi Itoh. Floral + Anatomy by okmarzo April 16, 2014 These beautiful floral, anatomical themed collages are designed by Moscow-based artist known as ‘FFO’. FFO composes classic, vintage illustrations that organically blend and mold together. The artist has also created all the alphabets in a herbaceous fashion. FFO is bottom line amazing and at the moment is my favorite collage artist.
View More… Jan Fabre April 15, 2014 All the works by Jan Fabre, the visual artist make reference to a belief in the vulnerable body and its defense, plus an observation of man and asking the question of how he can survive in the future. View More… Daehyun Kim Returns by Slim Cognito Daehyun Kim AKA Moonassi has been featured on December 2010 and on July 2012.
View More… Jean-Michel Basquiat. Art Crimes - The Writing on the Wall - graffiti art worldwide. T Kid. Julius Cavero, T-KID (or Terrible T-KID 170) is a well-known graffiti artist from the Bronx, New York. Biography[edit] Background and early life[edit] T Kid's father was an immigrant from Peru, who worked at a GM factory in New Jersey. His mother emigrated from Puerto Rico in the mid 1950s. Graffiti[edit] He started in the 1970s, tagging the name "King 13" every time he'd win a challenge, performing daredevil tricks on swings in local parks. He later became the president of TNB (The Nasty Boyz) and ex-president of TVS (The Vamp Squad), one of the most notorious New York graffiti crews. Appearances in other media[edit] T-Kid says to many fans, "All you beginners Stay Up we were all "toys" at one time".
Sources[edit] Seen (artist) Graffiti artist Richard Mirando, aka Seen Richard "Richie" Mirando, known as Seen UA, born 1961 in The Bronx, New York, is one of the most well known graffiti artists in the world, often referred to as the Godfather of Graffiti, although he did not pioneer the movement. Seen first started to paint on New York City's subway system in 1973. His crew United Artists (or simply UA) quickly gained the reputation for producing full-color throw-ups on whole cars with members such as Pjay, Duster, Sin, and his brother Mad. In the late 1980s Seen also turned his talent to tattoo art, opening Tattoo Seen, which quickly became one of the most successful studios in New York. Seen's recent work includes three-dimensional sculpture, mixed media work with reclaimed or discarded materials (often found in the street), and a series of hand-painted, limited-edition MTA New York subway maps.
In 2009, the Seen Gallery opens in Paris before becoming the Seen Studios, France. DONDI. Donald Joseph White, "DONDI" (April 7, 1961 — October 2, 1998) is considered one of the most influential graffiti artists in the history of the movement. Biography[edit] Early life[edit] Graffiti[edit] He became a member of TOP crew (The Odd Partners) in 1977. In 1978, Dondi formed his own crew, named CIA (Crazy Inside Artists), which included other prominent artists such as his good friend DURO.
For the next 20-odd years, Dondi became recognized as the stylistic standard, influencing a generation of graffiti writers.[1] Dondi pioneered many of the styles and techniques still used by modern graffiti artists. His most famous work was Children of the Grave Parts 1, 2 and 3—three whole cars on the New York City Subway in the years 1978 through 1980. He was the first graffiti artist to have a one-man show in the Netherlands and Germany, and his work is collected by European museums. Death[edit] Dondi died of AIDS on October 2, 1998. Legacy[edit] Media[edit] Exhibitions and appearances[edit]
Dondi White. OBEY GIANT - WORLDWIDE PROPAGANDA DELIVERY. Art Crimes - The Writing on the Wall - graffiti art worldwide. Banksy. Eric Haze. Iz the wiz. Barry McGee. Murals, LACMA parking garage (now torn down) by Barry McGee (Twist). Barry McGee (born 1966 in San Francisco) is a painter and graffiti artist. He is also known by monikers such as Ray Fong, Lydia Fong, Bernon Vernon, P.Kin, Ray Virgil, Twist and further variations of Twist, such as Twister, Twisty, Twisto and others. Life and career[edit] McGee rose out of the Mission School art movement and graffiti boom in the San Francisco Bay Area during the early nineties.
His work draws heavily from a pessimistic view of the urban experience, which he describes as, "urban ills, overstimulations, frustrations, addictions & trying to maintain a level head under the constant bombardment of advertising". McGee's paintings are very iconic, with central figures dominating abstracted backgrounds of drips, patterns and color fields. McGee has had numerous shows in many kinds of galleries and was also an artist in residence at inner-city McClymonds High School in Oakland, California in the early 1990s. Space-invaders. KAWS (artist) Kaws exhibition 2010 in Hong Kong. The large gray sculpture is "Companion. " Brian Donnelly (born 1974), professionally known as KAWS, is a New York-based artist and designer of limited edition toys and clothing. He currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
KAWS was born Brian Donnelly in Jersey City, New Jersey.[1] He graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in illustration in 1996.[2] After graduation, KAWS briefly worked for Disney as a freelance animator painting backgrounds. He also contributed to the animated series 101 Dalmatians, Daria and Doug.[3] He began his career as a graffiti artist growing up in Jersey City, New Jersey. In the late 90s, KAWS began to design and produce limited edition vinyl toys, "an instant hit with the global art toy-collecting community,"[3] especially in Japan, where this genre is well respected and widespread. For the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards KAWS's company redesigned the iconic moonman statue. Futura 2000. Futura vintage from the 1980s Futura artwork photo : Stephane Bisseuil Futura artwork Futura on show Paintings by Futura The artist at the MoCA LA show While he is primarily known as a graffiti artist, much of his work is as an illustrator and graphic designer of record sleeves, first becoming involved with The Clash; producing a sleeve for their "This Is Radio Clash" 7" single and handwriting the sleeve notes and lyrics sheet for their album Combat Rock.
Years later James Lavelle resurrected his career by getting him, alongside Ben Drury, to produce the artwork for several releases on Mo' Wax records; this also led to Futura producing the imagery which has largely defined Lavelle's Unkle project. Futura also designs his own clothing under the label Futura Laboratories with a store located in Fukuoka, Japan. His most recent exhibition Future-Shock was presented by Andy Valmorbida and curated by Nemo Librizzi at 560 Washington Street in New York City.
Exhibitions and Publications[edit] {FUTURA:2000} Lady Pink Art. Taki 183. Graffiti 101: andrew ZEPHYR witten. Andrew Witten began spray painting in New York City in 1975, he chose the moniker Zephyr in 1977 and began to spray paint MTA Trains. As one of the first major graffiti artists he is responsible for many of the styles that are standard among graffiti today, one in particular is the use of sharp contrast in the edges of lettering. Zephyr was featured in the Hip Hop movie Wild Style and was the artist who designed and painted the logo. Because most of his early work was on MTA trains it has been lost, however, Zephyr was among the first generation of graffiti artist to take their art from the street into galleries.
In the early 80s, Zephyr began to show in galleries, he took his work along with other artists Fab Five Freddy, Futura 200, Dominique Philbert and Dondi White to Japan on a tour in 1983. COPE 2 TRUE LEGEND. Tokusatsu. Tokusatsu (特撮?) Is a Japanese term that applies to any live-action film or television drama that features considerable use of special effects (tokusatsu literally translates as "special filming" in Japanese). History[edit] Tokusatsu has origins in early Japanese theater, specifically kabuki (with its action- and fight-scenes) and bunraku which utilized some of the earliest forms of special effects, specifically puppetry. Modern tokusatsu, however, did not begin to take shape until the early 1950s, with the conceptual and creative birth of Godzilla, one of the most famous monsters (kaiju) of all time. In 1954, Godzilla kickstarted the kaiju genre in Japan, which remained extremely popular for several decades, with characters such as the aforementioned Godzilla, Gamera and King Ghidorah leading the market.[2] However, in 1957 Shintoho produced the first film serial featuring the superhero character Super Giant, signaling a shift in popularity that favored masked heroes over giant monsters.
Kaiju Big Battel. Kaiju Big Battel Big Battel sticker on Houston in New York City Kaiju Big Battel is a performance by the Boston, Massachusetts based performance entertainment troupe Studio Kaiju created by Rand Borden and David Borden. The performances are parodies of both professional wrestling and the tokusatsu kaiju kaiju eiga films of Japan. These Battels are presented in the style of professional wrestling events, with the costumed performers playing the roles of giant, city-crushing monsters similar to Godzilla and Gamera.
History of Studio Kaiju[edit] Studio Kaiju began as a video project by students at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. History of Kaiju Big Battel[edit] Kaiju Big Battel is a modern conflict that involves extremely large creatures. Characters[edit] The Heroes[edit] American Beetle: A jingoistic, patriotic giant insect raised by a single mother. Dr. Dr. Dr. Team Space Bug[edit] Consists of insectoid Kaiju. The Rogues[edit] Human Co-Stars[edit] Ultimate Muscle. Kaiju. Kaiju (怪獣, kaijū?) Is a Japanese word that literally translates to "strange creature. " The word has been translated and defined in English as "monster" and is used to refer to a genre of tokusatsu entertainment. Kaiju films usually showcase monsters of any form attacking a major Japanese city or engaging another (or multiple) monsters in battle.
Godzilla is an example of a daikaiju; others include Gamera, Mothra, King Ghidorah, Mechagodzilla, Anguirus, and Rodan. The term ultra-kaiju is longhand for kaiju in the Ultra Series. Related terms include kaijū eiga (怪獣映画, kaijū eiga? Concept[edit] While the term kaiju is used in English to describe monsters from tokusatsu and Japanese folklore,[citation needed] monsters such as vampires, werewolves, Frankenstein's monster, mummies and zombies would fall into this category. Kaiju are sometimes depicted as cannon fodder serving a greater evil. Kaiju film creators[edit] Major kaiju films[edit] Kaijin (humanoid monster) Daimajin from Daimajin trilogy.
The Super Inframan. This film also has some historical importance: The first superhero movie in ChinaThe first movie promotion in Hong Kong using a hot air balloonThe first Shaw Brothers production using a storyboard The following year, Joseph Brenner brought this film to the US, and retitled it simply Infra-Man (or Inframan), with the advertising campaign slogan "The Man Beyond Bionics!
" attempting to capitalize upon the Six Million Dollar Man's success on American network television at the time. In 2004, the film was released on DVD in Japan and Hong Kong. Plot[edit] Demon Princess Elzebub plots to conquer the Earth. But there is hope at the high-tech Science Headquarters, run by Professor Liu Ying De. Once Inframan destroys the princess's various monsters, she decides to steal the professor's blueprints of Inframan in hope of discovering his weakness.
Characters[edit] The Protagonists[edit] The Antagonists[edit] Demon Princess Elzebub This name is used in the subtitled version only. Ice Monsters (冰河怪獸)[edit] Warning from Space. Daimajin. Daimajin Daimajin[edit] The movie opens with a household of peasants cowering during a series of earth tremors that are interpreted as the escape attempts of Daimajin, a spirit trapped within the mountain. The village gathers at their shrine.
This is observed by the local feudal boss, Lord Hanabasa, a good and just man. It is also observed by his treacherous chamberlain, Samanosuke (Yutaro Gomi). Samanosuke has been waiting for just such a diversion to stage a coup d'état. As the villagers pray, Samanosuke and his henchmen slaughter Hanabasa and his wife, but their son and daughter escape, aided by the heroic samurai Kogenta (Jun Fujimaki). Discouraged, the priestess, Shinobu, goes home, only to find Kogenta and the two children. The children grow to adulthood. Kogenta journeys to the village to try to gather the old retainers, but gets himself captured. The crew that travels up the mountain to smash Daimajin accidentally discovers Kozasa, and force her to take them to the idol.
ADV Films. The Green Slime. The Green Slime (ガンマー第3号 宇宙大作戦, Ganmā Daisan Gō: Uchū Daisakusen? , aka Gamma 3: Operation Outer Space) is a 1968 science-fiction film produced by MGM in the United States and shot in Japan at the studios of Toei Company by director Kinji Fukasaku. The film was spearheaded by Ivan Reiner and Walter Manley, the same creative team who produced similar Italian outings like Wild, Wild Planet.[1] Plot[edit] A group of astronauts set out to stop a giant asteroid on a collision course with the planet Earth.
Cast[edit] DVD release[edit] The Japanese edit of the film was released on R2 DVD in 2004 by Toei. On October 26, 2010, the U.S. version was released on R1 DVD as part of the Warner Archive Collection. Legacy[edit] Portions of this film were used to pitch the pilot of Mystery Science Theater 3000 to station KTMA, although the entire film was never lampooned on the series later. See also[edit] List of films featuring space stations References[edit] External links[edit] Mystery Science Theater 3000[edit] Gamera. In the United States, Gamera attained prominence during the 1970s due to the burgeoning popularity of UHF television stations featuring Saturday afternoon matinee showcases like Creature Double Feature and later in the 1990s when several Gamera films were featured on the TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Appearance[edit] Gamera has the general configuration of a turtle, albeit a tremendously large one that is capable of walking on two legs and flying. He does occasionally walk quadrupedally in his first three films. Gamera demonstrates the ability to manipulate objects with his forefeet. He possesses a pronounced sagittal crest on top of his head and his mouth is filled with teeth, which is unprecedented in turtles - with exceptions perhaps for the prehistoric turtles Proganochelys and Odontochelys - plus a pair of large tusks protruding upward from the lower jaws.
Origins[edit] Gamera's continuity was rebooted again in 2006 with Gamera the Brave. Capabilities[edit] History[edit] Showa. Kaiju. Yonggary. The X from Outer Space. Super Giant. Godzilla. Mechagodzilla. King Ghidorah. Mothra. Rodan. The Return of Godzilla. Gorgo (film) Daikyojū Gappa. King Kong. Invasion of the Neptune Men. The War of the Gargantuas. Reptilicus. DC comics.