David Zinn’s Quirky Chalk and Charcoal Characters on the Streets of Ann Arbor Since 1987, artist and illustrator David Zinn has stalked the streets of Ann Arbor, Michigan, creating temporary illustrations with chalk and charcoal. Zinn improvises each piece on the spot and makes use of found objects, street fixtures, and stairsteps to create trompe l’oeil illusions. These are some of our favorite pieces from the last few months, but you can see plenty more on Facebook and in his 2013 book Lost & Unfounded: Street Art by David Zinn.
THE TEN | BEYOND BY LEXUS Magazine There’s nothing modest about the new Momofuku restaurant complex in downtown Toronto. Opened last fall next to the new Shangri-La Hotel, the four-restaurants-in-one Momofuku Toronto is a triplex tribute to Korean-American chef David Chang’s pan-Asian epicurean ambitions. Fronted by floor-to-ceiling glass walls, Momofuku owes its exterior architecture to Vancouver’s James K. M. Cheng and interiors to Toronto-based The Design Agency. Anchored in cast concrete, white oak and glass, Momofuku is divided into four discrete spaces spread over three floors: steamed buns and ramen noodles in the casual, first-floor Noodle Bar; the Nikai bar and lounge on the second floor; the third-floor 80-seat Daisho for full-size meals; and Shoto, with just 22 seats. Though unified by The Design Agency’s singular aesthetic, each Momofuku space offers a unique experience.
Pharrell Williams - Happy Brendan Monroe July 27, 2016 This year for Pow! Wow! Long Beach my wife, Evah, and I collaborated on our first mural together. photos by Brandon Shigeta March 8, 2016 The XOXO Festival I participated last year has made a selection of murals available for purchase in an online pop-up exhibition. February 25, 2016 Two new print editions. February 19, 2016 I have a collection of pieces in the group show currently on view at The Boiler Room, Heath Ceramics, San Francisco. December 4, 2015 VVG Thinking, Taipei, Taiwan.A new exhibition of drawings, sketches and other loose papers from the studio. 簡單的概念、線條的反覆，組成萬花筒般的目不轉睛，要像天體觀測一樣，注目來自Brendan Monroe的超新星。 在不同角度觀察原生山色，在視覺上韻律起伏流動，反覆地、接續著、延伸出去，超越地域界線成為奇異視野。 VVG Thinking [ 好樣思維 ]100, Taipei City, Zhongzheng District, Hangzhou N Rd, 華山文創產業園區．紅磚六合院 C 棟 ( 杭州北路．北平東路口 ) December 1, 2015 A new vinyl figure edition in gray marble, available here. September 27, 2015 MORPHOLOGY at Heath Ceramics in San Francisco, September 25 - October 25. photo by Brandon Shigeta August 18, 2015
Grupo Corpo boldly bares the rhythms of its Brazilian roots When you are a dancer growing up in Belo Horizonte, a city by the mountains in Brazil’s southeast, there can really be only one company you dream of performing with. Grupo Corpo, the country’s biggest contemporary-dance troupe and one of its best-known cultural exports, is based there, far away from the beaches and glitz of larger metropolises like Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. “Since I was born here in Belo Horizonte, I have this respect for Grupo Corpo,” dancer Rafael Bittar explains to the Straight from a tour stop in California, near Stanford University. “Yes, it is isolated; the notion is the centre of the culture is São Paulo and Rio, but Grupo Corpo has taken a very important place in the culture of the country.” In that regard, Grupo Corpo has achieved its biggest goal. When brothers Paulo and Rodrigo Pederneiras founded the troupe in 1975, it was in reaction to the old colonial art forms, especially ballet, then dominating the cultural landscape.
Master of Pen and Ink: The Monumental Drawings of Ikeda Manabu History of Rise and Fall. 6.5′ x 6.5′, pen & acrylic ink History of Rise and Fall, detail Ark. 3′ x 4′, pen & acrylic ink Ark, detail Regeneration Foretoken. 6′ x 11′, pen & acrylic ink Foretoken, detail The task of Japanese artist Ikeda Manabu is seemingly impossible: a blank paper canvas larger than a person spread before him, a small acrylic pen in his hand, and hundreds of days to fill with faintly imperceptible progress from a mind brimming with explosive creativity. Manabu’s most recent work, Meltdown, which explores the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake was recently on view at the West Vancouver Museum, and next month will embark on a 10 by 13 foot panel in Madison, Wisconsin which the artist estimates will take upward of three years to complete. You can learn more over at Hi-Fructose, which sat down with the artist for an exclusive interview earlier this month.
Russian Mother Takes Magical Pictures of Her Two Kids With Animals On Her Farm These wonderful photographs by Elena Shumilova plunge the viewer into a beautiful world that revolves around two boys and their adorable dog, cat, duckling and rabbit friends. Taking advantage of natural colors, weather conditions and her enchanting surroundings, the gifted Russian artist creates cozy and heartwarming photography that will leave you amazed. Show Full Text The boys in the photographs are the photographer’s sons and the animals belong to the farm she runs. Rural settings, natural phenomena and the changing seasons seem to be the greatest stimuli in her works. Shumilova told us her passion for photography manifested in early 2012 when she got her first camera. We suggest you take a cup of tea, lean back comfortably in your armchair and browse this beautiful collection of Elena Shumilova’s photographs. See her gallery on: Flickr | 500px “Children and animals – it’s my life. “When shooting I prefer to use natural light – both inside and outside.
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