Ai Wei Wei, born in 1957, grew up as an exile in Shihezi, Xinjiang, because his father was a poet in the Anti-Rightist Movement in China. Basically, political activism and artistic abilities are in his blood. In 1978, he enrolled in the Bejing Film Academy to study animation, until he
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Self-titled pick up artists Vince Kelvin, Arash Dibazar, Nick Hawk, Julien Blanc and ‘Bad Boy,’ are a group of men who have supposedly cracked the secret code to picking up women, so much so that they have begun to call it an art. This art is all about seduction and
The Berlin Wall is a staple of history, not only that but, for many reasons it is also a study in art and crime. The Berlin Wall, as its name would suggest was a wall that separated the eastern Soviet controlled Berlin from the western American controlled Berlin during the
Invader was born in Paris in 1969. While his real name is unknown, his street art, with the help of his small team called Space Invaders, is well known in a total of 60 cities and 30 countries around the world. His mosaics, featuring characters from video games in the
Graham Stuart Ovenden, born in 1943 in Hampshire, is famous for his paintings and photographs of semi-nude or completely nude, pre-teen girls. Ovenden graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1968, and carried much authority in the world of Victorian artwork. Although his work has always been of controversy,
Joaquin Guzman Loera, aka “El Chapo”, escaped from a maximum security prison in his native country of Mexico in 2015. What makes this so intriguing is the fact that this was his second successful escape from a prison, first one being in 1993. So how has the leader of one
Spencer Tunic is a Contemporary photographer famous for his projects involving hundreds, or even thousands of nude volunteers posing for him in public. Tunic claims that, “These grouped masses which do not underscore sexuality become abstractions that challenge or reconfigure one’s views of nudity, privacy and the environment.” Tunic shot
Rihanna is often exalted as the resident “bad girl” for her provocative song lyrics and music videos. She broke ground with S&M by making it mainstream in 2010, shortly after talking about rude boys “trying to get it up.” She is seen as a feminist because she owns her body,
Eileen is a musical group inspired by the creation of murder ballads from a heroine’s perspective. The Chicago based group includes Becky Poole and Christine Stulik who vocalize dark canons with instruments such as the banjo, saw, accordion, and ukulele. Their music follows the traditional ballad form, the lyrics of
Feminism is a really touchy subject that has been discussed so heavily in the media currently. Women fighting for reproductive rights and equal pay have been the U.S narrative. But, there are more radical, and I would say dangerous groups that exist and one is the radfem group FEMEN. Femen