An article on the Huffington Post discusses why artworks done by notorious criminals are so popular, and can bring in tons of money. One theory is that it is their notoriety that makes the art so attractive- furthermore, were it not for their crimes, would anyone view their art as
I’m sure we all remember the viral campaign that won the alleged support of millions last year. Kony 2012, a campaign powered by an organization called Invisible Children, requested that supporters merely spread the word regarding the criminal actions of Joseph Kony. Their goal was to make Kony famous in
The keep a Breast Foundation states that through their signature “I <3 Boobies! they aim to “remove the shame associated with breasts and breast health [believing] this message represents [their] positive approach to breast cancer dialogue” (The keep a breast foundation website) http://www.keep-a-breast.org/programs/i-love-boobies/ While their funds may be going to
IM SORRY I KNOW GRAFFITI IS GETTING SO OLD but my boyfriend literally JUST put this on my Facebook wall and it takes it to whole other level. This piece, done by a artist under the pseudonym Blu, is titled “BIG BANG BIG BOOM: an unscientific point of view on
This male in front is a high school acquaintance of mine who now attends SDSU. Behind him stands a highly opinionated religious protestor. This photo appeared on my facebook news feed and saw he commented on it stating, “he was basically a super fundamental Christian. I tried offering him a
This is probably one of the most visually pleasing skate videos I have ever seen. It is quite obvious that the director is trying to make something more artistic than just a video of skating tricks. There are beautiful settings and shots of the local culture intertwined in the video.
In addition to all the recent posts involving art pieces that have an element of crime to them, I would like to point out that the occurrence of crime is often a powerful catalyst for moving artworks. This painting by Pablo Picasso, entitled Guernica, was created in response to a
In Brad Downey’s art piece he uses a plane to fly a banner with the image of cloud in the sky. He did this piece of art in order to shake people out of their typical ways of thinking. Jeremy Abernathy of the Huffington Post said, he is “throwing an
Are you an aspiring young dancer? Watch out who you work for because every year, thousands of women are promised a dance career in Western Europe but end up being exploited in the sex industry. This video for the Awareness campaign was created by Duval Guillaume Modem and produced by
We touched on this topic while reading 5 Grams, but I pursued it a little further with Bogazianos. The book references Jimmy Iovine, a founder and producer of Interscope Records. He is associated, obviously, with the art of music. But if you know anything about Interscope or Iovine, you know