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Art in America

Art in America
History and place have long been muses for Canadian artist Stan Douglas, whose peripatetic, time-traveling work includes film, video, photography and installations. The two muses conjoin in Douglas's riveting six-hour film Luanda-Kinshasa (2013), which purports to document an eclectic band recording in a famous New York studio in the mid-1970s. Between 1949 and 1981, the Columbia 30th Street Studio in Manhattan was legendary. There, pivotal, genre-spanning albums were made: Miles Davis's Kind of Blue, Bob Dylan's {*style:<i>*}Highway 61 Revisited{*style:</i>*}, Pink Floyd's {*style:<i>*}The Wall{*style:</i>*}, Leonard Bernstein's {*style:<i>*}West Side Story{*style:</i>*}, and the 1955 and 1981 versions of Bach's {*style:<i>*}Goldberg Variations{*style:</i>*} by Glenn Gould, among many others.

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Swings: Los Angeles Jeff installed swings in San Francisco, in the Marshall Islands, Panama and across Los Angeles, thanks to a grant from The Awesome Foundation. It’s a universal message. An appeal to celebrate the passions of our youth, to give in to simplistic urges, but mostly, to remind people of the difference a smile can make in their day and the infectious effect that smile has on those they encounter. Visit swingsetting.org to be a part of ther next swings project.

- STREET ART UTOPIA More info. Let us begin with this words that come as a response to the photo above: “There´s tools and colours for all of us, to lend from nature to make the world more understandable and beautiful”. 1# Click on a photo and you make it bigger and can post a comment on it. 2# Make sure that you read the story in the end! 3# Feel free to reblog this, only remember to link back to this post. More info.

106 of the most beloved Street Art Photos - Year 2010 More info. More info. More Banksy on Street Art Utopia. More info. 20 Examples of Graffiti & Street Art-Europe #1 In this post, the first of a series, we show you 20 top street art and graffiti artworks around the world. Today we start with Europe – next post: South America! > Asia > South America > North America Street Artist Interview - Ibie Artist name: Fat IbieCity of Birth: BarcelonaCity of Choice: MexicaliHow many years have you been painting: En el colegio me llamaban el rallajero, nuncan entendieron mis dibujitos y me ponian insuficiente en dibujo y plástica. Espero empezar a pintar algún día.Website: www.rrarmy.com & www.fotolog.net/ibie Likes: Regreso al futuro, Star wars y Mallrats

Mark Jenkins // Street Installations Besançon Rome Rio de Janeiro Tudela London Dublin Brooklyn Street Art Home Posted on April 7, 2014 “After photographing in the mosh pits for awhile I began to get familiar with patterns in the music. Eventually it got to the point where I could sense the moment coming when things would really cut loose and go berserk,” says painter Dan Witz about his process and method for catching the moment when the roiling mass of hardcore music fans hit the perfect state of frenzy. “NY Hardcore Paintings”, opening this past Saturday night and on view currently at The Jonathan Levine gallery in Chelsea, presents Witz with his new body of convulsing bodies and to say they are a revelation is only part of the story. When we saw his first mosh pit paintings a few years ago we were struck by the raw thrilling chaotic energy and calculated abandon in them – and reminded of many such nights in the 80s and 90s in lower Manhattan when we also joined in the fray. Dan Witz “NY Hardcore” Jonathan LeVine Gallery (Photo © Jaime Rojo)

LDN. London Street Art, documented. There are many forms of diverse Street Art around London. Here is a small selection of some exemplary work found around the capital. Street Artists A-Z LDNGraffiti has had an overhaul and painstakingly searched the database to create a set of 'A-Z' listings of Street Artists found in and around London... Banksy vs Team Robbo - Updated: 23/02/2014 On 19/12/2009 Street Artist Banksy adapted a piece of graffiti painted in 1985 by London Graffiti Pioneer Robbo.

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