Canadian artist Maskull Lasserre master-carves backbones out of branches, fetus skulls out of bedposts and pianos into hunks of hanging meat. He chisels at a flock of wooden hangers until they look like a cluster of bird wing bones. Maybe the axe is less functional as a weapon with its body turned into a delicate serpent skeleton, but it’s badass. See Lasserre’s metamorphic carpentry at “Corporal,” Group Show, Jul 16 – Aug 6, Pierre-Francois Ouellette Art Contemporain, Montreal
The cover art of the Nevermind re-issue was removed from Nirvana’s official Facebook page due to terms of use violation, specifically, the baby wiener. The censorship hoopla and its reverberating outrage plays out so well in terms of album promotion that it’s a little suspicious, mm-hmm. Read more »
ANIMAL, Now 1000% More Professional
We have some big news to announce today. ANIMAL will no longer operate on sweaty vapors alone – we’ve gotten ourselves a partner. Mother New York will be providing us with support and creative resources that will finally give us a chance to become the ghetto CNN we’ve always aspired to be. So, what does this mean for our readers? Read more »
Here is FEMEN’s Inna Shevchenko getting arrested, sprinting away and getting dragged back screaming into a police van. She was picked up for allegedly provoking the Georgian Embassy employee to beat up journalists during their last topless, pro-press protest. Read more »
Brooklyn public artist Leon Reid IV’s bid to dress up Union Square Park’s Washington statue as a tourist had succeeded on Kickstarter but was rejected by the New York Parks Department. Reid was going to use Kickstarter funds to create oversize props for the monument in time for the Art In Odd Places festival this October, but alas. The artist has previously updated a Lincoln statue into a bling-flaunting True Yank in Manchester, where officials had exhibited a more art-friendly sense of humor.
Parting Shot
Mounted animals, decoys and other oddball crap desperately awaits new owners at the Brooklyn Flea Market. (Photo: Scott Lynch/Flickr)
Not content with just outing the spots in the East Village that sell banned alcopop Four Loko, the snitches at The Local have now tipped off the New York State Liquor Authority as well.
If you were worried about NYC’s storied Chelsea Hotel losing its charm under its new owner, brace yourself: Pieces from the hotel’s art collection — contributed by its many culturally relevant guests — have gone missing. Read more »
Here’s some more footage of the pandemonium caused by a mentally unstable man who tried to take control of a northbound 5 Train in the Bronx. This just uploaded YouTube video shows provides another angle and appears to offer a lengthier look at the incident and all the other riders who were lining up to rightfully beat this dude’s ass.
In the parts of his manifesto (PDF doc) that he’s not plagiarizing from the Unabomber, Christian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik has an extensive question and answer section with himself. It’s here that he talks about the corrupting morals of hip hop and graffiti. Read more »
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