At first, this chest of fancy Apocalypse “prepper” gear and a skeleton “burried” with Coca-cola, Jack Daniels, Marlboros, Adidas, a Leica, a Fender, a Rolex, a Colt 45 and the Bible seem… ostentatiously cynical about branding fetishism. Yet, since their maker, Jersey-dwelling Dylan Egon, is comfortably employed in design and luxury photography, I’m not sure why he’s wallowing in the excess of this imagery. Self-satisfaction? Self-loathing? See it up close at “Home of the Brave,” Dylan Egon, Sep 10 – Oct 8, Jonathan LeVine Gallery I, NYC
Sasha Pivovarova Is Smoking Hot In French Vogue
Fashion industry favorite Sasha Pivovarova is featured in this blasé editorial shot by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott for the current issue of Vogue Paris. Lounging about the various sets, the supermodel does what she’s best at – showing off her petite Russian rack and smoking excessively. There are rumors going around about some of her images possibly being Photoshopped with shots of Anja Rubik’s legs (who’s also featured in the issue), but it’s all just speculation from fashion nerds at this point.
Since ANIMAL has been loyally covering Russia’s activist art group Voina, we’ve discovered a second “Voina.” Now, the Voina we know for dick bombing a bridge and being in jail and in hiding is boycotting the 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art for exhibiting “the impostors.” Read more »
Here’s another pop culture show from Gallery 1988 – a Garbage Pail Kid revival extravaganza! Why not celebrate an empire kindled by the Maus guy, built upon bad taste and puns! Come for tons of icky shticky artist re-imaginings of exaggerated fancies and nightmares, like Buff Monster’s Basking Robin and Casey Weldon’s Peeping Tom, featuring Terry Creepardson himself, monstrously riddled with extra eyes — the better to ogle you with my dear. Gehhh. “Garbage Pail Kids,” Group Show, Sep 2 – Oct 1, Gallery 1988:Melrose, Los Angeles
MTV, a cable network responsible for creating brain-numbing programs that damage more kids than pot ever could, is looking for young people, 15-28, who can’t control their urge for blunts and bong hits. “Are you addicted to marijuana,” teases the production company tasked with casting these rare anomalies. Sensing how difficult it might be to actually find these potential “True Life” candidates, abusers of so called “synthetic marijuana” can apply too, clearly making them the most pathetic, albeit entertaining, minority ever.
This “hydraulic typewriter” converts letters into cocktails with the press of a “key” using 136 interconnected translucent tubules. Finally, an impressive development to the Russian DIY hooch industry. The colors! The colors! Read more »
Invader Descends On São Paulo
Invader has returned to São Paulo with more of his signature mosaic minions. From a subtle 8-bit Brazilian flag tucked away up on a busy street corner to obvious and obnoxious large-tile beasts on walls, the French street artist continues his “attack” on the city. Highlight: a little white alien tiled onto a ramshackle, thoroughly bombed wreck of a building. He looks worried. (Photos: Unurth)
Ah, nothing says lesbian-ish-character-clearly-written-by-a-dude quite like “Put some clothes on and get rid of your girlfriend” because studly Daniel Craig is here. Here’s the new full trailer for Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Read more »
That was the message delivered to the MTA on Wednesday by the vice president of the Transport Workers Union. “People have a right not to be terrorized by biological terrorism, and that’s what these rats are,” said Maurice Jenkins, about the increasing threat the disease-carrying rodents are creating in the subways. Read more »
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to intervene in the execution of Troy Davis and at 11:08 on Wednesday night, he was pronounced dead by Georgia’s Evilest. Forty minutes later, the New York Post updated their Twitter with this cruel zinger: “Yankees clinch AL East.-In other news cop killer #TroyDavis died of lethal injection.” Classy.
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