Artist Nicholas Hanna remixes traditional Chinese Water Calligraphy with a machine. See his Calligraphy Tricycle in action with a dozen softly whizzing, intertwined gadgets, circuits and plastic pipes and two giant water jugs strapped to a Beijing ride. Read more »
Though Paz de la Huerta character on Boardwalk Empire‘s hasn’t been able to release her sexual frustrations yet this season – accidental pregnancies by a federal agent will do that – she sure is keeping her provocative persona alive off the set, recently starring in Agent Provacateur’s fall campaign along with numerous magazine editorials. Her latest feature is in the current issue of Flaunt, where she does her usual Paz routine – spreading, squatting, and popping her garter-clad ass out. Read more »
Yesterday, Russell Simmons dragged Kanye West down to see the Occupy Wall Street demonstrators at Zuccotti Park and was pleasantly surprised by his behavior, giving the rapper props for being so “sweet” and “tolerant” of the crowd. Read more »
Continuing their support for Ukraine’s hottest politician, FEMEN have occupied the roof of a Kiev shopping mall, freezing their bare weaponry as Timoshenko’s seven years sentence was being announced in the square below. Read more »
Smug councilman Peter Vallone Jr. aka “The Man Who Hates Graffiti,” is on a new crusade: anti-public art! “The arts are supposed to generate conversation but not apprehension and fear,” he grumbled, reprimanding Kim Beck’s skywriting project and presumably, any art that can be misinterpreted by terror-phobics and people with a lack of imagination. (Photo: Bowery Boogie)
Something “hobbled” the website for the New York Stock Exchange at least “twice” today, reports the Associated Press, citing Keynote Systems Inc., a firm that measures these types of things. Does this mean that hacker group Anonymous kept good on the threats it may or may not have made against the financial institution? Read more »
London-based street artist Ben Eine hits up Uptown and the Bronx, because there’s always more letters to his Alphabet. (Photo: Alan Ket/12oz)
After mysterious words like “Last Chance” and “Everything Must Go,” started appearing in the sky over Manhattan last night, lots of people immediately started speculating about the meaning behind the enigmatic messages. Read more »
Artist/collagist extraordinaire Artist Jason Mecier makes mixed-media pieces from pieces of garbage, candy, electronic junk, yarn, whatnot with striking likenesses to Donald Trump, Andy Warhol, Anna Nicole Smith and whonot. This particular $1,500 Snoop specimen is made of joints, loose weed, etc., and looks like it took a lot of work and self-control. (Click to enlarge) Read more »
As reported by all of Twitter, one of hip hop’s most conspicuously consumptive rappers, Kanye West, visited some of Wall Street’s most humble protesters at Zuccotti Park and to the shock of Russell Simmons, was rather pleasant to the crowd. Uncle Rush tweeted: “I just walked @kanyewest thru the #occupywallstreet. I love how sweet and tolerant he was to the crowd.” Shouldn’t this be the other way around? (Photo: Russell Simmons/lockerz)
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