Appropriating Artists Reflect On Their Sources

Messed up models, Somali pirate portraits, mutilated Mass Appeal, and piles of flesh will be displayed in a new exhibition at Long Island City’s Dean Project. “Question[ing] the validity of popular culture imagery as an accurate representation of contemporary society,” “Mirror on Mirror Mirroed” features artists Barbara Weissberger, Karlos Carcamo and Nicholas Kashian messing with appropriated images from Hip Hop, news and pop culture. The group show opens from 6 to 9 Pm on September 19th through November 19th at 45-43 21st Street. Read more »

No More ‘Mass Appeal’

Gawker confirms that Mass Appeal will publish no more. With the success of sister magazine Missbehave and Colossal Media’s business booming, putting out the former graffiti turned juvenile lifestyle magazine is just too much of a headache. Says publisher Adrian Moeller, “After 12 years of publishing Mass Appeal Magazine we’ve decided to call it quits on the print edition. We’re putting our resources into our faster growing properties, Missbehave Magazine and Colossal Media. We’re in talks to sell Mass Appeal, and it may resume publishing in the future. We’ll continue the website and special event productions.” |Gawker|