Casey Neisat, the guy who made the infamous “running into shit in the bike lane” video, just put up a new feature where he learns how to make a prison tattoo gun from Scott Campbell — the guy who burned his dollar bill art exhibit in Mexico. Read more »
What do Raymond Pettibon’s ’80s punk scribbles and Scott Campbell’s skulls cut out of currency blocks and painted inside ostrich eggs have in common? “Death, love and sex.” As natural as it is to groan over such a general theme, there’s a definite mood and oppressively monochromatic unity in this group show that “encourages viewers to re-evaluate American ‘low’ culture.” Read more »
After Scott Campbell set fire his work at the Vice gallery in Mexico to get the “pushy,” “name-calling,” “main guy” to start acting professional, publicity-stunt accusations rained upon the artist. What’s really going to happen to the burned work? Read more »
Artist and arsonist Scott Campbell explains why he ignited his work outside of Vice mag’s gallery in Mexico. Not surprisingly, two accelerants that should never be mixed were responsible: bad attitudes and emails. Read more »
Mexico’s Vice Gallery pissed off artist Scott Campbell so much that the artist hauled his entire solo show out onto the sidewalk and proceeded to burn his pieces. Not only was the work laser-cut from stacks of bills, but also sold-out completely. Double burn. Read more »
After a solo show at Miami’s O.H.W.O.W. gallery, Scott Campbell continues cutting up cash in the name of art. The New York-based tattoo artist opened a new exhibition at London’s Shop at Lazarides gallery featuring more laser-cut hundred dollar stacks among other less destructive creative works. Campbell draws each layer of cut up cash that’s then glued together in stacks of 100 one-dollar bills to tell, as the artist perplexingly puts it, “the stories of blue collar pirates around nicotine stained unicorns and the price is right fuck the world of it all.” “Always Almost There” is on view through October 31st.
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