Harry the Hair
Harry wasn’t really anything special. To tell you the truth he was only one strand of thousands like him; just a greasy strand of protein. There was really nothing special about him at all.
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India in Analog | Part Two – Hindustan and the Mustached Men
In the west I think it takes a certain type of man to pull off a mustache. Some of us simply can’t grow an adequate plumage, and for those that can we risk being labeled ‘sleazy looking’ or ‘greasy.’ How did these qualities get associated with the mustache – I don’t know.
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Red Bull Stereopticon | Christchurch Video
Artist Dennis Juan Ma takes live painting to monumental new levels at the Red Bull Stereopticon multimedia event in Christchurch.
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Red Bull Stereopticon | Wellington Video
Artist Cinzah Merkins pulls out some impressive live painting skills to create this living light installation at the Red Bull Stereopticon multimedia event in Wellington.
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Meet Jun Arita
Japanese pop artist, graphic designer, and illustrator Jun Arita is one of the winning artists selected to paint at Red Bull Stereopticon.
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Meet Dennis Juan Ma
Chinese born Auckland based illustrator Dennis Juan Ma is one of the winning artists selected to paint at Red Bull Stereopticon.
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Meet Cinzah Merkins
Artist, illustrator, mural painter, creator, and professional mess-maker Cinzah Merkins is one of the winning artists selected to paint at Red Bull Stereopticon.
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India in Analog | Part One – Varanasi
The following is part one of a literal pile of photographs that were taken in analog across the Indian subcontinent. Like a majority of camera wielding travellers (still in denial of the term ‘tourist’) I’d replaced my manual film camera for a digital SLR yonks ago – the pros just seemed to out way the cons.
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Exit Through the Gift Shop | Review
Exit Through the Gift Shop could be Banksy’s biggest prank yet. But would you expect anything less from the stencil master who snuck his own paintings into the Tate, painted escape routes on sections of the West Bank, and dropped a fake Guantanamo prisoner into a ride at Disneyland?
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YOK | Artist Interview
For some years now, the droopy eyes and twisted moustaches of Yok’s black-lined characters have been staring aimlessly from Melbourne alleyways, zines and gallery walls. Yok currently works from a home studio in Perth and has exhibited in Tokyo, New York, Berlin, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taipei.
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