Paintings by Alec Huxley

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Paintings of figures dressed in business attire wearing space helmets that alludes to some sort of narrative, while also combining the architecture of San Francisco with fantasy and film noir. That is Alec Huxley

It all began when I bought a Soviet space helmet on eBay. I was playing around with a bunch of space-themed work for my first show at D-Structure and painted two pieces in that style. Something in the cinematic and graphic look just clicked with me, so I started to explore it more.

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Helvetica The Perfume

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Helvetica The Perfume™ is the first limited edition product from Guts & Glory, a creative collective based in Oakland, California. Yes, this is actually real, it is not a concept piece. It is an expertly produced object available for purchase and perfect for gifting. For the price of $62 you get a 2 oz of distilled water and 24k gold printing on bottle in, of course, Helvetica. Perfect gift for your friend "Designer" (at least if you cannot spend 800$ for a full original Helvetica typeface)

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Mirrored Infinity Rooms by Yayoi Kusama

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In Infinity Mirrored Room installation by Yayoi Kusama ( 'I Who Have Arrived In Heaven' Exhibition at David Zwirner Art Gallery ), hundreds of multicoloured LED lights, suspended at different heights and dangling from floor to ceiling, transform a room into what feels like eternity. The cube-shaped, mirror-paneled room has a shallow reflecting pool as its floor and the lights flicker on and off in a strobe-like effect.

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Yayoi Kusama "I Who Have Arrived In Heaven" Exhibition - Press Preview

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRZR3nsiIeA

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Mark Rubenstein

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"LA-based Mark Rubenstein has been actively taking photographs for 13 years now, creating shots that are aesthetically simple, yet still communicate a very specific vision to the audience. In his past works, as well as in his latest book project Gone by Dawn, the viewer may notice an ongoing theme—naked chicks. But though they're always a crowd-pleasing subject, it's with great subtlety that Rubenstein captures these vulnerable moments, and like with all art, you have to look beyond the surface to find the meaning within." Read the full interview on Frank151.com

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Experimental Art of Chad Wys

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”My artwork is also, at its core, an experimentation in composition, color, and form,” says Wys. “Through a variety of mixed media I have chosen as my inspiration a color palette that is at times complimentary and at other times purposfully contradictory, or seemingly destructive. The literal destruction of an object is secondary, in my mind, to the overall effect created by color (dis)harmony and the overall aesthetic-emotional experience of the reclaimed and reinvented object. I openly play with the allure of foreign and aggressive new colors and forms, inviting them into otherwise familiar and traditional settings. Barriers and obstacles are thereby erected between the viewer and the object through which one must negotiate an understanding of what is both present and hidden. What does the creation of new meaning tell us about old meanings, or meaning in general?” http://www.chadwys.com/

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Vinyl Skulls by Ted Riederer

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An avid lover of music and art, Ted Riederer created these skull forms by placing vinyl records atop a plaster skull mold and melting them down. The record label molds perfectly around the curvature of the frontal bone giving each skull a unique identity. The series, titled Primal Sound, "…aims to explore the symbols of music, and music communities, for their redemptive power. When I was 16, my life fell apart, I joined a band and was saved. The vinyl skulls are based on a nonfiction essay by the German poet Rainer Maria Rilke entitled ‘Primal Sound.’ In this essay he ponders what sound the coronal suture would make as it closely resembles a sound wave. He proposes that this process of combining what seems like disparate elements initially to create something that the world has never heard, is a model for making good art." –Ted Riederer

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Aizone FW13 by Sagmeister & Walsh

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The Aizone Fall/Winter 2013 campaign is focused on bold colorful typography and positive and exuberant energy which reflects the dynamic, vibrant nature of the brand. The debuted the typography through colorful face painting with positive inspirational maxims "Play Hard", "Make Your Luck", "So It Goes", "Go Go Go" and "Be Free". Working with renowned body painter Anastasia Durasova, we painted the models' face with strong geometric graphic and bold playful typography. Art Direction, Design: Sagmeister & Walsh Makeup: Anastasia Durasova Photography: Henry Hargreaves

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Amanda Charchian photography

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The photography of Amanda Charchian is like a vaguely familiar dream. Her series featured here make a strange sort of sense in much the way a dreams do. via

“I really enjoy what I do, so I am constantly working. I am very fast paced and I like working in a trance state, so it doesn’t suit me to adhere to a particular plan. The process always starts with that sort of light bulb flash (usually when I am doing something really mundane), and then I refine the concept. With that concept lurking, the physical making of the work always becomes very intuitive.”

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