Its always nice to have an excuse to post forward thinking, creative music videos, since there don’t seem to be that many being made, ever since the music video was eclipsed by that horrible “reality” garbage invading America’s television sets. However, to their credit, MTV Brazil nominated some great acts such as Mixhell, Boss in Drama, and Database as potential candidates for Best Electronic act and on that night, the guys of N.A.S.A. walked away with the prize.

It could have a lot to do with the fact that the production duo of Squeak E Clean & DJ Zegon have taken a very focused approach to the visual component of their music project, working with artists such as Shepard Fairey, Sage Vaughn, and numerous others to create artwork and video content for every song on their debut album,”The Spirit of Apollo”, including the insanely visceral clip for stand out track “A Volta” feat. Sizzla, Amanda Blank, and Lovefoxxx of CSS.

You can check out the majority of their videos and visual content here!

When it was announced that basketball legend Michael Jordan was being inducted into the Hall of Fame, there were talks of commissioned artwork and statues going up in North Carolina and Chicago. In a surprising and amazing twist, famed artist Shepard Fairey has done three different prints of Jordan based on his time at UNC, Chicago, and his new Hall of Fame portrait. The project is a collaboration with Upper Deck and a little over 500 of each print were created.

To check out the whole series and purchase prints, head over to Upper Deck or OBEY.

Harley-Davidson presents:
The Art of Rebellion

One Night Only: February 7, 2009 7PM – 10PM

Featuring:
Shawn Barber, Christian Clayton, Rob Clayton, Bob Dob,
Shepard Fairey, Frank Kozik, Tara McPherson, Alex Pardee,
David Trulli, Mark Dean Veca, Oliver Vernon

http://www.rebelartshow.com

Limited edition Shepard Fairey poster giveaways

DJ / Open Bar

The Robert Berman Gallery
Bergamot Station Arts Center
2525 Michigan Ave., D5
Santa Monica, CA 90404
310.315.1937 | www.robertbermangallery.com

SUBLIMINAL PROJECTS is pleased to announce its inaugural exhibition with legendary photographer Glen E. Friedman. The most highly anticipated event of Subliminal Projects’ season, Friedman’s Idealist Propaganda encompasses the artist’s first major retrospective to date, featuring a rare selection of Friedman’s oeuvre, including twenty-five never before exhibited photographs from his celebrated iconic photos of the pioneering skate, punk and hip-hop subcultures to his equally political and polarized subject matter of the natural world. Idealist Propaganda is a transcendent exhibition and ultimately Friedman’s most definitive creative and philosophical statement. It is Subliminal Projects’ first solo exhibition of photography by a represented artist.

For Idealist Propaganda, Friedman exhibits his prolific collection in salon style, sampling seminal, never before seen photos from his Fuck You All collection, in addition to previously shown works in his The Idealist solo exhibition of 2004 and Fuck You All international touring exhibition, which include his Fuck You Heroes and Fuck You Too series. On display for the first time ever are images from his Recognize monograph, a dramatic and overt manifesto of aesthetic idealism, compressed and recontextualized through the singular, yet challenging and amorphous nature of clouds. Through these uninhibited photographs, brilliantly captured mostly from within the clouds themselves, Friedman seeks to reintroduce a raw, beautiful, and vital way of seeing the world.

EXHIBITION DATES:
December 13th – January 9th

OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, December 13, 8-11pm

SUBLIMINAL PROJECTS GALLERY
1331 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

LA tastemaker/restauranteur Steven Arroyo (Malo, GOAT, Stork, 750ml) and sometimes Vapors contributor Curtis Kulig are opening some kind of store/gallery on 3rd Street near the Beverly Center in LA. For the grand opening show/party, Curtis recruited some of his best buds and favorite artists–a pretty impressive list including Shepard Fairey, “Haculla” Harif Guzman, Bigfoot, Anthony Lister, Chris Pastras, Skullphone, Killpixie, David Browne, and Rick Rodney. It’s a pretty unique spot they’ve got, so this should be dope. Get your Dewar’s on.

But honestly I’m not into Hyde, and as a young and pretty coke-hole (think names like Lindsay and Cisco) I think it’s an unusual choice for an art afterparty. But since I flaked on Curtis’ b-day at Hyde, I hereby promise to appear at Hyde. But I only promise to buy one $15 Jack and Coke.