FINE (ASS) ART

So again its been a hectic few days since I last posted. I haven't really had anything to talk about same old same old. So much work piles on during the week and of course I end up scrambling to do it all over the weekend, still making time to go out and party. A bunch of my friends had dinner at Otto on friday. It was fun, its nice to dress up and go out sometimes. I mean living in the city we sometimes forget that it can be a glamorous place too. Not saying that Otto is the most glamorous place I've been HA! cuz its not although I love Batali joints. I've really been thinking about where I'm headed professionally. To be honest, it scares the shit out of me. In a few years I'll be working in the real world. There so many things I want to do. I've always been a fan of photography and fine art and the other day at Barnes and Nobles I came across this book called "Tactile" which I loved. I would've bought it but I didn't have 60 bucks to spend on a book. Anyways it had a bunch of great artists, mostly urban art and weird stuff that was just so cool. I'm posting a few pictures of some of the work of some of my favorites. The first set is from a project called "Little people" by a street artist named Slinkachu. The guy goes around a bunch of countries and sets up these tiny figurines, he makes himself, in specific locations and situations and they're so cute and funny. It says something of human culture itself and addresses how we interact with our surroundings and ourselves. Its great stuff.







The next few works are from Mark Jenkins who's also a great street artist who does these humanesque figures.










And finally, I was reading about this artist in V magazine a long time ago and my friend the other day happened to have the same issue. Her name is Holy Kriest and she runs this amazing studio where they do a variety of projects but this one in particular was fascinating. She makes dolls but not the kind you're used to seeing. These dolls have real hair and such realistic faces they look almost alive but she gives them strange bodies and limbs and even animal parts its really awesome.








I really recommend you guys check out that book TACTILE its so funny and clever. I wish I could've used some of the ideas in that book last year for foundation projects.