Friday, 20. August 2010
Finally this documentary made it to Germany, a good opportunity to give it some space here on The Reference Council. "Until The Light Takes Us" tries to chronicle the history, ideology and aesthetic of the early 90ies Norwegian black metal, one of the most extreme, violent and threatening chapters in ...
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Thursday, 19. August 2010
It's this time of the year again – vinyl-toy behemoth Kid Robot releases it's annual series of „Dunny“-figures today. „Dunny Series 2010“ features designs by Doktor A, Huck Gee, MAD, Amanda Visell, Frank Kozik and many more. As usual each of the 3“ toys comes blind-boxed, accompanied by a trading ...
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Friday, 30. July 2010
Tim Doyle was asked to participate in an art show based on “The Raven” in Mexico, resulting in this new art print. “Take The Beak From Off My Heart, And Take The Form From Off My Door” is a 12″ x 24″ screenprint, comes in two colorways (red has an ...
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Monday, 19. July 2010
Burlesque Design will release a new red colorway of John Dyer Baizley’s “Morphine Hawk” Baroness print. It’s an 18″ x 24″ screenprint, has an edition of 200, and will be $30.
Mark my words, Baizley is the new Pushead.
Check it out here
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Tuesday, 13. July 2010
Mark Lanegan, as an artist, sits pretty damn high on my list of artists, and so is does Rhys Cooper. Rest assured I was pretty amped when I had heard about Rhys doing a concert poster for none other than Mr. Lanegan. This one sits at 17.5″ x 24.5″ , ...
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Friday, 09. July 2010
In and Out of the Marital Bed is a book about sexually charged... or with a descrete sexual tension... images from Renaissance Europe.
What else do you need to know?
The author, Diane Wolfthal, is chair of the art history department at Rice University.
From YUP.
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Wednesday, 07. July 2010
The Silent Giants have been doing some amazing work for The Dead Weather lately, and three of the prints are up for sale. The Glasgow, London, and Paris posters are all 18″ x 24″ screenprints with varying editions (around 200, but very few online) for $30 each.
Visit The Silent Giants.
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Friday, 02. July 2010
Burton Holmes was the original Indiana Jones before Indy was thought off and so much more.Burton Holmes invented travelogues. He didn't invent travel stories; those were old when Odysseus recited his trip report to Homer. He didn't invent slide shows; magic lantern slide shows were being given in the 1850's. He didn't ...
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Thursday, 01. July 2010
Jay B Sauceda is a photographer based in Texas whose work I stumbled across and greatly enjoyed. Particularly, his documentation of old American signs. Before there was vinyl printing there were big brick walls and craftsmen who covered said walls with their commercial artwork. Really interesting collection of a craft ...
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Monday, 28. June 2010
Taschen finally puts out a book worth picking up again. I must say that their latest slew of publications, was, well, way too Berlin to really justify their reputation. But. not anymore. Alice Springs was the alter ego of Helmut Newton's wife, who happens to be one of my favorite ...
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Monday, 28. June 2010
Every now and then my concept of modern music gets shaken to it's core. Cue the "Take-Away Shows". What makes matters worse is that the Take-Away Shows have existed since 2006 and I didn't know. Unreal. From their website "Every week, we invite an artist or a band to play ...
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Wednesday, 23. June 2010
As far as guitars go, Gretsch's have always been a bit of a dream for me. I've played a few live and fell in love with them. There is something about their sturdiness that really feels good, and from a manufacturing POV, well, they don't make them much better than ...
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Tuesday, 22. June 2010
Ever since Falcon appaered on the hipster radar ( including mine ) I can't get enough of their incredible work. Sure, there are a lot of really talented motorbike customizers out there, but to me, Falcon just takes it to a whole different level.
Here is a short clip. Dig it.
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Monday, 21. June 2010
Actually, the header should really read, "How to do a real print and kicking everyone's ass while doing it". Seriously, I don't think I have ever seen a nicer looking print in my life. Ken Harman of Arrested Motion and Hi-Fructose magazine sent over some amazing pictures of the upcoming Aaron ...
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Thursday, 17. June 2010
Dead Arts Publishing is finally ready to unveil Aaron Horkey’s Retrospective Letterpress Series, with the first suite of prints dropping later this week. Meticulously printed by The Bieler Press on Somerset Velvet Radiant White 330 gsm fine art paper, these prints have gone through rounds of proofing to meet Aaron’s ...
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