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Banksy: Vandalism or Appropriation?

Written by Myra on August 9, 2009 – 7:49 pm -

Vandalism: Destructing someone else’s property
Appropriation: Taking an artwork and building on it to change it’s meaning or borrowing it’s idea/aspects - transforming it into another piece of art

Food for thought: Is Banksy’s work considered as Vandalism or Appropriation? He has defaced a couple of artworks in galleries, sending his messages out to viewers.. For those who are unfamiliar, Banksy is a street artist with worths that have strong underlinings of social issues, culture and ethics.

“Writing graffiti is about the most honest way you can be an artist. It takes no money to do it, you don’t need an education to understand it and there’s no admission fee.” - Banksy

“When you go to an art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires.” - Banksy

“The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright, creative and ambitious young people, leaving us mainly with the slow and self-obsessed to become our artists.. Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little. ” - Banksy

…an artist worth exploring.

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Dollar Bill Origami

Written by Myra on August 9, 2009 – 7:23 pm -

Won Park is an origami master. He transforms dollar bills to everyday objects and exotic creatures.

Maybe it’s because I can only think in 2D, but being able to transform a plain of paper into a 3D form without cutting of gluing is quite impressive.

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Carved Crayons from Pete Goldlust

Written by Myra on April 28, 2009 – 3:18 pm -

These carved crayon pieces were created by the sculpture artist, Pete Goldlust. He’s done other carved crayon pieces along with his sculpture and installation artwork. Check out his site for more pieces.

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TCAF 2009!

Written by denise on April 16, 2009 – 7:25 pm -

For all comic fans out there, the TCAF is back!

This year’s event will take place at the Toronto Reference Library on Saturday May 9 & Sunday May 10. Highlighted guest at this year’s event include Scott McCloud (Understanding Comics), Bryan Lee O’Malley (Scott Pilgrim), Jillian and Mariko Tamaki (Skim) and Adrian Tomine (Optic Nerve, Shortcomings)

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) celebrates the best in independent comics and sequential art. TCAF showcases a diverse range of comic artists to cater to a large audience of readers and potential readers of different taste.

For more information, visit the site.

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Cute Bunnies!

Written by Myra on December 25, 2008 – 12:30 am -

I was at Magic Pony the other day and saw the most adorable thing ever! They were peanut bunnies (wooly sleepy looking bunnies in a shape of a peanut).

Here’s another piece from the artist: Sonja Ahlers

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Shiny Mushrooms

Written by Myra on December 25, 2008 – 12:19 am -

Mushrooms seem to be a trend these days! I’ve seen them everywhere at Toronto’s City & Craft Fair.. and around arty stores. Here’s a random finding of shiny mushrooms. I thought they’d be amusing

Artist: INDEEPOP

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Urban Sketchers

Written by denise on December 5, 2008 – 3:13 am -

Urban Sketchers is a blog in which artists from all over the world post drawings of their surroundings. The blog showcases unique views of the world from the eyes of the artists. It’s got some pretty cool drawings.

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City of Craft 2008

Written by denise on December 3, 2008 – 4:51 am -

For those of you into crafts and everything handmade, City of Craft, an annual craft fair, is happening Saturday December 13th at the The Theatre Centre in Toronto, ON. Check out the site for more information.