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Krink at the Museum of Image and Sound, Sao Paulo

Tuesday, August 17, 2010 9:01 No Comments

The exterior of the Museum of Image and Sound, Sao Paulo has received the Krink treatment. Image from KR via Curated. var a2a_config = a2a_config || {}; a2a_config.linkname=”Krink at the Museum of Image and Sound, Sao Paulo”; a2a_config.linkurl=”http://aokayofficial.com/blog/archives/7993″;

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Mr. Spray Vinyl Figure by Shepard Fairey

Wednesday, August 11, 2010 13:35 No Comments

Shepard Fairey presents his first original vinyl figure in 11 years. The character, Mr. Spray, was first introduced by the artist in 2004, as street-art appropriation of an advertising character design of the 1950s. The character comes in a black and a red version, each limited to 350 pieces worldwide. The toy was developed in [...]

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“Field of Dreams” by FriendsWithYou

Wednesday, August 11, 2010 13:19 No Comments

Miami art crew FriendsWithYou has worked on a great new project in Taipei, entitled “Field of Dreams”. ” The wonderful people at the Fubon Art Foundation commissioned FriendsWithYou to create a massive art piece to cover the façade of the Fubon Financial building in Taipei, Taiwan. As part of the Very Fun Park 2010 exhibition [...]

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CASIO G-SHOCK x Montana Colors Can by Zeta

Thursday, August 5, 2010 14:04 No Comments

In a three-way creation, a Montana Colors can becomes the canvas for a joint effort from CASIO G-SHOCK and Zeta. The Spanish writer’s product features a multi-faceted landscape featuring a cartoon character within an urban playground. a2a_config.linkname=”CASIO G-SHOCK x Montana Colors Can by Zeta”; a2a_config.linkurl=”http://aokayofficial.com/blog/archives/7863″; a2a.init(“page”);

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Be Street presents DUNKEYS ART SHOW by Coolrain featuring Nikibi, Iain Macarthur, McBess

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 12:26 No Comments

During the recent Bright tradeshow in Berlin, French magazine Be Street has organized the Dunkeys Art Show, mainly consisting of figure toys by Korean artist Coolrain, complemented with art by Nikibi, Iain Macarthur and McBess. The figures were created by Coolrain exclusively for the European market and are for the first time on view. a2a_config.linkname=”Be [...]

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RxArt x Jeff Koons Art at Advocate Hope Children’s Hospital

Monday, July 12, 2010 6:52 No Comments

RxArt, the non profit organization, known for transforming frightening medical environments into works of art to improve the healing process, has once again gotten together with Jeff Koons. This time the artist received a cart blanche at the Advocate Hope Children’s Hospital. “RxArt, the non-profit organization that curates contemporary art installations in hospital settings, and [...]

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Rosson Crow “Bowery Boys” Book

Friday, July 9, 2010 8:13 No Comments

OHWOW presents their latest publication – the “Bowery Boys” book by Rosson Crow. “Enter our ambitious newcomer to the scene: Rosson Crow. Rosson is a history painter, or rather a very exciting update to a history painter, and as such she knows all about the old Bowery and the current one, much more systematically and [...]

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Banksy at Glastonbury 2010

Tuesday, July 6, 2010 9:56 No Comments

The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts (commonly referred to as simply Glastonbury) took place last weekend in the UK. In addition to a diverse range of musical acts including Snoop Dogg, Gorillaz, Mos Def, Stevie Wonder and Willie Nelson, a number of artists were on the grounds throwing up pieces. One of these was [...]

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KAWS at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum Opening Recap

Thursday, July 1, 2010 11:42 No Comments

KAWS’ highly anticipated solo exhibition at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum opened last night in Ridgefield, CT. Documenting a wide range of work, both new and old, the show included several exciting all-new pieces, including the large scale mural and forthcoming Medicom Toy Pinocchio figures previewed earlier. As you can see above, the artist was [...]

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Kaws Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket Toys Preview

Thursday, July 1, 2010 11:39 No Comments

We get a first look at the Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket toys by American artist Kaws. The two toys were shown as part of a show book; as part of the Kaws museum exhibition, which started today at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. At this time it is not clear if this toy is being [...]

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