Culture Buzz Brock Davis is a Minneapolis-based artist and musician who works on primarily self-initiated projects in a variety of mediums. You have probably seen a lot of these images around the web. Here are some of my favorites.
Food Buzz You're probably not supposed to eat these since they're like, art, or whatever.
Culture Buzz Artist Donald Kennedy puts a gross twist on Mario's relationship with the Princess. (via fuckyeahnicethings.tumblr.com)
Culture Buzz Tsykalov, known for his skulls made of fruit and vegetables, created these credit cards made of yarn. Guaranteed to work in all countries.
Culture Buzz Cenci Goepel and Jens Warnecke, a.k.a. Lightmark, travel to exotic places to create these beautiful light paintings.
Celebrity Buzz Michigan’s Cranbrook Academy of Art student Tre Reising made a BURRlap ice cream cone sculpture and wants to sell it to Gucci himself. “I mean, I would give it to him,” Reising says, “if he wants to miss out on all the swag points he would get from buying it.”
Culture Buzz Actually, some of them are melon animals. Melanimals?
TV Buzz Artist Tim Doyle has recreated iconic establishments from TV shows like “Seinfeld,” “The Simpsons,” and “Arrested Development” for his latest show at Spoke Art. The Kwik-E-Mart never looked so spooky.
Culture Buzz Ever wanted to taste Tobias’ Blue Balls? Well now you can! Or at least you can imagine what they would taste like, thanks to this awesome spoof cereal box artwork.
Movie Buzz Mmmmm, space donuts. The Dark Lord of the Sith might take exception to this graffiti but it’s for a good cause. Each of the helmets will be auctioned off for charity starting February 7th.
Culture Buzz A painting owned by Spain's Prado Museum, long thought only to be a copy of Leonardo da Vinci's “Mona Lisa,” was actually painted by an apprentice of the master alongside da Vinci himself as he created the original. This according to museum officials, who announced the exciting news on Wednesday. (via Fark)
Culture Buzz Photographed in Mirabel, Quebec. Very cool. (Coooool, get it? Sorry.)
Culture Buzz Our friends at 20x200 have shared 11 of their favorite artists from January with us—just in time for Valentine’s Day! There’s some heart-warming prints in here, including We Are So Good Together by Dylan Fareed; which hanging in your home is the art equivalent of common law marriage.
Culture Buzz Ever wonder what the Golden Girls would look like as animated kewpie dolls? Wonder no more! Bea, Betty, Rue, and Estelle are the latest in Ricky Kwong’s Baby Doll series, which also turn the cast of “Full House”, “Saved By The Bell,” and The Spice Girls into similar-looking dolls.
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Victorian superheroes need to become a thing. Get on that comic industry. Combining 19th century cabinet card portraiture with pop culture, artist Alex Gross has created an army of whimsical trading cards with a vintage feel.
Culture Buzz We walk by street art and graffiti everyday without realizing it. Sometimes it’s easy to forget that this is a whole genre in the art world with its own beautiful stylings and cultural reflections. So, here’s a list of 30 amazing international pieces. The next time you see some street art, take some time to look at it!
Culture Buzz Functional and fragrant! These parasols take the ancient childhood art of dandelion garlands to the next level.
Culture Buzz Brazilian artist Henrique Oliveria collected all sorts of peeled and broken bits of materials from construction sites all around Sau Paulo to bring us this hefty plywood sculpture.
TV Buzz Does this mean inside every Venusaur there is a Bulbasaur trying to get out? Lomm made a whole scad of these designs. (via ianbrooks.me)
Culture Buzz Okay, maybe “Avatar Barbie” isn’t the coolest of the bunch (though James Cameron would surely disagree) but when Barbie channels the likes of Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Warhol, and Piscasso — you really can’t go wrong.