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From Her to Bifocals: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds eye test chart
07.19.2012
01:34 pm
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Last week I posted about a Velvet Underground eye test chart modeled after “the classic eye chart developed by Dutch ophthalmologist Herman Snellen in 1862” from Etsy shop Waste and Wounded.

Well, there’s a new addition (or maybe I missed it because my eyesight sucks?): A terrific Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds eye test chart.

It’s selling for $65.00 + shipping at Waste and Wounded.

The Nick Cave Eye Test Chart. Limited Edition Canvas Print Artwork.

Posted by Tara McGinley
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07.19.2012
01:34 pm
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Salt of the Earth: Drowning in Debt salt and pepper shakers
07.17.2012
10:52 am
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Salt and pepper shakers representing a sign of our debt-ridden times from Sebastian Errazuriz. Apparently these were inspired by Errazuriz’s own “personal economic meltdown.”

Errazuriz writes:

As soon as the seasonings are used the two workers slowly emerge, only to find that they will soon be covered again.



 
Via Super Punch

Posted by Tara McGinley
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07.17.2012
10:52 am
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A Cultural Goldmine: Variant magazine’s back catalog now available on-line
07.16.2012
07:57 pm
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A cultural gold mine, the complete back catalog of radical arts magazine Variant is now available on-line.

Variant is a free cultural magazine, produced in Glasgow, which is now available in print and online editions. From its first edition in 1984, Variant has been an essential source of thought-provoking and constructive investigations into all areas of arts and ideas in contemporary society.

Variant describes itself as a magazine of “cross currents in culture”,  which states:

Objectives

Variant is a constituted association.

The Association’s objects are to promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the public particularly by the encouragement of the Arts including (but not limited to) the arts of drama, dance, music, singing, literature and visual arts. In furtherance thereof the Association shall seek:
a. to act as a consistent forum for innovative, experimental and new artistic endeavour;
b. to stimulate imaginative and progressive thinking in the arts; and
c. to promote the links between cultural practices and to place these within a wide social context.

Over the years contributors have included Ewan Morrison, Leigh French, Ian Brotherhood, Angela McRobbie, and Daniel Jewesbury, and now, all issues of this seminal and important magazine are available for downloading here.
 
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A selection of other Variant covers, after the jump…
 

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Posted by Paul Gallagher
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07.16.2012
07:57 pm
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Velvet Underground eye test chart
07.16.2012
11:08 am
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A nifty Velvet Underground eye test chart modeled after “the classic eye chart developed by Dutch ophthalmologist Herman Snellen in 1862” from Etsy shop Waste and Wounded.

It’s selling for $65.00 + shipping.

The Velvet Underground Eye Test Chart

Posted by Tara McGinley
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07.16.2012
11:08 am
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Killer Nun poster contest: Win a signed limited-edition poster by Jay Shaw
07.15.2012
10:40 am
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Artist Jay Shaw’s exhibit of poster art based on films released by Blue Underground is currently running at Mondo Gallery in Austin, Texas. Shaw’s work is impressive in its ability to distill the essence of a movie into bold, elegant and evocative imagery. Because we like Shaw’s art so much and you, Dangerous Minds’ readers, we’re giving away a signed, by Shaw, limited-edition (of 50) poster inspired by Giulio Berruti’s nunsploitation classic The Killer Nun starring Anita Eckberg and Joe Dallesandro. Banned in Britain for over 20 years, this Catholic creepfest is sure to put your habit in a twist and so you’ll know exactly what we’re talking about, we’re also giving away a beautifully restored Blu-ray copy of the movie.

In order to receive the poster and Blu-ray, you must come up with the best caption for the photo below (featuring Dallesandro and Paola Morra) in a scene from The Killer Nun . The winner will be chosen by Dangerous Minds readers based on the number of “likes” a caption receives. In order to qualify for the contest, you must “like” the Dangerous Minds’ Facebook page and follow us on twitter.
 

 

Posted by Marc Campbell
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07.15.2012
10:40 am
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A meeting of two dirty minds: Al Goldstein interviews R. Crumb in 1988
07.13.2012
01:38 pm
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In 1988, Al Goldstein visited R. Crumb at his home in Encinitas, CA. for a video-taped interview.

Crumb seems more than a little uncomfortable with Goldstein’s attempts to get the cartoonist to cough up intimate details of his sex life. What was Crumb expecting? A discussion of collectible 78 r.p.m. records, ol’ time jazz and Mr. Natural? No. Al just wants to talk about blow jobs, masturbation and poontang. It’s kind of fun to see one of the great taboo-busting provocateurs of the Sixties, Crumb, squirming like a 15-year-old virgin as New York’s most lovable smut peddler leans into him like a Times Square hustler with a pocket full of French ticklers and Night Train on his breath.
 
Watch the interview after the jump…
 

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Posted by Marc Campbell
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07.13.2012
01:38 pm
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Self-obliteration for Very Rich People: Yayoi Kusama for Louis Vuitton?
07.13.2012
11:52 am
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The great Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama made her first US appearance in over 30 years yesterday, when the 83-year-old artist visited Louis Vuitton’s Fifth Avenue location to see the amazing displays the company’s flagship Manhattan showroom had come up with—including wrapping the building in one of her signature dot arrangements—to publicize their new collaboration.

Back in the late 60s/early 70s, Kusama’s performance art “happenings” (often performed nude, with body paint) saw her get as much attention from the press as say, Andy Warhol or Peter Max. She famously wrote a letter to Richard Nixon offering to fuck him if he would stop the Vietnam war. She staged “The Grand Orgy to Awaken the Dead at the MOMA” in 1969 and officiated gay marriages as early as 1968 at her “Homosexual Wedding at the Church of Self-obliteration” event. Kusama lived in New York City for several years (1957-1973), before returning to Japan and a life voluntarily spent in a psychiatric hospital.

Yayoi Kusama suffers from an extremely extreme case of OCD. Although she is an extremely productive artist, and fully recognized the world over as one of Japan’s greatest artists, her gift comes with a price. Speaking about her 1954 painting “Flower (D.S.P.S)” she described her inner life:

“One day I was looking at the red flower patterns of the tablecloth on a table, and when I looked up I saw the same pattern covering the ceiling, the windows and the walls, and finally all over the room, my body and the universe. I felt as if I had begun to self-obliterate, to revolve in the infinity of endless time and the absoluteness of space, and be reduced to nothingness. As I realized it was actually happening and not just in my imagination, I was frightened. I knew I had to run away lest I should be deprived of my life by the spell of the red flowers. I ran desperately up the stairs. The steps below me began to fall apart and I fell down the stairs straining my ankle.

“If it were not for art, I would have killed myself a long time ago” she once said.
 

 
Yayoi Kusama’s collaboration with the label, I have to say (and this is coming from someone who thinks Louis Vuitton luggage should be spit on and kicked by every airport worker who comes into contact with it) is pretty inspired. It actually “works” for the brand and was a really good idea. Whoever thought of this, good job!

Not that I condone $8000 luggage or $5000 purses, I most certainly don’t, but I’d rather see rich people’s money going to Yayoi Kusama than just about any other artist I can think of.

(Next Louis Vuitton needs to hire Paul Laffoley to design something major for them)

More photos at Buzzfeed.
 

 
After the jump, Yayoi Kusama’s 1967 film, “Kusama’s Self Obliteration”

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Posted by Richard Metzger
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07.13.2012
11:52 am
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Boba Fett glass helmet pipe
07.12.2012
06:01 pm
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Holy cow and wow, wow! An intricate Boba Fett glass helmet pipe by the artist simply known as Banjo.

Photos by Kevin Murray.
 

 

Posted by Tara McGinley
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07.12.2012
06:01 pm
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My Little Pony crafted as a Queen Alien
07.12.2012
01:56 pm
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Artist Mari Kasurinen made this nutty My Little Pony version of H.R. Giger’s queen alien which is appropriately named “My Little Alien.”

According to Kasurinen’s Devient Art page, the Xenomorph queen pony is sold.

Via Neatorama

Posted by Tara McGinley
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07.12.2012
01:56 pm
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Get one of Ann Magnuson’s infamous ‘Fake Basquiat’ paintings!
07.09.2012
09:09 pm
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DM pal Ann Magnuson is a genius at painting “parody” fake Basquiats.

And now, for a low, low price you can own one, too! Ann’s got these two paintings on offer for a mere $1000 donation to her “The Jobriath Medley: A Glam Rock Fairy Tale” project. I know Basquiat never painted with glitter, but he really should have!

WHAM BAM, JUST THE PAINTING, MAAM: Don’t give a damn about glam rock but you want one of Ann’s Fake Basquiat paintings? Okay! Done!

This tier is for those who want Ann to create an original Fake Basquiat painting CUSTOMIZED JUST FOR YOU! With or without glam rock themes. That’s right, YOU pick the colors YOU like and give Ann YOUR specific likes, dislikes, loves and/or select experiences from YOUR life and she will incorporate some into a special Fake Basquiat painting just for YOU! 16”x20” canvas. Glitter optional.

*We’ll also add The Jobriath Medley CD whether you like it or not!* (One of Ann’s rare Fake Basquiats sold at auction at a LACE benefit for $1,600 so this is quite a bargain!)

Just five days left!
 

 

Posted by Richard Metzger
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07.09.2012
09:09 pm
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