Tag Archives: Shepard Fairey

so when in goinesville

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) this is a poster by david lance goines. back in the 1970′s, when his poster fame was reaching it’s peak, this guy was as famous and ubiquitous as peter max was in the 1960′s or … Continue reading

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anonymous builders

There is an old story of how the Cathedral of Chartres was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. Then, thousands of people cam from all parts of the land. Like a giant procession of ant, and together they … Continue reading

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shrink to fit : the matrix of 1000 true fanatics

Digital commerce and the selling of art and cultural products via the web, is a final stage in a long process of transition to code creating from image creating. The idea of creativity as code, art based on code instead … Continue reading

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decorative design about decoration

by Art Chantry ( art@artvhantry.com) Cool as meaningless decor….hated nest ( magazine). thought it was really really bad and ignorantly designed by an amateur . i couldn’t look at it without getting furious at how stupid it was. then everybody … Continue reading

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pop art for mall rats: well executed tripe

“Popular culture has become our common language, and to become fluent in it is, like it or not, a key part of making sense of the larger world” –Andi Zeisler by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com ) i don’t know who … Continue reading

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final sale: everything must go!

Just make sure you win the last game.Under new management. Oh yeah. Remember: nice guys finish last. Wailing not whining. Its called the wailing wall; a cry of anguish of the forsaken, and not a whining of the comfortable piqued … Continue reading

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London calling : just leave a message

To the overwhelming majority of Brits, of all races, creeds and colors, well off or in poverty, a fundamental change in social structure, is probably just as unthinkable as it was to those English citizens in the eighteenth-century. But, as … Continue reading

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takin’ America back: one marble at a time

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) WELL, you may remember back in the 2008 election, things got a tiny bit, well… “contentious”. not like the “easy going” times of today, but back then people were getting piiiiisssssed-off, ya know? so, my … Continue reading

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aspen: thinking within a box

Aspen magazine. thinking outside the box.as without from within… by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): This is ASPEN Magazine (issue #4, spring 1967) – the magazine IN A BOX!!!! this is the final issue (so far as i know.) each issue was … Continue reading

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culture jamming lineup at the cash

Is culture jamming a trademark? A commodity that is more in the domain of an Adbusters and Naomi Klein and Michael Moore and perhaps even Noam Chomsky as popular tastemakers? I doubt Naomi Klein is going to be seen in … Continue reading

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