No Presents

Merry Christmas from King Diamond.

Opus

Arrested Motion posted a great video they took from the new Kris Kuksi exhibit.
Check out Arrested Motion for more details on the video.

Amazon Kindle Fail

Uhhh, I don't think Kindle does 3d, yet that is.

Candice Tripp

Saw Candice Tripp up along side Kris Kuksi at the Joshua Liner Gallery (Show is still up til Dec 19th!). She has quite a good site too, check it here

Beautiful Decay Book 2

Beautiful Decay’s Book 2, titled What a Mess!, arrived yesterday in the mail.

Details:

Book 2: What A Mess!

The artists of “Book 2: What a Mess!” all interpret the idea of “messiness” whether through disorganized methods of displaying work, or rough hewn aesthetics. Others take a conceptually “messy” approach, creating works that cause public outrage, or manipulate typically taboo imagery or themes.

In the spirit of the theme of the issue, Beautiful/Decay got a little messy ourselves, using a playfully “messy” approach to our page layouts, including crumpling photos and creating a custom typeface of childhood favorite construction materials: googly eyes, popsicle sticks and puff balls.

Book 2: Special Features

* Hand Signed Silkscreen mini print by Cody Hoyt
Each copy of Book 2 comes with a dazzling taco and fruit loop eating glue-sniffing guru print by Cody Hoyt. On the back, each mini-poster is hand signed and hand numbered by the artist!

* Sticker Insert
Custom collaborative sticker featuring a rock n’ roll wookie/Bigfoot character by Moritz Schleime.

* French flaps & Gatefold
Book 2’s front and back lining gatefold of the book opens out to stunning three part geometric diagrams, abstracting photos of the artists and their studios into a dizzying digital display replete with a secret code!

* Hand Numbered Edition
Each and every copy of Book 2’s exclusive 1,500 print run are hand numbered.

* 164 Pages of Pure Content- No Ads!
All traditional advertising has been eliminated, meaning 164 pages of pure, unadulterated content. Book 2 features some of the most in-depth interviews and image-rich spreads on emerging and establishing artists available today.

Check out the a full video preview here.

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Shadowplay

Joy Division playing Shadowplay live in 1978.

(Via TWBE)

Tragic Beauties

Tragic Beauties is a photo series by Barbara Abel documenting antique wax mannequins that sat in a “dimly lit mannequin warehouse in downtown Detroit. There they sat, covered in plastic for decades, until a few years ago when they were sold to collectors.”

More pictures at Marieaunet (where the above images are from) and Barbara’s site.

Stunt Rock

This is pretty unbelievable.

Stunt Rock:

Australia’s premier stuntman, Grant Page, is on a mission: filmmaker Brian Trenchard Smith has sent him to LA to work on a TV series. Here he meets up with fellow daredevil Cutis Hyde, who does stunt work for a theatrical rock band called Sorcery, and Page impresses the rockers so much with his daredevil antics that they hire him as well. While his first stunt lands him in the hospital, the reckless Page defies his doctors orders, escaping out of the ward’s fifth-story window to get back to the band. Page soon finds himself the focus of the ladies, attracting both a newspaper reporter (Margaret Gerard) and a television star (Monique van de Ven).

Featuring non-stop action, a killer soundtrack and a bit of romance on the side, STUNT ROCK is an adrenaline-filled, cult classic that is sweeping the midnight circuit!

Did that guy really punch a cougar with a left hook at the two minute mark?

Camille Rose Garcia, on the cheap

Roq La Rue has had this available for a bit, however it seems to be flying under the radar. Its a decent print and its for a good cause. available here

Beautiful Losers on DVD

The documentary on the Street Art Movement is out on DVD now! It traces the roots of the movement from its inception up to recent times, and includes a few shots of the inaugural show at the CAC in Cincinnati. Great interviews, and a great story. Available on netflix watch now as well as from the website here.