Shepard Fairey’s NSA themed Obama posters

Shepard Fairey’s face must have dropped when he saw these “Yes we scan” posters which are a “remix” of his now iconic “Hope” pieece for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. Yesterday he was the one using a photograph without permission, which got him into  a legal battle and a $25,000 fine, but today it looks like someone is doing just the same.

We hear that Shepard Fairey likes the posters a lot and that he will not start any legal proceedings. We agree too, e thing they are great posters with a straight to the point slogan. What do you think?

The posters features the slogan “Yes We Scan,” a parody of Obama’s “Yes We Can” rallying cry, and an image of the president wearing headphones, presumably to listen in on average Americans’ phone calls.

“Subversion of well known symbols and images for social commentary has long been a technique in my repertoire, so I’m glad to see it in the work of others,”  Fairey said

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First seen on Artinfo

London Art Fair – artists we enjoyed, Matteo Massagrande

We strolled through the London Art Fair for the fourth consecutive year and as always stumbled upon remarkable artworks from ever so talented artists.

In this series, we will tell you why we liked a particular piece from these artists as well as posting more works. We hope you will also enjoy it as we did.

Feel free to comment too at the end of this article. Let’s get started….

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Matteo Massagrande

'Salice' by Matteo Massagrande | Art-PieWe stumbled upon the piece called “Salice” – mixed media on board, 80 x 120cm and instantly liked the smoky and hazy atmosphere of this piece achieved in using panels. It made us want to go and explore the scene that was presented in front of our eyes.

About the artist

Matteo Massagrande was born in Padua, Italy in 1959. Massagrande is an accomplished painter and a talented engraver. He has exhibited in over one hundred exhibitions internationally in the past 30 years.

Other works from this artist

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T.wat solo show at Graffik gallery

The show opened on 19th September and is now in full swing for a three week duration. Within his broad repertoire are portrayals of gangsters, multi-nationals, evolution, politics, religion, the class system and general Mickey taking. This new body of work however is a closely guarded secret, very few images or sneak peeks will be available before the show is open.

What perhaps is most understated is that he does not require a production team. All his ideas are original and he cuts his own stencils. T.Wat is a modern master craftsman, elusive and one who shuns the limelight and instead lets his work do the talking.

Ms Penfold, follow her on Twitter, has kindly sent in the pictures below. We are bowing to her.

What – “Straight outta compton” a show by T.Wat
When – Thursday 19th September, 6.30pm
Where – Graffik Gallery. 284 Portobello Road, Notting Hill, London W10 5TE

T.wat at Graffik gallery | Art-Pie

T.wat at Graffik gallery | Art-Pie

T.wat at Graffik gallery | Art-Pie

T.wat at Graffik gallery | Art-Pie

ASCII art

ASCII art | Art-PieI do not know for you but 2 of my hobbies or 2 of the things I spend most of my time doing, are typing on a computer and looking at, reading, writing or producing art so the so call ASCII art could just be the form of art I have been looking for.

ASCII art?

ASCII art is a graphic design technique that uses computers for presentation and consists of pictures pieced together from the 95 printable (from a total of 128) characters defined by the ASCII Standard from 1963 and ASCII compliant character sets with proprietary extended characters (beyond the 128 characters of standard 7-bit ASCII).

Long story short – they are numbers, letter and characters.

What is remarkable about this art, beyond the fact that serious artists out there produce stunning pieces, is that, one of the main reasons behind the emergence of this technique, was because early printers often lacked graphics ability and thus characters were used in place of graphic marks (pixels will then take over printing).

Let your creativity speaks (and have some patience)

We have included some of the best ASCII art we found on the web. Remarkable right?

Click any picture to start the slideshow and let us know your favourite in the comments below. Ours is the Jack Nicholson one depicting of course a scene and the cover of Stanley Kubrick‘s movie – The Shinning 

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Splash on cellophane, not walls

Should the thought of being arrested and possibly get a jail sentence for spraying on walls refrain you from expressing your creativity, look no further we have got a solution.

1. Get down to your corner shop or supermarket and buy cellophane rolls, loads of them.
2. Find two trees or pillars quite close to each other and start rolling the cellophane around one of them
3. Stretch the roll to the other tree and again roll it around
4. Tear off
5. Smile
6. Get your cans out
7. Spray.

We have included below shots from the collective CelloGraff who are keen “cellophane street artists” (<– just made that term up) as well as a video showing how they do it

Graffiti on cellophane by CelloGraph | Art-Pie
Graffiti on cellophane by CelloGraph | Art-Pie

Graffiti on cellophane by CelloGraph | Art-Pie
Graffiti on cellophane by CelloGraph | Art-Pie
Graffiti on cellophane by CelloGraph | Art-Pie

First seen on Design Taxi

Hors Les Murs, part of the FIAC fair

The FIAC art fair has opened its doors to the public until the 27/10 and while loads is happening, a stroll around the Parisians parks i a must as a bung of artist have dropped some outdoors installation. This event is called Hors-Les-Murs

Make sure to head down to the Tuileries Gardens, Jardin des Plantes, National History Museum, and Place Vendôme, the Petit Palais, and the banks of the Seine River, situated on the left bank between the Pont de Solférino and the Pont des Invalides and you shoud get your dose of art

Highlights include an installation by Tadashi Kawamata on the iconic Vendôme Column in Place Vendôme, working in collaboration with the Comité Vendôme and its members, in particular a number of major jewelers that are based in the mythic square. The piece is entitled “Tree Huts at Place Vendôme, 2013.”

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