Art. X Artists! + Fakulty Design Have teamed up to create a provacative four part photo series entitled "American Liar." The Exhibit will be released in early 2010. More info to come.

"A Legend in His Own Right"

Takashi Murakami, or as most of you would know him, "the guy that did The Graduation cover art for Kanye"...or even as "the guy that designed the colorful Louis Vuitton Bags...lol, is one of the most thoughtful-and thought-provoking-Japanese artists of the 1990s. His work ranges from cartoony paintings to quasi-minimalist sculptures to giant inflatable balloons to performance events to factory-produced watches, T-shirts, and other products, many emblazoned with his signature character, Mr. DOB.

Takashi Murakami's work has been exhibited in prestigious museums all over the world, including the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and a recent solo retrospective exhibition at the Bard College Museum of Art. Through his work, Murakami has played with these oppositions in East and West, past and present, high art and low culture while remaining consistently amusing and accessible. His work morphs the worlds of popular contemporary Japanese cartoons and historic Japanese painting (he is classically trained, with a Ph.D. in the traditional nihon-ga style). His recurring character, Mr. DOB, appears on t-shirts, posters, key-chains, etc. world-wide and has even come to life in the form of one of these 3-D sculptures. Murakami has also curated "Super Flat" an exhibition of contemporary Japanese artists.

"I Heart Random Dope Art x Artists! Spotlite"

Artists: Emek

Medium: Poster Artists

Emek is no doubt my favorite artist right now. He has a dope & refreshing style, unlike anything I've ever seen. Check out more of his work @ Emek.Net

New Art. x dork.

New Graf Work x dork.

Lupe's End?

The Nominees for the Urban Music Awards (USA) 2009 were announced today and Lupe is up for an award in the category: Best HipHop Act 2009 But, will Lupe's 3rd Album titled "LUPEND" really be his final or is he another Jordan in 45? Either way be sure to stay tuned for more info on the story of argueably "one of the best lyricist of our generation."

The UMA's will be held on July 17th 2009 in New York City. They will be webcasted live to millions of viewers worldwide and the televised show will also be syndicated for broadcast via 12 channels across the USA, Africa, the Caribbean and Europe.