Handpainted Signage

I came across these really kool photos of hand painted store signs from West Africa. I love the typography and also the portraiture along with the bold colors. These are so fun to look at and inspiring. As with most places on the globe, hand drawn works are slowly methodically going the way of the computer and desktop publishing. I myself often feel conflicted between my computer graphic design work and traditional tactile fine arts. I guess there's room in life for both and its a fine balance to maintain.







all pix from Voodoo Funk blog

Waste Not

A few pix from chinese artist Song Dong's installation at MOMA titled Waste Not. It's the complete contents of his mother's house over the last 50 yrs. It's an interesting an idea and visually appealing to see objects set up so neatly in rows etc outside of a house setting. I overheard one person exclaiming its too much stuff and that all this couldn't possibly come from one woman in China's house. Meanwhile the average American house would have 10x more than that. over 50yrs? it wouldn't even fit in the museum. I didn't think it seemed like alot esp for the time span. I think its just harder to visualize since its out of context.

Moonmilk

I love alot of the photos from the new Ryan McGinley exhibition. Its showing in London but I'm hoping it will make its way over here. The pix have a great sci-fi feel and I love the combination of eerie colors juxtaposed with the other worldly looking landscapes of the caves they're taken in. Really kool. (pix from Alison Jacques Gallery)