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UP5 Preview – Saturday Morning Breakfast Murals – Cartoon Icons
A Collection of Murals & Street Art Inspired by Cartoons & Classic Characters.
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UP5 Preview – Icons of Havana: Art of a Revolutionary Generation
One cannot simply become an icon. To become iconic, images must be a reflection of accomplishments in a specific field at a specific time, visual representing something greater than the actual subject itself. Jimi Hendrix is an iconic representation of the 1960’s music scene; Michael Jordan’s is icon of basketball – in 1996 a global poll found Jordan’s face was as recognizable as figures like Chairman Mao, Bill Clinton, John Lennon, or even Jesus Christ. The Coca-Cola logo is an iconic representation of American capitalism and certainly, if T-shirts are a barometer, Ché Guevara’s face, beret and flowing hair are THE icon for revolution and political change.
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‘New You’ – Sophocles & The Story of START Shows at One Art Space
The story of ‘START Shows,’ a curatorial pop-up whose latest exhibition ‘New You’ was a massive success, and the family team behind the scenes that puts it together.
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Building the Devil’s Mountain: Teufelsberg, Berlin
A history of Teufelsberg, the “Devil’s Mountain” of Berlin – a haven for creatives all around the city.
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STRAAT: Europe’s Premier Street Art Museum
Meet STRAAT, the museum for street art and graffiti in Amsterdam’s trendy NDSM district featuring giant murals, artists in action, and more.
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The Racialization of Beauty and Whitewashing in Anime
“Is it just me, or has anyone else also thought that the Japanese anime characters don’t look very Asian?” Chun Park examines the uncomfortable truths around how anime, a global art market, doesn’t actually depict its audiences in its continent of origin.
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Two Sides of Paul Richard
Paul Richard, the artist New Yorkers love for his sidewalk drip-paintings, brings his fine-art portraiture and other works to the new Street Art Suite on the 44th floor of Soho’s Dominick Hotel.