So I’ve just stumbled on this site called 20×200. What it is is a site that brings together artists and people who would very much like to buy that art in a simple and extremely cheap fashion.
We introduce two new pieces a week: one photo and one work on paper. Each image is available in three sizes.* The smallest size is reprinted in the largest batch – an edition of 200 – and sold at the lowest price – $20. Hence the name 20×200. (200×20 just didn’t sound as good.) We also offer bigger prints for bolder collectors – medium-sized editions of 20 for $200, and large-sized editions of 2 generally for $2000 (some of the large sized editions will actually be original pieces of art and prices will vary a bit). Every single print is delivered with a certificate of authenticity numbered by the artist.
20 bucks! I’ve had a bit of a look and it seems to be an absolute bargain as most of the work is pretty fresh.
Melbourne animator Paul Robertson‘s latest short Kings Of Power 4 Billion % is online for all to see. It’s 12 and a half minutes of 16bit animated ultraviolence at it’s best with awesome retro progressive arcade style music by Cornel Wilczek (qua).
Never heard of this before. Interesting documentary following a Melbourne Graff artist.
Here’s the word.
Jisoe is a compelling observational documentary that exposes the underbelly of Australian culture rarely explored by mainstream cinema. Set in Melbourne’s harsh underground graffiti scene this provocative film exposes for the first time how this international culture has carved its own identity in Australian suburbia.
The film is centred on the life of Justin Hughes (aka Jisoe), a young graffiti artist and part of an emerging Australian underclass. The story swings between Justin’s gritty daily existence of painting trains and smoking drugs, to sharing intimate and emotional snapshots of Justin’s life including the birth of his new baby, the degradation of his relationship and his eventual mental breakdown.
As there are so many artists we would like to share our humble space with, I thought I would start at A and work my way slowly and carefully to Z.
A is for…. Above. I first stumbled across this work about 2 years ago, and it is still not really clear who this artist is, or what exactly is being expressed through the installation-type pieces. Contemplating the questions, such as What is above? and Can you feel Above? have led to fascinating and memorable conclusions, but still (it seems) no closer to the truth.
Perhaps this quote (which appears on the Above website) has something to do with it. “Ten People Who Speak Make More Noise Than Ten Thousand Who Are Silent” – Napolean Bonaparte
On the eternal quest for truthiness (as inspired by Stephen Colbert), I still ask, as the website suggests, what is Above?
I would appreciate any additional information on this fascinating and enigmatic artist. If you find something out and don’t tell me, I will be very, very cross.
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