While most eyes will be on Yankee Stadium in October, earlier this fall Nike’s Bowery Stadium played host to Dark Sun, an exhibition by photographer Ari Marcopoulos. For two weeks, the MKTG-designed space was adorned with black and white pictures of New York’s burgeoning surf scene and wave-shaped sculptures that doubled as skate ramps.

Check out this Cool Hunting post for more details on Marcopoulos and a full write-up on the installation.

Photo credit: Coolhunting.com

Calling all gamers of the last 40 years. Yes, even those of you who are still playing Pong.

Good news…video game art is finally being recognized as a legitimate art form. How legit? There’s going to be an exhibit at the Smithsonian.

The best part?  You get to vote for which games make it into the exhibit. So as Cee Lo would say, are you more Xbox, or more Atari? We’re more Nintendo. Check our client list.

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Think your commute is bad? Have a look at the poor sods on this Tokyo commuter rail. Noted photographer Michael Wolf’s new series, Tokyo Compression, captures Tokyo commuters on their way to work — pressed flush against the windows of their packed subway cars. Even the glass sweats. (Via Animal New York)

Vans is the man when it comes to brand. To promote their new Yo Gabba Gabba shoe collection, Vans has partnered with the hip kids’ show to produce a series of videos exploring the totally logical link between action sports and giant-sized bright-red alien animals with one eye.

The videos showcase the Gabba Land characters’ mad motocross, skateboard, surf and BMX skills as they bring it alongside pro athletes like Alex Knost and Alistair Whitton. Music by everyone from Devo to the Dragons. First up is Muno exploring LA on a skateboard, in homage to the iconic Bones Brigade Video Show. Want more? Get it here on the Vans microsite.

If you are in the area, stop by Lyons Wier Gallery and check out their current exhibition featuring Hebru Brantley and Christophe Roberts. The above piece is one of Christophe’s; he turns empty Nike boxes into wild animals.

Show runs September 9th through October 4th. Opening is this Friday at 6-9pm.

“Lush Life,” the novel by Richard Price (recommended), is based on an event that happened on Rivington Street on the Lower East Side (LES) of Manhattan.   “Lush Life” the group show,  is a series of art exhibitions based on chapters of the book (through mid-August) and boasts a bunch of really great artists.   From the blog:

LUSH LIFE is an exhibition curated by Franklin Evans and Omar Lopez-Chahoud which takes place at nine Lower East Side (LES) galleries:

Collette Blanchard Gallery, Eleven Rivington, Invisible-Exports, Lehmann Maupin, On Stellar Rays, Salon 94, Scaramouche,  Sue Scott Gallery, and Y Gallery.

LUSH LIFE adopts Richard Price’s 2008 novel to title and organize the exhibition.  The novel is set in the contemporary LES and through a murder investigation exposes the dynamically changing community of the neighborhood, which despite its evolution retains a ghostly and vital link to its layered past.

Go. Read. Enjoy.

TRUSTO vs MR BRAINWASH

I’ve been trying to keep you in the loop on Trustocorp activity- check the older posts. The latest is right in our neighborhood and it’s all-out war on Mr. Brainwash. Gotta love art beefs.

Thierry Henry's 226 goals for Arsenal

Nothing catches my interest like a beautiful piece of informational graphic design, so when I came across Adrian Newall’s Scoreline series of illustrated soccer goals I found my new obsession! They’ve rolled out with the entire catalog of World Cup Series Finals since 1934, followed up with almost 10 years of Champions League Finals and topped it off with a stunning display of Thierry Henry’s career goals for Arsenal (226 in all – a team record). If you grab one now (£35 post included), they might just be here in time for kick-off!

Sister Corita was a political activist-artist who also happened to be a Roman Catholic Nun.  Those of you who went to Catholic school and had the John Denver-listening, hippy nuns, as opposed to the stick-wielding “mother superior” type of nuns, will appreciate this especially.

Nuns can kick ass too! http://www.corita.org/

Asia + Bridget on Beach

Asia + Bridget in Garden

Asia + Bridget Swim Caps

Couple by Gorksy

Village Girls by Gorsky

Bridge, Castle and Sky by Gorsky

Well, Asia (pronounced Ah-sha) is really the only Polish photographer I know.  And if you know me, you probably also have seen her mentioned in more than a few of my Twitter and facebook entries.  The recession has hurt many people for sure, but it has been particularly hard for artists. I figured I’d use this post to show a little love to artists and also shine a light on those from whom they draw the inspiration to prod on.  Asia’s use of landscape, storytelling, and color is partially inspired by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, a pioneer in the art color photography, whose work was underwritten by Tzar Nicholas II and documented the Russian Empire from 1909 to 1915. Gorsky deserves his own post and that will come soon.  In the meantime, you can read about him at this link: Wikipedia on Gorsky).   And don’t forget to see Asia’s work here: Asia Kepka website (you may even see a familiar face!)   Do you know someone who’s putting on a brave face in these trying times and deserves a mention?