Art Major: If I had a billion dollars...

-"I'd spend it all in a day, show these niggas how to play." -Young Jeezy

-Check out this piece of installation art from Art Marcovici. The piece is called, unpoetically, "A Billion Dollars," and is quite literally, a billion dollars. The currency is assembled of 10 million $100 bills. Kempt hints that it may be a response to the agregious artistic spending of in vogue artists like Damien Hirst. 

-This makes me want to pull some Danny Ocean type shit. 

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Art Major: Quick Morning Thought

-Just an image I came across this morning. This piece is by artist Julien Vallee, who used paper to comment on the pervasion of digital distractions in daily life. Found as I made my blog rounds while drinking coffee. 

-Via We Make Money Not Art

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Design Major: Dan McPharlin Paper Vintage Synth

-This seems to be in line with yesterday's post. These strikingly detailed  recreations of vintage synths and equipment are the work of Australian designer Dan McPharlin. The pieces are made from cardboard and paper and include all the correct knobs, switches, and wires. Check out more photos of McPharlin's work at his web site and at the article from which this post is rooted, at Designboom.

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Art Major: Cody Trepte

-Every once in awhile I stumble upon an artist whose progressive perspective really excites my interest.

-This piece from Cody Trepte is a series of 75 books, each of which is a family photo translated into binary.

-On the cover of each book is a description of the photo. The book shown here is "A dark snapshot of me and Cami wearing ear muffs and staring directly at the camera on Christmas morning. Cami is at the left edge of the frame wearing a pink striped shirt. She is looking to the left of the camera. I am standing in the center of the frame, wearing a blue velvet shirt and staring directly at the camera."

-Definitely an interesting perspective of photography, family, and the digital age. A look through Trepte's online gallery is a challenging and thought provoking study.

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Art School: Lucy and Bart

-Lucy and Bart has become my most visited artist link just for the fact that their work is so visually intriguing. The projects are a collaboration between Lucy McRae and Bart Hess, which explore the human form and its many modifications through fashion and foreign materials. The website pretty much speaks for itself, so I highly recommend a visit. more