Uh oh, new obsession alert. Time for Ash to get super creeepy on your ass…. But instead of rolling your eyes and asking yourselves ‘how many hot arty boys can one girl really like?’ perhaps you could look at the facts regarding one Mr. James Ettelson and decide for yourself.
Fact 1 – he’s a total babe. Fact 2 – he’s crazy talented. Fact 3 – his tumblr is amazing. Fact 4 – his artwork is a mix of pop AND aboriginal art. Fact 5 – he’s a total babe.
Are you swooning yet OR WHAT? Below is an offensively large collection of images from his tumblr and website. Get ya creep on.
Posted in Art, People more interesting than me, Sydney
The clever cats at Bec & Bridge have just released their second offering for Winter 2011 and me likey, a lot. Of course I’m just a tad bias and I soon will be working with all the babes in B&B Land.
Haven’t uploaded any horrible fuzzy iphone schnaps for a while…. see if you can make out what these are meant to be.
So I want to make out with Vaughan Dead. Not only because he is hilarious or plays guitar in Goons of Doom but also because there is a large part of me that is convinced he would be totally hot…. I have no proof and am too lazy to google him but I just feel like he would be.
On a more concrete level, Vaughan Dead is a senior writer for Monster Children, probably the second best magazine on the shelves at Border’s, and a gifted artist on the technically advanced Microsoft Paint, or so it would seem.
UPDATE: confirmed by Lottie, apaz he is in fact ’a total babe.’
Check out the said artwork here on his blog that consists of him telling you about people he knows. Genius. I especially like the entry below about Kill Pixie, one of Australia’s greatest artistic exports.
Posted in Art, Blogs to blog about, Funny, Magazines, Sydney
Source: Saturdays, A Dead Coffin Club, Dirty Glam
Mark Whalen is one of my favourite artists at the momento, I just can’t seem to get enough of him. Formerly known only as his alias Kill Pixie, he was one of Sydney’s most influencial anonymous street artist until he came out (of the graffiti closet) a few years back.
I found this old interview with Whalen while doing some blog trawling earlier this week on Time Out. Have a little geeze wont you?
What was your childhood like? I grew up out west in Bankstown. It was different out there than living in the city. I got into skateboarding at a really young age. I wanted to be a professional skateboarder.
Most people would think that only rebellious kids would get into graffiti. Were you at all rebellious? I guess so. I definitely wasn’t staying home playing the piano and doing my homework. A lot of kids that were skating got into graffiti. I didn’t do anything at school really. I tried for a while but interests in drawing, skating and graffiti took over really fast and that’s what I focused on.
What influenced you? My first big influence was a trip to Barcelona about seven years ago. The whole city was annihilated with graffiti and so many styles. I was really into it and it all started from there.
Some people refer to you as the Sydney Banksy. What do you make of that title? In terms of the fact that we both made a career in the arts out of a graffiti background, sure. However, we both have very different aesthetics and in really different places of our career.
Do you like the comparison? It doesn’t really bother me at all. You could compare a bunch of Australian artists to a similar Banksy success story if you really wanted to: Anthony Lister, Dmote, Rhys Lee to name a few.
Banksy has never officially revealed his true identity. Do you think that has made his name more mythical and his work more valuable as a result? I think it has an appealing element to it and I can see why it attracts so many people. Everyone loves the bad boy right? Everyone is different and everyone has their own approach, execution and method of practice. Of course it’s made the work mythical but if you want to compare, look at Blek le Rat, he’s just as successful and everyone knows who he is. Continue reading
Headed back up to Sydney on Friday night (cheap one hour flights are just too hard to say no to) and once again Skids, you did not disappoint. My obsession with Beach Burrito Co. in North Bondi is wavering on unhealthy after spending a hearty five hours there on Saturday. Best. Burritos. Ever.
Feeling a little wiped now though, I guess a 3am dip is never as good an idea as it seems at the time. Damn group mentality.
Posted in Sydney
Just bought this book online & man am I excited. Basically it is a behind closed curtains look at some of the worlds best male skaters with their tops off. Sexcellent.
Shot by skater/ photographer Keegan Walker aka the sweet chassis on the cover, Hot Dudes is sparking controversy all over town with words like ‘homoerotic’ getting flung from here to eternity like it’s nobodies business. But let the haters say what they want because last time I checked, half naked skater dudes was a good thing….
If you likey what you see you can buy Hot Dudes here (for only fifteen bucks!) or read what Two Thousand have to say about it here.
