'Sex is cool and we all know that.'  Lena Vazhenina is creating provocative, often unsettling and and usually humorous images out of Moscow City, Russia, exploring the issues of identity of gender through polymorphous sex creatures.

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In late 2010, Ian "Kid Zoom" Strange had a major impact in the art world with his solo show, This City Will Eat Me Alive, at NYC's Opera Gallery. Ron English calling Kid Zoom, a "Rembrandt with a spray can," was an endorsement that many couldn't help but notice. Juxtapoz contributor Noel Nocciolo interviews the Australian-born artist.
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Witchcraft, religion, the holy cow of humanist art, and renderings of mythological narrative are deeply rooted within Eric Beltz’s series “Trance Farm”. The title is borrowed from a forced pun found in an article about urban farming in a contemporary spiritualist magazine as Beltz both laughs with and laughs at American society.

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We just noticed on BLU's blog that the Italian muralist just completed a new piece in Jesi, in the northeast of Italy. BLU finished the piece over the Easter Holiday, which seems appropriate as BLU's character is represeting religion and messily slurping a plate of spaghetti on its head. 
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Japanese art duo, Kami & Sasu, collectively known as HITOTZUKI, will be having an exhibition in Los Angeles at 72andSunny opening on May 26, 2011. We are still trying to gather information about the show, but we just want to note it and make you mark your calendars.
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In terms of artistic furniture designs, this two stool and a sculpture set by French brand LAQ and Craig Redman is going to get some attention. Redman's Darcel character has been recreated with resin, wood and painted metal, mother-of-pearl and eggshell.
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We sat back last night and thought, "What is the farthest thing away from Osama Bin Laden we can go to lead off our morning posts on Monday?" And we came up with this: 10,080 slices of bread that English toast artist Laura Hadland used and structured to make a portrait of Mona Lisa.
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We saw this short film, SUHA, on Bates' blog, and the film follows a female graffiti artist in Montreal, Canada, and it becomes a self-narration of her life in various sub-cultures. Director Robby Reis is currently working on a full-length.
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Sasha Grey will be having a gallery show and signing her new art book, NEÜ SEX, at Martha Otero Gallery in Los Angeles this May 3-4, 2011. We don't know what the gallery show portion of the show means, but we know the book signing will be popular.  
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Before Paths of Glory, Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, or The Shining, Stanley Kubrick was a freelance photographer for Look Magazine, and in 1949, was on assignment to cover the Windy City for a piece titled, “Chicago City of Contrast.”
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