Awake After Quake is a new website that is performing a simple but powerful task: "showcasing a series of artworks and writing by a number of artists, each representing their own personal reaction and feelings about the recent turmoil in Japan . . .
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In what is turning into a major international news story and not just an art story, thousands protested in Hong Kong yesterday, "to demand the release of detained Chinese artist and human rights activist Ai Weiwei on Saturday, scuffling briefly with police"  . . .
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We have been fascinated by mini sculptures after we visited Tracey Snelling's wonderful exhibit at Rena Branstein in San Francisco earlier this year. Now we find Alan Wolfson's fantastic miniature sculptures of urban spaces, where lighting, magazine racks, dressing rooms, and bar stools are considered. Some of his miniature pieces take over 18 months to complete . . .
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One of the leading graffiti artists in the world, REVOK, was arrested as he prepared to board a plane to Ireland at Los Angeles International Airport this past weekend. The LA Times is reporting that Revok was taken into custody for an "outstanding arrest warrant for failing to pay restitution." He is being held at Los Angeles County Jail in lieu of $320,000 bail. . .  (UPDATE AFTER JUMP).
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Former Juxtapoz cover artist and legendary Los Angeles graffiti artist and ambassador, Saber, is set to open a solo show at Opera Gallery in New York City next month called "The American Graffiti Artist." On the eve of the opening Willie T captured Saber in a trailer for the exhibition . . .

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London based set designer, illustrator, and art director, Hattie Newman, works both in the physical world with sets and detailed installation pieces, as well as in the animation, video world in stop-motion and music video art direction. We gathered three videos that Newman has worked on, each showcasing the various strenghts she has. More after the jump . . .
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NY-based artist Mark Mulroney has a grandma that he is very fond of, so much so that he created a book about her through fashion brand, Shipley & Halmos. When Mulroney's grandma worked in San Diego, she operated a "camera that took the photos for the I.D. cards, which certified seniors as old enough to receive discounts on public transit, movie tickets, and breakfast at Denny’s." This book is his collection of those photos. More after the jump . . .
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In a symbol of compassion and solidarity toward the earthquake and tsunami victims in Japan, Tokyo gallery, Taka Ishii, held an exhibition titled, "NOART," where no work was displayed in the entire gallery, expect for one donation box surrounded by empty white walls. More after the jump . . .
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This past week, Taras Lesko's papercraft version of the new Audi A7 went on display at the New York Auto Show. Just to put that into perspective, as you are wondering why that is so impressive, the paper Audi sits at 4 ft x 2 ft x 2, taking 245 hours and 285 pages to create the 750 inside parts. Watch the video after the jump . . .
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The abstract work of L107, who is made up of Angelo Bramanti and Giuseppe Siracusa, is a examination on the use of recycled materials. Whether VHS tapes, vinyl records, the dup strives to use "any type of media without any discrimination between the various methods of expression: painting, sculpture, installation, graphic work that live togheter and often get in touch, mingle together." More after the jump . . .
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