2012-03-11 ~ ART:Jamaica

Sunday, March 11, 2012

@The Armory Show: 297 Niggas on Linen

Sunday, March 11, 2012 armory , art history , art show , coloured , contemporary art , devin troy strother , gurrl , linen , niggas , painting , paper on canvas , post abstraction , post modernism , the armory show No comments

297 Niggas on Linen Photo by Sandra Stephens In viewing The Armory Show in a flash, in the blur of the huge market/ showcase for 'serious' contemporary art a few works definitely caught my eye and some made me laugh. Some made me stop and some I had to go back to again and again. One of the ones I really enjoyed was Devin Troy Strother's '297 Niggas on Linen'. What do I respond to in this work? I saw the work from a few...

Lifestyle Branding

Sunday, March 11, 2012 birdimus , black character , black figure , branding , caribbean design , character design , cheesetrix , hello kitty , Japan , Kingston , lifestyle , marcus bird , optimus prime , portrait , sanrio , tokyo , tokyo story 1 comment

This is the second part of jamaicaninjapan blogger, Marcus Bird's Tokyo Story. He spoke with me recently about his fascination with the Tokyo creative scene and the various opportunities he has had. Through his experience of living and working in Japan he has evolved as designer. One of the stories he shared was about his interest in how designers use characters and branding to shape lifestyle in Japan. You spoke about lifestyle brand and wanting...