125 Magazine states that they are the only magazine in the world, which acts as a completely unbiased photography gallery, open to both emerging and established artists, and making affordable art available to all. That’s just awesome. Use the search field at the bottom left corner to search what you’re looking for (in this case, “sex” or “art”!).
Bus Stop Knobs - The Glorious Sexual Graffiti Of The World! A feast of phalluses, a plethora of public place peckers. This book brings together the world’s best bus stop knobs. Hastily drawn for a moment of amusement and now immortalised forever in the most talked about coffee table book released this year.
New York based Norman Shapiro’s blog profile reads: “I’m 77, one eyed, celebrating my 50th wedding anniversary. My wife is my best friend and my greatest fan. I almost went totally blind this year, survived the threat (a detached retina) and see as good or better with new Rx glasses. No diminishment of my artistic productivity. I’m reminded of my fragility every day. Life is still full of GOOD surprises too. No bliss, no boredom, no abyss.” Lovely! Also be sure to check out his book site.
New York Magazine, in conjunction with BRIC’s Rotunda Gallery, invites you to join them tomorrow evening at 7pm for the second installment of The STOOP Series featuring artists Mickalene Thomas and Wangechi Mutu with music by DJ Naturally. The event will be held at the Rotunda Gallery which is located at 33 Clinton Street in Brooklyn.
LOL. Where Babies Come From in Germany. This is just too good not to post!
The female form has been the most widely photographed subject since the invention of the camera. Musa (Muse in Spanish) is a book released by new publisher Macula de Plata which focusses on six photographers who talk about their lives, work and what inspires them (always a fascinating and inspiring topic). The book explors the photographer-model relationship through interviews with acclaimed practitioners of erotic and nude photography such as Luis Durante (Spain), Roy Stuart (France), Charlie Roff (England), Jock Sturges (United States), Vlastimil Kula (Czech Republic) and Tony Keeler (Spain).
More words and less pictures (99 pages with 12 black-and-white photos) in both English and Spanish, one for the bedside table. More info here.
Too cool for school. Each issue of Monster Children Magazine down in Australia explores the best of surf, skate, snow, art, photography, design. The image above was from a Calendar they produced using some damn fine ladies from Chic models and artwork from Jonathan Zawada. Be sure to grab one in their shop.
Australian born Deanne Cheuk is an amazing creative who’s made more than a few marks in her career. She was labeled one of the top 50 creatives in the world by The Face magazine, one of 34 ‘Young Guns’ under the age of 30 by The Art Directors Club NY, one of ‘20 under 30′ by Print Magazine, ‘Most Influential Designer’ by Yen Magazine, and one of ‘The best people of 2004′ by Time Magazine.
She is one of three partners in the obsession themed clothing brand Liness. She has art directed and designed 13 magazines including her self published Neomu, Big, and Tokion. 2005 saw the release of her first book called Mushroom Girls Virus.
Soap Magazine. I haven’t been able to find out any more about this Czech magazine. Issue 1 and 1 are downloadable as PDF files but it’s issue 3 where it looks like they’ve really upped the ante and come up with the goods.
“Rodeo 27 is a non profit playground for graphics and art. We only serve the few who care and we do little to please the masses. We oppose against the general idea, that all Internet content should be light, focused on profit, and built for 10 second browsing”.
Check it out, 6 “issues” featuring great grungey pieces from various designers published by the super talented Jakob Printzlau.
Published 3 times a year and in very limited numbers, Visionaire is a multi-format album featuring fashion and art submitted by individuals all over the world. Check their past issues for an idea of the kind of publication this is. Only for the elite!!!
Deliciae Vitae is an international magazine that aims to be classy, luxurious and sexy but fundamentally not about porn. We’ve got a couple off issues here and they feature erotic and glamorous photographic works from world-famous fashion photographers such as Ellen Von Unworth, Bettina Rhemis and Lee Jenkins just to name a few.
Ideafixa is yet another online “magazine” where contributions are made from talented photographers, artists, designers and illustrators from all over the world. What makes this magazine so cool is that their 1st issue is based on the theme of “sex”. Some great contributions have been made by some of the talent we’ve featured on Sex in Art so be sure to check it out.
Manifesto - we love the idea of this book. 150 Fashion professionals and 150 non-professionals are given a disposable camera and are asked to capture their view on fashion. All 300 images will be featured in the book which is due for release in 2007.
Lost At E Minor is a website and weekly email newsletter that sources out and features the best new illustration, photography, art and music from around the world.
It is the product of a collaboration between brothers Zac Zavos and Zolton Zavos who come from backgrounds in IT and magazine editing respectively and who wanted to work together on a project which tapped into their unique skill base and interest in various mediums of creative expression.
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