Looking for a last minute gift idea? Why not order yourself the Kim Jong Il teapot collaborative effort of artist Michael Leavitt and Charles Krafft. I heard Obama has two! Available here for $1200.
(image sources | Apu - Limpfish, - Dali - About.com)
Artist David Barton (not sure if it’s the same one as the gym guy, but it’s not this guy for sure) created these modified art masterpieces with cast members of The Simpson’s. Perhaps you will consider this disgraceful, but I love seeing the mash-up of pop-culture icons and historic pieces of art.
(image sources | Willie - Limpfish, Van Gogh - Wikipedia)
If you attended the recent AAAA talk, or viewed it online you head Posterchild speak about his recent marriage proposal to his girlfriend. How would a man known for altering advertising space into public art space propose you ask? By doing exactly what he does best, of course! Check out the video of the altered subway television ad turned proposal medium.
Designed by Jason Eppink and Tyler Menzel, the Total Crisis Panic Buton project was implemented around Los Angeles “in which Los Angeles crosswalk instruction signs are made a little more relevant”.