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When I first met Cynthia von Buhler, I was topless and covered in white paint. As a cash strapped nineteen-year-old, I stumbled upon her ad on Craigslist hunting for human statues, and soon I was posing as Pauline Borghese at the most debauched absinthe ball of my life. In many ways, Cynthia von Buhler could be credited as setting me down the road of Professional Naked.

Raven haired von Buhler has had a career so broad, and glamorous, as to defy description. While von Buhler is best known as an award winning fine artist and illustrator, she has also danced in music videos as Bettie Page, ran experimental record labels, run galleries, and sold pieces of herself (literally) in a fine art vending machine that has toured the globe. Most recently, she’s been hard at work doing the art for Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley’s “Evelyn Evelyn” book project, as well as focusing on her own children’s book series “Who Will Bell the Cats?”

Von Buhler was kind enough to share insights on technique, career diversity, and how she came to live in a castle.

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Titmouse Inc., The animation studio behind the [adult swim] hit series “Metalocalypse,” T-Pain’s “Freaknik: The Musical,” “Black Panther” and a slew of other cartoons, has assembled a team of weirdo artist types to create a 100-page anthology of art, comics, and interviews for a truly unique and innovative brand of media call a “book.”

The quarterly hardcover publication printed on fancy paper and in full color features comic strips, paintings, and interviews from some of the art world’s most interesting individuals.  “Metalocalypse” and “Venture Brothers” director Jon Schnepp; cartoonist and painter Dave Cooper; “Metalocalpyse” co-creator Tommy Blacha; comic book artist Dave Johnson; Emmy Award winning character designer Andy Suriano, and a homeless dude from Hollywood are just a few of the 17 artists featured in this first issue.  Drawing inspiration from past publications such as Mad Magazine and Heavy Metal, Titmouse Vol. 1 is like a Ralph Bakshi film on paper.  Fancy paper.

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DALLAS, TX – August 2, 2010 –This weekend, more than 25,000 people experienced the grand opening of the Red Bull Art of Can exhibition at Galleria Dallas.  Fifty unique pieces created from the iconic Red Bull cans or inspired by energy and the love of life are now on display.  The exhibition is free and open to the public through August 22.  So, what’s all the buzz about? It’s the inspiring collection. There’s a life size racing airplane made entirely from recycled cans, an old world style painting, a baby bull sculpture, a ball gown and much more.  Innovative artists – professional and amateur – spent countless hours creating pieces that express their personal point of view through pop art creations.  More than 200 hopefuls from around the country applied, but only 50 won an esteemed spot in the collection.  Who made the call?   The panel of judges included: sculptor Brad Oldham, winning producer/director Michael Cain, Dallas style editor, Jason Sheeler, fashion stylist Tammy Theis, ASK ME ABOUT ART Founder Gail Saschson and art professor Bob Wade.

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Off DailyMotion.com. Concept and illustration by Serene Teh. Post Production by Noel Lee.

I’m sorry, but I’m not clever enough to even conceive this bit of awesome. Well done you!

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Walking into Moooi in Amsterdam is like walking into the Nubby Twiglet home planet.

Like my frequent collaborator, Moooi revels in the symphony of hard black and white.  Moooi is a top Dutch design gallery, opened in early 2009 and now weighted with awards and selling around the world.  When you step inside, you’re nearly blinded by the light coming off the shining white floors.  Then, you look again.

Table sized silkscreens.  Lamps so large they reduce you to a post-potion-quaffing Alice.  A silver horse grinning over the couch where you leaf through art books. A chandelier that’s a spiderlike Borg of a dozen desk lamps.

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When one looks at Travis Louie’s portraits, one feels as if they’re spying on the Ellis Island of another planet.  Toad boys and rabbit girls proudly pose in their Sunday best.  His subjects may have three eyes, but they also have dignity.  It’s a surrealist take on the immigrant experience

Travis’s latest show, Curious Myths, opens at Joshua Liner Gallery on Saturday.  In it, viewers can expect the typical Louie knockout cocktail- the uber fine hairs, the sensuously blended grey. His technical virtuosity is so extreme that his paintings were once held at Italian customs by officials who refused to beleive they weren’t done by a 19th century master.

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I remember driving around the valley as a kid, staring tiredly out the window of my mom’s Mazda Protegé, disgusted by the graffiti that littered Rosco Blvd.  The three letter gang tags haphazardly sprayed upon the walls often crossed out and covered over by a rival gang.  I remember thinking it to be like dogs marking their territory, and I always thought it looked ugly.

20 years later, and for some reason unknown to me,  I don’t see nearly as much of that junk graffiti.  What I do see is a movement of artists using the urban landscape as their canvas, blessing cities with a sense of wonder and awe.  I’ve just recently entered this rabbit hole and I am enamored by the beauty and baffled by the vision of these clever zealots.  If you are already privy, forgive me and carry on, but for the rest of you, take a second to revel at the imagination and vision of these captivating urban artists.  Let the yarn bombing and graffiti animation begin… Oh and don’t forget about the inflatables division.  You’ve got to see this.

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