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Arts and Culture

Melodie Provenzano Presents Stealth Peace at Nancy Margolis Gallery

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Color Bow
Color Bow By Melodie Provenzano (All Photos By Gail)

I stumbled on the listing for Melodie Provenzano’s Stealth Peace exhibit (on now at Nancy Margolis Gallery) when I was looking for cool shows to add to last week’s art crawl, and was immediately attracted to her painting of the above image: a giant colorful bow. I love hyper-realism and the more I looked at the online preview, the more I knew this would be a must-see exhibit. I was not mistaken. Continue reading Melodie Provenzano Presents Stealth Peace at Nancy Margolis Gallery →

Music, Pop Culture

Video Clip of The Week: Melted Toys, “Always”

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I propose that there are two ways that one might feel about San Francisco quartet Melted Toys’ animated music video for “Always.” Either you could be compelled to not think too hard about it, because the song is fucking amazing and the visuals are wildly hypnotic and pleasing in a “unquiet dream” sort of way, or you are going to be obsessed with figuring this shit out, because it is impossible to understand the lyrics being sung and what the hell is going on in this video anyway? If you watch a lot of programming on Adult Swim, you will know what I mean. Continue reading Video Clip of The Week: Melted Toys, “Always” →

Humor and Cuteness, Lifestyle

FAO Schwartz Easter Peeps Displays!

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Chick Peeps Sign
All Photos By Gail

In anticipation of rampant Easter-inspired Sugar Worship, Peep Domination has taken over FAO Schwartz’ Flagship Toy Store on Fifth Avenue and 58th Street.

Wall of Plush Peeps
Wall of Peeps

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Arts and Culture

Sebastian Masuda’s Colorful Rebellion (Seventh Nightmare) at Kianga Ellis Projects

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Sebastian Masuda's Colorful Rebellion Teddy Bear
Does This Teddy Bear Remind You Of Anything? (All Photos By Gail)

If you pay attention to global pop culture, then you’ve probably heard of the Japanese Harajuku style and Kawaii (Cuteness) culture, where the adorable has an undercurrent of rebellious edge. For just a short time you can immerse yourself in a kind of Cuteness Overload at Tokyo-based Artist and Fashion Designer Sebastian Masuda’s Colorful Rebellion (Seventh Nightmare) installation, through March 29th only at Kianga Ellis Projects. Geoffrey and I paid the space a visit yesterday and it was positively disorienting.

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Humor and Cuteness, Lifestyle

Top 10 Super Advanced Technologies Santa Needs To Deliver Your Presents

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Cyber Santa Claus: Amazon Drones, Supercomputers and Other Cutting-edge Technologies Santa Can Use To Deliver Christmas Gifts