A performance that took many by surprise at the 2015 Oscar’s was Lady Gaga’s ‘Sound of Music’ tribute, and this isn’t her only hidden (for some of us, at least!) talent. Check out this amazing collab. with artist Jeff Koons for her album ARTPOP – as well as the meaning behind it – in one...
An ARTsouthAFRICA initiative, THAT Art Fair is the freshest new art event to hit the Cape Town creative scene! So, if you’re in the Mother City this weekend (27th Feb – 03 March), then make sure you join the rest of Cape Town in celebrating #FreshArtFromAfrica with THAT Art Fair! Read on to find out...
Los Angeles-based street artist – Plastic Jesus – often crosses lines with his controversial art, where is known for using satire, criticism and humour to engage and make accessible various political, urban and socio-economic issues. And lines it was, when on Thursday, 19 February 2015, the artist placed a life-sized cocaine-snorting Oscar statuette on LA’s...
For Spring/Summer 2015, the PUMA SELECT Tennis collection sees the Boris Becker OG make a welcome return amongst a full collection of apparel and accessories. The classic Becker OG has been re-imagined for this season and celebrates PUMA’s rich Tennis heritage.
In a society where gross consumption and instant gratification is an everyday reality, we perhaps should be using ‘The Cure for Greed‘ by Amsterdam-based artist-designer-inventor Diddo Velema. What is his cure? Well, simply put: an injection of five ml crimp-sealed serum vial containing one dose of stabilized pure dollar ink mechanically and chemically recovered from...
Austin-based artist William Hundley combines all things obscure and rather unrelated into perfect collage-like photographs.
Superstar: It’s not about taking the easy route… In 1969, when adidas first launched the Superstar shoe, the meaning of ‘Superstar’ was clear-cut! Today, the word has been corrupted to the point of confusion. Inspiring creative courage, the adidas Originals Superstar Campaign is a provocative movement, one which aims to reclaim the word and meaning...
Emeka Alams is the mind behind the fashion label Gold Coast Trading. Seattle-based yet originally hailing from Nigeria, he decided to dedicate his heart and soul to the mother continent’s fashion-sporting cats. His designs borrow from the pride that Africans had in 1444, the year the slave trade started taking its toll. With a heartfelt...
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His style being reminiscent of the Congolese sapeurs, Loux — a self-proclaimed hipster — aims to put African fashion into the spotlight by collecting and designing retro clothing and documenting it in beautiful photographs on his tumblr.
Having attended my fair share of student photography exhibitions, I can note with some degree of certainty that work on the level of technical and thematic maturity evidenced in Cara Gillougley’s Withdrawal & Emergence is rare. This exquisite collection of nudes suspended in paradoxical states of bondage and freedom is playful and somber in equal...
With over 61 700 images and 6 300 members (numbers that increase daily!), one small seed network (est 2008) is creativity in momentum. This platform explodes with visual inspiration and is your ultimate source for interaction and networking. Without further ado…. The 100 top images from .NET… enjoy!
Smiso Zwane is the highly inventive, mustachioed and bespectacled 29-year-old going by the name of Okmalumkoolkat; co-accused at the visual/performance art outfit, Dirty Paraffin. Having partnered up with the likes of Spoek Mathambo, London dubstep trio LV and the Ruffest, this Umlazi-born, Jozi-based cat is not just a musician. He’s an artist, a writer, a...
