Who's Jack» Art

Porn Is Moving & It’s Got An Ace Ad

whosjack — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:00:15 +0000

As you might already know by now porn sites are getting a new home. No longer will they be confined to www. websites they’ll have their own special place on the internet with sites beginning xxx. … you get the point.

Advertising gurus M&C Saatchi were put in charge of coming up with an advertising campaign that alerted the world to the change and the above pictures is what they come up with and we have to say it’s absolutely F-ing brilliant.

See more advertising campaigns here.

We Made A Red One

whosjack — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:00:43 +0000

Here at Jack HQ we’re not usually ones to gush over something overly romantic but this video is pretty bloody brilliant. Made by American note book company Field Notes the video is thoughtful, charming, funny & sweet so put judgement to one side and enjoy.

See more art news here.

Intro: Janice Wu

whosjack — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:00:33 +0000

Canadian artist Janice Wu is known for her works inspired by every day objects we find tucked away in our pockets or at the bottom of our bags.

Exploring ‘how seemingly worthless objects have potential for whimsy and how the ‘inanimate’, mundane can reveal poetic and narrative possibilities’ her pencil drawn work is so realistic that you’ll have to look twice.

Find out more about Wu here.

Find introductions to other artists here.

Clunie Reid

whosjack — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:57:42 +0000

Artist Clunie Reid defaces images of celebrity to make statements about our culture.

The most important item in her studio is her scissors which she uses to cut up magazines and replace images and words.

Reid’s work embodies the antithesis to aspirational, lifestyle-magazine culture, very punk in nature and creating a great visual outcome for her work.

Find more art here

The Pothole Gardener

whosjack — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:28:53 +0000

Steve Wheen, The Pothole Gardener has been making us feel all countryfied this morning with his mini gardens that are cropping up around East London.

Steve has started to fill up the potholes in East London with mini living worlds comprised of soil, plants, and adorable props. The guerrilla gardener his mini gardens in quiet streets, dead end lanes, and foot paths then photographs of his work to be documented on his website.

The Rubbish That Makes Amazing Art

whosjack — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:19:18 +0000

It may be hard to believe but piles of rubbish and twisted metal can make beautiful art pieces when put together correctly. The reason why we know is the artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster who have constructed 3D piles of rubbish in formations that cast some brilliantly shaped shadows.

In one particular piece they use six months of house hold waste and two dead seagulls to create shadows of two people (we presume them) sitting back to back smoking and drinking. We like a lot. Check out some of their work above.

See more art news here.

Russia’s Answer To Banksy

whosjack — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:27:00 +0000

A mysterious street artist has been dubbed Russia’s answer to Banksy for his giant graffiti that in recent months has popped up all over Moscow.

Known only as his tag, P183 the artist uses things he finds on the streets and incorporates them into his work (like the glasses he’s drawn around a lappost pictured above) just like Banksy often does and has left everyone asking ‘what’s his real identity?’ again just like the famous Bristol based street artist.

See more art news here.

East London Street Art

whosjack — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:32:01 +0000

A great round up of street art in east London here from Hooked blog.

The round up includes new work form Insect being his large scale baby heads, Nathan Bowen‘s work on a shutter on Commercial Street and Pablo Delgado filling the streets with his miniature street art.

Images from Hooked Blog.

Find more art here

Graffiti Planes

whosjack — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:54:06 +0000

Here at Who’s Jack HQ we’re not massive fans of flying. There’s something about being high up above the ground in nothing but a tin can however after seeing these cool graffiti planes we could well begin to change our minds.

The disused military planes have been given a make over for a new exhibition entitled The Boneyard Project: Return Trip at Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona with some rather impressive results. Calling on the handy work of artists such as Andrew Schoultz, How & Nosm and Nunca each plane has been given a new lease of life which we have to say, if they were still functioning, might tempt us into going for a flight on them. Check out the pieces above.

See more street art here.

The Artist Facebook Made Rich

whosjack — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:19:59 +0000

All the way back in 2005 artist David Choe was employed to decorate the then Facebook office, at the time the website was just a start up with it’s owners having no real idea of quite how successful it was going to turn out. However clever Mr Choe took a gamble and instead of being paid for his work decided to be paid in stock rather than actual money and today those stocks are worth $200million.

Highsnobiety has the full story so head over there to read more… prepare to feel rather jealous.

See more Facebook related news here.