How Many Billboards? Art In Stead

Artwork replaces ads on billboards in Los Angeles

All images by Gerard Smulevich On the heels of Via, the latest project to hit Los Angeles’ public spaces is How Many Billboards?, an earnest strategy by MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House bringing art into the everyday discourse. Until the end of March 2010, L.A. will see 21 artworks on billboards spread across areas in and around Hollywood, West Hollywood, …

Sangbin IM: Confluence

Artist Sangbin IM exhibits his latest work at NYC's Mary Ryan Gallery

The mixed media of Sangbin IM‘s latest exhibition “Confluence” challenges its audience to see the world through the Korean artist’s eyes—a view that teeters between reality and illusion for a unified glare at the perceptions held by contemporary society. Currently on view at NYC’s Mary Ryan Gallery, IM’s work is the result of a meticulous method that involves layering digital images of his original paintings …

Hybrid Novels

Graphic designer Alberto Hernandez's imaginative recreation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

With a goal of finding a new way for readers to delve into the story of a book, Spanish graphic designer Alberto Hernandez used “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” to create the amazingly intricate Hybrid Novels for his master’s degree project. Noticing that most novels come without images, Hernandez took to the task of re-imagining the classic by incorporating illustration, photos …