Then Darkness Fell

Macabre drawings modeled after discarded photographs from Scott Hunt

Artist Scott Hunt turns flea market photographs into modern-day allegories. In his new series of charcoal drawings currently on view at Schroeder, Romero and Shredder Gallery in New York, Hunt presents images that are enigmatic, humorous and occasionally discomforting. The black-and-white figures of “Then Darkness Fell” draw inspiration from turn of the century realism as well as film noir. Hunt’s preoccupation with discarded photographs is …

Rap Name Map

Happy Kurt Cobain, a massive solar-powered boat, phantom pocket watches and more in our look at the web this week

The Magnificent Map of Rap Names is a poster that links rappers of all walks based on thematic categories. The blinged-out golden web of names and connections overlays a black background with grey silhouettes of the rap game’s greatest.

Imperial Phantom Pocket Watch

Happy Kurt Cobain, a massive solar-powered boat, phantom pocket watches and more in our look at the web this week

Parisian boutique Colette has teamed up with “Swiss by way of L.A.” watchmaker MARCH LA.B to create a gunmetal-black version of their 1805 pocket watch. Inspired by the Napoleonic age, the new-school features of the watch include a snake coil chain and analog alarm.