This joke was obviously inevitable after the world saw the crowd of Romney-Ryan supporters in Boston on Tuesday night. Huge difference in diversity from what viewers saw in Chicago for Obama-Biden. Really sad.
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Psy's "Gangnam Style" video (which has 282,944,140 Youtube views as of this morning) may have inspired some recent "branding" by entities like McDonald's (a cleverly-timed spoof), a Major League Baseball team, and Thai Airlines to name a few, but just wait until this Halloween: retailers are busy anticipating that the Psy costume "will be the costume."
Good luck to SUP-ers from all over the world who are competing in the Molokai 2 Oahu paddleboard race this weekend! With the crazy popularity of SUP, even world-class athletes from outside the sport will participate in the 32 miles of open ocean in the Ka'iwi channel between the two islands…sure to be super exciting, especially since it takes place in the birthplace of paddleboarding!
Some people have a problem with this new ad, not just because it's Playboy but also because the women are made to look like "things" (ex: "ants") as well as the fact that all the women seem to have nearly the same skin color.
Neiman Marcus' billboard on the side of a Sunset Blvd. building, a homage to Christian Louboutin's 20 year anniversary in women's fashion: designed with street artist Galo Make Canote, just in time for Mr. Louboutin's visit to the Beverly Hills NM on February 3, 2012.
Seoul Central District Court wasn't too pleased when university lecturer Park Jung-soo spray painted a bunch of Banksy-style rats on the many G-20 Summit posters around Seoul last fall. Park's brazenness in relatively conservative South Korea has garnered him a potential fine of $1850 from the government but also outspoken support from movie directors of the country's booming film industry.
I was a bit surprised that the fine actually wasn't too steep! In a city like Seoul where art/design is exponentially growing, expect to see more of these public challenges to freedom of expression.
In light of the upcoming cultural exchange exhibition with China's Palace Museum, should the Milwaukee Art Museum protest the continued detention of artist Ai Weiwei, who hasn't been seen since April 3, 2011?
A valid question which undoubtedly brings up the current futility of the museum institution vis-a-vis politics. Museums now tend to be so dyslexic about their role in society, usually because of their sad desperation for money. Should the Milwaukee Art Museum protest? They don't necessarily have to; they can simply "contextualize" the situation to make it ethically work out for them. Isn't this what all museums and exhibits ultimately do, if need be?
A perfect example would be Vienna's Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) 2010 exhibition with a sprawling collection of works from North Korea's national museum.
If MAK didn't protest the detention of millions of people in a country much worse off than China (and in fact rendered any protest as "not understanding the art"), why does any museum need to protest the humanitarian violations of one person -- especially if they're going to make some much needed dough this summer, right?
Maybe they will dedicate a little something to Ai Weiwei, like an installation or performance or something. Yep...that would really do something.
