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How Hi-Fructose Magazine Stayed Sweet in a Bad Economynew
Attaboy and Annie Owens felt marginalized by the art magazine world. The fine arts magazines were too over-theorized and curatorial; the hipster magazines were too self-consciously ironic and sceney. So they created their own.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
07-15-2009 |
Art
The Artist Who Stirred Up Controversy with 'All Known Metal Bands' Now Wants a Million Dollarsnew
Since the publication of All Known Metal Bands last year, Dan Nelson has been thinking more like a capitalist. He'd like to keep his artistic vocation but figure out how to get rich. Specifically, he'd like to make a million dollars.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
06-03-2009 |
Art
Patron Saints of East Bay Graffiti Finally Get Their Propsnew
A graffiti battle's inclusion in a literary festival says something about the current status of the medium. Now that hip-hop is the domain of pointy-headed intellectuals, it's not surprising to see graffiti follow suit.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
10-08-2008 |
Art
After Ten Years in Berkeley, Eric Drooker Still Dreams of New Yorknew
His drawings have a very specific time and place (Brooklyn or Manhattan, usually in the 1970s, almost always the same view), but they employ metaphors that anyone could pick up and understand. His mass-produced poster art, some of which is collected in the new postcard book, Slingshot, operates in much the same way.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
07-24-2008 |
Art
Savage Dragon is a Free Agentnew
Berkeley's Image Comics forever changed the ways comic book artists relate to the publishers.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
02-20-2008 |
Art
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