Art
July 29, 2009

Coffee Cup Art – Cheeming Boey

Cheeming Boey is a Malaysian artist who's medium of choice is a polystyrene foam cup. His first piece of cup art can be traced back to an Irvine trash can in 2006. He had just moved here from Malaysia. He found himself at a little coffee shop, sat down to watch people and doodle. But Boey had no paper. So he grabbed a trashed cup and began drawing.

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Art
July 23, 2009

Gil Elvgren – The Classic American Pin Up Girl

Though most of the time we're featuring new digital or urban art to showcase on theMET, every so often it's nice to remember an older artist who's work is still looked upon as some of the most influential of all time. It's often stated that Gil Elvgren was and continues to be the best pin-up artist the world has ever known.

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Art
July 16, 2009

Instructions On How To Be Politically Incorrect

Inspection One of Austria's most successful contemporary artists, Erwin Wurm certainly makes us squirm with Instructions On How To Be Politically Incorrect. Playing off various social taboos, his absurd scenarios make us think twice, and perhaps even laugh uncomfortably. “There is not one rule which says this is art or this in not art. I think everyone has to define it by himself.

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