AJ Fosik

"There's Aliens in Our Midst" by AJ Fosik is currently at WhiteWalls in SanFrancisco's tenderloin district. Each of these pieces are made with with 3 simple materials: wood, nails, and paint. Show runs through July 4th, get out and see it while you can.

White Walls Gallery
835 Larkin St, San Francisco 94109
415-931-1500 www.whitewallssf.com
Hours: Tues-Sat, 12pm-7pm

BART art.

Whoever said public transportation is a drag isn't doing it right. April 27th, 2009 a group (?) of rad bandits hung 3 swings in a northbound BART train and took off. I don't know who is behind this but I love! The swings seemed to be quite popular with BART patrons too. I found more photos on flickr.

Infra Ed

MichiLauke snapped some beautiful photos using an infrared lens. Ordinary objects reflect infrared in proportions that differ from that of visible light, this transforms everyday green vegetation into white.

art for correspodence

Yellow Owl Workshop fashions a line of playful, limited edition paper goods including cards, invitations, paintings, prints, stamps, journals, wrapping paper and more. Green minded paperie pair Evan and Christine, operate by using non toxic water based inks on 100% recycled materials. Everything is hand made with love and based in San Francisco's Bernal Heights neighborhood. 

Irish Sundays

The Buena Vista on Hyde St in San Francisco is famous for serving the first Irish Coffee in America. BV sells 2,000 of these little babies on average everyday.

Ghost in the Machine

Iri5 is an artist who specializes in using non traditional media. Above, the likeness of Bob Dylan, Tom Waits and Robert Smith is created using old cassette tape ribbon.

Unknown Halsman

Oliver Halsman Rosenberg explores the peculiar angle of famous grandfather Phillippe Halsman in a new collection entitled 'Unknown Halsman'. Oliver spent two years sorting through the more iconic public images, private sessions, and family snapshots. End result is a genius collage of outtakes, quotes, and experimental portraits.

The Prince of Pirates Alley

Los Angeles Based designer Austin Sherbanenko blew your minds with his first collection for Spring 2009. If you can imagine “Charlie Chaplin and Boy George meeting in a Leather bar and joining a Heavy Metal Cello band” take a peek at Fall. Copy, paste and save ODYN VOVK. I heart you Powers.

Queen Bee

Koko Taylor, The Queen of the Blues, dies at age 80 on June 3, 2009. Her version of Ellington Jordan's 'I'd rather go blind' is far above the rest and in my opinion the most convincing. Check out The Earthshaker it is one of my favorite albums, ever... very sad. RIP

Phantasmagorica

Cecile Bortoletti's photographs are quite beautiful. Her work can be seen in Dazed and Confused, Self Service, Crash, Purple, Studio Voice, Big, Barfout as well as in Libé Style, 20 ans, Jalouse.