Posts Tagged with "London"

A Century of Olympic Poster Design

May 26, 2008

More than 100 Olympic posters, including work by heavyweight artists like David Hockney and the late Andy Warhol are on display at The V&A Museum of Childhood in London.

No Logo Cities

March 3, 2008

As of January 1st 2007, megalopolis São Paulo became the world’s first city to completely ban outdoor advertising. Under the city’s “Lei Cidade Limpa” or Clean City Law, flashing neon signage, billboards and electronic panels are all prohibited. Strict guidelines even regulate the size of permissible signage for storefronts. In a short time, the city [...]

The Decapitator

January 7, 2008

Guerrilla artist the Decapitator has been making his/her mark on the streets of London by beheading high-profile advertisements around the city, leaving only bloody stumps.
As mentioned in Wired’s article “Culture-Jamming Decapitator Hacks London Ads“, “The Decapitator’s culture jamming pieces are reminiscent of the style of popaganda artist Ron English, whose seminal work in billboard subvertising [...]

East London Pirate Radio

January 1, 2008

Pirate Radio, first popularized in the mid-90s by underground “UK Garage” stations, has once again emerged as a worthy rival to London’s corporate and state-run media outlets. Britain’s media watchdog OFCOM (Office of Communications) has recently reported that one in six residents of Greater London regularly listen to illegal broadcasts, while the number rises to [...]

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Hirst’s Diamond Skull Gets Culture Jammed

July 15, 2007

Not to long ago, Damien Hirst unveiled his latest creation: a skull coated with more than 8,000 world-class diamonds. At $100 million US, the blinged out skull is the most expensive piece of contemporary artwork ever made. In protest of the skull’s highly popularized exhibition at London’s swanky White Cube Gallery, an artist named Laura [...]