One of our favorite art print blogs, Drymounted!, hipped us to a fantastic creative portrait by Mike Giant. It is a classic Marilyn portrait with signature Mike Giant tattoo enhancement. We love mash-up portraits that make the old feel new again!
The Hideout Pop-Up Gallery Event is up now through the 20th of March at The Fourth Wall Project in Boston - Check it out!
As you can imagine there are a lot of Jay-Z portraits floating around, but we thought this one was notable enough to pass-along. The photo illustration blend is not only fresh, but to us it epitomizes what Jay is about. It is by Alberto ‘Sting’ Russo who is a illustrator and founder at Areadesign.
Thought we owe post about Barkley L. Hendricks' wonderful portraits. He has paved the way for current urban portrait artists such as Kehinde Wiley. Nice overview of Hendricks work in this New York Times piece.
We're back from our winter break with a few announcements.
First is that we're officially launched the Hideout Gallery Facebook Fan Page (so spread the word)!
And even more exciting we have a pop-up show planned with the folks from Bodega at their Fourth Wall Project gallery space March 06, 2010 - April 5th 2010. The show is tentatively titled Cult of Personality showcasing a wide array of photographic portraits of individuals who have made significant contributions to contemporary culture over the past 15 years. The official announcement planned for next week.
In remembrance of the author J. D. Salinger above is a 1961 portrait by Robert Vickrey. Currently on view on the first floor of the National Portrait Gallery where they display portraits of recently deceased individuals of note.
When we stumbled upon Keinyo White's watercolor portraits it was love at first site. Portraits of his friends and acquaintances are more compelling than most celebrity or historical figure work come across. We identify as he seems to capture the contemporary essence and persona of folks we interact with on the streets on a daily basis. Hideout Gallery hopes to bring Keinyo White's portraits to collectors sometime in 2010 so stay tuned!
Olaf Hajek has a new book titled Flowerhead published by Gestalten. It covers his commercial portrait work as well as his self-titled “magic realism” personal art which we love just the same.
This "Cat's Cradle" portrait Muhammad Ali by Henry Casselli is our favorite of this world champion. The ghostly elegance, layered symbolism and conceptual aspects makes it a compelling contemporary portrait painting. The painting hangs in the National Portrait Gallery and their facetoface blog has a reviews it here.
Our passion for street photography is equally as strong as our love for portraiture. And, this photograph by SF's CALIBER collective is a perfect blend of the two making it our favorite photograph of 2010 (so far).
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