Artist and designer of the now-iconic Vuitton handbags, Takashi Murakami, is auctioning off several pieces in Sotheby’s upcoming spring auctions. The most valuable, estimated between $3-4 million, is a sculpture of a manga dude, um, “ejaculating in lasso-like form,” titled “My Lonesome Cowboy.”
Hey, it’s not NSFW if it’s art.
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Takashi Murakami, the artist known in part [...]
Archive for May 14th, 2008
Murakami’s $15M!! Jack-off Cartoon
Posted in Amazing/Unusual, Entertainment, Style, tagged ejaculate, manga, My Lonesome Cowboy, Sotheby, Takashi Murakami on May 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
San Francisco sculpted in cookware & Jell-O
Posted in Amazing/Unusual, tagged Asian Art Museum, elizabeth hickok, jell-o, san francisco, zhan wang on May 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Beijing-based artist Zhan Wang sculpted the San Francisco cityscape out of pots, pans, graters, and other kitchenware. The piece is part of a new exhibition of Wang’s work at San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum running until May 25.
Zhan Wang is among the most respected artists in China, having become world-renown for his stainless steel sculptures [...]
Happy (??) Mother’s Day!!
Posted in Photos/Postcards, tagged mother's day, post cards on May 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hard Candy
Posted in Celebrity, Music, tagged E=MC2, hard candy, madonna, mariah carey on May 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mariah Carey is winning the battle with Madonna.
The numbers are in and Madonna’s Hard Candy has dropped from its #1 spot debut to #5 in the U.S. album charts in just one week.
Whereas Mariah Carey’s E=MC2, in its 4th week of release, comes in 4 for the week, despite being out much longer than [...]
