I recently participated in a visual arts competition with two friends, Chris and Henry. It was hosted by a major Lebanese architecture company. The theme was: “Is the real moment still present?” The brief said an exhibition would be held, so we thought it would be the perfect opportunity to “make ourselves known” to the … Continue reading
So I’m not that cheap after all! I finally printed some legit colored, glossy stickers. OK, I can’t get myself to use more colors than black, white and red… but that’s coming… eventually. Introducing the “TV propaganda” sticker: …and the Bionic Rooz sticker. I just love Kidrobot DIY (destroy it yourself, as I like to … Continue reading
There’s this painting and photography contest going on among students from French schools in Beirut. Prize: plane tickets to Paris. Theme: Diversity (mierda, too effing vague…). I found out about this about two weeks before the deadline so here’s what I managed to come up with: The actual colors are a bit brighter than these. … Continue reading
I wanted to do a stencil of Toni. The only hint he gave me was “buraq”, so I googled it. Turned out to be a legendary horse-ish creature with a peacock tail. …so after breaking yet another exacto knife, I managed to put Toni on a buraq! Here’s the final result of the stencil done … Continue reading
I finished this stencil 2 days ago. I only started spraying it around last night. I find it beautiful when art reunites all kinds of different people and when it becomes a place for acceptance (and let’s be clear on one thing: if art DID have a purpose, this would be the most noble of … Continue reading
As I promised, after the “Elio you’re a star” sticker campaign, I bring you the stencil: OK, this is just the cutout. Here’s the real shit: I just finished this off tonight. I actually went there with Elio Saturday night, only little blacky (and whity as a matter of fact) died on us and I … Continue reading
The idea for my new sticker campaign hit me when I read 1984 (only in English this time). I also could not keep all the artwork for Cronenberg’s Naked Lunch out of my mind (especially the Criterion Collection booklet) and the famous tagline: “Exterminate all rational thought”. Introducing my very first colored, glossy sticker (so … Continue reading
Here’s when and where the Idea kicked off: click! Only the first “Birth” poster was removed 9 days after it was put up. Hence, the rest of the series (designed on my laptop, printed on A1 and A0 plain paper at Kinko’s). The first one I put up was in broad daylight, since Gemayze was … Continue reading
Still writing from the City of Angels! “Borders”, the huge booksellers, went under a while ago, so they’re still closing down some stores across the country. I, of course, could not miss on taking advantage of other people’s misery…so I got a bunch of clearance books!… one of which is this kinda “Adobe Illustrator for … Continue reading
After Jack Kerouac in Beirut, here comes my second poster: Not another condom advert. (again, I used cheap acrylics on plain paper). The painting, it was still wet and my crappy camera added some pink poop on the sides (it’s not supposed to be like that) In the “lignée” of my Memento Mori, this crap … Continue reading
So this is my new project: hanging some of my hand painted posters in the streets to see how long they would last before people tear them, hang ads over them, pee on them, wipe the crap off their left buttock with my crappy cheap painting or before some hobo takes them off to make … Continue reading
