by Janice Sand
NEW YORK, N.Y., Sept. 29, 2011 /New York Netwire/ — When William Pope.L donned a business suit and crawled on his belly through the gutter up NYC’s Bowery, the “Friendliest Black Artist in America” was poignantly calling attention to themes of race, social class and power. Now, in his debut project with 20×200-the place to [...]
by Janice Sand
NEW YORK, N.Y., Aug. 24, 2011 /New York Netwire/ — Images of the allegorical tribute to teen idol Justin Bieber, created by controversial New York artist Daniel Edwards, are being released by Cory Allen Contemporary Art this week. “Allegory of a Teen Sex Symbol (Justin Bieber)” shows a symbolic representation, in a manner inspired by [...]
by Janice Sand
WARWICK, N.Y., July 20, 2011 /New York Netwire/ — The winners of The 2011 Communicator Awards were recently announced by the International Academy of the Visual Arts. Positive Sounds is a weekly Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) Radio Program hosted by Bob Taylor. It earned an Award of Excellence, the highest honor in the Radio Programs [...]
by Janice Sand
NEW YORK, N.Y., June 1, 2011 /New York Netwire/ — A naked Osama Bin Laden, laden with sea crabs and shackled to a U.S. Navy SEALs cement block at the bottom of the sea receives its official title, courtesy of the friends on Facebook. The Osama Bin Laden sculpture is the latest by New York [...]
by Janice Sand
NEW YORK, N.Y., May 27, 2011 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — When Eadweard Muybridge unveiled his stop-motion photography-which included images of the horse in motion-in the late 1800s, the world was astonished. In the fascinating photographs, Muybridge was the first to capture and sequence movement. These photographs hinted at the technological and artistic revolutions to come, heralding [...]
by Janice Sand
NEW YORK, N.Y., May 9, 2011 /New York Netwire/ — Big Eye Gallery in collaboration with The Kobal Collection and The Film Society Lincoln Center, announced today the details of their upcoming art exhibit of classic images from film legend Elizabeth Taylor’s life. The exhibit, at the Frieda and Roy Furman Gallery adjacent to the [...]
by Janice Sand
NEW YORK, N.Y., May 5, 2011 /New York Netwire/ — Fans of legendary musician David Bowie can now own a rare artwork by the iconoclast via 20×200.com. In support of Housing Works Thrift Shop’s “Design on a Dime” fundraising event, the pioneering art e-commerce site 20×200 announced it is releasing a special benefit print by [...]
by Janice Sand
NEW YORK, N.Y., April 27, 2011 /New York Netwire/ — Paul Madonna, the San Francisco-based artist and cartoonist known for his “All Over Coffee” series, is exclusively releasing a detailed ink wash drawing through 20×200.com, the place to discover and buy art online. Titled “Studio, All Over Coffee #392,” the limited-edition print is an up [...]
by Janice Sand
NEW YORK, N.Y., April 14, 2011 /New York Netwire/ — When Todd McLellan photographs the gadgetry and inner workings of obsolete everyday objects, the whole is definitely greater than the sum of its parts. Among contemporary Canadian photographers, Todd McLellan is known for his Disassembly project, featuring meticulous deconstructions of mechanical objects that show the [...]
by Janice Sand
NEW YORK, N.Y., Feb. 25, 2011 /New York Netwire/ — Colorful, abstracted and blurred, Bill Armstrong’s Mandala photographs are loosely based on Buddhist paintings known as mandalas. The concentric circles of images depict central themes in Buddhism, such as the Wheel of Life or the Map of the Cosmos. Now for the first time, 20×200, [...]
by Janice Sand
NEW YORK, N.Y., Feb. 22, 2011 /New York Netwire/ — BETA Records and In Tune Monthly (www.intunemonthly.com) today announced a collaborative venture that will extend each firm’s reach into a variety of media. “BETA Records, being a music, TV, online and music publishing company, is an ideal match with In Tune Partners, a music magazine, [...]
by Janice Sand
NEW YORK, N.Y., Jan. 25, 2011 /New York Netwire/ — “Kabul in Flames” (ISBN: 978-8-799-29522-7) was such a success in Denmark that Danish International Edition announced this week its release in the U.S. The author, Masood Baluch, writes from the heart. He is an Afghanistan refugee who has been living in Denmark since the age [...]
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