Mixed Up

New Yorker Christian Marclay has been mashing tunes behind the decks for years, but he's also mashing up album sleeves. If you love Sleeveface, you'll love some of Marclay's imaginative displays.





[Thanks to the Design Inspiration].

On the Cover of a Magazine

I heart Magazine Art, for they truly indulge my magazine-junkie collecting ways. The San Jose, California-based website's painstaking efforts in archiving, thus showcasing magazine covers of yesteryear is incredibly impressive. These rare covers date as far back as 1850. Here are some of my favorites:

Head On

How brilliant is this? Thank you Ladies Lotto for passing this along this morning.



[Illustration by Kristina Sabaroedin]

Portrait of Art Spiegelman

Many thanks to Julie for bringing this to my attention! The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit is featuring one of my favorite graphic novelists, Art Spiegelman. The "Portrait of the Artist As a %@&*!" exhibit -- on display May 29-July 28 -- features his earlier works entitled Breakdowns.

Originally published in 1978, Breakdowns gave comics a socially acceptable name and landed in mainstream libraries and universities. What Spiegelman did was test the spheres of comics, while also redefining their social impact as a form of art. MOCAD's exhibit will showcase several excerpts from this iconic book as well as Spiegelman's many films, drawings and mementos. In his near 40 years in the art world, he's constantly questioned life and its behavior. That's exactly why I love his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Maus.

"It's a manifesto, a diary, a crumpled suicide note and a still-relevant love letter to the medium I adore." -- Art Spiegelman

If you find yourself in the Motor City this Friday (May 29), head over to MOCAD (4454 Woodward Avenue, Detroit) for the opening of this fantastic exhibit! At 8pm, the event will open with performances from Pittsburgh/San Diego dance duo, Extreme Animals, and Detroit-based hardcore funk outfit, Will Sessions.

Get your hands on the recently reprinted Breakdowns hardcover here.

[Photo courtesy of MOCAD: Art Spiegelman, Breakdowns (Process sketch)]

Save What You Can + Steve Keene

Following the deluxe edition release of Born Sandy Devotional, the Triffids get the royal reissue treatment once again this January when Domino Records releases their 1987 masterpiece, Calenture. The Aussie pop group, which featured future Bad Seed Martyn P. Casey, was one of the few alternative acts that really didn't get their due in America. But their haunting country/blues mixture was beautiful, and albums like Born Sandy Devotional, Calenture, and In the Pines (which is also being reissued in January) deserve a second chance, so bravo to Domino for introducing the Triffids to a new generation.

Get your fix with the video for "Save What You Can." Featuring New York pop art painter Steve Keene, the video was directed by Braden King, and filmed at Keene's Brooklyn studio in August 2006.



The video also features a blip of Keene's plywood nativity scene, which can be found here.