Hrag Vartanian

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Nirvana Baby Now Shepard Fairey Intern

December 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment

In a bizarre pop culture twist, the baby who was pictured on the cover of Nirvana’s influential Nevermind album is now an intern in Shepard Fairey’s California operations, according to the Obey Giant website:
Spencer is 17 now and it tuns out that he is not only a fan of Obey, but a good artist as [...]

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Tags: American · music · photography · pop culture

Limited Street Edition

December 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments

I don’t know who Ryland Bouchard is but I spotted these signed and numbered limited edition prints in Williamsburg on the weekend during one of my street art hopping sessions with Veken. They were an edition of 500.
I also spotted other copies of the same print on Bedford that were not numbered.

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Tags: photography

Another Day, Another Abortion in Williamsburg

November 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

It was a sunny day in the Brooklyn art-borhood and abortion was in the air…or…aahhh, hanging on a wire?
I spotted something unusual on Driggs yesterday. Looks like someone thought it would be a good idea to hang naked baby dolls on a wire instead of a pair of sneakers. I’m assuming it is ironic action [...]

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Tags: American · Brooklyn · art · art news · photography · pop culture

New York’s Republican Propaganda

November 29th, 2008 · No Comments


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Tags: photography