My friend Whitney recently introduced me to London based illustrator and graphic designer, Nikki Farquharson. I was instantly obsessed!! Farquharson has completed a series of vibrant images for her ongoing project entitled, ‘Mixed Media Girls’. These works combine a unique mixture of collage, photography, typography and bold color combinations and patterns. [...]
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Mixed Media Girls.
Posted by Jessi Jae Joplin on May 18th, 2010
Posted in Art 
Tags: collage, mixed media girls, Nikki Farquharson, photography, typography, whitney moore 
1 Comment »Kurt Cobain Exhibit.
Posted by Jessi Jae Joplin on May 13th, 2010
Sixteen years after the Nirvana frontman’s death, the Seattle Art Museum is hosting an exhibit of art inspired by Cobain. The show runs at the SAM from May 13 to September 6. Pieces range from Scott Fife’s carved cardboard Cobain bust to Gillian Wearing’s video of herself dancing to “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and Gloria [...]
Arts & Crafts Bar.
Posted by Jessi Jae Joplin on May 3rd, 2010
An arts & crafts bar (a regularly hosted nightlife-workspace) opens at the San Francisco Museum of Craft And Folk Art. Craft Bar organizes project themes and featured artists to guide crafters, within a DJ and drinks experience. Fee is $5 which includes one free beer, admission to the gallery, and supplies for the [...]
The Radiant Child.
Posted by Jessi Jae Joplin on April 28th, 2010
Watch the trailer for the new documentary Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child. The film, directed by Tamra Davis, features never-before seen footage of the prolific artist painting, talking about his art, and existing in the two years prior to his death in 1988.
Posted in Art, Film Tags: Ad Rock, andy warhol, Art, artist, basquiat, documentary, grafitti, jean-michel basquiat, Mike D, Tamra Davis, the radiant child No Comments »Younger Than I’ll Be.
Posted by Jessi Jae Joplin on April 15th, 2010
OMG! The photography show, Younger Than I’ll Be, (curated by Skye Parrott) at the Brooklyn Academy of Music looks amaze!! It includes works by artists such as Larry Clark (Kids), Cass Bird, Marcelo Gomes, Peter Sutherland, Weegee and Nan Goldin. The exhibtion runs until May 23rd and looks back at the New [...]
Photography we LOVE!
Posted by Jessi Jae Joplin on March 9th, 2010
Model: Hillary
Make-up : Devin Joplin (my awesome sister)
Photography: Nikko La Mere
Posted in Art, Fashion Tags: devin joplin, hillary, makeup artist, nikko la mere, photo shoot, photography, photoshoot, waffles and falafels 4 Comments »Tee-bo.
Posted by Jessi Jae Joplin on March 1st, 2010
Julia caught a glimps of these amazing paintings by Wayne Thiebaud (pronounced “Tee-bo”), whose most famous works are of cakes, pastries, boots, toilets, toys and lipsticks. Kinda hungry now…
Posted in Art Tags: boots, cakes, julia nichols, lipstick, painter, pastries, photography, toilets, toys, Wayne Thiebaud No Comments »Helena Bonham Carter.
Posted by Jessi Jae Joplin on February 7th, 2010
We LOVE her! No explanation needed…
Photos by Gustavo Papaleo
Posted in Art, Film Tags: alice in wonderland, Gustavo Papaleo, harry potter, Helena Bonham Carter, tim burton 2 Comments »The cutest kids I have ever seen…
Posted by Jessi Jae Joplin on February 7th, 2010
Introducing: The Matins
Photos by Jessica Frieling
Posted in Art, Uncategorized Tags: children, jessica frieling, kids, photographer, photography, photoshoot 1 Comment »Traver Rains Photography Exhibit.
Posted by Jessi Jae Joplin on February 6th, 2010
Come check out photographer and fashion designer, Traver Rains’ (of Heatherette), latest fashion photography exhibit and debut of his newest tee’s for T. Rains!
Posted in Art, Events Tags: exhibit, heatherette, photographer, photography, photoshoot, richie rich, traver rains No Comments »Morgan M. Morgansen’s Date with Destiny.
Posted by Jessi Jae Joplin on February 6th, 2010
This is the version of Morgan M. Morganson’s Date with Destiny that screened at Sundance 2010. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Lexy Hulme…
Little Tokyo invades Downtown Art Walk.
Posted by Jessi Jae Joplin on February 6th, 2010
Posted in Art, Events Tags: Art, art walk, downtown, japan, la, little tokyo, los angeles, tokyo, walk No Comments »Alice in Wonderland Party at Royal/T.
Posted by Jessi Jae Joplin on February 4th, 2010
Hey! Check out tonight’s opening party for the “Never Ending Story” exhibit at Royal/T. Work by world-renowned artists such as Cindy Sherman, Yayoi Kusama, Louise Bourgeois and Seonna Hong explores the notions of fairy tales, fantasy and obsession. Tonight’s opening festivities are “Alice in Wonderland” themed with “Eat me” cupcakes, gift bags, DJs, absinthe [...]
Posted in Art, Events, Film Tags: alice in wonderland, Cindy Sherman, cupcakes, disney, eat me, jared gold, johnny depp, kimora lee simmons, Louise Bourgeois, royal t, royal/t, Seonna Hong, tim burton, Yayoi Kusama 2 Comments »Dead Lovers Twisted Hearts.
Posted by Jessi Jae Joplin on February 1st, 2010
Check out Daniel Johnston’s exhibition of drawings, Dead Lovers Twisted Hearts, at the Monster Children Gallery. Johnston will be at the opening and will play several songs. Amaze.
Free People.
Posted by Jessi Jae Joplin on January 15th, 2010
I’m kind of in love with this video of the installation of Free People’s new community wall. Super motivated to create one of these in my own house….
Artist we LOVE.
Posted by Jessi Jae Joplin on January 15th, 2010
Check out Jen Starks amazing sculptures, drawings and animations here!
A stop motion animation using paper sculptures.
A color vortex.
Posted in Art Tags: animation, draw, jen stark, paint, painter, paintings, paper, Papermation, sculpt, sculpter, sculptures, stop motion, Streaming Gradient, vortex No Comments »Barbie My Muse.
Posted by Jessi Jae Joplin on January 12th, 2010
Author Jocelyne Grivaud has taken Barbie and placed her into a whole host of famous images that we all know and love. Barbie helps to recreate some of visual culture’s finest moments.
Posted in Art, Uncategorized Tags: andy warhol, Author, barbie, girl with a pearl earring, Jocelyne Grivaud, the beatles No Comments »The World’s First Art Mall.
Posted by Jessi Jae Joplin on December 30th, 2009
Hong Kong recently opened a brand new kind of shopping mall, K11, last week in this city’s retail-saturated Tsim Sha Tsui neighborhood. With a combination of art, culture and nature, the ‘Art and Retail’ project cost HK$3 billion and covers over 340,000 square feet of space combining 100 retail stores, art exhibitions from local [...]
Lady Gaga by David LaChapelle.
Posted by Jessi Jae Joplin on December 23rd, 2009
Posted in Art, Music Tags: david lachapelle, Kanye West, lady gaga, photo, photographer, photography, photoshoot No Comments »Renegade Craft Fair.
Posted by Jessi Jae Joplin on December 18th, 2009
This Saturday and Sunday (11-7pm) San Francisco will be holding a Pavilion full of amazing hand made goodies from jewelry to cute totes…looks like Christmas has come early!!<3
-Jules
Lady Gaga x Hello Kitty dolls!!
Posted by Jessi Jae Joplin on December 17th, 2009
A super-creative person in China has re-created two of the Lady GaGa x Hello Kitty shots as dolls on www.hudie.com. I want one!
Condom Clothes.
Posted by Jessi Jae Joplin on December 17th, 2009
Oh Em Geeee!!!! Check out these clothes made entirely of CONDOMS!!! This show was held at the China Reproductive Health New Technologies and Products Expo and organized by China’s largest condom manufacturer, Guilin Latex Factory, to promote the use of condoms in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Andy Warhol Appears on Calf’s Forehead…
Posted by Jessi Jae Joplin on December 16th, 2009
LMAO! Andy Warhol found on the forehead of a calf in a dairy farm in Connecticut…
Posted in Art, Uncategorized Tags: andy warhol, Art, Christ, Farm Animals, Religious Phenomena 1 Comment »Pop Life.
Posted by Jessi Jae Joplin on December 14th, 2009
Andy Warhol once claimed “Good business is the best art.” Tate Modern Museums new exhibition takes Andy Warhol’s notorious provocation as a starting point in reconsidering the legacy of Pop Art. Pop Life: Art in a Material World looks ahead to the various ways that artists since the 1980s have engaged with mass media and [...]
Posted in Art, Events Tags: andy warhol, Art, artist, england, life, london, museum, pop, pop art, pop life, tate modern 1 Comment »
