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‘You may have visited Fools Foundation, Liz’s gallery and music venue, had your hair done by Sarah at Honey Salon, or seen their band Screature play around town. Liz and Sarah dabble in various mediums and collage is just one of many outlets for these two.’

I loved Fools Foundation – it was in the basement of a building in Sacramento’s midtown and a regular stop whenever I was in the area.

And opening this weekend is Permabond: New work by Liz Donner and Sarah Scherer at Sacramento’s Bows & Arrows.

Details and interview here.

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‘Blurring the lines between street art and fine art’

The work of London-based Alex Daw – currently on exhibit as part of Rook & Raven’s Nostalgia.

Website here, blog here, interview here.

Show runs thru February 23, 2012.

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The graffiti of Jerm IX.

Found via LOUDreams

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Geo. Watkins’ Anchovy Sauce. Illustration by Hwa Young Jung.

Flickr here, website here.

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The work of Pavel Guzenko.

Found via Tutt’ART

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Found via Artsomething

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In-camera photograph by Ren Rox.

Found via Laura Serra

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Change to Win’s animate of ‘The End of the American Dream?’ – done in the style of RSA Animate.

Found via Occupy San Francisco

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‘Give a Wall Street banker enough rope and he will hang himself’

The work of Miami-based street artist Above. Video by Peter Vahan and Hermes, location provided via Primary Flight and White Walls Gallery. Article here.

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‘The Largest Magazine Ever Produced by Guinness World Record. No shit!’

Gaga, photographed by Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin for Visionaire 61 – the ‘Larger Than Life’ issue.

Found via art8amby

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In 1977, this poster hung on my bedroom closet door – and was eventually eaten up by use of that same door.

It came as an extra large ‘freebie’ in the Star Wars soundtrack, which I bought thinking it was this album. It wasn’t. It was the symphonic score; for me, an introduction to classical music. What I learned from the free poster – as a young impressionable creative – is abstraction, when done right, looks great.

It was painted by artist John Berkey - who used quick brush strokes that up close were a gloopy mess, but at a distance create energy and implied motion.

Berkey’s work influences me to this day.

And for my iTunes-loaded tracks of the Star Wars radio program, I’m using some of his art as my ‘album covers,’ below.

As for Star Wars’ ‘terrible lizards,’ these are them.

Poster found via KlaatuCarpenter

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