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John Humble - Photography

Posted by Dickie Webb on Saturday, April 9, 2011, In : Projects 






John Humble website

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Reflecting on past print work...

Posted by Dickie Webb on Monday, April 4, 2011, In : ECA 
Looking back at my billboard prints done in early 2010 which was when I started thinking about what these structures present to us..

Click HERE
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Corine Silva

Posted by Dickie Webb on Monday, April 4, 2011, In : ECA 



Imported landscapes by Corine Silva.  http://corinnesilva.com/

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Sau Paulo to Berlin..

Posted by Dickie Webb on Sunday, March 6, 2011, In : ECA 


 It was about this time last year that I stumbled across this site about Sau Paulo and how the governor there is cleaning up the city and has taken drastic measures to do so.  He has removed all advertising from the city which as you can see from yourself in this link has had a dramatic effect of the feel to the city, I can only imagine how it must feel.

http://weburbanist.com/2010/03/06/clean-city-sao-paulo-scrubbed-of-outdoor-ads/

I have been interested ever since in the link between advertis...
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Sign artists...

Posted by Dickie Webb on Monday, February 28, 2011, In : ECA 
I was introduced to artist Matt Siber a couple of days ago, with his work highlighting our saturation with advertising and isolating the information we are fed.  His works are really quite inquisitive and make you look back and forth as to what is actually being shown in our everyday lives. 

 

Here is a link to his website: http://siberart.com/

Also checkout bill boards and sign work by artist Mark Titchner that works a long similar lines I am currently investigating..
http://www.marktitchnerstud...
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East Coast vs West Coast

Posted by Dickie Webb on Monday, November 1, 2010, In : Projects 

On both sides of America there seems to be a move to alter the generic billboard advertising we are presented with.. Here are some links to projects on both sides of the States.



Walead Beshty: Passages part of the LAXART billboard take over in LA.  Check out their site for all the works on display: http://www.laxart.org

Staying on the West Coast and still in LA there seems to be so many billboards they just keep them coming.


The How Many Billboards: Art In Stead project brought together 21 a...


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Abstract Billboards

Posted by Dickie Webb on Monday, November 1, 2010, In : Projects 
Billboards are becoming the canvas of choice it seems for many artists.  Check out the work of French street artist OX and his abstract visions, I like his take..   


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