Jason Mecier has a new approach to capturing celebrities -- by using their trash. That's right, this San Francisco-based artist isn't just painting or drawing celebs as he sees them; he's using pieces of their garbage to create beautiful 3-D mosaics. Mecier often contacts celebs directly and asks them for a little bit of their junk to help show more of who they really are.
''I enjoy trying to match the items with the essence of each unique subject. These days, much of my material is gifted to me from friends, family, fans and, of course, the celebrities themselves," Mecier told Socialite Life.
Mecier's portfolio of trash mosaics includes Pink, Paris Hilton, Jimmy Fallon and countless others. He's even looking to do a mosaic of 'Jersey Shore' star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi. That trash could be quite interesting! Check out more of Jason's art after the jump.
Mecier does get quite creative when constucting these works of art. He has become a master of using found objects.
"When I was young, I remember being mesmerized by my grandma's paintings, weaving, mosaics, sculptures, collages and stained glass work that filled my grandparents' house and yard. If she was working on an art project, she would set me up at a nearby table with a project of my own to work on," Mecier told Brand X in March.
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Thursday, January 27, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Artist Banksy's Real Identity Almost Auctioned for $1 Million
In what smells like a colossal prank, an eBay seller is claiming to have uncovered the U.K. street artist Banksy's identity and is auctioning it off for a hefty sum.
What started as a $3,000 bid has amounted to almost a million dollars for a piece of paper containing Banksy's legal name. The artist/activist has remained largely an underground phenomenon until his film 'Exit Through the Gift Shop' -- "the world's first street art disaster movie" -- which fascinated audiences because of its hoax angle.
Seller jaybuysthings writes in his auction listing (which has since been removed for a second time), "I have uncovered [Banksy's] identity by matching up the prices of his sold pieces to corresponding tax records. I will reveal no more details ... I give you 100% assurance that it is most certainly the full name of the street artist known as 'Banksy.'"
Mashable indicates that jaybuysthings' record with the online broker dates back to 2001 and is "fairly sparse but mostly positive." Banksy's website indicates that he doesn't maintain representation with all the commercial/gallery affiliates selling his work, which leaves a big question mark hanging over the supposed tax records.
The auction was supposed to close Wednesday evening and may reveal that the artist himself is behind all this as some kind of social statement -- not surprising. Several people have claimed to know Banksy's identity throughout the years, but nothing has been officially confirmed.
What started as a $3,000 bid has amounted to almost a million dollars for a piece of paper containing Banksy's legal name. The artist/activist has remained largely an underground phenomenon until his film 'Exit Through the Gift Shop' -- "the world's first street art disaster movie" -- which fascinated audiences because of its hoax angle.
Seller jaybuysthings writes in his auction listing (which has since been removed for a second time), "I have uncovered [Banksy's] identity by matching up the prices of his sold pieces to corresponding tax records. I will reveal no more details ... I give you 100% assurance that it is most certainly the full name of the street artist known as 'Banksy.'"
Mashable indicates that jaybuysthings' record with the online broker dates back to 2001 and is "fairly sparse but mostly positive." Banksy's website indicates that he doesn't maintain representation with all the commercial/gallery affiliates selling his work, which leaves a big question mark hanging over the supposed tax records.
The auction was supposed to close Wednesday evening and may reveal that the artist himself is behind all this as some kind of social statement -- not surprising. Several people have claimed to know Banksy's identity throughout the years, but nothing has been officially confirmed.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
‘Whip My Hair’ Cover Artist Katie Gavin Benefiting From Willow Smith Love
YouTube is littered with cover versions of Willow Smith's 'Whip My Hair.' But few have attracted attention like 18-year-old Illinois native Katie Gavin, whose acoustic, bluesy take on the pop hit has garnered more than 210,000 views.
Praise from MTV's Buzzworthy was far from the end for Gavin's cover. Last week, Smith chimed in her approval of Gavin's version, telling PopEater in a video interview, "Thank you, Katie Gavin, for doing an awesome version of my song."
For Gavin, that alone would be enough to have made the cover successful. "To hear Willow say that she likes the cover and she thought I was good -- and to hear my name leave her lips -- was such a crazy thing," Gavin tells PopEater. She found out about Smith's name-check via Twitter while at school. "To be acknowledged by her and for the song itself to get her seal of approval means so much to me. It's kind of the point where I can be truly satisfied with everything that's happened because I like her, and I like her song."
That would be enough, but it's not even close to the benefits Gavin has seen from her cover sensation. "This video is the reason I've had attention from people in New York and in LA, and I'm connecting with people that have started listening to my songs," says Gavin, who will play shows in New York on Friday, Jan. 14, and Monday, Jan. 17. "And I think that's actually the most rewarding out of all this -- that people started listening to me as an artist because they liked the cover. They went to my page, started listening to my original songs and have become fans of my music."
Praise from MTV's Buzzworthy was far from the end for Gavin's cover. Last week, Smith chimed in her approval of Gavin's version, telling PopEater in a video interview, "Thank you, Katie Gavin, for doing an awesome version of my song."
For Gavin, that alone would be enough to have made the cover successful. "To hear Willow say that she likes the cover and she thought I was good -- and to hear my name leave her lips -- was such a crazy thing," Gavin tells PopEater. She found out about Smith's name-check via Twitter while at school. "To be acknowledged by her and for the song itself to get her seal of approval means so much to me. It's kind of the point where I can be truly satisfied with everything that's happened because I like her, and I like her song."
That would be enough, but it's not even close to the benefits Gavin has seen from her cover sensation. "This video is the reason I've had attention from people in New York and in LA, and I'm connecting with people that have started listening to my songs," says Gavin, who will play shows in New York on Friday, Jan. 14, and Monday, Jan. 17. "And I think that's actually the most rewarding out of all this -- that people started listening to me as an artist because they liked the cover. They went to my page, started listening to my original songs and have become fans of my music."
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