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The Many Portraits of Ventiko.

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Ventiko is a prime example of a quintessential artist. Her thoughts are unfiltered, her affection is untamed, and her wiles are unrestricted. Ventiko is an offbeat dynamo, a mercurial visionary, a whirlwind of goddessery. But through it all the photographer manages to keep a coherently artistic lid on her cauldron of inspirational quirk. Ventiko’s work is somewhat of a far …

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The Mother(land) of All Pinups.

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Studio MUTI puts a new spin on the pin up concept with their latest series, African Pinups. Incorporating afrocentric aesthetics with traditional pinup motifs, each piece is cultured reworking of American pop culture iconography.     Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with a loving, but brute, educational tinge. When …

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A Cold Warmth.

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Monica Lek possesses a nonchalant style that is only undermined by her flawless execution. In other words, her work feeds off of happenstance; but the manner in which the moment is captured reeks of precision and perfection. Lek’s series, Light Arousal, features sensual, and somewhat distant, portraits of sunlight. In the series, the Barcelona based photographer finds beauty in the quotidian while …

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Olson in Motion.

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We peeped in on Erik Olson, snooping around for some fresh work and we found that some of Olson’s newest pieces are flirting with the concept of motion. Although the subjects are still, Olson’s abstract strokes give way to hints of life. Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture …

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Wearing the Coat of Arms.

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Buzz for the Ronnie Fieg x PUMA collaborate continues to build. The Ronnie Fieg x PUMA Disc Blaze COA (Coat of Arms) collection makes it sneak peek debut with a black and mint colorway. The shoes have a very futurist vibe overall and its tough looking design gives the sneaker a durable but stylish appearance. Ronnie Fieg can do no wrong. …

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Be Good or Be Gone.

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We recently stopped by Muriel Guépin Gallery to check out Be Good for Goodness Sake. Featuring new works by Nathan Vincent, Iviva Olenick, and Kathy Halper, the exhibition questions our involvement with social media, online oversharing, and the blur between real life and Facebook. While Olenick and Halper successfully critiques social media, Vincent’s Be Good for Goodness Sake is perhaps the most poignant …

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Anagraphic’s Starry Light.

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Integrating astronomy with modern furnishing, Anagraphic‘s Starry Light is a practical but artistic way to sleep under the stars–or at least study or eat underneath them. Created by graphic designer Anna Farkas and interior designer Miklós Batisz, Starry Light initially created for the 2500 watt exhibition. Featuring the celestial constellations of the northern hemisphere’s two equinoxes and solstices, the lamp is manufactured by hand and can customized …

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Gone Luna Mad.

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KARBORN is no stranger to trippy. In fact, he lives there–and by ‘there,’ we mean a dimension where colors get dizzy and structure is nonexistent. Pieces like Lunahed (featured above) and Madhed (featured below) are just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. KARBORN is a mad genius running wild through the interwebs. Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks …

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Blades of a Feather.

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Taking the shape of nature’s most recognizable birds, these BIRDS knives from Mermelada Studios are both fun and innovative. Each knife in the Birds set has bamboo handle, a tempered stainless-steel blade and a screw with a graphite finish.   Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with a loving, …

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Cut It Out.

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Fresh off of his third solo show, James Nizam, who we featured for his dazzling light sculptures, shows some versatility with Two Triangles, 2013 and Four Circles, 2013. Taking a more physical approach, Nizam gives you X-Ray vision by cutting geometric shapes into abandoned houses. Two Triangles (featured above) is perhaps the most impactful piece, the shapes provide a portal like effect–you …

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Going Back A Few Years.

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2013 is now a cold fart in the wind, but Flora Borsi is quite fixated on the past. Borsi’s Time Travel sees the Hungarian photographer placing herself around some of culture’s most poignant figures. Featuring Elvis driving the ladies wild with swishing hips, desegregation in the south, and Marilyn Monroe on the set of the film Niagara, Time Travel is an attempt to …