Photographer Martha Cooper is best known for documenting the New York City graffiti scene during its heyday in the 1970s. After graduating from college at 19 with an art degree, the Baltimore native served in the Peace Corps, studied ethnology at Oxford, and worked as a staff photographer for the New York Post. A new exhibit at LA’s Carmichael Gallery, Martha Cooper: Remix features images by the legendary photographer, as well as tributes by the likes of Kenny Scharf, Shepard Fairey, Lady Pink, and dozens of others. Click through below to see works by contemporary street artists alongside Cooper’s inspiring original photographs.
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Yesterday we reported on Theodora Richards’ brush with the law, an incident in which she was apprehended for writing graffiti. Historically the medium has been male dominated, so in appreciation of Richards’ efforts, we compiled a list of her predecessors — our ten favorite female graffiti artists from around the world. Though it’s doubtful tagging “TNA” (which she was arrested for) will ever earn her a spot on this list, it’s nice to know she’s trying, even if those attempts end with a court date. Check out our ten favorite female graffiti writers after the jump.
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What do Oscar de la Renta, David Rockwell, Yoko Ono, Rikke Korff of The Furies, and Lady Pink share in common? For VIPP’s 70th anniversary, thirty-five leading movers and shakers of design have joined forces to each create a uniquely customized waste bin. Currently on display at Design Within Reach: Tools for Living on Wooster Street, the wildly blinged-out cans will be auctioned off at the end of the month, with all proceeds benefiting DIFFA (Designer’s Industries Foundation Fighting Aids).
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