8hands Featured Flickr Stream: the SWAMPDONKEY

Dania — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:08:59 -0400

Flickr streams usually come in a few forms. There are the snapshot streams, the portfolio sites, the open sketchbooks, the historical resource sets, and every once in a while you get to those super tight themed streams. I'm going to put the SWAMPDONKEY in that category.

Ok, I have to admit that the SWAMPDONKEY's stream is not completely single minded and has a somewhat varied stream of photos and illustrations. But there is one element that keeps coming up in his work: a half skull with horns and tusks. What I love about the SWAMPDONKEY is that he consistently portrays this beast and yet constantly varies its portrayal. He has T-shirt desgins, tattoos, graffiti, modified photos, rough sketches, and clean computerized illustrations of this skull. I've never seen someone riff on one theme in such a surprising yet dedicated way. Gotta give it up to the SWAMPDONKEY - may we all have such focus in our lives! Enjoy...

tooth slinger

deth

streetwise

Jodi's tattoo

romance

jason lee

the skull

To view more of the SWAMPDONKEY's stream, click here.

8hands Featured Flickr Stream: Know Hope

Dania — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 06:18:00 -0500

I must admit, I haven't been on know hope's (aka this is limbo) Flickr stream for a while. And I have another confession: I meant to write about Gaia {MSG}, a fellow street artist from the States, but a link of one of their collabs made me realize that his review will have to wait.

It all started for me with his tag. Then I started seeing paste-ups and little sayings on cardboard tied to poles and benches. But now, his work has gone 3-D and it's like nothing I've ever seen. The man in the striped shirt is out, taping tvs to trees and throwing up light bulbs. And thanks to the wonders of flickr, we can all share in the wealth, even viewing know hope's recent sojourn to Bethlehem, where he left his mark, after (probably) visiting Banksy's Santa's Ghetto installation. And for those who want a little piece of limbo in their homes, know hope created a book called "just because you are listening (dedications to anyone who misses anything)" that you can acquire through him here. Enjoy...

exorcism

lend yr. heart (beta)

this is for the broken confessions lost in translation

wishful thinking

young grownup

impatient barricades

To see more of know hope's flickr stream, click here.