8 Mile (2002)

Film Appreciation

In 2002, Eminem (Marshall Bruce Mathers III) starred in the American drama film, 8 Mile--a movie about a young white rapper in Detroit's 8 Mile Road. The movie, which starred Kim Basinger and Brittany Murphy, was a blockbuster and earned Eminem the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Lose Yourself."



via Movieclips


Source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_Mile_(film)
http://www.movieinsider.com/m90/8-mile

If The World Was Created By a Programmer

If The World Was Created By a Programmer [Comic]
by Mart Virkus at toggl

Dance: Elliot Moss - Slip

Choreography: Phillip Chbeeb and Renee Kester




via pacman

Cosplay... Is An Art: Edmonton Expo 2017

via YMMPodcast

Abe Weiner

Art Appreciation

American artist Abe Weiner was born on November 5, 1917. The surreal realist artist is known for using nature as a common theme in his artwork.

As described in his biography by Jonathan Weiner, "Weiner’s work often reflects the dark themes of life itself, decay and destruction, struggle and anguish. Yet the contrasting theme in his paintings has always been regeneration, rebirth, renewal and hope. That message with its timeless thread is one we need to hear today and tomorrow."

You can see his many wonderful work HERE.

Untitled via artcalling

Still Life via americangallery

Adam and Eve via americangallery

Sources:

http://www.artofabeweiner.com/index.html
https://americangallery.wordpress.com/2014/05/01/abe-weiner-1917-1993/
https://artcalling.wordpress.com/2014/03/16/a-tribute-to-abe-weiner-artist/

#FavTweets 2017 October Paintings, Drawings, and Digital Art

What a #fantastic show with @Peter_Max ! #iconic #art #popart #mixedmedia #petermax pic.twitter.com/EPGthVmyfE

— C. Parker Gallery (@CParkerGallery) October 24, 2017

The Bat and the Cat.

Art by the @Inkdropinc. From the upcoming Batman annual 2. pic.twitter.com/ORfcNvOe7J

— Tom King (@TomKingTK) October 26, 2017

let me go let me go let me go let me go let me go let me go let me go pic.twitter.com/kJFjK9x6Jt

— ★STARBOY★ (@jwakkawa) October 26, 2017

Newly Minted MacArthur ‘Genius’ Njideka Akunyili Crosby on Fusing Nigerian Pop Culture and Degas: https://t.co/lbfpxlMEP7 pic.twitter.com/UJWDtevEQP

— artnet (@artnet) October 29, 2017

Robert Mapplethorpe

Photography Appreciation

Born on November 4, 1946, Robert Mapplethorpe was an American photographer known for his black and white photography of celebrity portraits, male and female nudes, still-life images of flowers, and self portraits.

One of Mapplethorpe's photography series spurred controversy. The Perfect Moment, a traveling exhibition funded by the National Endowment for the Arts--public funds--featured many sexually explicit images.

Mapplethorpe established the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, which not only secures his work, but promotes his creative vision and funds HIV/AIDS research. He passed away due to complications from HIV/AIDS on March 9, 1989.

You can see more of his beautiful work HERE.

Self Portrait via ehehr1955

Anemone (1989) via queerhistory

Derrick Cross (1983) via nytimes.com

Sources:

http://www.mapplethorpe.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mapplethorpe
https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/robert-mapplethorpe
https://www.artsy.net/artist/robert-mapplethorpe
https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/robert-mapplethorpe
https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/1989/02/robert-mapplethorpe-aids-dominick-dunne
https://ehehr1955.wordpress.com/2011/02/02/robert-mapplethorpe-photography/
http://the1709blog.blogspot.com/2016/04/self-portraits-of-robert-mapplethorpe.html
http://thegibsondiaries.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-work-of-robert-mapplethorpe.html
http://blog.gallart.com/2015/11/04/remembering-robert-mapplethorpe-born-this-day-in-1946/
https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/1989/02/robert-mapplethorpe-aids-dominick-dunne
http://queerhistory.blogspot.com/2010/11/robert-mapplethorpe-photographer.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/01/arts/design/why-mapplethorpe-still-matters.html