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Pop Jewelry

01/11/2013 by chicquero

. Alexandra Bruel is a french art director and illustrator based in Paris. Originating from a design background, Alexandra Bruel first began working with modeling clay a few years ago and soon built up a striking portfolio that has been used in conjunction with animation, textile design, photography, sculpture and illustration. Bruel studied graphic design at the Gobelins School in Paris and during her degree she began to work with plasticine. Alexandra is represented by Handsome Frank, a London based agency that represents some of […]

Categories: Artsy, Fashion • Tags: Alexandra Bruel, arts, artsy, clay, Fashion, Handsome Frank, jewelry, plasticine, pop, pop art, Vogue

Pop pop bang bang project

11/20/2012 by chicquero

Pop Pop Bang Bang is an incredible project created by a great collaboration between photographer Thomas Brown and creative director Anna Burns. The former describes it as a mix of “film, photography, and pyro”. Together, the two focused on three themes that seems to always find their way into movies: explosions, guns, and girls. With this idea they decided to create their own conceptual, visually arresting settings in three different London locations. Very eye catching! Drama is very important in […]

Categories: Artsy, Photography • Tags: Anna Burns, art direction, art installation, explosion, girls, guns, london, photography, pop art, Thomas Brown, umbrella, video

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Coolest Toy Sculptures

10/25/2012 by chicquero

Amazing toy sculptures by the Australian artist Freya Jobbins. Provocative, funny and disturbing at the same time, Jobbins has re-purposed old children’s dolls in an unusual way, by assembling them into three dimensional portraits known as ‘dollfaces’. Freya uses the toys in a way to create caricature-like facial features of a somewhat grotesque nature. An impressive sculptural work, an artistic exploration of the relationship between consumerism and the culture of recycling, certainly bringing your attention to the point with the absurdist humanoid forms. “My work explores […]

Categories: Artsy • Tags: arts, color, cool, creative, Design, dollface, faces, Freja Jobbins, handmade, inspiration, plastic, pop art, recycled, sculpture, toys

Pop portraits

08/15/2012 by chicquero

NYC based graphic design duo Craig Redman and Karl Maier live in different parts of the world but collaborate daily to create bold work that is filled with simple messages executed in a thoughtful and often humorous way. They specialize in illustration and installation. They have exhibited across the world, most notably at the Musée de la Publicité, Louvre, also worked on projects for clients like LVMH, Google, Nike, Apple, Vogue and The New York Times. Craig is the creator […]

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: actual, Andy Warhol, colorful, Craig Redman, fashion icons, ig, illustrations, Karl Maier, pop art, Romero britto, roy linchtenstein

The Beatles Mania

05/22/2012 by chicquero

Since The Beatles don’t need introduction, I’m done with this paragraph (just joking!). Well, this is a very cool collection that I found in Abduzeedo and I couldn´t handle it. As a huge fan of the forever trendy genius Liverpool guys I had to post it. This collection is a mixed bag consisting of pictures, pop art, toys, album covers, pictures, concert tickets, etc… Even for the “non-fanatic” ones should be interesting. Hope you enjoy it! Life is what happens […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: collection, culture, fans, George Harrison, John Lennon, Liverpool, Paul mcCartney, pop art, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, The Beatles mania, toys, tribute

Pin me with sunnies!

05/16/2012 by chicquero

Philip Karlberg’s last editorial for Plaza Magazine plays a funny game with the characteristic accessory of sunglasses and introduces “pin art” at the same time. Karl Lagerfeld, John Belushi, Jack O, Johnny Depp, Karl Lagerfeld, Lady Gaga and Steve McQueen (in the following order)… all of them are more themselves with sunnies on! This is the way the photographer has transformed the still life into a little mystery. Eyewear is the main visual clue; painted pins conform the rest of […]

Categories: Artsy, Photography • Tags: Celebrities, cool, Philip Karlberg, photography, pin, Plaza magazine, pop art, portraits, sunglasses

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Fashion editorial with a Pop twist

05/02/2012 by chicquero

Fashion Pop Gorgeous Australian model Abbey Lee Kershaw in a cool partnership with Greg Kadel Studios for a fashion story with a pop art twist for the May issue of Numéro magazine. The illustrations by the fantastic artist Mel Kadel, Abbey Lee sports the patterned pieces of Salvatore Ferragamo, Stella McCartney, Giorgio Armani, Isabel Marant and others selected by fashion editor Samuel François in the black and white images. Magazine: Numéro may 2012 Photography: Greg Kadel Fashion editor: Samuel François Model: Abbey Lee Kershaw Artist/Illustrations: Mel Kadel Hair: Franco Gobbi Make-up: Kabuki Production: Ernesto […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Abbey Lee Kershaw, artsy, editorial, Fashion, Greg Kadel, magazine, Mel Kadel, Numéro, pop art, Samuel François

A reflexion of today´s society

03/11/2012 by chicquero

Alex Gross is a very talented painter based in New York. He paints oil in canvas, panel and paper.Also, he does mixed media. What I love about his work is the fact that he makes criticisms about the society we live with a great sense of humor covering some aspects such as consumption in the world of capitalism, hot brands, “these days´s priorities and thoughts” and other topics that at the end of the day are “considered sins”. His […]

Categories: Artsy • Tags: Alex Gross, capitalism, comsumption, global world, hot brands, oil in canvas, painter, pop art, reflexion, society

One of a kind

01/22/2012 by chicquero

In his youth, French artist Jaybo ran away from his house in southern France, settling in Berlin-Kreuzberg at the beginning of the 1980’s. When he founded the streetwear label Irie Daily and the cultural magazine Style at the beginning of the 1990’s, his influence on Berlin’s youth culture and fashion scene could be clearly seen. Even today, urban subculture is the driving force behind his artistic activities. Speaking of Jaybo’s incredible artwork, it seems to be tough to classify him […]

Categories: Artsy • Tags: Berlin, creativity, dadaism, french artist, graffiti, Irie Daily, Jaybo, pop art, street art, Style Magazine, surrealism

Pop interiors

01/11/2012 by chicquero

I’m sure you are familiar with Roy Lichtenstein’s work, he is one of my favorite pop artists, very influential and unique. His comic book-inspired style, during the 1990′s, rendered his famous trademark. The works are focusing on modern furniture and architecture, highlighting the simple forms and atmosphere of decorative apartment life during this time period. Some of the artwork depicted on the walls of the interiors even seems to be in the vain of Lichtenstein’s work, which is inevitable, as anything rendered […]

Categories: Design • Tags: artist, colours, furniture, interiors, modern, pop, pop art, roy lichtenstein

Going backwards…

12/31/2011 by chicquero

Today is the last day of the year, so we thought it was fair to go backwards on Chicquero‘s archives to bring up some of our fav images. Considering we founded our blog this year, all images are related to our posts. It has not been such a long time, but we already built a huge archive full of great imagery! We would like to thank you all for really giving us the chance of showing you our vision of […]

Categories: Artsy, Design, Fashion, Laugh, Photography • Tags: 2011, 2012, art, artsy blog, backwards, cool, Fashion editorial, Happy New Year, photography, pop art, retrospective, trendy, typography

Fab is fab!

12/15/2011 by chicquero

Chillean illustrator Fab Ciraolo takes old school superheroes (which I’m a huge fan), pop icons and creates his version with a modern and very fashionable twist. By changing their looks and keeping a vintage aesthetic with his kinda pastel color palette and psychedelic busy backgrounds, his final result is truly awesome and cool. I’m dying for the modern Che Guevara and Frida Kahlo and so touched by our childhood cartoons! Great memories! “Many will call me an adventurer- and that I […]

Categories: Artsy • Tags: cartoons, Che Guevara, Chillean artist, cool illustrations, Fab Ciraolo, fabulous, Frida Kahlo, modern twist illustrations, old school illustrations, pop art, superheroes, vintage illustrations

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POPaganda, art and crimes!

12/06/2011 by chicquero

Popaganda Art Gallery Ron English is an American contemporary artist who explores popular brand imagery and advertising. His signature style employs a mash-up of high and low cultural touchstones, including comic superhero mythology and totems of art history, to create a visual language of evolution. Ron blends stunning visuals with biting political, consumerist and surrealist statements, hijacking public space worldwide for the sake of art since the 1980s. We love Ron´s pop, pervert, prankster art, his images are fun reflections of our bizarre popular […]

Categories: Artsy, Laugh • Tags: art, cartoons, comics, contemporary, culture, marketing, paintings, pop art, propaganda, ron english

Not Frankenstein, call me Frankie!

11/20/2011 by chicquero

Frankenstein It’s Alive Project Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus, is a novel about a failed experiment that created a monster, written by Mary Shelley, with inserts of poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Shelley started writing the story when she was eighteen, the first edition was published anonymously in London in 1818, she was 21. Shelley’s name appears on the second edition, published in France in 1823. Frankenstein’s monster have influenced popular culture for at least 100 years. The character of the monster remains one of the most […]

Categories: Design, Laugh • Tags: art, arte, chic, culture, Design, designer, Frankenstein, horror, mary shelley, monster, movies, Movies & Cinema, novel, percy bysshe shelley, photo, photography, photos, pop art, pop icon, popular culture, the modern prometheus, trends

We still talk about cassettes & diskettes!

10/24/2011 by chicquero

Creative and super talented Nick Gentry is a British artist that graduated in Central St Martins (so jealous!) and has his work exhibited in the UK, USA and Europe. As part of a generation, I mean, our generation that grew up surrounded by floppy disks, VHS tapes, polaroids and cassettes, he is inspired by the sociological impact of a new internet culture. His portraits combine pretty old media formats, making a comment on waste culture, life cycles and identity. Using […]

Categories: Artsy • Tags: art, arte, artista, british artist, canvas, cassettes, cd, Central St Martins, culture, diskettes, disks, draw, eco art, Europe, exhibition, floppy disks, geek, geeky, go green, green, internet culture, media formats, nerd, Nick Gentry, paint, photo-fits, polaroids, pop art, portraits, social media, St Martins, sustainability, sustainable, sustainable art work, sustentabilidade, technology, UK, USA, VHS, VHS tapes, waste

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Super ego, alter hero!

10/08/2011 by chicquero

Diana Prince after Wonder Woman’s alter-ego. Photographer Johanna Brinckman brings us a shoot that’s as bright and pop-art like as the original Wonder Woman comic. Brinkman’s shoot is all about fun fashion and beauty looks fit for a superhero. An alter ego (the other I) is a second self, a second personality within a person, who is often oblivious to the persona’s actions. A person with an alter ego is said to lead a double life. Diana Prince is a fictional character, appearing regularly in stories published by DC Comics and serves as […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: alter ego, art, arte, campaign, comics, costume, culture, DC comics, Design, designer, diana prince, editorial, Fashion, halloween costume, hot, johanna brinckman, make-up, Moda, model, NSFW, photo, photography, pop art, style, superhero, trends, wonder woman

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We live in a rainbow of chaos!

10/04/2011 by chicquero

Food of the rainbow! Henry Hargreaves‘ was the pin-up boy for such revered fashion houses as Prada, YSL, Jil Sander and others and worked with the top photographers in the game. Four years ago, Hargreaves settled in New York and began work out of his studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn shooting fashion and still life for great fashion clients. This work is from his Food of the Rainbow series which was styled by Lisa Edsalv. I’m quite impressed by his rainbow dishes, not sure if […]

Categories: Artsy, Photography • Tags: art, arte, color, colours, culture, Design, designer, Fashion, food, food of the rainbow, foto, gay, henry hargreaves, lisa edsalv, marketing, Moda, photo, photography, pop art, rainbow, tendência, trends

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Louis Vuitton Pop Clowns

10/03/2011 by chicquero

Pop Goes the World Awesome cartoonish shoot, the photographer Christian Anwander (De Facto Inc.) captures this amazing editorial with the creative hint of pop art by Barry Reigate for fall’s 10 magazine. The entire wardobre is from the ubber brand Louis Vuitton, styled by Sophia Neophitou.The beautiful model Marike Le Roux is rocking a slicked back hair by Akinora Shirakawa, and a superb avant-garde make-up by Ralph Sicilano. This fantastic editorial is a perfect combination of cartoon clowns, bubbles, pop art and high fashion. Thumbs up folks. Andy Warhol used to […]

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: 10 magazine, advertising, art, arte, barry reigate, bubbles, campaign, christian anwander, circus, clown, culture, de facto, Design, designer, draw, Fashion, louis vuitton, make-up, marike le roux, model, photo, photography, photos, pop art, ralph sicilano, sophia neophitou, style, stylish, trends

Oh yeah, it´s collage!

09/25/2011 by chicquero

Takahiro Kimura is a Japanese animator, illustrator, character designer and “the king of collage” (well, at least for us!)… The way he creates his characters for this work “Re-Born/Last Dinner” is something else. It´s 100% collage original works and it´s so peculiar how he brings up some scary elements to the character´s face, mix of textures, blurry/out of focus factor, amazing color palette, richness in details and some sort of comic sense. To make it even better he brought this creatures to “life”…collage with […]

Categories: Artsy • Tags: animation, anomator, art, artist, character designer, collage, illustration, illustrator, japanese, original art, pop art, Re-Born/ Last Dinner, Takahiro Kimura

Little ponies, little pop icons!

09/15/2011 by chicquero

We (Lailah & Denis) come from the generation of My Little Pony so when I saw these super amazing sculptures by artist Mari Kasurinen, I knew that some of you would totally understand that I´m talking about the 80´s childhood… of course you´ll see some pop icons from other decades, but it´s a very creative way to express pop art! I went nuts with the ponies… My Little Pony friendship is magic!!!!!

Categories: Artsy, Laugh • Tags: 80´s decade, childhood, edward, elvis, ironman, jack sparrow, kill bill, Lady Gaga, Mari Kasurinen, My Little Pony, pop art, pop artist, pop icon, scissorhands, sculptures

Stolenspace Gallery em Brick Lane

07/23/2011 by chicquero

A Stolenspace Gallery está localizada em um dos hotspots de Londres, que é na Brick Lane. Essa região é muito trendy por estar associada a restaurantes super cool, galerias de arte, feiras e festivais ao longo do ano, além de ser freqüentada por artistic,edgy, hipster people.A galeria exibe um gênero meio que underground art, street art or urban art. Mas na verdade, nenhum dos artistas que expõem em Stolenspace querem ser tachados como se pertencessem a um gênero específico. Alguns deles têm o background […]

Categories: Design • Tags: arquitetura, artes plásticas, artista, Brick Lane, cultura, Design, exposições., fotografia, galerias de arte, grafite, hotspot, Londres, museus, obras de arte, pintura, pop art, street art, trendy, underground art, urban art, vendas online

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