[HANGING TOUGH] Crate & Barrel's "Vein of Truth" Print

Got the new Crate & Barrel Spring catalog the other day and as usual, it was a major snoozefest.

The only thing in there worth noting was Allison Wickey's "Vein of Truth" print. 

For $449, it ain't cheap but it's kind of pretty, right?

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[HANGING TOUGH] Exploding Dog Prints

Exploding Dog is the brainchild of artist Sam Brown, where readers submit titles and he creates drawings based on them.  This is a project that's 10 years in the making, and what continually blows my mind about this site is how titles submitted by strangers connect together so seamlessly.  If you read them in succession, you'd think that they were written by one person. 

They're quirky and odd as they are hopeful and quietly adorable. 

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[COOL OR NOT COOL] Wall Decals

To be honest, the very idea of "wall decals" suggests to me, "Hey, I'm in college and I can't afford real artwork!"  I mean, really, why don't you just hang up a crooked poster of Sex & the City or something?

But then I see something like the photo to the left, and I think that in the right hands, wall decals could end up looking sophisticated.   

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[COOL SHIT] Collages

"Hello Minerva" by Lulu de Kwiatkowski, Limited Edition of 12I've always had a thing for collages. I think maybe its because I'm a wannabe artist, and collages were pretty much the only thing I could ever make that didn't look totally fucking retarded. At least I don't think they did. For all I know, my bunkmates from sleep away camp are still sitting around at some cool reunion I purposely didn't get invited to saying shit like: "do you remember that chick Erica? Her collages were SOOOOO BAD."

Anyway.

Clic Gallery in NYC is selling some supa fly limited edition collages right now from Lulu de Kwiatkowski (of Lulu DK fabrics) and legendary pro surfer turned artiste Tony Caramanico.

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[HANGIN' TOUGH] 20X200

So, it's come to your attention that you're too old for movie posters (even if they're framed!), but you don't have the cash to drop on a legit piece of art?

No problemo.

The folks over at 20X200 are serving up their fair share of that shit every week. 

The story is that they release limited edition prints from artists at various price points ranging from $20 to $2000. They claim that it's "art for everyone," and I have to agree.  

Let's check out a sampling of their selection...

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