Jeff Koons' Cover For Lady Gaga's Album ARTPOP Is Unveiled Via Social Media & Outdoor.

above: close up of Koons sculpture of Lady Gaga that graces the cover of her fourth album release, ARTPOP.

Available November 11, ARTPOP is Gaga’s fourth studio album with an album cover by legendary artist Jeff Koons. “Having Jeff create something for ARTPOP was a dream come true, and a very emotional experience. He has given me the greatest gift and we are excited to be sharing it with you,” said Lady Gaga.



Using social media to her promotional advantage (as always), the cover artwork for her new album, ARTPOP , was revealed for the first time, in a piece by piece unveiling on Clear Channel Outdoor digital billboards and screens in 18 major cities across the globe on Monday of this week (October 7th). And starting at 1pm ET that day, the cover was also revealed in sections over 30 minutes via Lady Gaga's Twitter account, unlocked by tweets using #iHeartARTPOP


above: Gaga exposed her highly anticipated album’s artwork simultaneously in 18 cities across the globe while also streaming the live reveal at www.ladygaga.com, direct from Clear Channel Outdoor’s Spectacolor billboard in Times Square, New York.


above: tweeted by Lady Gaga, the album cover was revealed in pieces on Monday, Oct. unlocked by tweets using #iHeartARTPOP

According to a post on her Facebook page, the Koons sculpture of her that is the center image of the musical artist's new album cover will be exhibited the day before the album's release as part of what  is being calling artRAVE. The event will also feature new works by Jeff Koons, Marina Abramovic, Robert Wilson and directors/photographers Inez & Vinoodh to show that the artist is at the heart of society, “in control of the icon”.




above: Lady Gaga in "Binary Chair 01" (created by BRC Designs) and photographed by Inez & Vinoodh for the November 10th ArtRAVE.

The ARTPOP app


Lady Gaga reports on littlemonsters.com: "I'm excited to tell you all that ARTPOP is going to be a multimedia experience that comes in different forms. The most major way to fully immerse yourself in ARTPOP is through the APP. ARTPOP will be released as an IPAD, iPhone, mobile and computer compatible application (WORLD) that is completely interactive with chats, films for every song, extra music, content, gaga inspired games, fashion updates, magazines, and more still in the works! I will also be able to upload new things to the APP all the time, the same way i upload to twitter and LM.com. You inspired me to create something that communicated with images, because YOU do, YOU communicate with me and each other with .gifs and pictures, and artwork, graphics ALL DAY 24/7/ YOU'RE an ARTPOP generation. Im hoping you will all continue to grow together and stay connected through your creativity. much love. --love, gaga"

The video for Applause, the first single release off the upcoming album, was shot by Inez and Vinoodh and references Venus' Boticelli as does the new album cover by Koons:


According to soletron, ArtPop's downloadable app designed by Gaga’s devout technology team, TechHAUS and portrays the “rush” of fame via virtual simulation. Lady Gaga’s personal creative team, The HAUS of GAGA  planned the “Art Rave” event that will tae place the day before the album's November 11 release.

See these other posts about artist Jeff Koons:
• Jeff Koons Exhibit at Versailles
•Kiehls X Jeff Koons 
•Jeff Koons X Lisa Perry's Clothing Collection
•Jeff Koons BMW Art Car
•Jeff Koons Cannonball Edition Watches for Ikepod

Body Painting Artist Emma Hack Goes "Pop!"

This is my third post on the jaw-dropping work of Australian body artist, Emma Hack because I continue to be amazed at her seamless combining of the human body with backgrounds. Emma is the artist behind the famous Goyte music video and the Car Crash image made of 17 painted bodies for South Australia's Motor Accident Commission.


above: a still from the Gotye video and the car crash image of painted bodies by Emma Hack

POP! explores Emma's fascination with the pop art genre - a fun, modern day approach into the comic-inspired work of Roy Lichtenstein. Emma's heroines are not helpless however, they are strong women.

There are 3 collections within this theme. All shown below.

'The Optimists', offering a wider crop - looking at the positive side of life:

Paint The Town:

So Dangerous:

When The Dust Settles:

Enjoy The View:


'Lessons of Love', features messages to get over that bad break-up:

Big City of Hearts:

Hit Him In The Heart:

No Use Crying Over A Drop In The Ocean:

Revenge:


'.com' is based on a social media theme, drawing the girls into todays .com culture:

Sexy Babe:

Tag Me:

Text Me:

Google It:


Purchase prints of these:
Each image is mounted on glossy perspex and is an edition of 50. A fun, affordable-art line addition to Emma's current collections, you can purchase these in two sizes: 100 x 100cm or 45 x 45cm.

To purchase art works please select your region from the pull-down list on this page to be directed to your nearest Gallery.

Upcoming Gallery Show:
Emma's “Pop” collection – The Optimists opens at Seaview Gallery January 12th and runs through January 28th.

all images © and courtesy of Emma Hack

Campbell's Warhol-Inspired Soup Cans Are An Old Recipe. How Are These Different?

above left: The Warhol-Inspired Cambell's Soup Cans offered in 2004 and 2006 and above right: the new cans offered at Target beginning today.



Art and soup lovers everywhere are getting ready to rush out to Target today to buy the limited edition Andy Warhol-Inspired Campbell's soup tomato cans shown below.




But those pop art collector's out there know this isn't the first time these have been offered. It's actually the third time the Campbell brand has offered soup cans sporting the Warhol style labels complete with printed signature. Although this time, they are featured in colors far more garish with a different layout and Andy image on the back. Another difference is that these will be sold as individual cans for 75 cents each.


above: The 2012 Warhol-Inspired Campbell's Tomato Soup Cans and below: the 2004 and 2006 versions


Twice before, in 2004 and 2006, Campbell's offered Warhol-inspired soup cans but they were sold in far smaller numbers, in packs of four and had colors more in keeping with Warhol's actual work.


above: Some examples of Warhol's Campbell's Soup Can Silkscreens

In 2004, Campbell's sold 75,000 four-packs of Warhol-inspired cans at Giant Eagle, a Pittsburgh-based supermarket operator. They rapidly found their way onto ebay and some were (and still are) available through small art galleries such as this one.




Then in 2006, for the holiday season, 12,000 units of the same cans were available through Barney's, New York.



In the two photographs below, taken Aug. 24, 2012, the new limited edition Campbell's tomato soup cans with artwork and sayings by artist Andy Warhol are displayed in front of an original Warhol Pop Art painting from the 1960's in the boardroom at Campbell Soup Company in Camden, N.J. (Photos/Mel Evans)



Below is the press release for this 2012 promotion:
Campbell Celebrates Andy Warhol and 50 Years of Pop Culture History. Limited-Edition Cans Commemorate 50th Anniversary of Warhol's Famed Campbell's® Soup Paintings.

CAMDEN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 29, 2012-- To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Andy Warhol's 1962 famed work, 32 Campbell's Soup Cans, Campbell Soup Company (NYSE:CPB) is introducing limited-edition cans of Campbell's® Condensed Tomato soup with labels derived from original Warhol artwork. The four specially-designed labels reflect Warhol's pop-art style and use vibrant, eye-catching color combinations like orange and blue, and pink and teal.


above: 32 Campbell's Soup Cans, Andy Warhol, 1962

When asked why he painted Campbell's soup cans, Warhol famously quipped, "I used to have the same [Campbell's soup] lunch every day for twenty years1." For his first solo gallery exhibition held in Los Angeles in 1962, Warhol exhibited his famous paintings of Campbell's soup - 32 Campbell's Soup Cans. Each of the thirty-two canvases depicted one variety of soup and was displayed side-by-side like cans of soup on a grocery store shelf. The painting helped launch Warhol's career and ushered in Pop Art as a major art movement in the United States.

"Campbell's Condensed soup is an iconic brand. And thanks to Andy Warhol's inspired paintings, Campbell's soup will always be linked to the Pop Art movement," said Ed Carolan, Vice President & General Manager, Campbell North America. "This Fall, to honor the golden anniversary of his first gallery exhibit, we'll celebrate Warhol and soup by releasing limited edition Campbell's Tomato soup cans and making Andy's art available in the soup aisle of grocery stores."

"In 1962, Andy Warhol changed the trajectory of contemporary art by depicting Campbell soup cans on canvas," said Michael Hermann, Director of Licensing at The Andy Warhol Foundation. "It is only fitting that fifty years later we celebrate the enduring legacy of these two American icons by coming full circle and bringing his art back to the Campbell soup cans that provided him with inspiration."

The limited-edition cans were produced under license from The Andy Warhol Foundation, a not-for-profit corporation that promotes the visual arts. Beginning Sunday, Sept. 2, the cans will be exclusively available at most Target locations nationwide for $.75 per 10.75-ounce can, while supplies last.

And the original 2004 press release:
Campbell's Celebrates Andy Warhol With Limited Edition Tomato Soup Cans; Giant Eagle Supermarkets to Unveil Special Labels and Warhol Museum Offer

CAMPBELL'S CELEBRATES ANDY WARHOL TOMATO SOUP CANS
Nearly 40 years after Andy Warhol transformed Campbell's soup cans into art form, Campbell celebrates the pop artist with limited edition soup cans bearing his colorful renditions of the classic tomato soup label. Campbell unveils a special four-pack of Campbell's tomato soup at Giant Eagle supermarkets. The pack features the Warhol-inspired labels instead of the trademark red and white labels that have adorned the can for more than 100 years.

PITTSBURGH, April 14, 2004 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly 40 years after Andy Warhol transformed Campbell's soup cans into an art form, Campbell is celebrating the pop artist with limited edition soup cans bearing his colorful renditions of the classic tomato soup label. This week, Campbell will unveil a special four-pack of Campbell's tomato soup at Giant Eagle supermarkets. The pack will feature the same best-selling soup that Americans love, only with Warhol- inspired labels instead of the trademark red and white labels that have adorned the can for more than 100 years.

Pittsburgh-based Giant Eagle will be the first retailer to carry the colorful cans, which will be on special display beginning April 18 and available for a limited time. The four-pack will contain at least two colorful labels based on the combinations that Warhol created in his silk-screens: green and red, pink and orange, aqua and indigo, or gold and yellow. A copy of Warhol's signature appears on the side of each label.



"Giant Eagle prides itself on offering premium products to its customers," says Giant Eagle Vice President of Marketing Kevin Srigley. "We are pleased to partner with a trusted supplier like Campbell's to offer this specially designed package. It's particularly appropriate in the city that Warhol called home."

Giant Eagle will offer its customers two special opportunities to commemorate one of Pittsburgh's most famous sons. All customers who show their Giant Eagle Advantage Card(R) will receive $1.00 off admission to the Andy Warhol Museum, which is located in downtown Pittsburgh at 117 Sandusky Street. The museum boasts a collection of Warhol's most famous works, including silk-screens of Campbell's soup cans. This offer is available through May 31, 2004.

Shoppers who purchase the special Warhol four-pack can also take advantage of an offer for a limited edition Campbell's Andy Warhol magnet set, featuring a collection of four die-cut magnets in the colorful designs of the Warhol labels. Details are available on displays in Giant Eagle supermarkets.



So now you know the difference. While the older cans are considered collectibles, given the small amount produced, don't bet on the new cans from Target to help fund your kid's college education. However, at only 75¢ a piece, these are really fun to place on a kitchen shelf, as long as you can get your hands on one before they sell out.



Visit Campbell's website on the Internet at http://www.campbellsoup.com

A Different Kind of Valentine. Pop Culture Heart Art Collages by Paris Artist Eric Liot.

Paris based artist Éric Liot combines items archetypal of our consumer based society with objects and fragments from pop culture. Pieces of film, advertisements, toys, comics and anime are assembled or collaged to ultimately represent a colorful, decadent society, delusional in its mad self-celebration. These hearts are only a small portion of the artist's work.

Three Women and A Man, 2011:

Catch Me, 2011:


Pink Lady, 2011:


Cupidon Is A Killer, 2010:


Le piège, 2010:

Liot initially mills out the forms he needs, like wooden puzzle pieces, then he pastes poster fragments onto them, creating from them actual objects in ready-made style or just painting them with acrylic colors. The results are Liot's characteristic collages, which, while somewhat critical of consumerism, first and foremost seduce the observer with their charm and amalgamation of interesting contemporary pictures. (source: Galerie Raphael 12)

A large heart-shaped piece for the December 2010 show at Laurent Strouk in progress:


Completed piece:


And as shown at Gallerie Laurent Strouk:




Artist's Bio :

above photo by Marie Laborde for Galerie Laurent Strouk

Éric Liot was born the 25th of April 1964 in Caen (France). After school, he begins to study architecture, first in the Normandy, then in Paris, at the "Université de la Villette". But he soon realizes that he feels no call at being an architect or even a student. He is weighed down by the narrowness of the academic education as well as by the cold and total anonymity of the Parisian big city jungle. He feels attracted by the faraway and undertakes important travels to Latin America, East and Central Africa as well as Asia. Each time when he comes back to Paris, the decision to be an artist seems clearer. He gives up university and works as a free lance designing posters and furniture. Little by little he realizes that his objects are more and more aesthetical and original, but less functional. The interiorization of this coincides with the real beginning of Liot?s artistic career. First exhibitions soon follow and so the public success. Many solo exhibitions, fair participations, catalogs and articles relate Liot's quick upcoming. Now he has won fame on the Parisian art scene and begins to make a name of himself also abroad, out of the French metropolis. (courtesy of Galerie Raphael 12)

Video of Liot in his studio by Director/ Cameraman Victor Lazaro



Buy Eric Liot Books and catalogues here

At present Liot is showing his work at the Fabien Castanier Gallery through March 4th, 2012 in Drill Baby Drill, a show with Michael Kalish.

Happy Valentine's Day