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A Record of Streetwear & Urban Art — 2006–2014

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Scratching Canvases

FM–2006–01226 December 16, 2006
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China’s Art Boom

On my bedroom wall hangs a Grand, Price and Co. water-color advertisement for Haig Whisky geared at the British colonised populace of Hong Kong during the…

FM–2006–00748 November 25, 2006
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The Art of South Korean Emulation

To the typical North American mind, the word Asia strikes up images of deep peace through Buddhist mediations, Japanese simplicity and an over-populated world that lives…

FM–2006–00542 November 18, 2006
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Scribble on My Sneakers – Please!

At summer’s end, after being overworked from that summer camp where you had to deal with all those snot-faced hyperactive kids, nothing was more rewarding than…

FM–2006–00458 November 11, 2006
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Culture Jam Sandwich

Once upon a time, during a typical shopping Sunday in a typical shopping mall, typical couples and their children roamed the premises like bobble-head dolls. The…

FM–2006–00416 November 4, 2006
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When Dadaism Falls

After a long day at the office, one puts on a rubber mask of a random American president, goes to the local pub to scream obscenities…

FM–2006–00324 October 28, 2006
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The World Needs More Starck

An orange squeezer that looks like a spider getting ready to race away; a footstool that looks like a giant crown from a child’s cartoon; a…

FM–2006–00296 October 21, 2006
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Globally Corruped Apply Within

During the Second World War, established artists from all around Europe such as Picasso congregated in Paris and created the Absurdist movement in reaction to the…