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Teens Ponder Contemporary Art

April 17, 2012 — by

“A basketball will always be a basketball no matter what you do with it, because i don’t think there’s any other way to look at a basketball.”

Liverpool teens discuss Jeff Koons’ “Three Ball Total Equilibrium Tank” at the Tate.

Good Rats

April 11, 2012 — by

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Photographer and filmmaker Niall O’Brien spent three years on and off living alongside a group of young punks from South-West London. In that time he watched them grow from  adolescents to young men. Exhibited at Art Work Space in London, 2010.

There’s something beautiful about capturing the spontaneity of youth. It’s something everyone can relate to on some level, even if they can’t immediately identify with this mad group of punks..”

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Andy Warhol Interviewed by a Teenager

March 28, 2012 — by

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Andy Warhol interviewed by teenage David Ehrenstein at the Factory on March 3, 1965. It’s a real trip. Special appearances by, Gerard Malanga, Ted Berrigan, Joe Brainard, a Rolling Stones LP, calls from Bob Brown and Nancy Fish.

David Ehrenstein: What recent movies have you enjoyed and why?
Andy Warhol: I saw Sylvia last week… and Joy House this week.

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Thanks for the tip Brock Shorno!

Design Of The Flies

February 29, 2012 — by

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What better book to be designed by teenagers than Lord of the Flies!  Last fall, London-based publisher Faber and Faber reached out to British teen artists aged thirteen to sixteen to submit their cover designs for the new educational imprint of William Golding’s famed 1954 novel.  The winner pictured above is titled “Into the Mouth of the Beast”.  Check out more honorable mentions after the jump. More…

Jackson Pollack Gets Some Fatherly Advice

February 16, 2012 — by

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In 1928, LeRoy Pollack penned a thoughtful note to his sixteen-year-old son, Jackson.  That same year, Jackson Pollack was introduced to modern art while studying at Manual Arts High School.

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