“Toronto’s Rapture” is a tribute to Vince Carter and his indelible impact he’s had on the Toronto culture. As a young man I was always in awe of this slam dunking super hero. I was part of the “Vinsanity” mania. As a Toronto Raptor, Vince Carter and T-Dot fan, this painting was my fate. Source:…
Source: adidas Originals by Daniel Arsham | Chapter 2 of ‘Hourglass’ Film | ‘New York PRESENT’ Sneaker Release I’ve had a number of serious complaints and issues with adidas in regard to the repetitive nature of their footwear designs. I’ve written several articles including my recent analysis of the Prophere. I Really Want to Like…
Dave White is a contemporary British Artist who dedicates his work to celebrating popular culture and interpreting emotive issues. Source: Dave White | Artist Most sneakerheads know of Dave White as the man behind one of the most successful redesigns of an Air Jordan 1. The Wings version created by the artist remains a grail…
Sync. teams up with Brandalism and Medicom to bring forth the Flower Bomber – inspired by (pics via Kith) Source: Sync. x Brandalism Flower Bomber I haven’t done a Dope S–t I Like in a while. I’ve been placing a lot of music and art on the CBP site. Click to visit the site. (I…
Featured in NY Times, Wall Street Journal, and Financial Times, Larry’s List is the leading art collector editorial and art market knowledge company providing insights, data, and access to contemporary art collectors. (pictured Theaster Gates, “Civil Tapestries”, 2012. Courtesy of Elliot and Kimberly Perry Collection.) Source: Former NBA Star on Why the Work of Artist…
Digitized content from the collections of Cornell University Library Source: Cornell University Library Digital Collections A few months ago I caught on to 9th Wonder lecturing at Harvard and creating what amounts to a history of Hip-Hop to be catalogued. http://www.cbpublish.com/9th-wonder-submits-200-albums-to-harvard-archives/ Now here is another project with similar merit from Bill Adler of Def Jam….
Allen Iverson: 4 time NBA Scoring Champion, 7 time All-NBA team selections, 11 NBA All-Star selections, 24,368 career points, and an infinite number of newspape Source: Series by Bodega: A.I. by Gary Land – Bodega Anything AI is always dope to me. This project by Gary Land commissioned by Bodega reminds us of how influential…
Source: adidas Originals ‘Artist in Residence’ Showcase When a store opens the entire goal is to generate foot traffic which could potentially turn into conversions. In other words every part of your store has to be monetized. More important however is merchandising. The way a store looks tells a story and that story shapes the…
Air Jordan XI, one of the most iconic sneakers, is celebrated by artist Matt Senna. Senna talks why this sneaker is special to him, and showcases his art. Source: Precious Metal – Art with the Air Jordan XI. Air.Jordan.com My entire purpose for running this site is to engage with the older sneakerhead. In doing so…
Shane Griffin made a 1:1 replica of the shoe on 3D-printed resin material. The sculpture makes for a distorted version of a Yeezy Boost Sneaker. Source: Yeezy Boost Sneaker Turned Into A Real-Life Optical Illusion I thought this imagery discovered through PSFK would generate a little bit of interest. I’m always astonished by the way…
Donating to the exhibit is the latest of the superstar’s growing philanthropic efforts. Source: LeBron James donating $2.5M to Muhammad Ali exhibit at Smithsonian LeBron is becoming this generations, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Ali rolled in one. Click the source link to read more about his donation. This is the definition of dope.
Source: Banksy Really this is one of the few times I’ve actually caught this website active so visit it while it is still available instead of leading back to the Pest Control website. This isn’t really about something being dope. When I used to teach I would tell my students the only thing that would…
M.Brian Bowens is the dopest artist for the sneaker generation. I made that quote just now, knowing that guys like BBoyKai exist and that there are more powerful artists like Dave White and FreeGums who have earned those elusive sneaker deals. I want to write a thousand things about MBB, but right now I think…
I’m doing a lot of cross promoting right now. I originally wrote about this on CBP, but as I begin to connect both CBP and ARCH I thought it was important to bring this post to the sneaker family because the artwork is bananas and familiar. Source: KEHINDE WILEY | Kehinde Wiley Studio My play…
When I began looking into opening an art gallery a few years back, one of the first artists I reached out to was Mink Couteaux. His work in sports marketing took place primarily in Europe and I honestly don’t remember how I first ran across the work, I just knew that if I was going…
For those of you looking up the word giclees and trying to figure out how to pronounce it, (Gee-Clays btw), let me explain why I think they are valuable. A giclee is a hand embellished art work. I used to think that prints and posters were best left for dorm rooms and work offices and…
In the process of planning out the next step in my business, it’s important that I explain what I like since I’ll be opening a store that represents all the shit I think is dope. This is artwork by Jeff Klarin. I will most certainly be carrying work from this fantastic artist. His work out…
video from Highsnobiety My thoughts on Kanye and his fashion show: The guy has been in a dark place since his mom died. As an artist everything he’s done has represented that pretty much. Consider that My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy released with a 30 minute movie that showed the destruction of a Phoenix and the…
