The Stolen Scream - A Story About Noam Galai

It's crazy that something like this can get so big and a shame that to date, Noam has received no financial benefit from the mainstream corporations that duplicate his image to sell their products. As he says it's cool when artists use his 'scream' for art and not for profit. I'd be fairly happy with that too! Below you can watch Iranian street artists ICY and SOT use the stolen scream in their Hope 'n' Pain set.

TateShots - John Squire on watercolour

John Squire, The Stone Roses guitarist on Patrick Heron's watercolours. A nice clip. John Squire seems like a really mellow guy. His talent with the Roses was never in question although I never cared much for any of The Seahorses stuff. I was always more of an Ian Brown fan while my friend Kev (the young one) was a Squire man through and through. Needless to say, that topic was debated quite a few times. However, we both agree his artwork is sweet.

Beautiful Losers

I watched this documentary yesterday afternoon and it was sooooo good I watched it a second time! Another quality purchase from my favourite shop in Dublin. This film is as much about friendship, love and life as it is about skating and art. It follows a group of artists from various backgrounds, some from broken homes, brought together by a common interest in creating art, living a life of choice, freedom and friendship. The art movement they created eventually became massive in the New York pop art subculture and helped shape the way for everything that followed. Watch it!

You can buy the dvd here if you are interested and the film trailer is posted below. The sound track to this doc is also really good and it flows very nicely!