Tag Archives: von dutch

good vibrations: still cool after all these years

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Art

From the Bauhaus to your house… Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): In the pantheon of graphic design professionals, there are very very few who have reached the levels occupied by Ivan Chermayeff. He’s considered one of the grand masters of 20th century … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged 23 envelope, Bauhaus Art, bauhaus design, Chris Burden, david carson, ed big daddy roth, ed roth, genesis p. orridge, Ivan Chermayeff, Jamie Reid, phase 2, Pushpin design, pushpin studios, robert brownjohn, Robert Williams, survival research laboratories, tom geismar, von dutch, Walter Gropius | Leave a comment

drifting through L.A.

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Art

Draw is it pleases you. Back to the hub of a massive American trash culture wheel…. Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): Southern California – especially Los Angeles – is the great under-rated stew pot of American popular culture. Sure, the folks who … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged albert hurter, art chantry, heinrich kley, Robert Crumb, Roger Corman, scott mcdougall, von dutch, Walt Disney, walt disney studios | Leave a comment

still figgering it out

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Dave

Getting beyond psychedelic but hardly nostalgic about Victor Moscoso… Art Chantry (Art@artchantry.com ): When I first discovered psychedelic posters back in the late 60′s, I was introduced to them through the work of Stanley ‘Mouse’ Miller. The first psych poster … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Alfred Roller, Alton Kelley, bauhaus josef albers, edward muybridge, Gary Panter, george hunter, Jack Kerouac, Josef Albers, Ken Kesey, Peter Max, Psychedelic Art, Rick Griffin, Robert Crumb, s. clay wilson, spain rodriguez, Stanley ''Mouse'' Miller, victor moscoso, von dutch, watts acid test, wes wilson, zap comix | Leave a comment

skulls afire : little wild running rodent

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Art

Going back into the backwoods and unmarked trails of pop culture. Why should a dufus like Andy Warhol get so much press and attention?…. Art Chantry (Art@artchantry.com): One of the great familiar and utterly unknown pop culture designers of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Andy Warhol, bill selby, don monte monteverde, don monteverde, ed big daddy roth, ed roth, freddy flypogger, gypsy jokers motorcycle club, impko decal company, roy thomas, Stanley ''Mouse'' Miller, stanley miller, von dutch | Leave a comment

skate away with a new olde master

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Art

Jim Phillips artwork on skate decks, speed wheels and the low five: permeating the veil of culture… Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): More people likly have the artwork of Jim Phillips on their skate decks than any other artist. Whenever they write … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged crosstown bus, ed big daddy roth, ed roth, family dog productions, jim phillips art, lothar and the handpeople, Rich Griffin, santa cruz skateboards, vernon courtland johnson, von dutch | Leave a comment

phase 2: it didn’t grow on a tree

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Dave

Phase Too. Embracing the subcultures stemming from poverty and marginalization… Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com): No, this is not Joey Ramone. this guy is Lonny Wood. He’s also known as phase too (phase two, phase 2, P2, phase, phaze, etc. etc.) … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged art chantry, fab five freddy, joey ramone, lady kool blue, Lonny wood, movie wild style, phase 2, phase too, von dutch | Leave a comment

conan quirks: storytelling as fabric of self-definition

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Dave

Frazetta, the Conan quirks, self-image and psychology… Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) Frank Frazetta died recently. There were so many tributes to the man that I got a little burned out reading about him. Honestly, I have to say I didn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Al Capp, Clint Eastwood, edgar rice burroughs, frank frazetta, harry chester, james warren, John Carter, Li'l Abner, Norman Rockwell, Peter Max, robert e. howard, von dutch, warren publications | 2 Comments

“why bother?”:infiltrating the subconscious

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Dave

Robert Crumb and the visual language of post modernity. The human experience thudding along; our shared autobiography… Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): It’s a sunny Saturday and I want to work in my yard and also I need to do a poster … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged art chantry, Charles Schultz, ed big daddy roth, ed roth, george barris, matt groening, pettibon, Robert Crumb, Simpsons, von dutch | Leave a comment

LA confidential: ultra vox & roll over beethoven

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Dave

California, and Los Angeles used to pretty cool…. Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com ) One of the things we’ve forgotten about is just how cool Los Angeles was in the mid-sixties. Maybe our forgetting was intentional, actually. After them hippies went … Continue reading →

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t-shirts : keep on ironin’

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Art

The t-shirt phenomenon…… Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com ) The unfortunate origins of the t-shirt in America begins with slavery. The tshirt was cheap easy field work clothing (light, breathable cotton, two shaped panels sewn together). In fact, the earliest recorded image … Continue reading →