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FASHION JUNQUI: Let Your Fingers Do the Talking..

5 Jan

2012 is here, and with a new year comes new resolutions. You know the usual suspects – drink more water, exercise often, become more organized, blah-blah-blah. These honorable ideas sound great on paper, but they rarely become promises that people ACTUALLY keep. If you focus on improving the little things first, you can inch your way to the bigger picture. Becoming more expressive and showcasing your creativity is a more realistic resolution that can actually be achieved…and nothing screams expression and creativity like dramatic funky fresh nails.

Check out these three talented ladies who have some of the most steady hands and artistic minds in the biz…I have the pics to prove it!

** MADELINE POOLE // L.A.**

Galaxy nails.

Nude & Neon Classic.

 

one of my Madeline Poole favorites..

ok, maybe THIS is my favorite.

** FLEURY ROSE // NYC **

Lisa Frank Nails! what a throwback..

Pocahontas/sunset nails..

Inspired by Oscar de la Renta Spring 2012/Givenchy Resort 2012

** TACCARA “SPIFSTER” SUTTON // CHICAGO **

VERY abstract-expressionist..

simple, yet full of detail..

nail art inspired by the model's sweater print..

nails inspired by French artist Fafi..

Contact these gifted nail artists to bring out your best avant-garde style!

Madeline Poole: madelinepoolenails.tumblr.com / Madeline Poole Nail Art facebook / @MPnails /madelinepoole@gmail.com

Fleury Rose: fleuryrosenails.tumblr.com / Nails by Fleury Rose facebook / @fleuryrosenails /missfleury@gmail.com

Tacarra Spifster Sutton:spifster.tumblr.com / Spifster Nails facebook / @spifster / spifstersutton@gmail.com

FASHION JUNQUI: I’m Tatt, Tatt, Tatted Up…Kinda Sorta

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Temporary tattoos had a brief resurrection as catalyzed by Chanel’s spring ’10 show, but we haven’t seen a convincingly stylish temp tat outside of traditional henna designs (none of those cheesy Cancun lower-back tats, thankyouverymuch). Joanna over at A Cup Of Jo directed us to these artist-created temporary tats that are way cooler than the average roses-’n'-barbed-wire. We’re partial to the series of two-word, eight-letter phrases that let you spell your sentiments on your knuckles. Buy a set of two for $5, here. (Cup of Jo) By Connie Wang

ART JUNQUI: FAILE From BROOKLYN

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What Up Brooklyn by way of Faile, the art collective formed by Patrick McNeil and Patrick Miller, has just created this unique puzzle box set that some fans may recognize as being a smaller version of the Faille Box presented at their U.K. show. Inspired by their desire to allow fans to be creative, Puzzle Boxes is made up of 88 blocks which can be combined to create six completely different base images. The set will be debuted at Faile’s upcoming mini-retrospective, A Decade of Prints and Originals, that is scheduled to be on display at Los Angeles gallery Post No Bills starting June 24.

CREATIVE JUNQUI: Megan M. Garwood X Wild House

15 Jun

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WE-ARE-FAMILIA
presents

Wild House
With Megan M. Garwood

@

The Yard

2-26 50th Avenue, 3rd Floor, Long Island City, NY 11101

Opening Reception on Wednesday, June 15th, 2011 starting at 6.00 pm

On view until August 31st, 2011

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WE-ARE-FAMILIA is pleased to announce the group exhibition entitled Wild House, a nexus between art and home, as well as, between the state of nature and state of New York. After all the cement has been laid, there remain feral roots tangled in the metropolis. Wild House traces human responses to occurrences that continue to spout up every now and again, while also questioning if humans can really escape from reality. Wild House creates a private world.

ART JUNQUI: YO SON! TAKE MY PIC!

9 Jun

Andy Warhol X Polaroid. A few years back me and my good friend Kwame Belle went to go see Andy Warhol’s Polaroid collection over at one of those galleries on like 10th and 27th. We had a great time walking around that tiny gallery staring at each photo trying to be deep by looking at the hues and contrast and all the crap. But then we thought, Andy just did these because he like to take photos and not because he was trying to make them his masterpieces. Although we got the point, art critics were like LeBron in last night’s game, they missed the point.  They murdered Warhol’s Polaroid collection, but hey you win some and you lose some. Check out some of these Polaroids below.


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ART JUNQUI: Goodnight Goodbye: A Beautiful Evening In A Closed Mind (Short-Film)

5 Apr

This is SOOooooooooOOOOoooooo Dope! I love it…art at its best! I love running across creativity like this! Check out this Short Film called “Goodnight Goodbye: A Beautiful Evening In A Closed Mind” (Short-Film) by A “Cool Story Bro” Production. Eleven minutes & thirty-four seconds of pure creativity. You have to watch it a few times to catch signs and/or the meaning of the short film. (more…)

BECOME A PART OF theJUNQUI Family!

4 Apr

About theJUNQUI

We aspire to help up-and-coming artists promote and expose their music, art, designs and creativity to fans and other artists alike by giving them a platform to showcase their works. Unlike big corporations that are solely out for a profit, theJUNQUI looks to help underexposed artists with superstar potential take their talent to the next level while establishing personal, friendly, and honest communication. (more…)

ART JUNQUI: Megan M. Garwood X Whiteout Magazine

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The Article below was written by Megan M. Garwood a contributor for Whiteout Magazine. This girl is super cool. She graduated from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, receiving a Bachelor of Arts concentrating in the History of Modern Art with a minor in Ethical Analysis and Morality.  I love her work and the fact that she’s such an art lover! No…really she even has a quote from an artist  tattooed. 

Mint&Serf
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540 West 28th Street
New York, New York
March 5 through April 3, 2011

Well Hung, featuring an eclectic group of mainly New York talent.

The hurricane of criticism MoCA has stirred by appointing Jeffrey Deitch as one of three Ex Officio Trustees reminds the real world that the art world hides behind as many façades as it preserves. Curatorial staffs mainly consist of either honored professors or profitable sales directors, depending in which institution—museum or gallery—the exhibition is held. The Deitch dilemma unfurls much more than the differences between non-profit and commercial art sectors; it also questions the canonical pedigree of a curator. As museums accept staff with atypical resumes, galleries encourage the same. New York adjusts to the influx of collectors’ enthusiasms for intimate galleries, which have sprouted across the globe. Mint&Serf correlates to the new demand because they are artists and curators. Read More.- Megan M. Garwood

LIFESTYLE JUNQUI: QUIANA’S TOP 5

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So! You guys know my birthday is this SUNDAY, with that being said I decided to create my top 5 songs that will be played at my party. I hope to see you all there. BTW I definitely have dances prepared for all 5 songs.

BOOK JUNQUI: OHWOW

25 Feb

Looking for a good book to read? Check out one of my fav book publishers/stores OHWOW. Designed by Rafael de Cardenas, the store has a new swag  and combines both a store front and reading room. A must check out on your next NYC trip.

OHWOW Book Club Store
227 Waverly Place
between Perry St & W 11St
New York City

A JUNQUI HOT PICK:

ROSSON CROW BOWERY BOYS

Rosson Crow
$35.00

Rosson is a history painter, or rather a very exciting update to a history painter. She is a “site specific painter” in the sense that she travels to and often lives for an extended time in the city she plans to make an exhibition in. For Bowery Boys Rosson lived in the city for six months, researching the 1880s Bowery scene, the 1980s downtown scene, and today’s artists connection to and deviation from those precedents, in search of what makes right now so unique.

Rosson seeks to explore how “bad boys”—or lets say renegade illegal activity of either gender I suppose—have shaped the cultural history of New York, and also how the idea of “the bad boy” influences both the recent and current art scene as it gets made into art history. How has the spirit of illegality and rebellious youth shaped our experience of the city today? Gangs, graffiti, gays, drugs and illicit sex are part of the city’s spirit, the vitality of the streets, but also form a big part of the art world today. How has the New Yorker’s love for this spirit shaped recent art history and influenced the young practitioners of its tradition?- excerpt from Bowery Flash by Kathy Grayson

 

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