The Return of Clean
Our top 7 Rap Albums as Renaissance Paintings via Complex 1. Kanye West, Yeezus meets El Greco Christ Carrying the Cross 2. Jay Z, The Blueprint 3 meets Leonardo da Vinci Codex Atlanticus 3. Kendrick Lamar, Section 80 meets Jan Davidsz de Heem Still Life: A Banqueting Scene (1670s) 4. Lil Wayne, I Am Not … Read More “Rap Albums as Renaissance Paintings” »
Jackie Robinson burst onto the scene in 1947, breaking baseball’s color barrier and bringing the Negro leagues’ electrifying style of play to the Majors. With Robinson as the catalyst, the Dodgers won six pennants in his 10 seasons. He dominated games on the basepaths, stealing home 19 times while riling opposing pitchers with his daring … Read More “Tribute to “42” Jackie Robinson” »
Milton Glaser is an American graphic designer, best known for the I ♥ NY logo, his Bob Dylan poster, the DC bullet logo used by DC Comics from 1977 to 2005, and the Brooklyn Brewery logo. He also founded New York Magazine with Clay Felker in 1968. Check out Milton’s work.
Microbo, born in Sicily, is a self described tiny woman; a citizen of earth who may be small in size, but not in stature. Asked about herself, she tends to remind the listener that she is just like every one else, another citizen of our shared planet. Check out her work.