Vagobond

Books and Writing that Matter. Travel fiction, philosophy, memoir, and experimental work from the road.

Category: Art

  • Update: Skateboard for a house…not trade scratched…

    UPDATE 8/2/06 I have accepted an offer from Susan Johnson in Alaska. She is trading her lifetime collection of PEZ dispensers for the RA MILLER Red Devil. Send your offers…

  • I am trading my skateboard for a house…Looking for Trade #3

    My name is CD Damitio aka The Chairman of the Fukn Bored. When I first heard about Kyle McDonald, the guy that traded a paperclip for various items until he…

  • Flocking to the Coast: World's Population Migrating into Danger

    This study is especially troubling after watching Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth the other night with Mink Hippie. The movie was terrifying and possibly the most important thing you will…

  • Like to trade my skateboard for a house….(read on)

    At this point just about everyone has heard of the guy that started trading with a paperclip and managed to get a house…I’m not above trying it myself…in fact it…

  • What Kind of Genius Are You?

    This is a great article… I’m stillnot sure what kind of genius I am, but I definitely like the idea that I might be a late bloomer if something incredible…

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  • Art gallery loses its head, displays plinth

    This story is hot off the wires and I haven’t yet heard about what the critics were saying about the fabulous slab of stone…we can imagine it was something like…

  • Lifestyles of the Despotic Dictators

    I just came across a short blurb about Dictator Style in Esquire this morning in the, ahem, reading room. From what the reviews are saying it is a book like…

  • Hirst statue unveiled in London

    I first saw Damien Hirst’s work at the Brooklyn Art Museum in an exhibit that Rudy Giuliani tried to shut down. I still have the “Danger:Art” magnet promoting the show…

  • The Case of the Missing Munchs – New York Times

    Longtime Incredible Fukn.us readers may remember the bungled attempt at stealing three reproduction Munchs’ last year…that article made mention of this crime but didn’t go into quite the same detail…

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  • Who Owns Seydou Keïta? – New York Times

    I remember hearing about Seydou Keita when the 1997 show opened – the buzz I remember was about an African photographer working in essential isolation with minimal equipment about 40…

  • Cool China Housing

    This makes me want to return to China. Beijing is an incredible city. Amazing. Astounding…..wow…. cd Mass housing in China has historically been standardized and repetitive. Steven Holl Architects’ Linked…

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  • The Heather Levy Art Site

    Heather Levy has submitterd her art site to Fukn.us for review…. remember you can submit your art or music to us for uncensored, totally honest, in you r face reviews….we’ll…

  • A fukn band from Jersey – After Them

    Another intro to some of the creative-types that bothered to write in to fukn.us….. “Afterthem is a New Jersey based band that does not play weddings or barmitzvahs.” From MH-…

  • Artists Who Love Fukn.Us

    Well at least they submitted their work to us for review….The following are the links to the first three sites we have seen and reviews by myself and Mink Hippie….Bernest…

  • A Mosaic of Arab Culture at Home in America – New York Times

    An interesting article from the New York Times. I’ve always contended that the periods of ‘melting pot’ growth and maturity in America are a direct result of the wars we…

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  • Paintings, Drawings, Etc. by Sam Vaughan

    I attended the First Friday Gallery Walk in Chinatown last night. As usual, it was fun. A lot of people out drinking, looking at art, and in general having fun.…