Art + Design Archive

  • With apologies... our obligatory bid for your seasonal shopping dollars. Remember, at least if you shop at halcyon you won't be subjected to cloying holiday music...

    halcyon’s Shameless Guide To holiday Gift Giving 2011 Edition

    With apologies... our obligatory bid for your seasonal shopping dollars. Remember, at least if you shop at halcyon you won't be subjected to cloying holiday music...

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  • She grew up with costumes and carnival dreams and hot rod machines. You could even say she lives in a fantasy world. But fashion designer Jennifer Stewart is all about bringing her inner visions to life.

    Q+A | Fashion Designer Jennifer Stewart of JSDNYC

    She grew up with costumes and carnival dreams and hot rod machines. You could even say she lives in a fantasy world. But fashion designer Jennifer Stewart is all about bringing her inner visions to life.

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  • Audiowear is a project using 3D printing to make porcelain musical instruments that are also pieces of jewelry, whose sound was then used for the creation of an exquisitely designed hip-hop album, a live performance in New York’s Museum of Arts and Design and a dozen music videos. Multimedia indeed.

    Q+A | Audiowear

    Audiowear is a project using 3D printing to make porcelain musical instruments that are also pieces of jewelry, whose sound was then used for the creation of an exquisitely designed hip-hop album, a live performance in New York’s Museum of Arts and Design and a dozen music videos. Multimedia indeed.

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  • Ever wonder where bad records go to die?.. We're guessing a high end Chelsea gallery isn't the first answer that comes to your mind. Not so for an Argentinian artist who has turned a bunch of halcyon's dead stock into an installation piece at Praxis International Art. Our own Ricky M plays plays the opening reception from 6-8pm.

    Thu 10.13 | Praxis NY presents “Heart Beats”

    Ever wonder where bad records go to die?.. We're guessing a high end Chelsea gallery isn't the first answer that comes to your mind. Not so for an Argentinian artist who has turned a bunch of halcyon's dead stock into an installation piece at Praxis International Art. Our own Ricky M plays plays the opening reception from 6-8pm.

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  • Join us this Saturday for the eighth annual Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk Block Party. halcyon will be on the scene with a pop-up shop and DJs DB, DJ Cerok, The Dahkter and Rage Johnson. Plenty of art, music and activities... sorry, no miracle mops or irregular socks.

    Sat 6.4 | halcyon pop-up shop at the Atlantic Avenue Art Walk Block Party

    Join us this Saturday for the eighth annual Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk Block Party. halcyon will be on the scene with a pop-up shop and DJs DB, DJ Cerok, The Dahkter and Rage Johnson. Plenty of art, music and activities... sorry, no miracle mops or irregular socks.

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  • “People think of ‘erotic’ and they see Karma Sutra on steroids,” reads a sentence in the preface. In a sense this is true – the term comes with a hard-on and we guarantee that a lot of the art in this book will indeed jumpstart your johnson. But that’s just a side effect. The point is to show that erotic art is art first, not porn, and that pages and pages of naked women with their legs open can actually be coffee table material, if not dinner table fare.

    Featured Book | Juxtapoz Erotica

    “People think of ‘erotic’ and they see Karma Sutra on steroids,” reads a sentence in the preface. In a sense this is true – the term comes with a hard-on and we guarantee that a lot of the art in this book will indeed jumpstart your johnson. But that’s just a side effect. The point is to show that erotic art is art first, not porn, and that pages and pages of naked women with their legs open can actually be coffee table material, if not dinner table fare.

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  • More than 200 Kidrobot Dunnys were tricked out by some of today's top names in street art and vinyl toy design for this limited engagement showing. For those who missed it, selections from the show are now available for purchase here and at the Genuine Artikle site.

    halcyon + Genuine Artikle present The Almighty Dunny Show

    More than 200 Kidrobot Dunnys were tricked out by some of today's top names in street art and vinyl toy design for this limited engagement showing. For those who missed it, selections from the show are now available for purchase here and at the Genuine Artikle site.

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  • Not ones to jock furry plush animals, even we had to double take when we were told these seemingly cute toys were recovering from abuse at the hands of their former child owners.

    It’s a Wolf! It’s a Lamb! It’s a… Psychologically Damaged Cuddle Toy?

    Not ones to jock furry plush animals, even we had to double take when we were told these seemingly cute toys were recovering from abuse at the hands of their former child owners.

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  • Now available at halcyon the shop, BITNB encourages the public to explore current art and design trends by prominently featuring the work of underground artists, photographers and illustrators on the company’s soft, well-fitted T-shirts and products.

    Just Arrived | ‘Blood Is the New Black’ Conceptual Artist T-Shirts

    Now available at halcyon the shop, BITNB encourages the public to explore current art and design trends by prominently featuring the work of underground artists, photographers and illustrators on the company’s soft, well-fitted T-shirts and products.

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  • EWOK ONE's solo exhibit at halcyon gallery opened with a private reception attended by close friends, family and more than a few notable scribes from the graffiti world. Peep the pics here or better yet, peep the show in person at the shop through December 9th.

    EWOK ONE | ‘In On The Secret’ now on display in the halcyon gallery

    EWOK ONE's solo exhibit at halcyon gallery opened with a private reception attended by close friends, family and more than a few notable scribes from the graffiti world. Peep the pics here or better yet, peep the show in person at the shop through December 9th.

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  • From the streets to the galleries to the corporate hustle, EWOK ONE has been there and done that... well. The increasingly elusive graffiti legend sat with Liondub to talk about his upcoming halcyon show of drawings, sketches and models.

    Q+A | EWOK ONE previewing his halcyon gallery show ‘In On the Secret’

    From the streets to the galleries to the corporate hustle, EWOK ONE has been there and done that... well. The increasingly elusive graffiti legend sat with Liondub to talk about his upcoming halcyon show of drawings, sketches and models.

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  • The man behind the "Rubber Jerusalem Experiment" is back with a new T-shirt line called, what else?..  Grand Wazoo. In this interview he tells us why a day without making art can feel like the end of the world, and how, according to his one-time kidnapper, "Bob," one can prepare for such an eventuality.

    Q+A | Artist Morgan Jesse Lappin of Grand Wazoo

    The man behind the "Rubber Jerusalem Experiment" is back with a new T-shirt line called, what else?.. Grand Wazoo. In this interview he tells us why a day without making art can feel like the end of the world, and how, according to his one-time kidnapper, "Bob," one can prepare for such an eventuality.

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  • Coinciding with the start of the annual Dumbo Arts Festival this Friday evening, Craig Anthony Miller opens his second show at halcyon, "Infusion 2010," a rumination on the music of Yoga. We sat down with the neighborhood's most ubiquitous visual artist to figure out what makes him paint.

    Q+A | Craig Anthony Miller

    Coinciding with the start of the annual Dumbo Arts Festival this Friday evening, Craig Anthony Miller opens his second show at halcyon, "Infusion 2010," a rumination on the music of Yoga. We sat down with the neighborhood's most ubiquitous visual artist to figure out what makes him paint.

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