Volume 16 Issue 8
Memories of MedellÍn
Pablo Escobar recruited El Chino to become his personal picture taker, documenting his political campaigns, private parties, and the various goings-on at Escobar’s outlandish 4,500-acre estate.
Celebrating Vermin
Sometimes a quirky name, a funny sign, and cute subject matter makes a place so curious that it’s almost impossible to drive by. Welcome to Opossum World. Population: about a thousand dead possums.
Lick My Prison Pit
Johnny Ryan is that guy whose drawings are festooned all over Vice. In addition to being Vice’s drawing mongrel, he’s also a free man with his own hobbies and projects.
The Fruity Sculptor
Some people look at watermelons and see art. They gaze at the fruit, judge its shape and ripeness, and think, “I shall carve into this melon, and by doing so, I shall release its soul."
Balloons, Orgies, And Pretty Colors
John Copeland is a masterly artist who’s as comfortable scribbling up a few amusing doodles in pencil on a napkin as he is detailing sweeping scenes with brushes and puddles of oils on a 12-foot canvas.
Reverse Propaganda
Noh Young Sung was born and raised in North Korea. His father was a veteran of the war between the North and South who became a beekeeper.
Raw China
I’d been watching the pigeons circling over the rooftops. Their hypnotic synchronized movement touched something deep down inside, reminding me of pigeons coming home to their lofts in Brooklyn.
Maine Delay
City folk typically build country houses to relax. They fill them with soft colors and soft cushions and nothing to do. They paint them in pastels and go out there on the weekends to "escape" to the good life.