Random Appropriation of the Day! (Totem Cups)

In Alaska Native, intellectual property, Native art, pacific northwest, totem cups, totem pole by Adrienne K.3 Comments

 (source) I initially didn’t have much to say about these “Totem Cups” by designer Rob Southcott–they’re cups. That look like a totem pole. Oh, but they are made in the land of many great Native appropriations: China. Southcott is a Toronto-based artist, and his pieces seem to incorporate a lot of the natural world with “functionality”. Lots of driftwood looking …

Native-themed Banksy Street Art in San Francisco

In apache skateboards, banksy, Native art, street art by Adrienne K.3 Comments

(Click to make it grande, source here) I’m a huge fan of the street art movement, I love art that incorporates social commentary and appears in unexpected forms and places. UK artist Banksy is arguably the leader of the movement, with his pieces appearing all over the world, in galleries and sold-out shows, but also on everything from nondescript alleys …