Happy Hippos

Atsushi Hara

Nikita Charushin, My first zoology book, 1984, thanks to Book Graphics

Rainey Bennet, The secret hiding place, 1960, thanks to Matt Hinrichs

Roger Duvoisin, Veronica, 1961, thanks to Capa Dura em Cingapura

  Ethel and Leonard Kessler, Are You Square?, 1966, thanks to hunkamunka

Abner Graboff, 1961, thanks to Eric Sturdevant

Renate Müller, 1970s

twoems

Andrew Mockett, thanks to the art room plant

Madeleine Floyd

Katherine Evans, Junior True Book of African Animals, 1958, thanks to joy of a toy

Elisabeth Brozowska, Isidore L'Hippopotame, 1969, thanks to Illustration s'il vous plaît

Clement Hurd, Monkey in the Jungle, 1968, thanks to art.crazed

Dominique Pouchain

Sergio Ruffolo

Philippe Baudelocque

Jun Takabatake, Quien soy,thanks to Col.lecionàrum

Sunday Safari - Black & White Sea

 Christian Roux

Julius Klinger

 Woodcut by Bold for Stuff and Nonsense by Walter de la Mare, 1927, thanks to 50 Watts

Si Scott

Minako Kawauchi, Sea Bream

Daniel Egneus

 Yodagawa Technique

Helle Jorgensen, Cephalopod

 Farshid Mesghali, illustration from Little Black Fish, 1968

Andrea Marescalchi

Matti Piippo

Sergio Ruffolo

Christian Montenegro, illustration from The Creation

Yong Ho Ji

Waone

Eleanor Grosch

From Dove, with Love

Peter Max, 1968

This spirited flock just flew by, inspired by current human events.

May Peace Be with You Wherever You Go!

Stamp and poster designs by Stefan Kanchev, discovered thanks to Grain Edit

 Asela Pérez, 1978

 

 Herb Lubalin, U&lc cover, 1981

 Tahamtan Aminian, 2006

 Hassan Massoudi, discovered thanks to Gramatologia

Linda Vignato, from her peace drawings series

Tamas Toth, poster in memory of the 1956 Hungarian uprising, 2006

thanks to Rene Wenner's Poster Page

Kazumasa Nagai, 1989, 

from a recent post of vintage Japanese political posters on Pink Tentacle

McRay Magleby

 

Gürbüz Doğan Ekşioğlu

 Mehdi Saeedi, thanks to Robert L.Peters

 Bansky at West Bank. Photo: Reuters

Ericailcane - Man is the Bastard

Humans are nothing but animals. Ericailcane

Like his close friend and frequent collaborator Blu, Ericailcane is an artist from Bologna and one 

of the main exponents of the Italian street art scene (btw, if you haven't done so yet, check out 

Blu's latest colossal animated project here). In recent years, Ericailcane's animal themed murals have 

received international recognition, and can be found on the streets of various European cities, 

as well as in Los Angeles, Palestine and Nicaragua. 

Blu + Ericailcane, Bottles, at POP UP! Ancona 2008

In fact, the murals are just part of a much larger picture, since ericailcane's artistic endeavors 

also include stop-motion animations, drawings, prints, art books, painting, sculptures and installations.

Through all these media, Ericailcane's poetic world comes alive through a very personal menagerie 

of tender, awkward, and existentially challenged anthropomorphic animals. 

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Since I am having a very hard time deciding what artworks to post here among the many I like, 

I'm just going to highlight a few recent projects, hoping that you'll be enticed to look out for more 

at the artist's great new website or one of many other web venues showcasing his works.

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Ericailcane’s drawings and etchings are finely drafted and lovingly detailed, but while his technique 

brings to mind 19th century children's and natural history book illustrations, his inspiration is wholly modern,

immersed in the weaknesses, contradictions and anxieties of contemporary humanity.

Last January Carmichael Gallery hosted Ericailcane's first solo show in Los Angeles, Man is the Bastard.

The exhibition featured etchings and graphic art, but for the occasion he also painted a large mural 

on La Brea Avenue in West Hollywood.

After having being shown by his parents a series of drawings he had made as a child in 1985, 

 the artist decided to draw them again, and in 2009 created the book Potente di fuoco that

displays on each spread Leonardo/Ericailcane's creatures in their early and new incarnations. 

Guerra civile (Civil war) is the title of a recent Milan exhibition at Galleria Patricia Armocida

featuring new drawing, etchings and prints of warmongering critters. 

Rovina (Ruin) is a site-specific installation hosted inside an abandoned historical building

during the 3rd edition of POP UP! festival in Ancona, on show until the 5th of September. 

You can see photos of the large installation's murals and sculptures here and here.

And finally, some 2009 wall paintings from the Italian cities of Grottaglie, Pisa and Foligno.

Go here to watch Ericailcane at work and see how they are done!