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The Wack Donalds Project and Mr One Teas

Date:
Apr 13 2011

A French illustrator/painter/graphic designer from Nice who also has had shows in galleries in Monaco, Mr OneTeas is known to some as a graffiti artist who samples pop culture on his canvasses and appropriates commonly recognizable images of Hollywood names…

The Last Billboard

Practitioner:
Jon Rubin

Date:
Apr 13 2011

The Last Billboard is a 36-foot art installation located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Created in 2013, it features a steel frame and removable wooden letters that must be arranged by hand. Each month a different artist, activist or individual is invited…

Hijabizing Dolce & Gabbana

Practitioner:
Princess Hijab

Date:
Apr 13 2011

Princess Hijab is an anonymous female street artist working primarily in Paris, France. Her art centres on veiling the main characters of subway advertisements using black paint. Few facts are known about Princess Hijab. “Guerrilla art is innocent and criminal,…

Ms. Marvel Bus Ad Defacement

Date:
Apr 13 2011

Racist adverts promoting hatred against Muslims are currently being run on buses in San Francisco – but someone has started covering them up with anti-hatred messages from Marvel’s première Muslim superhero, Ms. Marvel. The adverts were purchased by the American…

UK Brandalism Campaign

Practitioner:
Various Artists

Date:
Apr 13 2011

From Glasgow to Brighton the streets of the UK looked a little different the morning of Monday 5/12/14. In 10 cities around the UK guerrilla install crews have been swapping over 300 ads with art works, creating the largest advertising…

iPod’s Dirty Secrete

Practitioner:
The Neistat Brothers

Date:
Apr 13 2011

The Neistat Brothers first attracted public attention in 2003 with their blatantly critical work, iPod’s Dirty Secret. After being refused a replacement battery for an 18-month old iPod, [they] took to the streets of Manhattan on their bikes to sabotage…

Dove Real Beauty Campaign

Practitioner:
Dove

Date:
Apr 13 2011

The Photoshop action — a downloadable file that applies an action with a single click — is aimed at art directors who may be creating such ads. The action, which was disseminated on Reddit and other places where Dove thought…

Corrected Billboard Defends Transparency at Guantanamo Bay

Practitioner:
California Department of Corrections

Date:
Apr 13 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Francisco, California Corrected Billboard Defends Transparency at Guantanamo Bay The California Department of Corrections (CDC) has unveiled a new billboard campaign to assist the U.S. Navy with transparency at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. On March…

Putting a Stop to Supermodel Minnie Mouse

Practitioner:
Dances With Fat, Health at Every Size, Ragen Chastain

Date:
Apr 13 2011

When Disney and Barneys partnered together to create a runway-ready Minnie Mouse, outrage ensued from size and body acceptance activists claiming that the new Minnie Mouse was too skinny. Ragen Chastain, a leader in the Health at Every Size movement,…

A New Kind of Barbie

Practitioner:
Nikolay Lamm

Date:
Apr 13 2011

“Many people have criticized Barbie dolls for their unrealistic proportions, claiming that they give young girls a warped idea of what beauty should be. To tackle this problem, Nikolay Lamm created digital visualizations of a regular-sized “Barbie” doll, hoping to…