We are genuinely looking forward to the release of Ridley Scott’s upcoming sci-fi movie “Prometheus.” It is apparent that others are, too, including artist Midnight Marauder who has created 12 conceptual movie posters for the film. These are not official posters, but they’re really impressive nonetheless, in fact, 20th Century Fox might want to look into utilizing some of these.

Check out all 12 “Prometheus” posters by Midnight Marauder after the jump.

Artist Curtis Kulig aka Love Me has created a limited edition skateboard deck that will be releasing soon exclusively at Kicks in Los Angeles. The limited deck is available in only 50 units and they are hand signed by the artist himself. The bottom side features the familiar Love Me tag in an all-over print, while the top a more subtle placement mimicking a sticker. These will be dropping this Saturday at Kicks.

Take a closer look after the jump.

Recently we reported that Damien Hirst will be opening his own gallery. Today his official website, DamienHirst.com, has launched, which is a first step in that direction. The website showcases some 250 works, spanning over the last 31 years of his artistic life. Furthermore you can now stay up to date with the artist’s latest work, exhibitions and shows. Welcoming you to the site, is a live video feed of the work going on around the Damien Hirst studio. His gallery will open 2014.

Check it all out here.

In a pretty interesting get together, French artist JR has teamed up with Chinese artist Liu Bolin on a collaborative artwork in New York City. JR is known for his beautiful large scale works around the globe, while Liu Bolin is known for making himself disappear or make invisible on interesting backgrounds. Not long ago, we reported about Liu Bolin working with fashion designers Gaultier, Elbaz and others.

First the French artist wheat-pasted up a photo mural of Liu and now, we get to see the Chinese artist return the favor and camouflage JR into his own art with his signature touch. Bolin had to paint JR’s entire body, including the face to make it work. The outcome is beautiful and the team-up is a match made in heaven.

Take a detailed look at the final work and the process after the jump.

Shepard Fairey has collaborated with one of his biggest influences, Jamie Reid. The two have linked up to produce some collaborative prints. The prints were created to commemorate Reid’s upcoming exhibition, Ragged Kingdom, on May 16, 2012. The show will be taking place at Fairey’s gallery, Subliminal Projects, in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. The two prints, “Shoplifters Welcome” and “Bright Future”, will both be available (in person or by phone) that night in a large format, and also on obeygiant.com in a smaller print format.

Check out the prints after the jump.

Today we take a look inside the upcoming Louis Vuitt / Marc Jacobs book by Rizzoli, the official publication releasing in conjunction with the current exhibition at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris. The book presents the roles two men have played in turning a small workshop in nineteenth-century Paris into one of the most successful and recognized brands in the world.

“Known for both craftsmanship and must-have high design, Louis Vuitton the luxury house was started by its eponymous founder in 1854. The first half of this publication traces the innovations by Vuitton, who turned the little-known guild profession of emballeur (packer) into the foremost luxury trunk maker in Paris, with a clientele that included in his lifetime the French nobility as well as the elite of a prosperous empire. Prime and never-before-seen examples of Vuitton’s craftsmanship, along with the fashion that went into them, are the highlights of these chapters. The second half of the book examines the role of Marc Jacobs as Louis Vuitton’s creative director (since 1997), who took the Louis Vuitton house into a new era with a series of collaborations with artists and designers—such as Takashi Murakami, Richard Prince, and Stephen Sprouse—as well as designing a line of highly successful and desired clothing for the company.

By examining two divergent but often similar careers one hundred years apart, Louis Vuitton / Marc Jacobs is not only a layered study of the evolution of a luxury brand in the past 150 years but also a celebration of technical and design innovations in the new century.”

Written by Pamela Golbin, the curator of the exhibition, the book is coming to stores April 2012. Here below you can check out a video of curator Pamela Golbin takes fashion journalist Louise Roe to the tour of the ‘Louis Vuitton – Marc Jacobs’ exhibition, in display in Paris at the moment.

Here above you see the deluxe edition of the book, sold at Louis Vuitton stores.

A look inside the book follows after the jump.

Mike D of the Beastie Boys invited a group of outstanding artists and musicians to create a 17-day Avant/Garde Diaries festival in Los Angeles entitled Transmission LA: AV Club. The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA will be the meeting point for the international avant-garde, including Benjamin Jones, Mike Mills, Tom Sachs, Lauren Mackler from Public Fiction, Sage Vaughn, Isaac from Still House Group, Peter Coffin, Roy Choi and Will Fowler. Exhibitions, concerts, DJ nights, performances and installations will make the festival an extraordinary audiovisual experience.

The show begins April 20 and goes until May 6. Entry is free-of-charge.

The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
152 N Central Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90013

Clip Production: Editorial Lead Kitty Bolhoefer / Filming & Fotos Fridolin Schöpper / Editing Cris Dupont / Sound Kevin Pate / Music BUNNYSTRIPES

We just showed you a couple of love inspired murals from D*Face, but it looks like the artist was a bit busier than we initially thought. While in New York, it looks like he pulled a hat trick of murals with a third work called “Grim Tales” starring the Grim Reaper. Take a look at his other two murals here, and check out this third one in our gallery.

Dutch artist Mike Frederiqo sticks to his Sponge Bob theme and send over some of his latest designs. After Sponge Karl, Sponge Terry and Sponge Pharrell, as well as SpongeLouis more recently, Mike ventures out of fashion and into new genres.

Today we present to you the Sponge Bob versions of James Dean, Playboy’s Hugh Hefner and The Beatles. Also Mike tells us that his designs will soon be sold on t-shirts at colette, so keep your eyes open for those to drop.

Michael Lau certainly turned a lot of heads when releasing the first version of his Terry Richardson inspired ZEX vinyl figure a while ago. Lau fans now have the chance to get their hands on a limited edition wood colorway of the toy. These do not seem to actually be made out of wood, but rather only be wood colored. Overall the artist offers 4 different wood colorways, which are handed out randomly to customers and are overall limited to 79 pieces. Priced at about 100 USD, the toys can now be pre-ordered here and will ship April 2012.

Detailed images of the Michael Lau 9″ Wood Edition ZEX Vinyl Figures follow after the jump.