OF THE MONTH [DVD] True Blood Season 1 [Pet] Salem [Book] Jeff Koons [Book] Supply and Demand [5]
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developed by the Japanese and available at better convenience stores and bars. However, Joe Sixpack is still skeptical that vamps have stopped their murdering ways. This doesn’t stop Sookie (Anna Paquin), a smalltown waitress who can read people’s thoughts, from being the first girl in her town to have an open relationship with a vampire named Bill. It’s hilarious, smart, well-made and actually tackles some serious issues like racism and homophobia. Basically it is everything that Twilight is not. [6] Pet—Salem We are suckers for sad cat news. In Salem’s owner Janice’s own words, “Just minutes after I sent you the pic of Salem, I received a call that he had been hit by a car and was dead. The girl who called was super nice to have stood by him until I had arrived. I finally got around to sending you the pic... and well, he is now on my balcony stiff as a board. I cried all day... he was a funny cat. Always making me laugh. Of my five cats, Salem was my favourite.” Everyone at the magazine is sorry for your loss. Salem, you will be missed! To have your pet featured in the magazine, send pictures to pet@ionmagazine.ca [7] Book—Jeff Koons: The Post-Pop Superstar We’ll just come right out and say it: Jeff Koons is one of the most awesome people on the planet. It’s often said that the best thing about his large-scale reproductions of everyday objects is that they actually exist. This much is true. Rather than merely blowing up a big balloon of a dog, sticking it in a gallery and calling it a day, he’ll spend years overseeing the production of a massive steel dog that has been intricately painted to look like it is a balloon. Or how about the time he released a series of sculptures of himself having explicit sex with his wife? The most awesome part is he doesn’t physically
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make his art—he has a whole factory filled with art-school grads doing it for him. He’s more of a brand managing publicity magnet than an artisan. That’s how the art world works in the 21st century. This book from Taschen has put together the most complete collection of Jeff Koons’ work ever assembled. Nearly 600 pages that has the balloon dogs, the Nike ads, the Incredible Hulks and yeah, those sculptures of him having anal sex with his (now) ex-wife. Keep your eyes peeled for his upcoming sculpture for The Tate Modern in Britain: a full scale locomotive that will be dangling from a crane. [8] Book - Supply and Demand 20th Anniversary Edition Has any artist in the history of time had a bigger year than Shepard Fairey did in 2008? We think not! Seriously, this guy was everywhere. How he plans on ever topping his Barack Obama Hope poster is beyond us. With all that went on for him in 2008, it only seems fitting that the reissue of his book Supply and Demand includes all of his exploits from 2008 (and it comes with a free print!). It also commemorates Shepard Fairey’s 20-year career as a vandal and his first ever museum show at The Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston. Fittingly, Shepard was arrested on the way to the opening.
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