Visual Culture: Artist Lennox Coke on His Controversial Jamaican Yellow Pages Cover
The phone directory has caused quite an uproar in Jamaica with its depiction of dancehall culture.
Visual Culture: Ebony G. Patterson’s Dancehall-Inspired “Dead Treez” Show
An arresting installation from the Jamaican visual artist.
Visual Culture: Paint Jamaica Re-Imagines Downtown Kingston
The volunteer art collective Paint Jamaica aims to transform downtown Kingston with uplifting and beautiful murals.
Toppa Top 10: Ten Jamaican Visual Artists You Should Know
Words by LargeUp Crew—
Jamaica's visual artists don't enjoy the same level of international fame as its musical talents, but that doesn't mean they're not world class. From the colorful street murals a... Read More...
Visual Culture: Classic Limonious and Jamaal Pete Cover Art
Words by Eddie STATS Houghton
Our doops Scratch Famous (or is it Selector JD?) over at Deadly Dragon Sound recently went deep with an art historical reasoning on the significance of artists Jamaal Pete a... Read More...
Keep On Moving: The Island Records Story
Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via CoolHunting
The masters of the coffee table universe over at Rizzoli books just gave new meaning to the term hard-cover with the publication of a thing called Keep on R... Read More...
Visual Culture: Exclusive Nicola Vassell Interview, Part 2
Words by Eddie STATS Houghton ::: Photo by Martei Korley
As promised, Part few in our exclusive and wide-ranging conversation with Pace gallery director Nicola Vassell, exploring the various threads that... Read More...
Rockers NYC x Medicine Agency
Words by Eddie STATS Houghton
Both as 1/2 of the street boutique Rockers NYC and as a working artist in his own right, our doops Marcus Burrowes is possibly the foremost practitioner of this Visual Cultu... Read More...
Visual Culture: Darhil Crooks, Part few
words by Eddie STATS Houghton Our epic Q&A with the art director of Esquire magazine (and Gargamel music!) continues in Darhil Crooks: Part II, the Electric Boogaloo...in this segment, Mr. Crooks gets int... Read More...
Visual Culture: Darhil Crooks
Words by Eddie STATS Houghton
We decided to profile Darhil Crooks on Large Up because we were pretty sure you didn‘t know that the same cat who designed album covers and tees for Buju Banton also happened t... Read More...