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David Byrne
Alien Cups
2001
David Byrne
musician, photographer, director and designer, needs very few touches on the
white illy cup to give life to extraterrestrials who inhabit our collective
imaginary; he doubles the handle and turns it into a pair of ears, which double
up with two large color filled eyes.
The color distinguishes them: light blue, pink, green and silver
together with slight differences in the little black mouths and noses.
The aliens also
look curiously out of the windows of their sugar bowl space ship, which
completes the series.
The set is
fantastic and fun! It is sure to
please everyone from the serious espresso drinkers to the young at heart…. Or
both!
MUSIC
David Byrne is well known as the musician who co-founded the group Talking
Heads (1976–88) in New York. On record and in concert, the band was acclaimed
by critics and audiences alike; more importantly, however, they have proven to
be extremely influential. Talking Heads took popular music in new directions,
both in terms of sound and lyrics, and also introduced an innovative visual
approach to the genre.
ART
David Byrne has been involved with photography and design since
his college days and has been his work for the past decade. Like his film and musical
projects, his artwork is often described as elevating the mundane or the
banal to the level of art, creating icons out of everyday materials to find the
sacred in the profane. Byrne s works are about interior ...
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