Button Up Your Overcoat
By Mark Kaufman You may view and purchase my buttons at the prickie.com site here. In addition to my pins, you will be able to peruse buttons from artists and designers all over the planet. Hell, why not upload a few designs yourself?
Rome Street Art
By Mark Kaufman Here’s another bit of Italian street art that I found on my recent trip. I think this was from Florence. For all of Rome’s charms and amazing sights it had a serious lack of interesting, contemporary street art. At least in the areas that I found myself in. Mostly spray painted […]
The Messenger
Here’s a piece that I did a few weeks back for The Stranger in Seattle. Lindy West has nailed down 5 simple rules on how to write crappy, yet wildly popular art, historical, spy, terrorist thrillers.1. Skillz.2. Chins and titties.3. Secrets.4. Inability to write.5. 9/11. There you have it.Hit those typewriters and send Lindy a […]
La Dolce Vita
We are back from our vacation to Italy. Bernini, Caravaggio, Raphael, Michelangelo? Check. Gucci, Fendi, Ferragamo, Brioni, Costume National? Check. Allessi, Ferrari, Fornasetti, Borsalino? Check. But I did find this graffiti all over Florence. Molto buon. It was such a great trip, I will certainly be interspersing some thoughts and images of Italian art, food, […]
Devolution
Here’s another spot for the Seattle Weekly. This one was for a story on the band Devo. Are we not men? We are a band that people either love or hate. I loved them then. I love them now. I also love the art and music of Mark Mothersbaugh. I play the soundtrack to the […]
Creativity Spark*
The new edition of Creativity Spark* is due to hit the streets this month. In the meantime check out my currrent page on the website. New page will be coming soon in tandem with the new print issue. Click on the illustrators section, scroll down to Mark Kaufman and voila!
Burt Goldblatt
Burt Goldblatt, designer, illustrator, photographer, author, has died at 82. His album cover designs of the 1950’s and 60’s were certainly an influence on me at an early age, although I didn’t know it at the time. Only later on was I able to put a name to the simple yet vibrant imagery that spoke […]
Mark Kaufman on WFMU’s Beware of the Blog
See some nice ink about me and my work for The Stranger on WFMU’s Beware of the Blog! Scroll down to September 4 entry. A tip of the jogging shorts to Liz Berg.
Bumbershoot for Seattle Weekly
On newstands now (and in dumpsters all over Seattle Center) you’ll find my work for the Seattle Weekly Bumbershoot issue. I did the cover and six, count ’em six spots for the Weekly’s issue devoted to all things Bumbershoot, Seattle’s long running arts and music fesitval that takes place on Labor Day weekend. Big thumbs […]