RAFMAN: [Laughs] Okay, could you describe it for people out there?

NEKRASOVA: It’s a chihuahua having sex with a pig, with three pit bulls looking at them judgmentally as a storm rolls in.

RAFMAN: Exactly. It was inspired by my deep dives into DeviantArt[.com], which is like a microcosm of the old internet I grew up on, an internet that didn’t... See more

In the last three decades, youth culture has moved from a deep suspicion of commerce to a passionate defense of anti-anti-commerce to an entire generation of "creatives” who leverage the commercial market… to do even more commerce

These are cute designs, of a specific culture and of a specific moment, very contemporary yet of-a-kind. What’s interesting is that they’re popping up in these times, in this cultural economy: this style exists in a post-A24 merch, post-Online Ceramics, post-Graza space, making the more 1970s reference of the aforementioned feel more contemporary... See more