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8 Athletes Who Look Like Maurice Sendak 'Wild Things'

Posted 5/8/12 3:30 pm EST by Carl Williott in Art, Funny, News, Sports

Credit: Getty Images/Maurice Sendak

Maurice Sendak, author of the legendary children's book "Where The Wild Things Are," has died at age 83. He was a groundbreaking author around the same time as Dr. Seuss---whereas Dr. Seuss came up with whacked-out rhyming acid trips, Sendak's works were much bleaker, trying to tell it like it is without straight-up depressing the kids reading them.

Since we were pretty much raised on "Wild Things," it's all we can think about today. So we're going to celebrate Sendak and the book's legacy in the most Clutch way we could think of (not counting boob-centric ideas, because we still have some class): eight pro athletes who look like the beasts from "Where The Wild Things Are."

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25 Awesome Pieces Of Superhero Graffiti

Posted 5/7/12 11:55 am EST by Brett Smiley in Art, Movies

Photos: Rubin, Dave Photo, Gusto

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While the "The Avengers" blew up the box office this past weekend, a group of graffiti artists painted an Avengers-inspired mural in South Bronx. The six-man crew is 4burners, consisting of Gusto (an MTV man), Sen2, Deem, Logek, Owns, Rubin and Dasic, the first five of which hail from New York.

"We've been painting together as a crew for three years, and are one of the last few crews that are truly representing New York as a focal point for graffiti culture," Gusto told us.

Each member of the crew painted a different character and molded their piece around the look and feel of the character. The six frames frames join together like a comic book. The Hulk, Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Hawkeye and Black Widow are represented on the on wall at Faile Street and Randall Ave, South Bronx.

Click on for a couple more pictures of 4burners's fresh mural and 25 more impressive pieces of superhero graffiti.

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Clutch Cuts: Casey Neistat Makes It Count, And More

Posted 4/10/12 8:15 am EST by Brett Smiley in Art, Funny, Sports, Video

Credit: Vimeo/Stab Magazine

Clutch Cuts is our morning edition of the best of the web, a diversion from work or something to get you through those hazy minutes between waking up and actually doing something productive. You'll find viral videos, sports, music, ladies, weirdness and miscellaneous nonsense.

Above: Surfer/model Erica Hosseini during her photo shoot with Stab Magazine. (GrindTV)

Nike asked Casey Neistat to make a movie about what it means to #makeitcount

Watch him blow the budget in 10 days. That counts as making it count, no? (VVV)

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Clutch Cuts: Lauren Conrad Is Topless On Glamour, And More

Posted 4/4/12 7:09 am EST by Brett Smiley in Art, Sports, Video

Credit: Peggy Sirota/Glamour

Above: That's former "Hills" babe Lauren Conrad...without a top.

Tornadoes ripped through the Dallas-Forth Worth area yesterday

Ever see a semi get whipped in the air like a toy? Now you have!

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15 Out-Of-This-World UFO Tattoos

Posted 2/22/12 10:45 am EST by Brett Smiley in Art, Funny, Tattoos

Credit: tattooan, ratemyink

Although we actually know a scant amount about UFOs, that hasn't prevented mere humans from devoting scores of books, movies, museums and even tattoos to the enigmatic flying objects. (Although if we knew a lot about UFOs, they would just be called "flying objects.") Our lack of information leaves a lot of room for interpretations of these mystical alien ships. Have a look at our favorite body art takes on these spacecrafts. Be forewarned, the aliens in many of these depictions seem to be abducting an earthling, either for torture or to attend some cool space party.

Tags Aliens, Body Art, Ink, UFO Tattoos, UFOs

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Sam Spratt Talks Chestaches, Dating Art School Girls And Jay-Z's Family Portrait

Posted 2/13/12 12:22 pm EST by Fallon Prinzivalli in Art, Celebs, Interview

In January, MTV News interviewed artist Sam Spratt about the celebrity reaction to his digital paintings. His portraits, like the one above of Ron Swanson, went viral online to a degree where Rainn Wilson noticed and used Spratt's portrait of Dwight Schrute as his Twitter profile picture. We here at MTV Clutch were so inspired by his work that we decided to create a photo gallery post and bless all of you with his artistry. When we contacted Spratt, he was nice enough to offer to answer some more of our own questions. Read on to learn about how women react to his profession, what he likes most and least about Brooklyn and how he'd style a family portrait for Jay-Z, Beyoncé and baby Blue Ivy. Also, see some of Sam's portraits featuring Katy Perry, Adraina Lima, Rihanna, Kanye West and more.

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Terrifying Street Art You Don't Want To See At 3AM [Photos]

Posted 2/1/12 12:00 pm EST by Brett Smiley in Art, Big Hits

Photo: Reddit

Inspired by a Reddit submission of a maddened Jack Nicholson from "The Shining," we decided to scan the web to see what kind of scary street art tortures unsuspecting or easily scared souls around the world. We were not disappointed by the results.

The submission was titled, "Because some graffiti you don't want to turn the corner and see at 3 a.m." Pretty much all of the pieces below meet that criteria. From the profound to perverted, graffiti to wheatpaste, dark to demented, from all around the world--Berlin, Madrid, Los Angeles, Sydney, New York--check out some of the best of scary street art.

Tags Art, Creepy, Graffiti, Photos, Street Art, Visual

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Beavis And Butt-Head Sculptures Are So Lifelike, So Horrifying

Posted 1/20/12 1:30 pm EST by Adam K. Raymond in Art, Big Hits, TV

Kevin Kirkpatrick, a self-employed special effects makeup artist in Hollywood, has had a pretty good career. He's done work for movies such as "Sucker Punch" and " Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides." And yet, this blog, and we're willing to bet every other blog, has never mentioned him.

Today that changes. Because today we're not only mentioning Kirkpatrick, but getting on our hands and knees repeating "We're not worthy." And it's all due to Beavis and Butt-Head. Late last night Kirkpatrick posted the photos above and below of two life-like B&B sculptures he did for the "Conjoined 2" art show opening in L.A. this weekend.

These horrifying monstrosities are mostly made of silicone, with acrylic eyes and teeth. The hair, of course, is from humans. The shirts? Those are just shirts. And the nightmares you'll be having tonight about Beavis and Butt-Head attacking you in your sleep? Those will be as realistic and horrifying as the look Beavis is giving you in the third photo below.

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Thanksgiving With Roc Nation, Shady Records And Young Money

Posted 11/22/11 10:52 am EST by Brett Smiley in Art, Music

We wonder how celebrities spend Thanksgiving. Do they load up on grub, enter a turkey coma and pass out on a couch while the Detroit Lions get spanked mercilessly? (Not this year!) Do they have the same cachet when they sit down amongst family at the dinner table that they do in everyday life? We've got no clue. We do know that some of hip-hop's biggest record labels are kind of like family, so we decided to mess around with a few iconic Thanksgiving scenes to see what Turkey Day would look like if they took the place of the original works' subjects.

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Paper Doll Pleasure: Interview With Artist Kyle Hilton

Posted 11/2/11 11:30 am EST by David Dean in Art, TV

Artist Kyle Hilton started working on a series of paper dolls based on his favorite TV characters, starting with the cast of "Arrested Development." He credits the buzz his work has created to "a lot of really nice people and what I'm guessing can only be the magic of the internet." Most recently, Hilton was asked to create a series of dolls for the cast of "Breaking Bad." That's reason enough for us to interview the paper doll wizard and to get a peek behind the curtain.

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