Available for purchase at NP & CO for $45 USD.
Friday, April 10, 2009
hank willis thomas/paper magazine's beautiful people/class of 2009
At a time when it seems America has started to think about race more openly, making conceptual art that continues to question preexisting notions on the subject can be tricky. But for trained photographer Hank Willis Thomas, it was necessary. Born out of a personal tragedy -- Willis's cousin, a young black man, was gunned down in Philadelphia simply for being in the wrong place at the wrong time -- "Pitch Blackness," both a gallery show (at the Jack Shainman Gallery) and a book (from Aperture), is Thomas's way of making sense of what happened, and of the larger ramifications surrounding his cousin's death. The work, says Willis, represents "my stream of consciousness from a very personal experience and doing straight photography, to actually appropriating photographs and using historical, pop-culture photographs to tell my stories."
To read more, click HERE.
SOURCE: Paper Magazine
The Re-Evolution of Jack Spade
Visionary designer Andy Spade, who sold the wildly successful company he co-owned with wife Kate Spade to Liz Claiborne in 2006, has now partnered with Anthony Sperduti to open Partners & Spade -- "a studio to inspire people and to keep us engaged" -- in NoHo. During the week, the space functions as a studio for Spade and Sperduti, and on the weekends it becomes a store (in-store visits during the week are available by appointment). The duo also invites people to curate shows there and sell collections -- Mike Mills, for example, created a space with content related to the year 1971, while Maira Kalman assembled a spot that incorporated items made by her late husband, graphic designer Tibor Kalman. Other contributors so far include Marika Thunder Nuss (the daughter of artist Rita Ackermann) and Eléonore Hendricks.
Additionally, Partners & Spade publishes photography books -- Wheee features people sledding; Boo, people in Halloween costumes; and The Portable Museum of Natural History, photos of, yes, the American Museum of Natural History -- and the store offers "Backdated Confidence Trophies," which are available to be monogrammed for people who never got over losing that big race in school. "It's a constantly changing group of work by people who aren't formally artists," says Spade. Perhaps not formally artists, but what minds other than those of artists would think to mount an art piece called "IMPULSE ITEMS" near the ceiling as a nod to Yoko Ono's well-known "YES" painting?
40 Great Jones St., New York, (646) 861-2827.
SOURCE: PM
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Flick of the Day: Humble Arts Foundation's "To Fill the Unforgiving Minute"
Whitney Hubbs Limited Edition Print
Untitled, 2008
From To Fill the Unforgiving Minute
Silver Gelatin Print
Paper: 16 x 20 inches
Image: 15.75 x 19.75 inches
Signed and numbered
Edition of 5
$495.00 / PURCHASE
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Kim Songhe "Disney" Chandelier
Produced by Korean artist Kim Songhe, this chandelier is made entirely of Disney plush toys and is now available at Tokyo Cultuart.
"ARE YOU YOUNGER THAN JESUS" at The New Museum: Apr. 8-July 5, 2009
For “Younger Than Jesus,” the first edition of “The Generational,” the New Museum’s new signature triennial, fifty artists from twenty-five countries will be presented. The only exhibition of its kind in the United States, “The Generational: Younger Than Jesus” will offer a rich, intricate, multidisciplinary exploration of the work being produced by a new generation of artists born after 1976. Known to demographers, marketers, sociologists, and pundits variously as the Millennials, Generation Y, iGeneration, and Generation Me, this age group has yet to be described in any way beyond their habits of consumption. “Younger Than Jesus” will begin to examine the visual culture this generation has created to date.
Inspired by the fact that some of the most influential and enduring gestures in art and history have been made by young people in the early stages of their lives, “Younger Than Jesus” will fill the entire New Museum’s building on the Bowery with approximately 145 works by artists all of whom are under the age of thirty-three years old. Hailing from countries including Algeria, China, Colombia, Germany, India, Lebanon, Poland, Turkey, and Venezuela, many are showing in a museum for the first time. The exhibition will span mediums and encompass painting, drawing, photography, film, animation, performance, installation, dance, Internet-based works, and video games. Major support for the exhibition has been provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation.
Consistent with the New Museum’s thirty-year mission to present new art and new ideas, “The Generational: Younger Than Jesus” will be the first major international museum exhibition devoted exclusively to the generation born around 1980, tapping into the different perspectives, shared preoccupations, and experiences of a constituency that is shaping the contemporary art discourse and prescribing the future of global culture. In the United States, this demographic group is the largest generation to emerge since the Baby Boomers, while in India half the population is less than twenty-five years old; the sheer size of this generation ensures its worldwide influence. By bringing together a wide variety of artists and contextualizing their different approaches, “Younger Than Jesus” will capture the signals of an imminent change, identify stylistic trends that are emerging among a diverse group of creators, and provide the general public with a first in-depth look at how the next generation conceives of our world. Revealing new languages and attitudes, the exhibition will comprise a portrait of the agents of change at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
The exhibition is organized by Lauren Cornell, Director of Rhizome and New Museum Adjunct Curator; Massimiliano Gioni, Director of Special Exhibitions; and Laura Hoptman, Kraus Family Senior Curator.
“The New Museum has always been a platform for the new,” comments Lisa Phillips, Toby Devan Lewis Director. “We have given important early exposure to artists at the beginning of their careers, from Keith Haring to Adrian Piper, and Ana Mendieta to Jeff Koons—artists who subsequently changed the course of art. ‘Younger Than Jesus’ continues the New Museum’s tradition and mission of showing the art of tomorrow today.”
“The artists in ‘Younger Than Jesus’ reflect a preoccupation with our future, but also with history and tradition: Rather than foreswearing their parents, they seem interested in imagining new communities and alternative families,” says Massimiliano Gioni. “Their tactics range from role-playing to recycling, from identity tourism to technological archeology, from an hysterical form of realism to an intimate, micro-emotional art.”
According to Lauren Cornell, “The exhibition presents glimpses of a generation that is incredibly diverse, with artists moving seamlessly across mediums. Instead of radically breaking from the past, these artists draw from a myriad of influences across historical movements and geographies to highlight the intergenerational dynamics that drive contemporary art.”
“During World War II, both Pablo Picasso and Giorgio Morandi were both painting still lifes,” explains Laura Hoptman. “Two artists, belonging to the same generation, were imagining two absolutely different realities emerging from a chaos that encompassed the entire world. We hope that ‘Younger Than Jesus’ will offer a look at our world as reflected through the work of many artists belonging to the same time and yet representing entirely different perspectives on its problems and its beauties.”
Informants Worldwide
Artists were selected for “Younger Than Jesus” through an open curatorial model that is participatory, and inspired by the networking proclivities of the generation represented in the show. Initial research for the exhibition was conducted through an international network of correspondents and an information-sharing group of more than 150 curators, writers, teachers, artists, critics, and bloggers worldwide, who were asked to recommend artists for the exhibition. This methodology was intended to expand the curatorial process and challenge the traditional “single-source” method of creating an exhibition. Through this process, more than 500 artists were recommended and researched.
Publications
Biographical information and images from the over 500 artists who were submitted for consideration for the exhibition by the global network of informants will be included in the publication Younger Than Jesus: The Artist Directory, co-published by the New Museum and Phaidon. The publication will serve as an informal census of the artists from this generation, and will expand the exhibition by adding an additional platform.
The exhibition catalogue, co-published by the New Museum and Steidl, will include reproductions of the work of the fifty artists chosen for the exhibition, as well as original essays by the exhibition curators and an anthology of articles by a diverse group of writers including philosophers, sociologists, journalists, activists, and marketing and technology experts. It is intended to compose a complex picture of the art and preoccupations that animate the work of this emerging generation.
Live Archive
The New Museum’s fifth-floor Museum as Hub space will serve as the live archive of “The Generational: Younger Than Jesus.” Organized by freelance critic Brian Sholis, the space will serve as a research platform, discussion venue, and repository of international periodicals, films, and music created by or documenting this generation. Materials will be gathered from diverse sources: Sholis’s conversations and interviews with the exhibition’s artists; contemporary publications and zines selected by international correspondents; and texts by philosophers, sociologists, journalists, marketing, and technology experts about this generation. Regular lunchtime presentations will address the idea of generational shifts and the specific nature of this generation and its influences.
New Museum
235 Bowery
New York, NY 10002
212.219.1222
www.newmuseum.org
SOURCE: NM
I SHOT YA!: Leica M8 Special Edition White Version Camera
There is no price for this product at the time but back in January a rumor surfaced of a $10,000 limited edition Leica Safari M8 camera would be created. An extremely limited number of the camera will be produced and to find out the price call Leica at 1-800-222-0118 to inquire. Like all Leica digital rangefinders, each camera body is hand-assembled and manufactured from the finest materials available. Leica is the favored camera for famous photographers ranging from Henri Cartier Bresson and Diane Arbus to Nan Goldin.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Dazed & Confused Nasir Mazhar aw 09 London Collection
Nasir Mazhar a/w 09
London Fashion Week
Short Film by Pierre Debusschere
CHOPPED AND SKREWED:JEAN-CHARLES DE CASTELBAJAC'S "Triumph of the Sign"
We’re all suspicious of models warping into musicians and actors trying their hands at design, or just about anyone else who believes they have a pressing talent because they’re famous. And we should be – let them convince us! But no one doubted the success of Jean-Charles de Castelbajac’s art exhibition Triumph of the Sign when the fashion legend went all arty on us with his first solo show. No, we knew Bethnal Green’s Paradise Row gallery was in safe hands because art, as his clothes proves, is the natural progression for Jean-Charles’ 40-year obsession with pop art. For more, click HERE.
ART COLOGNE by Night
April 22nd - 26th, 2009
Vernissage on Tuesday,
April 21st, 5 pm
Axa Art Professional Preview on Tuesday,
April 21st, 12 pm
"With a strong field of 180 international exhibitors ART COLOGNE 2009 is set to showcase the whole palette of 20th and 21st-century art and a comprehensive range of the latest art-market trends. ART COLOGNE has launched a new nightly programme in the city of Cologne, starting with a party after the ART COLOGNE Vernissage at the "Alter Wartesaal" on Tuesday, 21st April, 11pm - 2am."
www.artcologne.com
Monday, April 6, 2009
The J. Paul Getty Museum purchases Chinese Contemporary Photography
LOS ANGELES, CA - The J. Paul Getty Museum has just acquired a significant group of works by Chinese contemporary photographers. Nine works by acclaimed artists Wang Qingsong and Hai Bo will enter the museum’s collection, which is known for the depth and breadth of its historical holdings in European and American photography. It is the Getty’s first major acquisition in the field of contemporary Chinese photography. To read more, click HERE.
SOURCE: AKN
The Art of Travel: Gucci Viaggio Luggage Collection
As one of the newest luggage collections from Gucci, the Gucci Viaggio (Viaggio is Italian for travel) series is based upon clean aesthetics with a certain degree of travel performance. The material at hand is based on a durable, lightweight resin material. A firm representation of the brand is seen via a rubber emblem. Depending on the needs and tasks at hand, the collection has most bases covered from specific uses for laptops to carry-alls and rolling luggage. The collection which debuted last year is available now at select Gucci retailers.
SOURCE: Openers
21st Century Hustle Interview-Artist Steven Lopez
Steven Lopez’s background is similar to most American artists: love of art from an early age; family forbade him from pursuing his dreams; being bored in church and experiencing rejection early in life. But unlike most American artists he found his footing and now he’s well on his way to becoming a bonafide star. (interview after the jump)
SOURCE: 21hustle.com
Friday, April 3, 2009
HUSHL/Veiled Beauty Exhibition at FIFTY24SF Gallery
UK graphic designer/illustrator Hush opened up his solo show, entitled Veiled Beauty, last night at FIFTY24SF Gallery in San Francisco. The exhibition featured a healthy amount of new paintings inspired by graphic-novels, animation, graphic-design, graffiti art, urban art and contemporary painting. To read more of this article and view more images, click HERE.
SOURCE: hypebeast
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Real Talk: 04.02.09
I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.
::: Frida Khalo:::
Kehinde Wiley "World Stage: Brazil" Exhibition Preview
The realistic and comparative styles of artist Kehinde Wiley will see itself presented in Los Angeles this Saturday. The “World Stage” show focuses on residents of Rio de Janerio in Brazil. Away from any glitz and glamour, Willey appropriates the residents in an interesting light as the personalities are seen on some unconventional backdrops away from the usual slums and shanty-towns. The locally sourced floral and textile backgrounds offer a nice juxtaposition in both representation and color. Some special hand-carved frames surround each painting which feature engraved images of birds and flowers. The April 4th show takes place at the ROBERTS AND TILTON Gallery.
Kehinde Wiley “World Stage: Brazil” Exhibition
April 4 – May 30, 2009
Opening Reception Saturday, April 4th, 6 – 8pm
ROBERTS & TILTON
5801 Washington Boulevard
Culver City, California 90232
p: 323.549.0223
SOURCE: supertouch
Gallery Guichard::Collectors' Champagne Preview Tonight
ART: The Universal Language
An Abstract Exhibition
Champagne Review:
Thursday, April 2, 2009
5:00-10:00 p.m.
Opening Reception:
Friday, April 3, 2009
5:00-10:00 p.m.
Gallery Guichard
3521 S. King Drive
Chicago, IL 60653
www.galleryguichard.com
CHINASQUARE/ UNBOUNDED Reception/04.02.09
UNBOUNDED
March 28 - April 25, 2009
Opening Reception with the artists TONIGHT April 2nd 6-8pm
ChinaSquare Gallery is pleased to present UNBOUNDED, a group show featuring ten New York based Chinese and Taiwanese artists with limitless ambition and potential. UNBOUNDED is on view from March 28th to April 25th, 2009. We hope you can join ChinaSquare Gallery and the artists in celebrating the opening of UNBOUNDED on Thursday, April 2nd, from 6-8pm.
un⋅bound⋅ed [uhn-boun-did]
1. having no limits, borders, or bounds.
2. unrestrained; uncontrolled: unbounded enthusiasm.
陳擎耀 CHEN Ching-Yao, born in Taiwan, Asian Culture Council grantee for artist residency program at Location ONE in New York; shown at Taipei Fine Arts Museum, MoCA Taipei, Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science - South Dakota, Deagu Art Feastival, Korea.
崔斐 CUI Fei, born in Hangzhou, BFA in Painting from Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, MFA in Painting from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), NYFA Fellowship; shown at the Queens Museum of Art, Chelsea Art Museum and the Chinese Biennial.
費明杰 Ming FAY, born in Shanghai, B.F.A. Kansas City Art Institute, M.F.A. University of California Santa Barbara, diploma from Columbus College of Art & Design; shown at the Hong Kong Museum of Art, New York's National Academy Museum, UBS Gallery, and Neuberger Museum of Art.
李小鏡 Daniel LEE, born in Sichuan, B.F.A. from Taipei Culture University, M.F.A. from Philadelphia College of Art; shown at Kuando Museum of Art Taipei, Seoul Museum of Art, Biennale of Electronic Art, Perth, solo show at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum.
吳欣慈 Annysa NG, born in Hong Kong, studied at SVA and Staatliche Akademie der Bildenen Künste in Stuttgart Germany, Artist-in-Residence at Egon Schiele Art Centrum, Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic; shown at Osaka Municipal Arts Museum and part of the Deutsche Bank Art Collection.
薄茵萍 PO Ying Ping, born in Taiwan, Graduate of the National Academy of Arts Taiwan and Pratt Institute of the Arts - Graphic Center; shown at Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Kuandu Museum of Arts, Chang Liu Museum, and Fukuyama Museum.
司徒強 SZETO Keung, born in Guangdong Province, M.F.A. from Pratt Institute; his photorealistic painting extensively shown in museums in the US, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
王紀凡 Chi Fan WONG, B.A. from The Cooper Union, Columbia University GSAPP, Prof. at the Central Academy of Fine Arts Beijing, Hubei Institute of Fine Art, Pratt Institute School of Architecture; shown in galleries in Taiwan and the States.
楊識宏 Chihung YANG, born in Taiwan, graduate of the National Taiwan College of Art; shown at National History Museum Taipei, solo exhibition at ChinaSquare April 08, Las Vegas Art Museum, Shanghai Art Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art Tokyo, National Museum of Modem Art Seoul.
張宏圖 ZHANG Hongtu, born in Gansu Province, graduate of the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts Beijing; shown at Princeton University Art Museum, Newark Museum, Guangzhou Triennial, The Fifth Biennial of Havana, Queens Museum of Art.
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