ESCAPE TO NEW YORK MUSIC FESTIVAL

Posted on 2011-06-27

Hitting US shores for the very first time from 4th to 7th August, Escape to New York is a music festival set to impress. With a line up including the best of international music from the likes of Patty Smith, Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros to Grafitti Six, there’s a music tent, tepee or patch of grass ready for anyone’s dancing shoes.
This pioneering musical extravaganza, put on by the ingenious gent behind the British Secret Garden Party (SGP), is taking place in the Hamptons (NY) for the very first time at the start of August. The SGP was a highlight of the past couple of summer’s festival seasons and now you can head over to New York to partake in a new highlight to the year’s musical calendar.

Head to the Shinnecock Reservation in the Hamptons – this is the very first time that any public event has been staged on the Reservation and by the looks of the amazing lineup, it is set to be a truly memorable
This event is set to be ground breaking and may well change the face of the US festival scene, make sure you don’t miss out.

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NECKFACE X PUBLIC DOMAINE SKATE DECKS

Posted on 2011-06-27

Neckface is in Paris for the Public Domaine skateboard exhibition at La Gaité Lyrique. To celebrate he has created two limited skate decks featuring the artwork he drew up for a tattoo on Busy P’s (manager and owner of the Ed Banger Records) left arm. Each deck is signed and numbered. The white is limited to 45, and the brown to 30.

Available exclusively at www.coolcats.fr

  

ANDREW GUENTHER

Posted on 2011-06-20

In this exhibition titled Corn, Tobacco and Other Stories, Guenther’s subjects of work include; tobacco plants, corn stalks, women with paper plate faces, a whale, hot dogs, Grecian urns, the folds of the canvas itself, a silver sail; symbols from Guenther’s personal lexicon alluding to both familiar and foreign stories. The artist used fewer than three colors for each of most paintings for this exhibition. The nature of the paintings’ ground is allowed to be it’s own color as is the texture of each material.

Guenther applied papier-mâché to his “plate face” paintings – which are white except for linen or chip – board peeking through in some areas. His drawings are papier-mâché figures in relief against dreamy watercolor grounds.

Opposite – Tobacco, 2011

Exhibition runs through to July 30th, 2011

Kaycee Olsen Gallery
2685 S. La Cienega Blvd
Los Angeles
CA
90034

www.kayceeolsen.com

  

SPENCER FINCH

Posted on 2011-06-20

Using light as his medium, Spencer Finch’s works deal with notions of perception and the experience of time. He keeps pursuing an ineffable moment where past and present, memory and instant meet; personal desire and world history collide.

After visiting loaded, historic places such as the cave of Lascaux, this new project relates to William Shakespeare play, Hamlet. Through an LED installation, Spencer Finch offers a sparkling fireflies night, each light playing a different character part, their intensity and movement representing each personality and move. Spencer Finch creates an atmosphere exalting mystery and fantasy – a dream place combining darkness and light, angst and delight. The arisen dichotomy is inspired by the 3rd act of Hamlet where the tension reaches its peak – the act shedding the light on the characters’ real nature, revealing its hero in the sublime of his existential contemplation (To be or not to be?) but also in the uttermost cruelty of his human condition.
Exploring through light the spiritual and emotional conflicts of each individual, Spencer Finch embraces a certain idea of romanticism and invites the audience to reflexion and introspection.

Opposite – Four Seasons, 2010

Exhibition runs through to July 2nd, 2011

Yvon Lambert Paris
108 rue Vieille-du-temple
75003
Paris

www.yvon-lambert.com

  

POST 9-11

Posted on 2011-06-20

Post 9-11 is a group exhibition distinct of a decade and definitive of an era. The work of the nine artists represented (Dan Colen, Terence Koh, Hanna Liden, Nate Lowman, Adam McEwen, Ryan McGinley, Agathe Snow, Dash Snow, and Aaron Young) defies categorization into a particular movement or style, yet poignantly references a collective history through works of painting, photography, sculpture, and installation.

Practicing in the new millennium, these New York based-artists, friends and collaborators, are brought together by a sense of community and shared history. Their relationships with each other cemented fully over the last ten years – a decade spent sharing ideas, studios, apartments, and themselves. This intimate connection not only informed their respective practices, it also influenced their creative progressions. The loose society of downtown New York provides affirmation that the bond created making art together proved a powerful factor in the voice and vision of these artists.

Opposite – Ryan McGinley, Tom (Golden Tunnel), 2010

Exhibition runs from June 30th to August 27th, 2011

OHWOW
937 North La Cienega Boulevard
Los Angeles
CA 90069

oh-wow.com

  

MIKE FIGGIS: KATE & OTHER WOMEN

Posted on 2011-06-20

Mike Figgis is the renowned director and writer, most famous for his 1996 film ‘Leaving Las Vegas’ which was nominated for four Academy Awards. He has since worked on the cutting edge of creative digital filmmaking and photography, where he pushes the boundaries by experimenting with different textures and formats.

The sensually charged images of Kate Moss, Eva Green and ‘other women’ have been enchanced by Mike using techniques which he has developed himself, making them ‘unique’ in the true sense of the word.

The photographs of Kate Moss were shot as part of a campaign for Agent Provocateur in 2007, which included a series of films and a book ‘The 4 Dreams of Miss X’.

Exhibition runs through to July 30th, 2011

The Little Black Gallery
13A Park Walk
London
SW10 0AJ

www.thelittleblackgallery.com