PAINTING CANADA – TOM THOMSON

Posted on 2011-12-19

In the early twentieth century in Toronto, Canada, the first stirrings of a new movement of painting were being felt. A group of artists started to engage with the awesome Canadian wilderness, a landscape previously considered too wild and untamed to inspire ‘true’ art. Tom Thomson paved the way for this artistic collective, the Group of Seven, and their works have become revered in Canada. This exhibition will reintroduce their stunning impressions of the Canadian landscape to the British public for the first time since the 1920s

Opposite – Tom Thomson, The West Wind, 1917

Exhibition runs through to January 8th, 2012

Dulwich Picture Gallery
Gallery Road
London
SE21 7AD

www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk

  

LOUIS VUITTON ACE SNEAKER SPRING/SUMMER 2012

Posted on 2011-12-19

New from the Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2012 Men’s Collection.
This sneaker comes in both colorful leather options and in a mix of leather and the classic Vuitton Damier canvas. Easy to wear and will especially look nice with shorts. Also available a red leather colorway.

www.louisvuitton.co.uk

  

THE BEACH TOMATO SHACK

Posted on 2011-12-19

Beach Tomato combines the best in inspiring beach editorial content with innovative technology and captivating imagery.
As a natural extension to the offering, The Beach Tomato Shack (The Shack) will now retail the very best of luxury beachwear, dressing both men and women for their stylish travels. From chic footwear to statement dresses, swimwear and sunglasses, the site will encompass all your holiday needs for a stylish stay in the sun. The Shack is the new home to the world’s coolest beach brands, hand-picked from the newest need-to-know designers and the classics we love.

With over 50 brands available online, The Shack showcases the most desirable summer looks, from labels such as Chloe, Mawi and Roksanda Ilincic, available all year round. Menswear collections from brands such as Sergio K, Polo Ralph Lauren and luxury swimwear label Robinson Les Bains will offer men the perfect holiday wardrobe in one quick click. Womenswear exclusives from emerging labels, Mungo Gurney, Tosca Delfino and Miguelina.

www.thebeachtomatoshack.com

  

DR MARTENS 3-EYE TONAL PACK

Posted on 2011-12-19

The iconic Dr. Martens 3-Eye 1461 shoe returns in another make-up. This time around the brand has played it tonal, releasing the low top shoe in 6 monochrome colorways. The upper, lining and outer sole all come in the same colors, with all branding only being embossed, thus also not adding another color to the mix. Overall the pack includes 6 colorways.

www.drmartens.com

  

PAOLO ROVERSI – NUDI

Posted on 2011-12-19

For more than 25 years, the nude series by Paolo Roversi called Nudi is one of the most inspiring and aesthetic nude series in contemporary photography. A plain composition and a gentle use of light make the presented women appear like gracile painted nude studies. So, the viewer’s attention is directed to the shape and the pettiness of the female body. Next to photographs of Kate Moss, Tatjana Patitz and Guinevere van Seenus, the exhibition also includes nudes of models like Laetitia Casta, as well as lately produced male Nudi photographs for the first time.

Paolo Roversi was born in Italy in 1947 but has been living and working in Paris for more than 37 years. His photographs have been published in several monographs and also in plenty magazines like Harper’s Bazaar, Interview, Marie Claire, Vogue and the New York Times. The photographic work of Paolo Roversi is affected by the continuous aura of grace and fragility, but also of mystery and aloofness – a result of Roversi’s virtuosic handling of ‘painting with light.”

Opposite – Jaimee, Paris, 1993

Exhibition runs through to January 28th, 2012

Galerie Camera Work
Kantstraße 149
10623 Berlin
Germany

www.camerawork.de

  

LAURA HORELLI – THE TERRACE

Posted on 2011-12-19

In The Terrace, Laura Horelli addresses her childhood experiences in Nairobi, where she lived for four years with her family in a modernist compound in the later 1970s and early 1980s. The work includes video recordings of the compound and its buildings, filmed by the artist during visits to Nairobi in 2010, and also photographs of varying sizes and quality that were taken by her mother and document the everyday life of the family in Nairobi. These various perspectives are accompanied by the artist’s thoughts and ideas in a voice-over. Horelli reflects on the social and physical environment of the gated area and particularly on the relationships between the tenants and the employed staff there.

Horelli continues her conceptual approach, based on addressing reality in a subjective way. Personal stories are used to examine structures in society. The borders between the public and the private become diffuse.

Exhibition runs through to January 7th, 2012

Galerie Barbara Weiss
Kohlfurter Strasse 41/43
D – 10999 Berlin
Germany

www.galeriebarbaraweiss.de