THE CHROME ANGELZ

Posted on 2012-06-18

Showcasing new and unseen work from arguably, Europe’s most influential graffiti crew. In addition, photography and archival work
will be exhibited, providing audiences a rare insight into their unique history.

Member artists Mode 2, Scribla, Zaki Dee, Pride and Bando, will regroup for their debut exhibition to present new works, that epitomise their long-held commitment to creating a distinctly European aesthetic by way of the style, and enduring spirit of graffiti culture. Paintings, drawings and sculptural works will be on display as part of the new series of works, alongside selected pieces from their archives that reveal the influence, and boundary-pushing impact of their early output.
As the creative, yet provocative cultural phenomenon of graffiti art forced its way onto an unsuspected public in the early 1980’s, The Chrome Angelz (TCA) chose to draw upon their own experiences and creative influences, whilst proudly to acknowledging the culture’s rich and important history. As a collective, their shared interests in the visual arts resulted in a determined and singular commitment to creative expression, allowing them to freely determine a style and approach that was both personal and collaborative. The result was the creation of a number of high profile works that have earned TCA a place in the history of British graffiti art.

Exhibition runs through to July 14th, 2012

The Outsiders London
8 Greek Street
W1D 4DG
London

www.theoutsiders.net

  

JEFF KOONS

Posted on 2012-06-18

This exhibition focuses on three central series of works – The New, Banality and Celebration – which represent crucial stages in Koons’s development and lead to the nucleus of his thinking and creative activity.The New comprises the ready-made-like cleaning appliances of his early period, symbols of newness and purity. Banality includes those traditionally crafted sculptures in porcelain and wood which have since become (post-)modern icons. Finally, in the Celebration series, on which Koons has been working for almost twenty years, appear high-gloss steel sculptures of unique material perfection, and large-format paintings in which the artist celebrates childhood in a veritably baroque way. Koons’s equally spectacular and subtle works are repeatedly concerned with themes such as innocence, beauty, sexuality and happiness.

Opposite – Stacked, 1988

Exhibition runs through to September 2nd, 2012

Fondation Beyeler
Baselstrasse 101
CH-4125 Riehen / Basel
Switzerland

www.fondationbeyeler.ch

  

LANVIN DESERT BOOTS – NAVY PYTHON

Posted on 2012-06-18

Lanvin present a new pair of desert boots in nubucked python and rubber-style calfskin. The upper make up is 95% python, 5% calfskin with leather lining.

www.lanvin.com

  

OBEY X KEITH HARING FOUNDATION COLLECTION

Posted on 2012-06-18

Shepard Fairey’s OBEY clothing has worked with the Keith Haring Foundation on this extensive collection for Fall 2012. Haring was a big influence on Fairey, so this collaboration seems like a natural fit. A vast array of items make up the collection including tank tops, tees, a varsity jacket, an M-65 army jacket, raglan tees, fleece pants, crewnecks, hoodies, and accessories such as a beanie, cap, necklaces and pins.

www.obeygiant.com
www.haring.com

  

ADIDAS ORIGINALS X OPENING CEREMONY 2012

Posted on 2012-06-18

In celebration of the forthcoming Summer Olympics in London, adidas Originals and New York-based retailer Opening Ceremony present a diverse and eclectic line for Fall/Winter 2012. Having reinterpreted iconic silhouettes from the sports and lifestyle brand, the result is a collection that draws from the prints, shapes and silhouettes from ’90s sportswear.The first adidas Originals by Opening Ceremony capsule collection will roll out globally to selected fashion accounts as well as adidas Originals and Opening Ceremony stores in July and August 2012. The line comprises 70 apparel pieces and 20 footwear styles for both men and women.

www.adidas.co.uk
www.openingceremony.us

  

FIONA CRISP

Posted on 2012-06-18

Generated at the National Trust site of Stourhead (Wiltshire, UK) in 2006, the images eschew any desire to document a specific location; instead, the historic house at Stourhead, along with it’s world-famous 18th century landscape gardens, are employed by Crisp as a formal device to reflect upon the colliding imperatives of heritage, leisure and history at a site of national cultural significance.

Implicit are questions concerning the democratising of cultural ‘assets’ or the space between the public and private sphere but ideas are also articulated through a formal visual language where tensions are set up between proximity and distance, between the flat plane of the photograph and the perspectival depth of landscape or between revealing and obscuring a ‘view’.

The phrase Negative Capability was first used by the Romantic Poet John Keats in 1817 when, in a letter to his brother, he identified the ability to accept uncertainty and the unresolved as prerequisite for creativity. The relationship between knowledge and doubt has long been at the heart of Crisp’s practice and is often reflected in her work’s wilful instability as it oscillates between illusionistic space and explicit, functional presence.

Exhibition runs through till July 29th, 2012

Matt’s Gallery
42–44 Copperfield Road
London
E3 4RR

www.mattsgallery.org