IVAN SEAL

Posted on 2013-06-24

Ivan Seal was born in 1973 in Manchester. He lives and works in Berlin. Recent solo exhibitions include:‘In Here Stands It’, Spike Island, Bristol (2012), ‘Ivan Seal’, Carl Freedman Gallery, London (2013); ‘the object hurts the space’, RaebervonStenglin, Zürich, Switzerland (2011); ‘I Learn by Osmosis’, CEAAC, Strasbourg (2010); and ‘Two Rooms For A Fall’, Berlin (2009).

Exhibition runs through to July 27th, 2013

RaebervonStenglin
Pfingstweidstrasse 23 / Welti-Furrer Areal
CH – 8005 Zurich
Switzerland

www.raebervonstenglin.com

  

ANDREA MEDJESI-JONES – VENTRILOQUIST

Posted on 2013-06-24

Andrea Medjesi-Jones’ recent paintings reveal both a highly personal project and a re-investigation of, or reinvestment in, the actual means of painting and its broader cultural ramifications. Works such as No More or Work or Riot show a concern with articulating, through the process itself, surface and depth, gesture, provisional structures, interruptions, breakages, and systems of flow and stoppage. In No More a loose set of floating blocks as a set of open framing devices; these act as an accompaniment to a set of circulating black gestures sometimes dense, congealing into a think uncontained ooze, while at other times petering out into a rubbed trace.

The relationship between brushed gestures, rollered marks, traced imprints, masking, and staining create a porous surface that breathes in different registers. This stop-go of temporal layers creates a sense of evolution, which none-the-less never quite resolves completely. Work or Riot is another example of this almost impossible balancing act of disturbed histories and organic flow; the anarchic carnivalesque celebration of these works is shadowed by something much darker (as might also be seen in the painting Public Image: a kind of sullied, dirtied Matissean Jazz). With its slogan-like text Work or Riot operates like a poster or an announcement, perhaps also suggesting the propagandistic aspect of all images including the vast image bank of painting.

Exhibition runs through to July 27th, 2013

Laurent Delaye Gallery
First Floor
11 Savile Row
London
W1S 3PG

www.laurentdelaye.com

  

KAI RICHTER – BREAK THROUGH THE LINES

Posted on 2013-06-24

Kai Richter’s sculptures not only transform raw materials from the construction industry into works of art but also, and primarily, the space that surrounds them. In the truest sense of the word, his works “capture the space” since his construction-material installations not only occupy the space with their momentum and dynamics but also literally reach in and make the space real to the observer. As you can see, the sculptor is interested in creating a way to make a so-called dialog between the sculpture itself and the surrounding space in which it can unfold. The result is a symbiosis – a sort of “give and take” since the one defines the other and both claim their right to exist, at least for the limited duration of the artistic intervention.

Even though Richter’s large-format, space-related works literally take over the space and assert themselves very strongly there, they point out the stories of the space with self-assured authority and are not provocative. Strongly reduced in form and color, areas and volumes are what count here.

Richter’s installations, objects and photo-collages are not just the mere paraphrasing of architecture or construction sites. They themselves are neither architecture nor architectural by products nor only mere reproductions of architecture. Instead they exist next to or within the architecture as commentary, theses or even prognoses.

Exhibition runs through to July 27th, 2013

Galerie Christian Lethert
Antwerpener Straße 4
50672 Cologne
Germany

www.christianlethert.com

  

BENNY GOLD SELVAGE DENIM

Posted on 2013-06-24

This is the first time in over three years that Benny Gold has offered a selvage option to the brand’s popular gold standard denim. The selvage denim is limited to 50 pairs and is available exclusively at Benny Gold’s San Francisco location. The jean is made from 13.5 oz American Made denim and features a thick blue leather patch and selvage line.

bennygold.com

  

TOM FORD SPRING/SUMMER 2014

Posted on 2013-06-24

Tom Ford recently presented a private viewing of his Spring/Summer 2014 menswear collection in London. The two-button sports jacket shown above is the O’Connor, which Ford designed for Daniel Craig to wear in the latest James Bond film. White muscle T-shirts made from Japanese cotton were worn under the bright dinner jackets, and neckties, too, came in white or solid colors.

www.tomford.com

  

ADIDAS SKATEBOARDING BUSENITZ ADV RUN

Posted on 2013-06-24

Adidas Skateboarding Busenitz ADV presents the latest colorway for the Busenitz ADV, skater Dennis Busenitz’s signature skate shoe. This latest edition appears with a simple white upper with adidas trademark stripes appearing in black down the sides. Attention is drawn toward the collar of the shoe which is given a bold accent of red and black. Finishing off the pair is a rich brown gum sole with smooth foxing.

www.adidas.com