MAC McRAW, AUDESSEY, OXYGEN – B-BOY BIONICS
2014-11-26250 copies commercially available (300 pressed).
Sleeve by Mr Krum.
FARAH URBAN OUTFITTERS CAPSULE COLLECTION
2014-11-24Founded in the 1920s, Farah reached cult status in the ’80s after being adopted as the label of choice amongst the Mods, Skins and Rockabillys, all groups with distinct looks. They have now teamed up with Urban Outfitters to create a new capsule collection.
The collection is exclusive to Urban Outfitters and gives a nod to the Christmas party season, offering smart options for the festive nights out.
www.farah.co.uk
www.urbanoutfitters.com
PATTA x DANA LIXENBERG SIGNATURE COLLECTION
2014-11-24Patta presents an exclusive collaboration with critically acclaimed photographer Dana Lixenberg. The Dutch-born photographer is renowned for portraying people from all layers of society in their pure form, drawing out the humanity of her subjects.
In addition to focussing on unknown individuals and communities in her personal work, Lixenberg has been commissioned by a wide variety of magazines to photograph well known figures, including Gil Scott Heron, George Clooney, Heath Ledger, Prince, Valentino, Whitney Houston, among numerous others, giving them the same visual treatment as her unknown subjects.
Patta and Dana have selected 10 portraits of cultural icons from her personal archive. The first set from the Patta x Dana Lixenberg Signature Collection feature the remarkably candid portraits of two modern day musical icons: Christopher “The Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace and Tupac “2Pac” Amaru Shakur.
STUSSY X LEE
2014-11-24Stussy‘s Japanese division linked up with denim brand Lee for a new Fall/Winter 2014 collaboration. The capsule collection is rounded out by a reinterpretation of Lee’s classic “Storm Rider” jacket that features a tan corduroy exterior, complemented by a classic cut blue jeans.
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PER DYBVIG
2014-11-24Per Dybvig is a traveller of the imagination, exploring white areas on the map and on the white drawing paper where no one has laid their hand before: unconventional arrangement of pictorial space, distortion of perspective and scale, strange details that defy the limits of realism, and almost virtuoso drawing techniques. Dybvig seduces us with precise craftsmanship to enter a world of imagery both beautiful and sinister, like scenes in an absurd play, or like fables where Aesop has lost his train of thought and forgotten the point of the story long ago.
The inspiration for the animations and the drawings that show variations on the hare theme comes from a woodblock print dating back to 1535: The Hunter Caught by the Hares, by Georg Pencz, where the hunter has been hanged from a tree and the hares are preparing for a feast. Dybvig distorts the stylised image of the Renaissance into vivid, rough drawings in his films and into delicate, sophisticated pen drawings. The bizarre, the twisted, and the carnivalesque are established as natural phenomena beyond this world, as André Breton points out in the catalogue for a 1921 Max Ernst exhibition: “Who knows if we are not in this manner being prepared for escaping the principle of identity?”
Opposite – Untitled, 2014
Exhibition runs through to December 23rd, 2015
Christine König Galerie
Schleifmuehlgasse 1A
1040 Vienna
Austria
www.christinekoeniggalerie.com
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HIROSHI SUGIMOTO – STILL LIFE
2014-11-24Capturing large-scale dioramas inside natural history museums, Sugimoto’s photographs initially seem to be documents of the natural world, featuring far-flung landscapes and wildlife. Sugimoto, however, dwells in the artifice of the images. Composed in crisp black and white and sharp tones, the pristine quality and stillness of these large-scale pieces reveal the inherent artificiality of the constructed worlds contained within their frames.
Surveying his Diorama series, the exhibition highlights recurring themes and images that have sustained Sugimoto’s interest and work for almost four decades. Some of the works on view from 1980 were recently printed for the first time, and some images from 1974 and 1994 are exhibited in larger sizes than their initial printings.
The earliest works on view in the exhibition are dated to 1976, when Sugimoto first moved to New York and visited the American Museum of Natural History. “The first time I saw a diorama I was overwhelmed by the fragility of existence that it captured. Being models of nature, dioramas include many of the world’s constituent parts,” Sugimoto wrote. “The only thing absent is life itself. Time comes to a halt and never-ending stillness reigns.” The works both breathe new life into the natural scenes, conjuring a false sense of reality, while highlighting their lifelessness.
Opposite – Olympic Rainforest, 2012
Exhibition runs through to January 24th, 2015
Pace Gallery
6 Burlington Gardens
London
W1S 3ET
