LONELADY – BUNKERPOP
2015-03-09Directed by Juliet Ellis and Graham Clayton Chance, ‘Bunkerpop’ features LoneLady exploring the bunker, a brutalist structure built during World War 1 and used in World War 2 on the coastline of Hull, UK.
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2015-03-09Jerry (Ryan Reynolds) is that chipper guy clocking the nine-to-five at a bathtub factory, with the offbeat charm of anyone who could use a few friends. With the help of his court-appointed psychiatrist, he pursues his office crush (Gemma Arterton). However, the relationship takes a sudden, murderous turn after she stands him up for a date. Guided by his evil talking cat and benevolent talking dog, Jerry must decide whether to keep striving for normalcy, or indulge in a much more sinister path.
In theatres March 20th, 2015
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2015-03-09This new book of fully peelable stickers, compiled by the Stickerbomb team, brings together the best skateboard stickers, both classic and new.
From Jim Philip’s legendary drawings for Santa Cruz, to the innovative, graphic-led creations from Girl and Alien Workshop, Stickerbomb Skate illustrates the central role that stickers have played in skate culture.
Including five legendary skate brands – Alien Workshop, REAL, Toy Machine, Girl and Santa Cruz, and featuring interviews with key illustrators and artists; including Philips, Ed Templeton and Mike Hill.
Official release date: March 30th 2015.
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HENRY KHUDYAKOV – FINAL BRAIN STORM
2015-03-09Henry Khudyakov: Final Brain Storm is the first comprehensive solo exhibition in 25 years of this radical, Russian-American artist who has enjoyed recognition for some time but until now has exhibited relatively rarely. The exhibition title, Final Brain Storm, is drawn from the inscription on the back of one of Khudyakov’s paintings where he routinely documents his ongoing process. Presenting a selection of hypnotic paintings and assemblages he has created over the last 35 years, the exhibition highlights his use of recognizable materials – studs, hangers, chewing gum, Band-Aids, bows, glitter and more – all removed from their usual context and intertwined in a mysterious lingual and sensory network. Taking these familiar objects out of context leaves behind a sense of absence and creates a space for thought. To this very day Khudyakov continues to go back to earlier works, adding, expanding, and reinterpreting – further stretching the boundaries of what is commonly acknowledged as art.
The roots of Khudyakov’s art lie in literature. In the 1960s and 70s, a large part of the artist’s activity revolved around writing poetry. At that time, he began experimenting along the lines of the Concrete Poetry movement, as “It occurred to him that traditional forms – these orderly, blocky configurations – did not respond to the sharp, chaotic peaks of emotion that he was trying to convey in his poems,” as one literary historian wrote.
Exhibition runs through to May 3rd, 2015
Black & White Gallery / Project Space
56 Bogart Street
Brooklyn
New York
NY 11206
www.blackandwhiteartgallery.com
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BRUCE NAUMAN
2015-03-09The Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain presents a major solo exhibition of American artist Bruce Nauman’s artwork, the first in France in over 15 years. For the occasion, the artist made a careful selection of recent works never before shown in France, along with some earlier installations, created from a wide array of media that he has explored throughout his career.
This exhibition reflects his continued interest in linking his works to their environment and intensifying the audience’s physical and emotional experience of his pieces. The immersive works on display were thus chosen for their resonance with the Fondation Cartier building, and emphasize the contrast between the transparency of the ground floor and the enclosed lower level.
Opposite – Pencil Lift/Mr.Rogers, 2013
Exhibition runs from March 13th to June 21st, 2015
Fondation Cartier
pour l’art contemporain
261, boulevard Raspail
75014
Paris
PETE HAWKINS – I SEE YOU SEE
2015-03-09As the title suggests, the solo presentation explores individual perception and engagement with the world that surrounds us, occupying a realm between reality and imagination. Hawkins’ highly intuitive series investigates the qualities and possibilities of childhood dreams and our subsequent desire to return to the security of days gone by. The painter seeks to illustrate the underlying tension between innocence and experience, naivety and knowledge, extending his wider narrative practice and contemporary social commentary.
Storytelling has always been intrinsic to Hawkins’ research process, transforming the mundane into the fantastical, fuelled by an avid curiosity of the past and sub-conscious notions relating to modern life. There’s a distinct contrast between Hawkin’s sensitive oil painting style and the rough hewn surfaces scarred by the course of history, with contrasting worlds and emotions operating in eerie harmony. While his art dwells in the imagination of our past the emerging artist leads us through a journey of humanistic issues with an effect of shifting meanings and experiences.
Exhibition runs from March 13th to April 9th, 2015
Lazarides Rathbone
11 Rathbone Place
London
W1T 1HR
