ELLEN BERKENBLIT

Posted on 2015-06-08

Berkenblit’s practice hovers between representation and abstraction, often presenting the female figure experiencing a realm of imaginative explosion and escape. Through her unpredictable application of paint, she presents private and flirtatious worlds, where girls can be ladies and ladies can be women—or somewhere in between. Her subjects capture a playful and sinister balance of eroticism and comedy—and as Carroll Dunham puts it, “now seem dangerous and slightly unhinged, hell-bent on finding action, or generating it.”

Opposite – Pink and Green Lightning vs Witches, 2014

Exhibition runs through to July 3rd, 2015

Anton Kern Gallery
532 West 20th Street
10011-2820
New York

www.antonkerngallery.com

  

MOGWAI X FOCUS SKATEBOARDS

Posted on 2015-06-08

A collaboration between Mogwai and Focus Skateboard store to celebrate the band’s 20 year anniversary.

focuspocus.co.uk

  

LEIF – LIFE THROUGH ANALOGIES

Posted on 2015-06-08

Welsh DJ and producer Leif Knowles aka Leif releases on the Bristol-based Idle Hands – the label-cum-record shop known for housing major players in the Bristol dance scene with the likes of Peverelist, Kowton and Andy Mac. The UK-based producer is a regular DJ at the UK’s Freerotation festival and also co-runs the label UntilMyHeartStops alongside Joe Ellis.

www.idlehandsbristol.com

  

ANDRE BRATTEN – MATH LLIUM LON

Posted on 2015-06-08

Growing up in Oslo, Andre Bratten has pinned down a sound that is both tangible and barefaced while maintaining a level of being puzzlingly abstract. With a professional background composing for theatre and a personal background immersed in the Norwegian disco scene, the finished product on Math Ilium Ion is one that is both cinematic and infectious. From the dystopian disco on Minor Misconception to the positively colossal hook on Yours Sincerely, André Bratten- this is an album of scaled up fun. Evoking both the compositions of Jon Hopkins and Gerd Janson, Bratten builds his own lane on this LP.

www.smalltownsupersound.com

  

NUMBER 288 FOOTWEAR 2015

Posted on 2015-06-01

NYC’s Number 288 has drops their footwear 2015 fall/winter collection. Implementing modern twists on more classic-looking footwear, the brand presents a plethora of styles for the cold weather season. Various premium materials have been taken advantage of throughout the lineup, which notes low-top, mid-cut and high-top sneaker options.

www.number288.com

  

SATOSHI FUJIWARA FOR ISSEY MIYAKE FALL/WINTER 2015

Posted on 2015-06-01

Issey Miyake was so inspired by Fujiwara’s portraits that he decided to implement The Photographer Collaboration Project, a new effort to use photography throughout his runway collections. The first installment of this project of course features Fujiwara’s work, superimposing his shots on Miyake’s Fall/Winter 2015 shirts and bags.
The photos used in the collection, are from a series “Code Unknown,” and were inspired by Austrian director Michael Haneke‘s film of the same name.

www.isseymiyake.com