Single drop from Watercolor the long-awaited label debut from Seattle’s Porter Ray. Porter is a Seattle based MC who caught the attention of Shabazz Palaces’ Ishmael Butler, who signed him to the label in 2014. Watercolor is a snapshot of Porter’s life and the lives of his friends growing up in Seattle.
TweetWill Benedictʼs eclectic practice emphasizes the dialogue between the different media of painting, drawing, photography and increasingly also film. Deconstructing conventions of representation, Benedictʼs work incorporates disparate elements, addresses contemporary issues but is also imbued with a sense of incongruity and ambivalence.
The predominant motif in Will Benedictʼs practice is that of the “picture in the picture”. His paintings in gouache on canvas are mounted within larger panels of foam board where photographs or (smaller) paintings are integrated as part of the final composition and set in aluminium and glass frames. The smaller canvas inserts depict a wide spectrum from colourful Parisian street scenes, to yellow-golden cornfields, from female portraits to the contours of countries, from body fragments to abstract figurations. Even though Benedictʼs pictures are based on the method of collage, they do not aim at fragmenting the picture, but on the contrary appear surprisingly homogeneous.
Opposite – Christiana Figueres, 2017
Exhibition runs through to March 24th, 2017
Giò Marconi
via Tadino 20
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2017 marks the 60-year anniversary of some of Omega‘s most iconic timepieces. The Speedmaster, Seamaster, and Railmaster all made their debuts in 1957 and, to celebrate their six-decade milestone, Omega has reproduced the original designs. Each of the gorgeous throwbacks appears in 38mm form while employing a number of subtle modern modifications. For example, each sees its original radium lume replaced with SuperLuminova to replicate the classic hue of the OG while the Speedmaster — which will undoubtedly be the most coveted timepiece of the trio — features a modern chronograph caliber 1861 movement. All three come with vintage-style packaging alongside additional leather and NATO straps to go with their steel bracelets.
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It’s Spring and the Sun Flowers are in bloom, just in time for Art Fair Tokyo 2017 (3.16-3.19). Perennial conspirators Ron English, JPS Gallery, and Made by Monsters have cultivated three varieties of sun flower, Smiley, Grin, and Sponge! These will be presented as an installation and available for sale JPS’s booth (N21). JPS will hold back a limited stock of each for online sales.
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When a young African-American man visits his white girlfriend’s family estate, he becomes ensnared in a more sinister real reason for the invitation.
Now that Chris (Daniel Kaluuya, Sicario) and his girlfriend, Rose (Allison Williams, Girls), have reached the meet-the- parents milestone of dating, she invites him for a weekend getaway upstate with Missy and Dean.
At first, Chris reads the family’s overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter’s interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he could have never imagined.
Equal parts gripping thriller and provocative commentary, Get Out is written and directed by Peele (Key and Peele) and produced by Blumhouse’s Jason Blum.
In theatres March 17th, 2017
TweetThe hit documentary from the 2016 Sundance Film Festival goes inside the life of Steve Gleason, the former New Orleans Saints defensive back who, at the age of 34, was diagnosed with ALS and given a life expectancy of two to five years. Weeks later, Gleason found out his wife, Michel, was expecting their first child. A video journal that began as a gift for his unborn son expands to chronicle Steve’s determination to get his relationships in order, build a foundation to provide other ALS patients with purpose, and adapt to his declining physical condition—utilizing medical technologies that offer the means to live as fully as possible.
In theatres March 17th, 2017
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