RØDHÅD – REMIXED EP
2017-06-19Rødhåd – Remixed EP (Dystopian 022) with remixes by Ø [Phase], Porter Ricks, Silent Servant and Donato Dozzy.
TweetSKET-ONE – USED SKETELLA 8″ CUSTOM FIGURE
2017-06-19Sket-One’s Sketella Custom Dunny is back again and it looks like someone dipped their fingers in it already. This release comes signed with custom 2.25oz Mini bottle of Nutella, 8” x 8” Plaid Picnic Placemat and a 5” x 5” custom spreading knife with RESIN Nutella dab. These are all made-to-order, meaning edition sized based on orders received in the 24 hour slot.
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COM TRUISE – PROPAGATION
2017-06-12Ghostly’s central figure of all things analogue, Com Truise spins his low-riding synth-wave automobile back around for Iteration, the first new LP from Seth Haley’s much-loved project in six years! A twelve track culmination of his previous outings mixed with a freshly found techno-turbo-motion sound that could easily have stemmed from his recent touring and split 12″ with Warp’s Clark.
Iteration continues the high-speed narrative laid out on his debut long player Galactic Melt and the follow-up compilation In Decay, high definition synth sounds and an overall approach to electronica that carries a chilled tempo with some serious structures. Continuing to dazzle all who get caught in its beams with his multi-faceted technicolour techno, Iteration is both at once a record that mixes a gliding ambient sheen with a very vivid form of beat-laden funk.
TweetLISA YUSKAVAGE
2017-06-12Widely associated with a re-emergence of the figurative in contemporary painting, Yuskavage has developed her own genre of portraiture in which lavish, erotic, angelic and at times grotesque characters are cast within fantastical landscapes or domestic spaces. Seamlessly blending contemporary cultural imagery and classical pictorial language, Yuskavage marshals color as a conduit for complex psychological constructs.
The exhibition includes several works that continue Yuskavage’s exploration of the dynamics of intertwined couples, while also furthering her interest in using color as a vehicle for ideational content. Begun in the 2000s with dual portraits of female figures, she has in recent years created a series of symbiotic depictions of a female and male couple. Their relationship appears determined by carefully selected color harmonies or contrasts—in some cases, one figure is cast in vibrant hues, while the other is in neutral tones. In works such as Ludlow Street (2017), the figures are connected to one another through pose, color, and light, and contrast with their stark and colorless environment.
Opposite – Lovers, 2016
Exhibition runs through to July 28th, 2017
David Zwirner
24 Grafton St
Mayfair
London W1S 4EZ
IAN SCOTT – SPRAYED STRIPES AND NEW LATTICES
2017-06-12New exhibition exploring the works from the New Zealand painter Ian Christopher Scott (20 April 1945 – 27 June 2013). From the late 1960s, his work was significant for pursuing an international scope and vision within a local context previously dominated by regionalist and national concerns. Over the course of his career he consistently sought to push his work towards new possibilities for painting, in the process moving between abstraction and representation, and using controversial themes and approaches, while maintaining a highly personal and recognisable style
Opposite – Small Lattice No. 429, 2012
Exhibition runs through to June 17th, 2017
Michael Lett
312 Karangahape Road, Cnr K Rd & East St
PO Box 68287 Newton
1145 Auckland
New Zealand
ELVIS ALMEIDA – TWISTED DRY EDGE / BLUNT KNIFE
2017-06-12Elvis de Almeida’s Ponta Seca Torta / Faca Cega [Twisted Dry Edge / Blunt Knife] presents twelve paintings of different sizes. Using a palette of electric colors and a well-defined visual vocabulary, Elvis occupies a singular position in the Brazilian contemporary production. He always tries to be placed in a situation of instability in his process. Without projects, sketches nor models, this strategy allows him to search for solutions as he carries on with his work. He uses oil, acrylic, spray paint, vinyl paint, enamel, highlighter, graffiti, charcoal, among other materials. Elvis faces each material choice as a game proposition, in which each decision triggers new deadlocks and their solutions represent the conclusion of the work.
Since he has a B.A. in Printing from Escola de Belas Artes – UFRJ, the artist translated that technique into painting. Many elements in his works are “printed” on canvas and wood using instruments he created himself out of sponge. His work assembles graffiti and cartoon elements, translated and agglutinated in saturated contrasting colors. His visual vocabulary is supported, on the one hand, by physical forms – sun, ray, flame, drop, leaves, molecules – and, on the other, by architecture through geometric patterns either striped or circular, many of which depicting memories from real places. These two sets are in constant conflict in pieces full of friction and spark.
Exhibition runs through to July 29th, 2017
Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel
Galpão
Rua James Holland 71
01138-000 São Paulo
Brazil
