RASHID JOHNSON – STRANGER

Posted on 2017-08-21

Rashid Johnson employs a wide range of materials and images to explore themes of art history, literature, philosophy, and personal and cultural identity. His exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Somerset unfolds throughout the entire gallery, with a combination of painting, sculpture, installation, and drawing, all completed during his residency.

The exhibition takes its title from an essay ‘Stranger in the Village’ by James Baldwin. Originally published in Harper’s Magazine in 1953, it is the account of Baldwin’s experiences as a young African-American man, living in a small village in Switzerland.

Opposite – Untitled Beach Collage, 2017

Exhibition runs through to September 10th, 2017

Hauser & Wirth Somerset
Durslade Farm
Dropping Lane, Bruton
BA10 0NL Somerset

www.hauserwirthsomerset.com

  

A HANDFUL OF DUST

Posted on 2017-08-21

A Handful of Dust is a speculative history of the 20th century, tracing a visual journey through the imagery of dust from aerial reconnaissance, wartime destruction and natural disasters to urban decay, domestic dirt and forensics.

The exhibition features works by over 30 artists and photographers including Marcel Duchamp, Walker Evans, Robert Filliou, Mona Kuhn, Man Ray, Gerhard Richter, Sophie Ristelhueber, Aaron Siskind, Shomei Tomatsu, Jeff Wall and Nick Waplington.

Exhibition runs through to September 3rd, 2017

Whitechapel Gallery
77-82 Whitechapel High St
London
E1 7QX

www.whitechapelgallery.org

  

LONE – AMBIVERT TOOLS VOLUME TWO

Posted on 2017-08-21

Lone drops the second volume of his Ambivert Tools series, leaving the rugged, hardcore bashment of his last album Levitate behind in favour of more slickly smoothed-over atmospheres of the straight up house and techno variants that have made his Magic Wire imprint.

lone.bandcamp.com

  

EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE – ANIMAL LOCOMOTION

Posted on 2017-08-21

A large-scale exhibition of photographs by pioneering early photographer, Eadweard Muybridge will open at Beetles+Huxley in July. The exhibition will showcase 65 collotype prints made by the artist in 1887, from his influential series “Animal Locomotion”, which features images of animals and people captured mid-movement.

Muybridge made his most enduring work in the project “Animal Locomotion” between 1884 and 1887 for the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Each plate in the series shows the same subject in sequential phases of one action. Muybridge recorded varied forms of movement in a wide range of animals, mostly taken at Philadelphia zoo, from pigeons in flight to the subtleties of gait found in sloths, camels and capybaras. Muybridge also documented human subjects walking, running and descending staircases and engaging in boxing, fencing, weight lifting and wrestling.

The works in this exhibition will collectively demonstrate how “Animal Locomotion” broke new ground in terms of both science and the emerging art form of photography. Muybridge’s work from this period has contributed to the science of physiology and biomechanics and the photographs have had a profound influence on a wide range of artists, including artists Marcel Duchamp, Francis Bacon, Jasper Johns and Cy Twombly.

Opposite – Animal Locomotion: Plate 692 (Stag Running) (1887)

Exhibition runs through to September 2nd, 2017

Beetles+Huxley
3-5 Swallow Street
London
W1B 4DE

www.beetlesandhuxley.com

  

SLIPKNOT: DAY OF THE GUSANO

Posted on 2017-08-21

‘Day of The Gusano’ documents not only a historic Knotfest Mexico City performance from Slipknot, one of the most exciting live bands on the planet, but delves deeply into the lives of the band’s fans as well. Slipknot’s fans, better known as maggots, are essential to the band’s legacy. This highly anticipated show captures the chaos, excitement and community that has been cultivated over the past 20+ years

In theatres September 6th, 2017

www.dayofthegusano.com

  

ARTHUR ELGORT

Posted on 2017-08-21

The fashion photographer made his name capturing big name models for Vogue. 40 years’ worth of his work will go on show in his first UK solo exhibition.

Opposite – Christy Turlington, New Orleans, 1990

Exhibition runs through to September 2nd, 2017

Atlas Gallery
49 Dorset St
Marylebone
London
W1U 7NF

www.atlasgallery.com