THE UPBEATS – PUNKS EP
2017-11-27The Upbeats make their first EP project appearance for Critical Music. The 4 tracks on the “Punks” EP showcase their own special brand of dance floor drum and bass.
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KATRINE GIÆVER – DIP
2017-11-27After several years of experimenting with compositions created by spraying and pouring enamel paints on aluminum plates, her works from the last years have mostly been executed with acrylic paints laid down with spatula in precise, overlapping shallow reliefs on hard surfaces like alucore and plywood. In several of these later works Giæver has lifted up and folded away some of the pictorial elements, as if to expose their underside and introduce diagonals in compositions otherwise dominated by rectangles.
In her new series Dip, inspiration for the method can be traced to the fundamental technique of dyeing fabric, where the immersion of textiles in a bath of pigmented liquid allows color to soak through the woven structure. A search for new flexible supports with an interesting texture led to readymade mats of coarse jute. The large mats have been hoisted up and dipped into custom-made baths filled with commercial household acrylic paints, then hung to dry and dipped again with a different color. This creates a sculptural painted object with identical bands of color on both sides, leaving a sizable amount of the raw jute as part of the composition.
Experimenting with repeated folding and dipping of sheets of paper showed the possibility of making more complex compositions, which Giæver has perfected in a series of smaller and medium sized works on raw linen canvas that have been dipped and mounted on stretcher frames. Traditional painting materials are given a fresh approach in these works with dense patches of color, reserved areas of untreated linen, and traces of folds.
Opposite – Collected Colors #6, 2017
Exhibition runs through to December 22nd, 2017
Galleri Riis
Arbins gate 7
NO-0253 Oslo
Norway
BJORK – UTOPIA
2017-11-27Björk presents us with her ninth studio album Utopia, a self-proclaimed Tinder album that features co-production from her dear friend and collaborator Arca with a special appearance from Tri Angle Records’ Rabit. While the artwork, designed by Jesse Kanda maintains Björk’s tradition of featuring a portrait of herself on each album cover. As she describes “The last album, we sort of call it ‘hell’ — it was like divorce. So we are doing paradise now. Utopia, What a profound and nourishing trip this has been.
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2017-11-27CLOT has teamed up with Converse to remake the Fastbreak Mid, the classic basketball silhouette first introduced in 1983. The release of the shoe comes along with their ’80 Degrees North’ Fall 2017 collection where they pay homage to the hues and natural textures of the Arctic. This collaboration finds CLOT’s founders Edison Chen and Kevin Poon dabbling in the nostalgic vibe of 1980s sportswear, their love for the classic basketball shoe and the great outdoors. Lined in premium leather, a bright and durable textile upper, and accented with a suede Star Chevron logo, the CLOT Fastbreak Mid is a statement-making sneaker fit for the coldest climates.
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DAMIEN HIRST- VISUAL CANDY AND NATURAL HISTORY
2017-11-27Since emerging onto the international art scene in the late 1980s as the protagonist of a generation of British artists, Hirst has created installations, sculptures, paintings and drawings that examine the complex relationships between art, beauty, religion, science, life and death.
Through mediums as diverse as household paint and butterfly wings, he has investigated and challenged contemporary belief systems, tracing the uncertainties that lie at the heart of human experience. This exhibition juxtaposes the joyful, colorful abstractions of his ‘Visual Candy’ paintings with the clinical forms of his ‘Natural History’ sculptures. The ‘Visual Candy’ paintings allude to movements including Impressionism, Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art, while the ‘Natural History’ sculptures—glass tanks containing biological specimens preserved in formaldehyde, reflect the visceral realities of scientific investigation through minimalist design. Despite their stark formal differences, the two series were made during the same period and share conceptual foundations: an exploration of the relationships between pleasure and pain, transience and permanence, logic and emotion.
Opposite – Happiness, 1993 – 1994
Exhibition runs through to January 13th, 2018
Gagosian
7/F Pedder Building
12 Pedder Street
Central, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
