ATOMIC PLAYGROUND – CLAY LIPSKY & GREG MAC GREGOR

Posted on 2018-09-03

Clay Lipsky’s Atomic Overlook re-contextualizes a legacy of atomic bomb tests. In an attempt to keep a nuclear threat feeling contemporary and omnipresent, Lipsky introduces archival images of atomic explosions among casual scenes of vacationers. The surreal images speak to a voyeuristic culture where catastrophe is viewed as entertainment by increasingly desensitized masses. The iconic mushroom cloud in each image serves as metaphor for larger societal issues such as: global warming, nuclear power, industrialization, and pollution.

Greg Mac Gregor’s artwork incorporates official, declassified photographs from the Los Alamos National Laboratory Photographic Archives produced in the early 1950s at the Nevada Test Site during the atmospheric testing era. Mac Gregor skillfully colorizes these scenes using a style and palette similar to hand painted postcards popular at the time. The color is realistic but flat, injecting emotional content into the image, and resulting in a series of haunting, nostalgic, and dystopian tableaux.

Opposite – Mannequin with Tea Cups

Exhibition runs through to September 15th, 2018

Photo-eye Gallery
Bookstore/Project Space location
1300 Rufina Circle, Suite A3
Santa Fe
NM 87507

www.photoeye.com/gallery

  

NECKFACE X BAKER SKATEBOARDS

Posted on 2018-09-03

Bringing the worlds of skate and art together, Neckface created new art for the range which focuses on Baker team riders T-Funk, Rowan Zorilla, Justin “Figgy” Figueroa, Cyril Jackson and Andrew Reynolds. Quirky vintage images accompanied by rambunctious quotes done by the artist serve as the main design element of the range of five decks. While the T-shirt and accompanying sticker ties the team up together and marks the street-art legend’s relationship with the skate brand.

bakerskateboards.co

  

JERMAINE ROGERS ENAMEL PIN COLLECTION

Posted on 2018-09-03

Finally, the wait is over: Jermaine Rogers hard enamel pins are now available. Each pin is sleek and striking, high quality, and comes poly-bagged on an attractive backing card. The ‘Classics Series’ will feature ongoing releases displaying some of the well-known images that many collectors of Jermaine Rogers artwork will view as ‘essential’. There will be regular versions released of each pin, as well as special rare variants of some designs. As more pins are released and the collection grows, more information on variations, edition sizes, as well as new sub-categories will be released!

jermainerogers.limitedrun.com

  

SUPREME/MIKE KELLEY

Posted on 2018-09-03

American artist Mike Kelley was born in Wayne, MI in 1954. Active in Detroit’s upstart punk scene, Kelley moved to Los Angeles in the mid-1970s. On the West Coast, he developed an interdisciplinary practice spanning drawing and painting, performance, video, installation, assemblage and sound. Incorporating found objects and folk traditions, Kelley interrogated American popular culture and the rituals of youth. He died in 2012 at the age of 57, and is considered one of the most influential artists of his generation.

This fall, Supreme has worked on a collection featuring images from Kelley’s iconic artworks, More Love Hours Than Can Ever Be Repaid and The Wages of Sin, Ahh…Youth! and the Reconstructed History series. The collection consists of a Work Jacket, Rayon Shirt, Work Shirt, two Hooded Sweatshirts, Crewneck Sweatshirt, three T-Shirts and set of eight Skateboards.

Available in-store NY, Brooklyn, LA, London, Paris and online September 6th.

Available in Japan on September 8th.

www.supremenewyork.com