CHLOE WISE – NOT THAT WE DON’T

Posted on 2019-05-06

In Not That We Don’t, Wise continues her exploration into portraiture, landing on the unspoken dynamics that maintain the individual’s participation amongst the group, allowing for their seemingly fluid existence in society. Placed within a space of ambiguity, Wise’s subjects flirt with legibility; their gathering suggesting a familiar event such as a party, theatrical production, or a yearbook photo, only to deny the grounds for any such staged communion.

Opposite – Getting rid of evil would be boring, 2019

Exhibition runs through to May 18th, 2019

Almine Rech
Grosvenor Hill, Broadbent House
W1K 3JH
London

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DE WAIN VALENTINE – WORKS FROM 1967 TO PRESENT

Posted on 2019-05-06

This exhibition offers fresh avenues to engage more fully with Valentine’s remarkably rich and complex ongoing career. Ever since his emergence on the Los Angeles art scene in 1965, Valentine stood out as an artist developing cutting edge technological solutions for his ambitious sculptures, as well as his lesser-known, yet striking paintings. He seamlessly put to use his unique engineering and scientific skills towards previously unseen aesthetic results. Valentine’s abstract and geometric volumes were made out of synthetic plastic and resins, a material almost untouched by artists at the time. What remains the unique mark of Valentine’s sculptural production, is that he was capable of endowing this industrial and
commercial material with poetic qualities, and dreamy, ethereal, vaporous associations that were unforeseeable from such a material. Valentine transformed this medium and made it very apt to capture the subtle nuances of the rich and varied L.A. atmospheric effects.

Opposite – Portal Rose, 1969, casted in 2014

Exhibition runs through to June 8th, 2019

Almine Rech
39 East 78th Street
NY 10075
New York

www.alminerech.com

  

ROCKETMAN

Posted on 2019-05-06

Rocketman is an epic musical fantasy about the incredible human story of Elton John’s breakthrough years. The film follows the fantastical journey of transformation from shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight into international superstar Elton John. This inspirational story – set to Elton John’s most beloved songs and performed by star Taron Egerton – tells the universally relatable story of how a small-town boy became one of the most iconic figures in pop culture. ROCKETMAN also stars Jamie Bell as Elton’s longtime lyricist and writing partner Bernie Taupin, Richard Madden as Elton’s first manager, John Reid, and Bryce Dallas Howard as Elton’s mother Sheila Farebrother.

In theatres May 24th, 2019

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ALADDIN

Posted on 2019-05-06

Aladdin, a young street urchin whose only friend is his kleptomaniac pet monkey Abu, falls in love with Jasmine, the princess of Agrabah who is set to marry a prince by her Sultan father. When he and Abu find a magic lamp containing a Genie however, they must protect it from the wicked vizier Jafar and his loyal parrot Iago, who both want to rule Agrabah with the Genie’s wishes and spellbinding powers. Directed by Guy Ritchie, and co-written by Ritchie and John August.

In theatres May 22nd, 2019

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JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3 – PARABELLUM

Posted on 2019-05-06

In this third installment of the adrenaline-fueled action franchise, skilled assassin John Wick (Keanu Reeves) returns with a $14 million price tag on his head and an army of bounty-hunting killers on his trail. After killing a member of the shadowy international assassin’s guild, the High Table, John Wick is excommunicado, but the world’s most ruthless hit men and women await his every turn.

In theatres May 15th, 2019

www.johnwick.movie

  

SYNKRO – IMAGES

Posted on 2019-05-06

Synkro returns to Apollo Records with a brand new album ‘Images.’

Since his last album ‘Changes’ released in 2015 Synkro has been exploring more ambient influences and introducing new studio techniques. ‘Images’ is heavily inspired by the 80s-90s new age/ambient movement and artists such as Andreas Vollenweider, Jon Hassel & Marc Barreca (as well as some Japanese ambient techno influences such as Susumu Yokota & Ken Ishii’s early work), most of the music uses a full analogue set up, moving further away from McBride’s earlier sample-based work.

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