ROSE WYLIE – LET IT SETTLE

Posted on 2020-01-27

For her work, Wylie draws from cultural arenas including film, fashion photography, literature, mythology, history, news reports, and sports, making colorful and exuberant compositions that are uniquely recognizable. The artist works primarily from memory, resulting in paintings and drawings that are replete with associative afterimages that remain only loosely tethered to their original referents, but tightly connected to the memories as they have developed over time.

As Russell Tovey writes in the catalogue accompanying Let it Settle, “Borrowing threads from observation and popular culture, Rose amalgamates scenes for a carnival of creatures to play in, every piece expanding across the wall like a woven tapestry, continuing beyond sight like the Bayeux itself, as tour de force from an inspired dramaturge. The works hum with life as constant moving scenes of action … Rose directs us to notice what she wants us to notice, creating a dialogue between her players, an actual script, written across the works.”

Opposite – Glamour Girl Stereotype, Shades and Lashes, 2019

Exhibition runs through to April 30th, 2020

David Zwirner
80 Queen’s Road Central 5/F – 6/F
H Queen’s
Hong Kong

www.davidzwirner.com

  

ALEX ISRAEL – ALWAYS ON MY MIND

Posted on 2020-01-27

A native of Los Angeles, Israel mines the cultural mythos of his hometown with polished optimism and calculated cool, melding nostalgic feelings with lucid perceptions of California living and the American Dream.

Israel has cultivated a close partnership with Warner Bros. Studios, beginning in 2010 when he rented Hollywood props from the studio’s warehouses and exhibited them as readymade sculptures. He has also collaborated with the studio’s scenic painting department on numerous large-scale series, including his dreamy, pastel-tinted Sky Backdrops, architecturally inspired Flats, and slick, vibrant Waves. The film industry has continued to play a central role in Israel’s work; in 2017, he made his directorial debut with SPF-18, a feature-length teen rom-com that pays tribute to classic surf movies.

Opposite – Self-Portrait (Wheel of Fortune), 2017

Exhibition runs through to March 14th, 2020

Gagosian
20 Grosvenor Hill
W1K 3QD
London

gagosian.com

  

DR. MARTENS X BAPE

Posted on 2020-01-27

BAPE and Dr. Martens are celebrating the 60th anniversary of the latter’s famous 1460 boot with a wild collaborative take on the model. BAPE’s Camo pattern takes up the majority of the leather upper and providing a nice contrast to the more subdued black leather forefoot. BAPE has often looked to British heritage for inspiration. For the 1460 Remastered project, the Japanese brand has re-engineered our Original boot to pay tribute to BAPE’s contemporary aesthetic and Dr. Martens history of British shoemaking.

www.drmartens.com

  

ASICS GEL-NANDI 360

Posted on 2020-01-27

With one foot in the past and one in the future, the new ASICS SportStyle Gel-Dandi 360 pays homage to the original GEL-NANDI running shoe from the 90s but upgrading it with the latest techy tech. Blending heritage and a full-length GEL technology-based cushioning can create something special, so special, that ASCIS SportStyle added a unique multi-colored layered upper.

www.asics.com

  

THE NORTH FACE RE-INTRODUCES EXTREME

Posted on 2020-01-20

Re-introducing Extreme: the collection that shattered the classic style of in-resort skiing and ushered it into the era of athletes seeking bigger mountains, performing gutsier moves and featuring more style than ever.

First introduced in 1988 to meet the needs of our pinnacle athletes that were progressing the sport, Extreme performed at the highest level and looked like nothing on the mountain.

Extreme pays homage to that desire to break the mold. Featuring design lines and inspiration from the 1990 edition of Extreme, this collection reimages the 90’s off-piste must-have for the city.

www.thenorthface.co.uk

  

JAMES JEAN – YEAR OF THE RAT PIN SET

Posted on 2020-01-20

The deluxe set features a trio of enamel pins featuring fun flower-rat characters, each with a different pose and expression, one restful, one reserved, and one playfully energetic. The detail and artistry of the nine-color pins is enhanced with their larger format (1.75 x 2″, double post).

Limited to 1000 sets.

store.jamesjean.com