BATHS – MIKAELA CORRIDOR
2020-06-01Mikaela Corridor, taken from Pop Music / False B-Sides II.
TweetTHE KING OF STATEN ISLAND
2020-06-01Scott has been a case of arrested development ever since his firefighter father died when he was seven. He’s now reached his mid-20s having achieved little, chasing a dream of becoming a tattoo artist that seems far out of reach. As his ambitious younger sister heads off to college, Scott is still living with his exhausted ER nurse mother and spends his days smoking weed, hanging with the guys – Oscar, Igor and Richie – and secretly hooking up with his childhood friend Kelsey. But when his mother starts dating a loudmouth firefighter named Ray, it sets off a chain of events that will force Scott to grapple with his grief and take his first tentative steps toward moving forward in life.
Released June 12th, 2020, on VOD
TweetDAVID HOMINAL – NO TITRE (COLLECTION 2021)
2020-06-01Painting is a common denominator in David Hominal’s work, a physical and sculptural element that traces the genealogy of his multimedia oeuvre, between performance, video, dance, and object. Everything centres around the material quality of painting, which Hominal has continued to develop as a practice, including in its potential to be combined with other media.
In the new series No titre (collection 2021), the subject is colour. Its manipulation over large canvases allows Hominal to get beyond the traditional systems of analysis separating figuration and abstraction. He can incorporate kitsch like he can incorporate tragedy, travelling across the entire history of representation, from still life to portraiture, via landscape. The application of colour becomes the subject of the painting. It is in this context that the flower motifs, in a scrupulous loop, make their grand return to his work, proving he hasn’t lost his touch. Undoubtedly, they have a place in the history of art and they also play a role in his personal and daily life. Yet it is clearly impossible not to think of the symbolic significance of the gestures with which they are most often associated. Offering, paying respects, remembering, giving joy, flowers embody care and devotion, as they are carriers of memory.
Opposite – Installation view
Exhibition runs through to July 5th, 2020
kamel mennour
47, rue Saint-André des arts
75006 Paris
France
GIDEON RUBIN
2020-06-01Rubin creates paintings where the figures are rendered without their facial features. Thus the gaze of the viewer is not captured by physiognomy, but by the atmosphere unleashedbby the entire images; the subjects are characterized by their positions and attitudes, by the way they move in space and dress.
Evanescent and melancholic, Rubin’s works speak of a past or a recollection that has surfaced in memory. The paint is dense and seductive, with fluid strokes that describe intimate atmospheres and complicity between the subjects portrayed. With their forcefully evocative character, these figures trigger direct empathy in the viewer. The subjects are depicted during everyday activities; the artist draws us into moments of elusive intimacy. A couple walking with arms around each other, a young woman undressing, flowers gradually wilting become part of a temporal dimension of slowness and calm. Landscapes are barely indicated settings, colors that stand out, revealing parts of untouched canvas.
The delicate colors used by Rubin, sandy tones, grayish blues, milky whites, combined with the multiple brushstrokes on the canvas suggest the desire to bring something almost forgotten back to life and give it permanence. The viewer can complete the missing details using his own memories.
Opposite – Red Trousers, 2019
Exhibition runs through to October 10th, 2020
Monica De Cardenas
Via Francesco Viganò 4
20124 Milan
Italy
JULIE CURTISS – LA FEMME SECRÈTE
2020-06-01Fragmented bodies, faceless portraits of women and identities hidden between luscious locks of hair, the surreal works of Julie Curtiss present an enigmatic riddle, an invitation to reflect on the idea of an ever-changing self. Playing with the viewer’s gaze by carefully concealing and revealing, Curtiss entices the audience to actively engage with her work; completing the puzzle it presents with their own stories.
For her collaboration with Case Studyo, Curtiss relished the opportunity to create an object that people can touch and have an intimate relationship with. ‘La femme secrète’ is a carefully constructed wooden sculpture that also functions as a box, harbouring a secret compartment.
Walnut & Ash wood
Edition of 16 + 4 A.P.’s
Size: H30 cm x W26 cm x D22cm (11,8 x 10,2 x 8,6 inches)
Wood screen printed box
Signed and numbered COA
ADIDAS ORIGINALS FRANKFURT CITY SERIES
2020-06-01An accurate retro of the ‘80s OG, the adidas Frankfurt returns this season, retaining its rich blue suede and Velcro fastening. Part of the famous City Series, it shares much of the casual-favoured DNA with other prominent models of the era.
The low-cut upper is teamed with a handball-like sole unit and finished, just as it was back in the day, with silver foil model designation stamped on the sidewall.
