NIKE AIR MAX 95 FREDDY KRUEGER

Posted on 2020-08-24

Drawing from Wes Craven‘s A Nightmare on Elm Street, the Air Max 95 “Freddy Krueger” is inspired by the spirit of a serial killer.

Dressed in a mix of “Velvet Brown,” “University Red” and “Team Red,” the upper of the shoe is constructed of mesh and canvas to replicate Krueger’s sweater. Accents on the base include grey suede toecaps, checkered tongue and metallic silver overlays speckled with red in reference to Freddy’s favorite razor glove. Branding comes in the form of “AIRMAX” tongue badges, small heel Swooshes, “Nike Air” debossing at the rear and bloody Swoosh printed insoles. Elevating the shoe are light brown midsoles red Air units paired with contrasting black rubber outsoles.

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REIMAGINED LANDSCAPES

Posted on 2020-08-24

The Reimagined Landscapes exhibition features the work of 8 female artists, each reinterpreting the landscape genre.

Artists represented:
Christa Blackwood, Mercedes Dorame, Charlotta María Hauksdóttir, Liz Hickok, Vanessa Marsh, Ann Mitchell, Georgina Reskala and DM Witman

Opposite – Christa Blackwood, Notorious, 2013

Exhibition runs through to September 13th, 2020

Howard Greenberg Gallery
41 East 57th Street
New York
NY 10022

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MICHAEL KOERNER HIBAKUSHA

Posted on 2020-08-17

On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and another one three days later on Nagasaki, killing tens of thousands instantly, and more than 200,000 people in total. Michael Koerner was born in Okinawa, Japan in 1963, the son of a Japanese mother and American military father. For the past few years, Koerner has been making one-of-a-kind tintypes about his family and the effects of gamma radiation that has taken the lives of all members of his immediate family. In honor of the anniversary of the bombing, Koerner created Hibakusha, a photographic series that pays respect to those that passed away and those that survived. Hibakusha is a Japanese word that refers to people affected by the nuclear bombings.

Opposite – Hibakusha Families #0464, 2020

Exhibition runs through to September 4th, 2020

Catherine Edelman Gallery
1637 W. Chicago Ave.
Chicago
IL 60622

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SHEILA PREE BRIGHT – #1960NOW

Posted on 2020-08-17

In Sheila Pree Bright’s 2018 monograph #1960Now: Photographs of Civil Rights Activists and Black Lives Matter Protests, Alicia Garza, founder of the international Black Lives Matter movement, notes: “the Civil Rights Movement was not one period in history, but in fact, several periods.” The movement that has been calcified by popular memory was in fact preceded by, for example, organized sharecroppers in the Jim Crow south, and succeeded by the movements of today and those that will come tomorrow. In the spirit of contemplation of this lineage, Jackson Fine Art is honored to exhibit Steve Schapiro’s civil rights photographs from the 2019 Taschen publication of The Fire Next Time, an illustrated volume of James Baldwin’s classic text, alongside Sheila Pree Bright’s photographs from #1960Now. Also on view will be Bright’s #1960Now: Art and Intersections, a short film depicting intergenerational correlations between critical thinkers noted in history and the emerging new leaders around the nation.

Opposite – #1960 Now (#ATLisReady and Black Lives Matter Atlanta Chapter Protest Shootings of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling, Atlanta, GA), 2016

Exhibition runs through to September 19th, 2020

Jackson Fine Art
3115 East Shadowlawn Avenue
Atlanta
GA 30305

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STEVE SCHAPIRO – IN CELEBRATION OF THE FIRE NEXT TIME

Posted on 2020-08-17

In Sheila Pree Bright’s 2018 monograph #1960Now: Photographs of Civil Rights Activists and Black Lives Matter Protests, Alicia Garza, founder of the international Black Lives Matter movement, notes: “the Civil Rights Movement was not one period in history, but in fact, several periods.” The movement that has been calcified by popular memory was in fact preceded by, for example, organized sharecroppers in the Jim Crow south, and succeeded by the movements of today and those that will come tomorrow. In the spirit of contemplation of this lineage, Jackson Fine Art is honored to exhibit Steve Schapiro’s civil rights photographs from the 2019 Taschen publication of The Fire Next Time, an illustrated volume of James Baldwin’s classic text, alongside Sheila Pree Bright’s photographs from #1960Now. Also on view will be Bright’s #1960Now: Art and Intersections, a short film depicting intergenerational correlations between critical thinkers noted in history and the emerging new leaders around the nation.

Opposite – Jerome Smith in Mississippi, 1965

Exhibition runs through to September 19th, 2020

Jackson Fine Art
3115 East Shadowlawn Avenue
Atlanta
GA 30305

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LOCUST – ST. CECILIA

Posted on 2020-08-17

Suction Records is thrilled to present a new vinyl release of “The Plaintive”, the first new album since 2014 by the legendary, and somewhat underrated electronic project of Mark Van Hoen, Locust. When Suction was formed in 1997, they were deeply enthralled with the UK “listening” electronic scene, otherwise known as electronica or IDM, but besides the obvious icons, Aphex Twin, Autechre, and other luminaries of labels like Rephlex, Warp, and Skam Records, one of their heroes was the lesser known Locust, whose productions were murkier, more hypnotic, and deeply organic sounding. Those early Locust records, released via R&S/Apollo Records, were, and have remained, firm Suction favourites.

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