BALENCIAGA X CROCS

Posted on 2022-05-09

Following its footwear releases with Crocs, Balenciaga has continued its collaborative relationship with the foam clog brand with a set of baggage options. The “Crocs Large Tote Bag” and “Crocs Phone Holder With Strap” from the luxury fashion house are made in Italy and come in bold Green, Pink and Black.

Utilizing the same 100% EVA rubber construction found on Crocs footwear offerings, the Large Tote Bag features an open-top, two-handle design. The style comes marked with perforations on the front and back, textured trim and “BALENCIAGA” marked rivets. While the accompanying Phone Holder With Strap continues the design with an additional adjustable strap and more logo-debossed rivets.

www.balenciaga.com

  

IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM – A RETROSPECTIVE

Posted on 2022-05-09

In a career that spanned seventy years, Imogen Cunningham created a large and diverse body of work — from portraits, to nudes, to florals, and to street photographs. In a field dominated by men, she was one of a handful of women who helped to shape early modernist photography in America.

This exhibition seeks to acknowledge her stature as equivalent to that of her male peers and to reevaluate her enormous contribution to twentieth century photographic history.

Opposite – Martha Graham, Dancer, 1931

Exhibition runs through to June 12th, 2022

J. Paul Getty Museum
1200 Getty Center Drive
Los Angeles
CA 90049

www.getty.edu

  

THE CAMERA IS CRUEL – LISETTE MODEL, DIANE ARBUS, NAN GOLDIN

Posted on 2022-05-09

During different phases of the 20th century, Model, Arbus and Goldin recorded the social life of America, which, as a land of immigration, remains to this day a reflection of the wider world. All three were interested in the social dimensions of co-existence, in those living on the margins of society, in extraordinary personalities, and in the eccentric. With the lenses of their cameras, they cast a highly personal glance at people and their disparate living environments as a means of repeatedly questioning the validity of norms and conventions.

Exhibition runs through to June 15th, 2022

Austrian Cultural Forum New York
East 52nd Street
New York
NY 10022

acfny.org

  

MATTHEW WONG – PAINTINGS FROM LOS ANGELES 2016

Posted on 2022-05-09

The works in Paintings from Los Angeles 2016 differ markedly from those widely exhibited during the artist’s lifetime. Instead of the blues which have become virtually synonymous with the artist in the public imagination, the palette and textures of these paintings reflect the super-heated atmosphere of Los Angeles, where a teeming metropolis collides with the harsh natural landscape: the Pacific ocean, mountains, and desert. Wong, a Canadian artist who was born in Toronto in 1984 and lived and worked in Edmonton, made these paintings in 2016 during a three-month stay in Los Angeles, the last stop on a visit which included New York and Michigan.

Opposite – THE DESERT, 2016

Exhibition runs through to September 10th, 2022

Cheim & Read
547 West 25 Street
10001
New York

www.cheimread.com

  

EMILY SUNDBLAD – UNDERLIVET

Posted on 2022-05-09

Emily Sundblad (b. 1977, Sweden) is an American-based, Swedish-born painter, gallerist, and musician. She co-founded and co-directs Reena Spaulings, an art collective and gallery located in Chinatown that exhibits one of the most consistent programs in New York. As an artist in her own right, Sundblad is known for her vibrant paintings—especially of flowers, which she describes as “a good empty subject.” Her approach is that of a Sunday painter—humble and modest, using oil, pastel, gouache, and watercolor in “a simple impulse to record everyday life.” As a musician, Sundblad sings with a dulcet, violin-like tone and works in traditions she considers populist: country, punk, torch songs, and British, American, and Mexican folk music.

Opposite – Romy and Marie, 2022

Exhibition runs through to June 18th, 2022

Bortolami Gallery
39 Walker Street
NY 10013
New York

bortolamigallery.com

  

JON PILKINGTON – OSWALD MY BOY

Posted on 2022-05-02

With this new series, Pilkington expands on themes he’s been exploring for a few years now: antique porcelain figurines, pottery and motifs. He experiments with loose impressions, art historical references and his own fantasy, blending together traces of an elusive past to portray a personal (re-)collection of bygone times.
The title of the show is both a direct reference to the artist’s own dog, Oswald, who joins him to the studio every day and to The Beatles’ song ‘Martha My Dear’, which is about Paul McCartney’s sheep dog, but also to the many dogs portrayed in the paintings. The titles of the works on the other hand, directly refer to the activity in the paintings. They’re all three-word titles which were made up beforehand, as themes to inspire the content, to create scenes in response to them.

Opposite – A Butcher’s Dozen, 2022

Exhibition runs through to June 25th, 2022

Keteleer Gallery
Bremdonck
Bredabaan 93 (Plataandreef)
2930 Brasschaat
Belgium

gagosian.com