2022 May : EXIT

GILLIAN WEARING – WEARING MASKS

Posted on 2022-05-02

Profoundly empathetic and psychologically intense, Gillian Wearing’s photographs, videos, sculptures, and paintings probe the tensions between self and society in an increasingly media-saturated world. Gillian Wearing: Wearing Masks is the first retrospective of Wearing’s work in North America. Featuring more than 100 pieces, the exhibition traces the artist’s development from her earliest Polaroids to her latest self-portraits, all of which explore the performative nature of identity.

Exhibition runs through to June 13th, 2022

Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue
New York
NY 10128

www.guggenheim.org

BRAIN DEAD X BELLE AND SEBASTIAN

Posted on 2022-05-02

To celebrate Belle and Sebastian’s tenth studio album A Bit of Previous, Brain Dead partnered with the legendary Scottish indie band on three collaborative t-shirts.

The first coincides with Belle and Sebastian’s recent show at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. As implied within the title of the new album, Brain Dead sought to reinvent one of the band’s classic tour tees from the 1990s.

wearebraindead.com

GEORGIA O’KEEFFE – PHOTOGRAPHER

Posted on 2022-05-02

Georgia O’Keeffe forged a career as one of the most significant artists of the 20th century. She became famous for her paintings of flowers, skyscrapers, and landscapes, yet her lifelong connection to photography has not been explored in depth until now.

Georgia O’Keeffe, Photographer is the first exhibition devoted to O’Keeffe’s work as a photographer. Nearly 100 photographs from a newly examined archive reveal the American icon’s Modernist approach to the medium. Complementing the photographs are paintings and drawings to represent the full scope of her career.

Captured on film throughout her life-in early family pictures, travel snapshots, and portraits by a cavalcade of photographic artists-O’Keeffe (1887-1986) was no stranger to the medium. She expressed her unique perspective through all aspects of her life, and by the time she began her photographic practice in the mid-1950s, her singular identity and artistry were well established.

Opposite – Georgia O’Keeffe with Camera, 1959

Exhibition runs through to June 12th, 2022

Addison Gallery Of American Art
180 Main St
Andover
MA 01810

addison.andover.edu

RICHARD PRINCE – HOODS

Posted on 2022-05-02

To make Hoods, Prince acquired hoods from 1960s and ’70s muscle cars, at first ordering them primarily from advertisements in automotive magazines—a continuation of the strategic appropriation, collecting, and détournement of mass-media sources that are central to his practice. Initially, Prince hired body shops to prep and paint the hoods; later, he began applying the automotive body filler Bondo, sanding, and painting them himself by hand. Surfaces and palettes vary considerably across the series, with the matte tones of Bondo and saturated hues of paint used as compositional elements. The resulting Hoods relate to two postwar American trends: DIY car culture and avant-garde art in their exploration of abstraction and the readymade.

Opposite – Untitled, 2013

Exhibition runs through to June 25th, 2022

Gagosian
522 West 21st Street
NY 10011
New York

gagosian.com

UNKNOWN TRACKSUIT AND T-SHIRT CAPSULE

Posted on 2022-05-02

UK streetwear brand Unknown is releasing its latest tracksuit and T-shirt installment. Unknown is now supplying a selection of its “Uniform” that’s available in a variety of different colorways. Coming in its grey, purple, black, and cream color palettes, the new drop features cozy tracksuits and graphic tees. Keeping the styles fairly minimalistic, the designs feature Unknown’s rhinestoned branding on the tracksuit bottom legs and on the backs of the hoodies and T-shirts. Along with the branding, the words “Spring Summer Twenty Two” can be spotted in italic-styled writing.

unknownlondon.com

BLOCKS & ESCHER – MADNESS (REMASTERED)

Posted on 2022-05-02

4 years on from their landmark debut album Blocks & Escher return to Metalheadz for a stellar contribution to the 25 Years series. ‘Madness’, a digital-only track from Platinum Breakz 4 way back in 2014 is one of the most requested vinyl releases in the catalogue, so we’re delighted to be finally doing the track justice with a fresh remaster on the b side.