HONOR TITUS – ADVANTAGE IN

Posted on 2023-07-24

In an oeuvre marked by its immediacy and range, Titus draws on architectural, cinematic, musical, sporting, and literary sources (he has described approaching his subjects as if through the eyes of an “unexpected confidante” such as The Great Gatsby’s Nick Carraway). Through this compound perspective, he reframes formal social traditions for an inquiring contemporary audience, additionally underscoring the cultural significance of depicting people of color in the contexts of leisure and luxury.

This holds demonstrably true in the tennis motif. In the tellingly titled Prosperity (all works 2023), Titus depicts a Black ball boy standing in front of a deep-blue backdrop emblazoned with the art-deco Rolex crown logo (otherwise known as the Rolex coronet), his raised arm suggesting a gesture of triumph.
Second Serve details the powerful musculature of a player’s arm as she swings her racquet overhead. And in Charles, Between Games, a player is shown relaxing on a courtside bench, sipping a well-earned cuppa. While these paintings seem to cast an eye back to simpler times in their celebration of countryclub joie de vivre, they remain connected to the present moment, and echo Titus’s painterly intentions of bucking the viewer’s expectations.

Opposite – Members Only, 2023

Exhibition runs through to September 16th, 2023

Gagosian
456 North Camden Drive
CA 90210 Beverly Hills

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DAGR SHADOW EDITION BY ASHLEY WOOD X UNDERVERSE

Posted on 2023-07-24

He’s back… From the cold depths of space comes Ashley Wood’s new D.A.G.R. Shadow Edition 1/6 art toy from Underverse. Drawn from Wood’s Adventure Kartel universe, this Dead Astronaut Gangsta Resurrected figure featuring an all-new head sculpt backs up its name by delivering the second coming of the skeletal astronaut wielding a pair of pistols. Beyond the intricate level of detail that Ashley Wood is known for, the draw here is the bulky proportions of the character with an eye-catching, extra-wide frame — gangsta indeed. The Shadow Edition’s loadout includes a weather black astronaut suit, blue LED helmet with functional vision, two pistols, snoopy cap, numerous pouches with working clasps and more.

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STRAYS

Posted on 2023-07-24

When Reggie (Will Ferrell), a naïve, relentlessly optimistic Border Terrier, is abandoned on the mean city streets by his lowlife owner, Doug (Will Forte; The Last Man on Earth, Nebraska), Reggie is certain that his beloved owner would never leave him on purpose.

But once Reggie falls in with a fast-talking, foul-mouthed Boston Terrier named Bug (Oscar® winner Jamie Foxx), a stray who loves his freedom and believes that owners are for suckers, Reggie finally realizes he was in a toxic relationship and begins to see Doug for the heartless sleazeball that he is.

Determined to seek revenge, Reggie, Bug and Bug’s pals—Maggie (Isla Fisher; Now You See Me, Wedding Crashers), a smart Australian Shepherd who has been sidelined by her owner’s new puppy, and Hunter (Randall Park; Always Be My Maybe, Aquaman), an anxious Great Dane who’s stressed out by his work as an emotional support animal—together hatch a plan and embark on an epic adventure to help Reggie find his way home … and make Doug pay by biting off the appendage he loves the most. (Hint: It’s not his foot).

In theatres August 18th, 2023

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RON JUDE – 12 HZ

Posted on 2023-07-17

Ron Jude’s imposing, large-scale black-and-white photographs made in Oregon, California, Hawaii, and Iceland depict the raw materials of the planet and its systems—lava flows, rocks formed from volcanic ash, river and tidal currents, and glacial valleys—that are the foundation of organic life. Stripped bare of the evidence of human existence, they remind us that these natural phenomena operate indifferently to our presence in the face of an imminent ecological crisis. The exhibition’s title references the lowest threshold of human hearing, 12 hertz, suggesting the powerful yet frequently imperceptible forces that shape the physical world and the limits of human perception.

Opposite – Cooled Lava Flow with Fracture, 2022.

Exhibition runs through to August 13th, 2023

Frist Art Museum
919 Broadway
Nashville
TN 37203

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JONNY NASH – ALL I EVER NEEDED

Posted on 2023-07-17

All I Ever Needed, from the forthcoming album “Point Of Entry”, to be released on Melody As Truth late July 2023.

Melody as Truth boss Jonny Nash returns to his imprint for his first collection of solo material in over four years entitled Point of Entry. Using the loose framework of folk music as a jumping off point, Nash explores zones far beyond those margins using not only his signature droning guitar stylings, but also the striking saxophone work of ambient jazzer Joseph Shabason. While more primitive tracks like the opening pair ‘Eternal Life’ and ‘Theories’ suggest light at end of a deep well via haunting and reverberant production, Nash’s guitar tone on ‘Light From Three Sides’ that truly throws light all over the shadows.

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CHAINSAW MAN X FACE OKA VINYL TOYS BY FWENCLUB

Posted on 2023-07-17

Japanese artist Face Oka brings his minimalist style to Tatsuki Fujimoto’s devilishly popular manga / anime hit, Chainsaw Man. Oka’s style of lightening up dark, serious matters is a natural fit for the story’s over-the-top, dark humour.

In collaboration with AllRightsResserved’s Fwenclub, Oka has immortalized the story’s three main characters as vinyl art toys. The once hapless Denji—who eventually becomes the Chainsaw Man— and his empowering friend (and Chainsaw Devil) Pochita will be available as a 2-pack. Each bears Oka’s signature face styles. Denji wears the upside down smile, while Pochita’s smile graces its chainsaw blade — a frown on one side and a smile on the flip. Finally, there’s the devious Makima, the leader of a devil hunter team who turns out to be a devil herself. In contrast to the first two figures, Makima is presented as a vinyl bust.

An edition of 200.

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