CHRISTINA KIMEZE – LONG LOOPS

Posted on 2025-05-07

The exhibition title is taken from the Thom Gunn poem, ‘The Life of the Otter, Tucson Desert Museum’ (1992), in which the late poet imagines the swift, circular movement of an otter underwater and likens the creature’s ‘Long loops’ and ‘figures of eight’ to those made by a ‘lithe skater.’ Gunn alternated figures and settings to illustrate a f luid symmetry between species, gestures and identities. Kimeze echoes this shapeshifting and circularity through representations of water and roller skating, which evoke themes of freedom, movement and flight. Kimeze also draws inspiration from the recent resurgence of roller skating in Black communities throughout the UK, including her own neighborhood in East London. The circular rink and spinning wheels suggest continuous motion set in deliberate contrast to the grounding presence of the rink’s traditional wooden flooring.

Opposite – Carnival, 2025

Exhibition runs through to October 4th, 2025

Hauser & Wirth
8980 Santa Monica Boulevard
CA 90069 West Hollywood

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CARRIER – TENDER SPIRITS

Posted on 2025-05-05

Carrier presents Tender Spirits, the third turn on his eponymous series that explores his abstractions at its most sparse and cerebral.

Space maintains great purpose for Guy Brewer, having experimented with this previously for multiple drum-focused missives as Carrier. On his latest release, he treads deeper into the furthest regions of dub deconstruction, with Tender Spirits offering a serene path to the inbetween.

Across 8+ minutes, Light Candles, To Mark The Way moves towards the muted sublime; a gentle half time’d bliss that ebbs and floats across the enveloping mist. Slow Punctures gradually returns to dusk, eerily surveying the hollowed-out remains of its dub architecture with an off-kilter lurch. Carpathian echoes further in stark reduction, a weightless atonal zone anchored by the abstracted pressure suspended within.

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DIETMAR BUSSE – MY LIFE AS A FLOWER

Posted on 2025-05-05

Coated from head to toe in matte, chalky pigments, Busse transforms his own body into a living canvas. Onto his skin he carefully pressed petals, blossoms, stems, and leaves, crafting self portraits that feel both fantastical and haunting. These images, rich with texture and fragility, suggest a deep intimacy with nature and a performative merging of subject and medium.

Busse assembles parts from a wide range of botanical species—anemone blossoms paired with carnation leaves on a stalk of aloe—to create impossible new blooms that exist solely within his imagination. Once complete, these fleeting arrangements are photographed before they vanish, emphasizing the ephemerality at the heart of the work.

Opposite – Red, December 2002

Exhibition runs through to July 3rd, 2025

Clamp
247 West 29th Street, Ground Floor
New York
NY 10001

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LEGO X KEITH HARING

Posted on 2025-05-05

One of Keith Haring‘s most renowned motifs is receiving the LEGO Art treatment.

“Dancing Figures” reimagines the bold lines, vibrant colors and energy of Haring’s work. Arriving with a total of 1,773 LEGO bricks, the immersive project features a total of five figures in either orange, teal, yellow, pink or green.

Each figure stands at over 13 inches high and 34.5 inches wide, and arrives with a separate building instruction booklet — allowing for a cusomizable display and for the experience to be shared with friends and family. Once built, the pop art figures can be hung on a wall or displayed on a flat surface.

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CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD

Posted on 2025-05-05

Based on the acclaimed novel by Adam Cesare, CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD.

In theatres June 6th, 2025

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DIESEL X TOM OF FINLAND PRIDE COLLECTION

Posted on 2025-05-05

Diesel has reunited with the Tom of Finland Foundation to create an artful capsule collection for the fourth consecutive year. Like its predecessors, the latest iteration of the collaboration is specially designed to celebrate LGBTQ+ voices, featuring a range of expressive pieces that reflect the Foundation’s more than 40 years of preserving queer artwork.

This year, the honorary capsule highlights some of Tom’s best works. The 20th-century homoerotic artist’s celebrated canvases—many of which depict sailors, cops, and handymen cruising in leather bars—land on a variety of T-shirts, underwear, jockstraps, and phone cases. Additionally, photographs from Tom of Finland’s parties from 1990 to 2005 appear on a line of hoodies, T-shirts, sweatpants, and more.

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