KRINK X HAMBURG
KR redesigned two historic hops processing engines and painted the 6th floor lounge at stilwerk Hamburg (an old hops factory turned gallery) with his unique KRINK drip aesthetic. These pieces are now on display at the historic building.
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ANDRÉ X COLETTE
Prolific Parisian street artist André will be showing a new series of works entitled “Drawings” at colette beginning February 1st. The exhibition boasts thirty new designs, including limited numbered serigraphs and a few surprises.
Exhibition runs through to February 27th
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HENRIK VIBSKOV GRAPHIC WORKS
Some might call Henrik Vibskov a jack-of-all-trades, and it is true that Vibskov shows his innovative fashion designs in Paris, exhibits his artwork at established institutions such as PS1, MoMA, the Palais de Tokio and MU, and makes musical collaborations with the likes of Anders Trentemøller and Mikael Simpson. However for Vibskov, these seemingly different creative realms are not separate – it is intrinsic to his philosophy that they blend together, resulting in an all-inclusive Henrik Vibskov experience.
In Henrik Vibskov: Graphic Works, Vibskov presents a selection of his two-dimensional pieces, exhibited alongside installation and knit-works. With colorful and organic shapes that seem like strange, animated beings, Vibskov’s minimalistic “form-language” and “anarchistic lines” offer a glimpse at his own imagined universe.
Opposite - Linoleum 7, 2009, Linoleum print, 30,5 x 42,5 cm
Exhibition runs through to March 20th, 2010
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THE REFLECTED GAZE
Following the first known self-portrait by Jan van Eyck, in 1433, to Durer’s self promotional works and the haunting self-portraits of Rembrandt, art history has since been full of the subjective gaze of the artist upon themselves.
Today the practice continues, often for very widely differing conceptual reasons, but the telling self study still hints at mortality as well as exploring that strange meeting point where the introspective self gaze meets the objective outward look and attunes itself in order to displace the subjective/objective dichotomy.
Opposite - Terri Thomas, Foundlings (2009) 58 x 90 inches, Swarovski Crystals and Oil on Canvas
Exhibition runs through to February 20th, 2010
The Torrance Museum Of Art
3320 Civic Center Drive
Torrance
CA
90503
USA
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WORKS ON PAPER
Gagosian Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of works on paper by Philip Taaffe, the first dedicated exclusively to his graphic work. Taaffe's elaborate images are the slow product of wide-ranging meditations on the interrelation of generic forms and images in art, nature, architecture, and archaeology, filtered through a critical and dynamic relation to the history of abstract painting, both Occidental and Oriental.
Opposite - Philip Taaffe, Spectral Mandala, 2007 Mixed media on paper, 20 3/4 x 20 3/4 inches
Exhibition runs through to February 20th, 2010
Gagosian Gallery
555 West 24th Street
New York
NY
10011
USA
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THE HOERENGRACHT
'The Hoerengracht' (1983–8), by American artists Ed and Nancy Kienholz, will transform the Sunley Room into a walk-through evocation of Amsterdam’s Red Light District.
This highly polemical tableau explores a theme that has been investigated by artists over many centuries and echoes visual traditions well established within European art. Recalling in particular the Dutch masters of the 17th century, which are strongly represented in the National Gallery, ‘The Hoerengracht’ recreates the brick walls, glowing windows and mysterious doorways of Amsterdam’s claustrophobic streets.
Exhibition runs through to February 21st, 2010
The National Gallery
Trafalgar Square
London
WC2N 5DN
UK
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DANGERMOUSE V DAVID LYNCH
Musical visionary Danger Mouse and iconoclastic filmmaker David Lynch pool their talents and reveal the stunning and haunting photographs from their groundbreaking project Dark Night of the Soul at Art Basel Miami Beach 2009.
Dark Night of the Soul is a full-length album and illustrated book, combining the talents of Danger Mouse, David Lynch and celebrated rock recluse Sparklehorse. In addition to the hardcover book, the album includes vocals from the Flaming Lips, Julian Casablancas of The Strokes, Frank Black of the Pixies, Iggy Pop, Nina Persson of The Cardigans, Suzanne Vega and many others.
Exhibition runs through to january 9th, 2010
O.H.W.O.W Gallery
3100 NW 7 Avenue
Miami
Florida
33127
USA
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ARTISTS ON THEIR BICYCLES
The Swiss Institute presents “Artists on Their Bicycles New York,” a 2010 Calendar, portraying twelve of today’s most famous artists on their bikes, as photographed by Lukas Wassmann.
The roster is as follows: Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Collier Schorr, Ugo Rondinone, Richard Phillips, Amy Granat, Rainer Ganahl, Rita Ackermann, Aurel Schmidt, NN, Maurizio Cattelan, Ryan McGinley, Pierre Huyghe, David Byrne and Cindy Sherman. Limited to 500 individually numbered pieces.
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DEVIL'S DISCIPLE
The show offers the most extensive look at the artist’s work to date. From paintings to sculptures and installations, Neckface worked on a large and impressive line-up for Devil’s Disciple.
O.H.W.O.W Gallery
3100 NW 7 Avenue
Miami
Florida
33127
USA
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JEFF KOONS
Koons' new paintings are ambitious in their breadth. They engage in a dialogue with cultural history that is at once visual, intellectual, biological, and philosophical, as well as with art history, from the Venus of Willendorf to Gustave Courbet and Salvador Dali.
Opposite - EFF KOONS Girl Woods (Dots), 2008 Oil on canvas 108 x 146 1/8 inches (174.3 x 371.2 cm)
Exhibition runs through to January 9th, 2010
Gagosian Gallery Beverly Hills
456 North Camden Drive
Beverly Hills
CA
90210
USA
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VERNER PANTON V TOMORROWLAND
Japanese retailer Tomorrowland pays homage to the great color theorist of the 20th century – Verner Panton. Using some of his most iconic work Tomorrowland worked with a series of brands and partners to realize special product, including a 100% Bearbrick Set, a SFIDA soccer ball, a rug and scarves.
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JENNY HOLZER
American artist Jenny Holzer (b. 1950) is one of the most significant artists of our time. She has held exhibitions and presented art projects worldwide and won many awards, including the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale (1990).
Fondation Beyeler is presenting her first large exhibition in a Swiss museum. Incorporating texts she has written since the late 1970s, the show comprises important objects from various phases of Holzer's career since the 1980s.
Exhibition runs through to January 24th, 2010
Fondation Beyeler
Baselstrasse 101
CH-4125 Riehen
Basel
Switzerland
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BAUHAUS
This survey is MoMA’s first major exhibition since 1938 on the subject of this famous and influential school of avant-garde art. Founded in 1919 and shut down by the Nazis in 1933, the Bauhaus brought together artists, architects, and designers in an extraordinary conversation about the nature of art in the age of technology.
Aiming to rethink the very form of modern life, the Bauhaus became the site of a dazzling array of experiments in the visual arts that have profoundly shaped our visual world today
Opposite - Oskar Schlemmer. Bauhaus Stairway. 1932. Oil on canvas. 63 7/8 x 45" (162.3 x 114.3 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Philip Johnson. © 2009 Estate of Oskar Schlemmer, Munich/Germany
Exhibition through to April 26th, 2010
The Museum of modern Art
11 West 53rd Street
New York
NY
USA
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POP LIFE
Pop Life: Art in a Material Worldproposes a re-reading of one of the major legacies of Pop Art. The exhibition takes Andy Warhol’s notorious provocation that ‘good business is the best art’ as a starting point in reconsidering the legacy of Pop Art and the influence of the movement’s chief protagonist.
Among the artists represented are Tracey Emin, Keith Haring, Damien Hirst, Martin Kippenberger, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Richard Prince.
Opposite - Damien Hirst's Aurothioglucose 2008
Exhibition runs October 1st through to January 17th, 2010
Tate Modern
Millbank
London
SW1P 4RG
UK
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TIM BURTON
A major career retrospective at MoMA. This gallery exhibition and film series looks at Burton's career as a director, producer, writer, and concept artist for live-action and animated films, along with his work as a fiction writer, photographer and illustrator.
Opposite - Tim Burton. Untitled (The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories). 1982–84. Pen and ink, marker, and colored pencil on paper, 10 x 9" (25.4 x 22.9 cm). Private collection. © 2009 Tim Burton
Exhibition runs through to January 25th, 2010
The Museum of modern Art
11 West 53rd Street
New York
NY
USA
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THE GAGOSIAN STORE
New York’s Gagosian Gallery has recently opened its first retail space in the city. The store offers an impressive line-up of one-off items and limited edition product from Gagosian’s mind-blowing list of big name artists, including Richard Prince, Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst.
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SHALLOW
Shallow is a series of original musical paintings or cut-ups composed by Malcolm McLaren from appropriated clips lifted from film which depict people just before sex.
The footage is spliced, repeated and slowed down, resulting in a hypnotic, layered and provocative work. This collection of musical paintings - portraits of people preparing, thinking, desiring, wanting, wishing, anticipating to have sex, have been excavated from the ruins of pop culture: amateur sex films and pop music
Exhibition runs through to January 3rd, 2010
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
Gateshead Quays
South Shore Road
Gateshead
NE8 3BA
UK
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HEAVEN
Honor Fraser is pleased to present an exhibition of new works by Tomoo Gokita. In past works Tomoo Gokita has drawn and painted from budget pornography, selectively rendering and partially obscuring - with his signature abstractions - the awkward posture of staged pleasure.
While there is nothing awkward or contrived about the paintings, what they do have in common with pornography of any kind is their ability to provoke an intense emotional reaction from the viewer.
Opposite - Misunderstanding 2009, Acrylic on canvas, 76 x 64 inches
Exhibition runs through to December 19th, 2009
Honor Fraser
2622 S. La Cienega Blvd
Los Angeles
CA 90034,
USA
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SPOT CLOCK
Other Criteria have collaborated with Damien Hirst and a number of established and emerging artists to make a wide range of desirable items of great quality and originality.
Their latest release with Damien Hirst is this clock, which uses the artist’s popular spot paintings as its face. The front is printed with his signature and the Hirst logo, while the rear features the Other Critera logo and the clock name. Constructed of a white powdered metal case, the clock measures 35 cm in diameter and features German Quartz movement.
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KRINK MINI
Street art and MINI have a lot in common. Both are an urban phenomenon, both are part of metropolitan streets. MINI Germany has invited the New Yorker street artist Craig KR Costello to come to Hamburg and design a MINI.
Posted by Exit 09/11/2009
MUTATE BRITAIN
The master of cans Mode 2 working in the dead of night at Mutate Britain: One Foot in the Grove.
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HOW TO BLOW YOURSELF UP
In How to Blow Yourself Up, WK Interact twists and inverts the fatalism of end-of-the-world prophecies, turning destruction into a matter of free will. "If you believe the world will end in 2012 and you can't do anything about it, maybe it's better to blow yourself up when you feel like it," says WK.
Exhibition runs through to the 5th of December, 2009
Subliminal Projects Gallery
1331 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles
CA
90026
USA
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CLOUDED APOLLO
In her paintings Chloe Early creates a fantastical landscape, an urban utopia where strange and wonderful things happen. For this exhibition 'Clouded Apollo', she has referenced a variety of images and contexts; a female figure twists and turns through time, suspended in an interior world of opulence and beauty, echos of patterns and pillars, glass roofs, chandeliers and roses. Outside we see far away skylines, buildings rising and falling, destruction and the prescient image of destruction; a tank.
Exhibition runs through to the 29th of November, 2009
StolenSpace Gallery
Dray Walk
The Old Truman Brewery
91 Brick Lane
London
E1 6QL
United Kingdom
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SWEATSHOPPE
In an effort to establish new platforms for public art and performance, the multimedia duo SWEATSHOPPE has developed a new interactive technology that enables
them to explore the relationship between video, mark making and architecture. Dubbed "video painting", this technology allows them to essentially "paint" video onto any
surface.
Shooting in Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan, the duo spent weeks documenting their work in urban settings to create "The Landing" the first in a series of episodes that showcases their work as artist, technologist and performers.
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HAND FROM ABOVE
Chris O'Shea's Hand From Above encourages us to question our normal routine when we often find ourselves rushing from one destination to another.
Inspired by Land of the Giants and Goliath, we are reminded of mythical stories by mischievously unleashing a giant hand from the BBC Big Screen. A joint co-commission between FACT: Foundation for Art & Creative Technology and Liverpool City Council for BBC Big Screen Liverpool and the Live Sites Network.
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NEW YORK STREET ADVERTISING
New York City is covered with illegal billboards and advertisements. One random day, civilians decided to take back the public space by covering over 120 illegal billboards with original works of art.
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BOARDED UP
With more and more businesses being forced to close down, the sight of bare wood across the windows and doors is now commonplace and unsightly. By pasting the wooden panels with actual images, this problem is solved. "... James Reynolds
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PAPER UNDER THE KNIFE
Paper Under the Knife takes the pulse of the international art world's renewed interest in paper as a creative medium and source of artistic inspiration, examining the remarkably diverse use of paper in a range of art forms.
Slash is the third exhibition in MAD's Materials and Process series, which examines the renaissance of traditional handcraft materials and techniques in contemporary art and design. The exhibition surveys unusual paper treatments, including works that are burned, torn, cut by lasers, and shredded. A section of the exhibition will focus on artists who modify books to transform them into sculpture, while another will highlight the use of cut paper for film and video animations.
Exhibition runs through to the 4th of April, 2010
Museum Of Arts And Design
2 Columbus Circle
New York
NY
10019
USA
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DAVID CHIPPERFIELD
One of the most important architects working today, David Chipperfield produces subtle and sophisticated buildings with an acute sensitivity for materials and a powerful awareness of their environment. This major exhibition celebrates his work for the first time in the UK and spans his entire career to date, including such acclaimed projects as the River and Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames, and the Museum of Modern Literature in Marbach, Germany, winner of the RIBA Stirling Prize for Architecture 2007.
The exhibition also illustrates important public commissions including the reconstruction of the Neues Museum in Berlin, and The Hepworth Wakefield gallery.
Exhibition runs through to the 21st - 31st of January, 2010
Design Museum
Shad Thames
London
SE1 2YD
UK
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CARTIER AT FRIEZE ART FAIR
Cartier is delighted to be the Associate Sponsor of Frieze Art Fair for the fifth year running, supporting specifically Frieze Projects and the Cartier Award. Cartier’s enthusiasm for eclecticism in the arts continues to enhance the accessibility of contemporary art to the wider public, in keeping with the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain’s full philosophy in Paris.
Frieze Art Fair is open from October 15th - 18th, 2009
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MIRF FOR MARC JACOBS
New York based graffiti duo Mint and Serf, known together as MIRF, have worked on a series of window displays for Marc Jacobs. After already being featured in the background of a Juergen Teller Marc Jacobs ad, this is a nice next step in including the artists work.
Next time you walk by a Marc Jacobs store in NYC, make sure to check them out.
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CHITRA GENESH
P.S.1 presents a large-scale wall installation by the artist Chitra Ganesh, for the second installment of the new series “On-site” which continues P.S.1’s long standing tradition of commissioning site-specific, wall based projects.
Opposite - The Silhouette Returns (2009), Chitra Ganesh
Exhibition runs through to the 5th of April, 2010
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
22-25 Jackson Ave at the intersection of 46th Ave
Long Island City
NY
11101
USA
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YOUR MERCURY OCEAN
Mekanism Skateboards once again work with Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson for their second 2009 project. The artist is well known for his large exhibition structures and most recently for the impressive sun artwork at Tate Modern. The “Your Mercury Ocean” decks have a silver reflective upper and for the first time the artist also reworked the upper structure of the board into a 3D structure. The various levels on the board, give the impression of a wave pattern.
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GREEN DAY
Internationally renowned band, Green Day, has commissioned 21 original pieces of art inspired by music from the band's most recent album release, 21st Century Breakdown.
The paintings will be shown exclusively at the StolenSpace Gallery to coincide with Green Day’s sold out UK concert tour and opening the day before the band’s two sold-out performances at the O2 Arena in London
Opposite - Broken Crow, "Song of the Century"
Exhibition runs through to the 1st of November, 2009
Stolenspace Gallery
Dray Walk
The Old Truman Brewery
91 Brick Lane
London
E1 6QL
United Kingdom
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RAW BUT REAL KRINK
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RAW BUT REAL NECKFACE
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RAW BUT REAL KATSU
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BECOMING ANIMAL
Lazarides is proud to announce that Antony Micallef's solo show 'Becoming Animal'. The paintings, drawings and collages in the show are built upon a profound belief in the act of painting and mark making. This show comes as the result of a personal period of self examination, exploring the experiences of an artist in London through the sensations of light and dark mirrored in both his palette and his choice of imagery. 'Becoming Animal' is Antony's first UK solo show in three years and certainly won't fail to impress both old fans and viewers new to his work.
Exhibition runs through to the 22nd of October, 2009
Lazarides
11 Rathbone Place
London
W1T WHR
UK
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THE DARWIN CENTRE
The landmark Darwin Centre is now open to the public. Museum visitors can explore world-class science in action in a dramatic new public space.
The Darwin Centre is a state-of-the-art science and collections facility. The building is the most significant expansion at the Museum since it moved to South Kensington in 1881.
See world-leading scientists at work, incredible specimens, exciting displays and much more.
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CASE
The L.A. case, an exhibition of new works on canvas by German artist case. This is case’s first US solo exhibition and the second time he has exhibited at Carmichael Gallery. Case is widely recognized as one of the best photorealistic spray paint artists in the world. His groundbreaking technique has set new standards and established a strong international collector base and fan network.
Exhibition runs through to the 29th of October, 2009
Carmichael Gallery
1257 N. La Brea Ave
West Hollywood
California
90038
USA
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THE LAST DECADE
Andy Warhol: The Last Decade is the first U.S. museum survey exhibition to explore the work that this seminal American artist produced during the final years of his life. Warhol entered a period of renewed vigor and enthusiasm in the 1980s that resulted in what was arguably the most productive period of his career.
Exhibition runs through to the 3rd of January, 2010
Milwaukee Art Museum
700 N. Art Museum Drive
Milwaukee
WI
53202
USA
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BARBERADISE
Kenny Scharf recently opened his latest exhibition, Barberadise, at Honor Fraser in Los Angeles, the gallery is filled with groovy, brightly colored florescent paintings and sculptures from the legendary Pop artist.
Continuing with his mission of penetrating the boundaries of fine art through the use and reference of popular culture, Scharf’s current paintings feature characters from the Hanna-Barbera universe, mainly The Flinstones and The Jetsons.
Exhibition runs through to the 31st of October, 2009
Honor Fraser Gallery
2622 S. La Cienega Blvd
Los Angeles
California
90034
USA
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GAGOSIAN SHOP
The new Gagosian shop, located at 988 Madison Avenue, is the first retail outpost of Gagosian Gallery. Designed by the awarded NY based Daniel Rowen Architect with MN Design in collaboration with Gagosian Gallery, the bi-levelled 2,500 square feet shop [approx. 230 m2], like the gallery, will collaborate with both established and emerging artists on exclusive works that will be available in the shop and online.
The space will feature all Gagosian exhibition publications, artist editions, posters and prints and limited edition items by well renowned designers & artists, such as Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Marc Newson and Richard Prince.
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SELF-PORTRAITS
The latest Takashi Murkami exhibition “Takashi Murakami Paints Self-Portraits” has opened its doors at the Emmanuel Perrotin Gallery. Among the stand-out pieces of the exhibition is also the “Kanye Bear”, a collaboration with Kanye West.
Exhibition runs through to the 17th of October, 2009
Emmanuel Perrotin Gallery
76 rue de Turenne
75003 Paris
France
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ODYSSEY TWO
Odyssey Two is the current exhibition by Futura and it runs throughout Art Forum Berlin, bringing together 20 years of the urban art pioneer’s work. Significant new pieces will be on display, alongside key works such as the original iconic Pointman canvas and a collection of early Pointman sketches. Collector’s will be able to buy an accessible selection of key pieces in the creation of Futura’s world: study pieces provide entry level works; there will be a trademark Pointman series and a limited print run.
Exhibition runs through to the 27th of September, 2009
Odyssey Two by Futura
Muenzstr. 19
Berlin
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14/09/2009
DAVID SHRIGLEY V PRINGLE OF SCOTLAND
Scottish artist David Shrigley is the author of a limited edition for knitwear company Pringle of Scotland, known worldwide for having designed the argyle pattern and committed for years in supporting Scottish visual arts, design and architecture. Shrigley created a series of designs, exclusively for Pringle of Scotland, that have been used to create a limited edition collection of T-shirts.
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REAS
Todd James (a.k.a REAS) is a famous international artist, who started painting on the subways of New York in 1982. He is an important figure amongst the generation of street artists who influenced popular culture on every level, and who have come to be recognized by some of the most prominent contemporary art galleries in the world. James’s singular aesthetic is consistently funny, relentlessly appealing, and often transgressive. This is his first exhibition in Paris.
Exhibition runs through to the 3rd of October, 2009
Colette
213 rue Saint-Honoré
75001
Paris
France
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BROTHERS IN ARMS
Carmichael Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of all new Hollywood-themed paintings, video and photography by British artist collective The London Police. “Brothers in Arms” is a celebration of The London Police’s ten year anniversary. The show features works on canvases, a photographic montage, a site-specific installation and a short film documenting the artists’ creative process.
Exhibition runs through to the 1st of October, 2009
Carmichael Gallery
1257 N. La Brea Ave
West Hollywood
California
90038
USA
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GLORIOUS EXCESS
Following his highly-successful 2008 show, Glorious Excess (Born), Mike Shinoda returns to the National Museum to unveil his latest collection of paintings and digital works. Larger, broader, and more sensational than before, Glorious Excess (Dies) is the next chapter in his series exploring society’s obsession with celebrity culture, consumer addiction, and fascination with excess.
Exhibition runs through to the 4th of October, 2009
Japanese American National Museum
369 East First Street
Los Angeles
California
90012
USA
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LEGO BRICKISM
The Brickism exhibition, a collaboration between Lego and Wood Wood, has opened its doors in their Copenhagen flagship store. The exhibition showcases Lego sculptures by Delta, So_Me, Will Sweeney and HuskMitNavn. After Copenhagen the exhibition will travel to colette in Paris, Goodhood in London and 290 SQM in Amsterdam.
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LOW FIDELITY
The latest exhibition by French artist Space Invader has opened its doors, entitled “Low Fidelity”, the artist showcases large scale sculptures, prints and other interesting pieces, with the inspiration of his art being very obvious.
Exhibition runs through to September 17th, 2009
Lazerides Gallery
11Rathbone Place
London
W1T 1HR
UK
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SHEONE
Graffiti artist Sheone spray paint mini at Opus Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne as part of the exhibition 'Pop Crime' featuring artists Sheone and Crash.
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KEITH HARING CHAIRS
Keith Haring’s art is being translated to all sorts of objects, produced by Vilac, the playful seating furniture is sized for children and built with the same exacting attention to detail as the company puts into all their wooden toys.
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PARRA
World famous street artist Parra will be opening both a pop-up shop and exhibition this August in Berlin. The pop-up shop will be hosted at Wood Wood and offer products of art by Parra, while the Pool Gallery presents works of art by Parra. Events open on August 29th and August 27th respectively.
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SK8FACE
We told you about Sk8face a while back before there was any release info. Well it still isn’t out yet but it looks like the road to release is finally in motion.
T & P Fine Art in Philadelphia recently hosted Sk8face: Artists and Innovators, an art show including many of the heads featured in the film. OG’s like Shepard Fairey, Wes Humpston, Andy Howell, Marc Mckee, Eli Gesner, Steve Olson, Sean Cliver, Chris Pastras, PD, Pat Nogho, Bart Saric, Matt French, and Klutch had works on display and for sale in support of the films eventual premiere sometime in the fall.
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DAVID BYRNE
The Roundhouse will be converted into a giant musical instrument which members of the public will be invited to play. An old pump organ will be set at the heart of the Main Space with a series of cables and wires attached to the building’s structure – metal beams, pillars and pipes – which will make the different elements vibrate, resonate and oscillate.
Artist/musician David Byrne has created public art installations in New York, Toronto, Tokyo, Sydney, Valencia, Stockholm, Belfast and San Francisco, and has been publishing and exhibiting his work in galleries and museums internationally for the past two decades. He’s well known as co-founder of the group Talking Heads (1976–88).
Installation open through to August 31st, 2009
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AUDI CENTENARY SCULPTURE
Designer Gerry Judah created a 32 metre-high sculpture for Audi at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in West Sussex, England, at the weekend. The 44 tonne sculpture, created to mark the car brand’s centenary, features a vintage Audi and a modern car racing into the sky.
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RON ARAD
Among the most influential designers of our time, Ron Arad (Israeli, b. 1951) stands out for his daredevil curiosity about technology and materials and for the versatile nature of his work. Trained at the Jerusalem Academy of Art and at London's Architectural Association, Arad has produced an outstanding array of innovative objects over the past twenty-five years, from almost unlimited series of objects to carbon fiber armchairs and polyurethane bottle racks. He has also designed memorable spaces, some plastic and tactile, others ethereal and digital. This exhibition will be the first major retrospective of Arad's design work in the United States.
Exhibition runs through to October 19th, 2009
The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53 Street
New York
NY
10019
USA
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WARHOL
Perfumes have always trafficked in the elusive and the taboo. And since nothing could be more elusive than money, particularly in our current economic downturn, Bond have made cash the inspiration and focus for the latest in the Bond No. 9 series of collectible Andy Warhol eaux de parfum. Appearing on both sides of the bottle is an image of one of Warhol’s iconic subjects, the almighty dollar sign created by Warhol in 1981, while inside is a fittingly rich and beckoning scent named Andy Warhol Success is a Job in New York.
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PHILADELPHIA LOVE LETTER
Artist Steve Powers is leaving his infamous ESPO (Exterior Surface Painting Outreach) tag behind as he returns to his native city of Philadelphia for a collaboration with the Mural Arts Program to revive the lost art of sign painting. Powers recently released photos of the first two completed walls, featuring the first two lines of a love letter, eventually bridging 50 walls and roof tops in West Philadelphia. To be read by passengers on the Market-Frankford elevated train,
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10/08/2009
LE CORBUSIER
Berlin’s Martin-Gropius-Bau is presenting the first comprehensive exhibition since 1987 of the wide-ranging work of the Swiss architect Le Corbusier (1887-1965). The architect’s links to Germany and Berlin will also be stressed. There will be a total of about 380 exhibits to be seen in the Martin-Gropius-Bau.
Opposite - Chapel Notre-Dame-du-Haut, Ronchamp, 1950-55 © FLC / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2009.
Exhibition runs through to October the 5th, 2009
Berliner Festspiele
Schaperstraße 24
10719
Berlin
Germany
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LIVE FOREVER
A luminous palette and rhythmic energy of line combine with realism to make Elizabeth Peyton a painter of modern life. Born in Connecticut in 1965, Peyton studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York, where she lives and works. Executed in oil paint, watercolour, ink or pencil, her small but intense portraits may be inspired by photographs in the media, but often and increasingly they are drawn from life.
Exhibition runs through to September the 20th, 2009
The Whitechapel Gallery
77-82 Whitechapel High Street
London
E1 7QX
UK
Posted by Exit 03/08/2009
BP PORTRAIT AWARD
The BP Portrait Award is the most prestigious portrait competition in the world, promoting the very best in contemporary portrait painting. With a first prize of £25,000, the exhibition has proved to be the launch pad for the careers of a number of successful portrait artists. From a record entry of over 1,900 artists, this year’s exhibition will present fifty-six selected portraits, including the three shortlisted artists - Annalisa Avancini for Manuel, Michael Gaskell for Tom and Peter Monkman for Changeling 2 - alongside the work of the BP Travel Award 2008 winner Emmanouil Bitsakis who visited China in celebration of the 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Opposite - Agnes
by Natalie Holland, 2009
Exhibition runs through to September the 20th, 2009
The National Portrait Gallery
St Martin's Place
London
WC2H 0HE
UK
Posted by Exit 03/08/2009
SAM JINKS
Sam Jinks' new works are his most ambitious to date. The exhibition will be staged in two parts. The piece in part one draws visual inspiration from religious imagery, applying it within a new context. The second part of the exhibition consists of a small series of works referencing totems and the expression of life experience on the physical form.
Opposite - Doghead, 2008 30 x 140 x 60 cm mixed media
Exhibition runs through to September the 3rd, 2009
West Space
Level 1
5 - 19 Anthony Street
Melbourne,
Vic
3000
Australia
Posted by Exit 03/08/2009
GAY ICONS
Gay Icons explores gay social and cultural history through the unique personal insights of ten high profile gay figures, who have selected their historical and modern icons. Their fascinating and inspirational stories will be illustrated by over sixty photographic portraits including works by Andy Warhol, Snowdon and Cecil Beaton together with specially commissioned portraits of the selectors by Mary McCartney. McCartney. All are set in a striking exhibition design conceived by renowned theatre designer, Robert Jones.
Exhibition runs through to the 19th of October, 2009
The National Portrait Gallery
St Martin's Place
London
WC2H 0HE
UK
Posted by Exit 27/07/2009
BEYOND
Dan Graham : Beyond surveys the artist's career from the mid-1960s to the present. As one of contemporary art's most innovative and influential figures, Dan Graham has been at the forefront of many of the most significant developments in art, including conceptual art, video and film installation, performance, site-specific sculpture, and musical collaboration. This exhibition—his first retrospective in the United States—examines each stage of Graham's career through his photographs, projects for magazine pages, films, architectural models and pavilions, performances, video installations, prints, drawings, writings, and his work with musicians Sonic Youth, Glenn Branca and Japanther.
Exhibition runs through to the 11th of October, 2009
Tate Britain
Millbank
London
SW1P 4RG
UK
Posted by Exit 27/07/2009
HEAVEN AND EARTH
This major exhibition is Richard Long's first survey in London for eighteen years and is a unique opportunity to understand afresh the artist's radical rethinking of the relationship between art and landscape. Featuring over 80 works, Heaven and Earth includes sculptures, large-scale mud wall works, and new photographic and text works documenting walks around the world, plus a big selection of the artists' books, postcards and other printed matter.
Exhibition runs through to the 6th of September, 2009
Tate Britain
Millbank
London
SW1P 4RG
UK
Posted by Exit 27/07/2009
WALKING IN MY MIND
Walking in My Mind explores the inner working of the artist's imagination through dramatic, large-scale installation art. Ten international artists -- Charles Avery, Thomas Hirschhorn, Yayoi Kusama, Bo Christian Larsson, Mark Manders, Yoshitomo Nara, Jason Rhoades, Pipilotti Rist, Chiharu Shiota and Keith Tyson -- transform the Hayward Gallery's indoor galleries and outdoor sculpture terraces into a series of gigantic sculptural environments, each of which represents an individual mindscape. Interior worlds of emotions, thoughts, memories and dreams collide with exterior reality, blurring the boundaries between inner and outer space
Exhibition runs through to the 6th of September, 2009
The Hayward Gallery
Southbank Centre
Belvedere Road
London
SE1 8XX
UK
Posted by Exit 20/07/2009
URBAN UTOPIAS
Paper City: Urban Utopias showcases a selection of extraordinary drawings, collages and photomontages that have been produced for Blueprint as part of their back-page ‘Paper City’ commissions over the past three years. An exciting way to find how architects are articulating ideas about the future of urban space.
Exhibition runs through to the 27th of October, 2009
Royal Academy of Arts
Burlington House
Piccadilly
London
W1J 0BD
UK
Posted by Exit 20/07/2009
JAMES ENSOR
An important figure in the Belgian avant-garde of the late 19th-century, James Ensor is subject of an exhibition at MOMA exploring his contributions to modernism. 120 works are presented highlighting an allegorical use of light and the artists deep interest in the carnival. In the end, Ensor is shown as an artist engaged with his time and contemporary debate about modern art.
Exhibition runs through to September 21st, 2009
The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53 Street
New York
NY
10019
USA
Posted by Exit 20/07/2009
ZEVS
French street artist Zevs has created a series of dripping Louis Vuitton and Chanel logo paintings for his show at Art Statements Gallery in Hong Kong. The artist created these pieces on lacquer – the traditional chinese way – in collaboration with local craftsmen. All these works will be presented in addition to a variety of his other signature liquidated logos. Exhibition runs through to September 30th, 2009
Art Statements Gallery
5 Mee Lun Street
Central
Hong Kong
www.artstatements.com/index.ph
Posted by Exit 13/07/2009
EROTIC SCULPTURE
The Museum of Modern Art presents The Erotic Object: Surrealist Sculpture from the Collection, an exhibition showcasing 20 sculptures from the Museum’s collection, on view from June 24, 2009, through January 4, 2010. Works by 11 artists are shown, including Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró, Meret Oppenheim, and Man Ray. Drawing upon the strength of MoMA’s collection, the exhibition includes a number of Surrealism’s most celebrated objects, including Dalí’s bread-and-inkwell-crowned Retrospective Bust of a Woman (1933) and Oppenheim’s notorious fur-lined teacup (1936).
Exhibition runs through to January 4th, 2010
The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53 Street
New York
NY
10019
USA
Posted by Exit 13/07/2009
RETURN TO THE WOMB
American artist Neckface's second solo show has just opened in Copenhagen. This latest exhibition from Nasty Neck entitled “Return To The Womb” takes places at V1 Gallery.
Exhibition runs through to September 25th, 2009.
V1 Gallery
Flaesketorvet 69-71
Copenhagen
Denmark
Posted by Exit 13/07/2009
INVADER TOP 10
Jonathan LeVine Gallery is pleased to present Top 10, a solo exhibition of new works by the Parisian street artist known as Invader.
Returning to the gallery for his first solo show in New York, Top 10 marks a highly anticipated event for this internationally celebrated artist. Known for using mosaic tiles to re-create popular characters from vintage 8-bit video games (such as Space Invaders and Pac-Man) on the streets of cities around the world, the artist’s individual mosaics are carefully cataloged after placement in context to their surrounding environment. Yet, since the project has grown on a global-scale, each piece also carries considerable significance from a larger perspective - populating what is now a worldwide installation that stretches across the planet. Invader’s mosaics can be found on the streets of over 40 cities, on all five (inhabitable) continents. Like the game, his mission is literally an invasion of (public) space.
Exhibition runs through to July 25th, 2009
Opposite - Invader Apple Space (4)
ceramic tiles on board 15 3/4 x 20 3/8 inches [40 x 51.6 cm]
Jonathan LeVine Gallery
529 West 20th Street
9th Floor
New York
NY
10011
USA
Posted by Exit 06/07/2009
JEFF KOONS POPEYE SERIES
The Serpentine Gallery presents an exhibition of the work of the celebrated American artist Jeff Koons, his first major exhibition in a public gallery in England.
Working in thematic series since the early 1980s, Koons has explored notions of consumerism, taste, banality, childhood and sexuality. He is known for his meticulously fabricated works that draw on a variety of objects and images from American and consumer culture. For his exhibition at the Gallery, Koons presents paintings and sculptures from his Popeye series, which he began in 2002. The works incorporate some of Koons’s signature ideas and motifs, including surreal combinations of everyday objects, cartoon imagery, art-historical references and children’s toys.
The exhibition runs through to September 13th, 2009.
Opposite - Acrobat 2003–09 Polychromed aluminium, galvanised steel, wood and straw
228.9 x 148 x 64.8 cm © 2009 Jeff Koons
Serpentine Gallery
Kensington Gardens
London
W2 3XA
UK
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06/07/2009
MICHAEL GENOVESE IT’S NOT THE HEAT, IT’S THE HUMILITY
For his premiere solo exhibition in Miami, Chicago native Michael Genovese released a body of work that includes site-specific installations, sculpture, and paintings. Genovese’s technical handling of type and unorthodox use of industrialized media exemplifies his focus on community and its influence, but also digs inward and begins the process of reconciling his public works with his personal journeys.
The exhibition runs through to July 25, 2009
3100 NW 7 Avenue
Miami,
Florida
33127
USA
Posted by Exit 06/07/2009
BANKSY VS BRISTOL MUSEUM
Bristol's City Museum & Art Gallery is proud to present a unique collaboration between the city's foremost cultural institution and one of the region's most infamous artists. Banksy has gained notoriety in recent years by using stencils to paint images on a diverse array of outdoor locations. This is the first exhibition in a three storey Edwardian museum. Throughout the summer, visitors will find some unusual specimens amongst the museum's permanent collection - a stonehenge made from portable toilets greets visitors on arrival, a burnt out ice cream van now replaces the enquiries desk and the life size historic biplane suspended from the ceiling now provides refuge for a Guantanamo bay escapee. Banksy has filled the museum with his own wry take on classical art.
The exhibition runs though to 31st August, 2009
Bristol City Museum
Queen's Road
Bristol
BS8 1RL
UK
Posted by Exit 29/06/2009
KAWS CHUM AT HOUSE OF CAMPARI
Brooklyn based artist Kaws recently participated in a group exhibition called First Look: An Exhibition of Emerging Artists From Los Angeles Galleries presented by House of Campari. Curated by Simon Watson and Craig Hensala of Scenic, the show featured fiberglass Chum characters measuring 90 x 54 x 30 inches.
Posted by Exit 29/06/2009
PITT RIVERS MUSEUM
Ask a museum professional what there favorite museum is, and chances are you might here the same answer time and time again. The Pitt Rivers. A gem of anthropological wonders in Oxford, the Pitt Rivers gives visitors the chance to discover items through a vast maze of objects. It is simply glorious. Recently, the museum underwent an overhaul. The result, an even more Victorian space. The Pitt Rivers Museum cares for one of the world's great collections. It is equally famous for its celebrated displays and its leading role in contemporary research and museum curatorship.
Pitt Rivers Museum,
South Parks Road
Oxford
OX1 3PP
UK
Posted by Exit 29/06/2009
THE DAN FLAVIN ART INSTITUTE
Established in 1983 as a permanent installation of Flavin’s work, this renovated firehouse holds a permanent installation of nine works in fluorescent light created by the artist between 1963 and 1981. The permanent installation traces Flavin’s practice from 1963—when he decided to work solely with standard fluorescent fixtures and tubes—to 1983, when the presentation was realized. In creating this exhibition, Flavin conceived of the sculptures and the architecture as a single, unified installation. By manipulating the formal, phenomenal, and referential characteristics of light, the installation asks viewers to consider a series of contrasts—between colors, intensities of light, structure and formlessness, the obvious and the mysterious, and the serious and the humorous
The Dan Flavin Art Institute is open Thursday through Sunday, 12pm to 6pm. Admission is free. Corwith Avenue off Main Street, Bridgehampton, NY.
Posted by Exit 22/06/2009
DAMIEN HIRST FOR HARLEY DAVIDSON
Damien Hirst has recently collaborated with several brands, including Supreme and Levi’s. This latest collaborative project see's Damien explore his fondness for a Harley. The artist gave a Cross Bone and matching helmet the look of his famous spin paintings. This is a limited 1 of 1 artwork.
Posted by Exit 22/06/2009
PAUL SMITH SPACE GALLERY - PROJECT 10
We've recently stumbled upon this project from the beginning of 2009 thats well worth checking out online. The Paul Smith Space Gallery in Japan “Project 10″. The gallery showcases original Paul Smith prints which have been released on Paul Smith bags, one released every week over a 14 week period. Furthermore they have also produced a special Paul Smith Project 10 cotton tote bag, which features a print of all the prints.
Posted by Exit 22/06/2009
MURAKAMI & PHARRELL WILLIAMS & JACOB & CO SCULPTURE
We have heard about this for a while and now we can finally show you pictures of the Takashi Murakami & Pharrell Williams & Jacob sculpture, which was made for the Art Basel fair this year. Murakami created a sculpture and Jacob the jeweler re-created some of Pharrell’s products of choice in premium metals and diamonds. The blinged out objects, including a Pepsi can, Ice Cream Sneakers, Cupcake, Doritos and a condom, have been placed in the mouth of the Takashi Murakami sculpture.
Opposite - "The Simple Things", 2008. Fiberglass, steel, LED light system, acrylic. 6.2 feet x 43 1/4 inches x 39 3/4 inches
Posted by Exit 15/06/2009
SWEETHEARTS & SIRENS
Art Basel kicks off beginning of June and UK artist Dave White will be showcasing some works from his “Sweethearts & Sirens” Series at SCOPE Art Basel. After painting primarily sneakers and comic action heroes, Dave has now moved on to women, which we're personally very happy about.
Posted by Exit 15/06/2009
FUTURISM
Tate Modern celebrates the centenary of this dramatic art movement with a ground-breaking exhibition. Futurism was launched by the Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti in 1909 with the publication of the Manifesto of Futurism on the front page of Paris newspaper Le Figaro. Drawing upon elements of Divisionism and Cubism, the Futurists created a new style that broke with old traditions and expressed the dynamism, energy and movement of their modern life.
Opposite - Luigi Russolo, The Revolt, 1911
This exhibition runs to the 20th September, 2009
Tate Modern
Bankside
London
SE1 9TG
UK
Posted by Exit 15/06/2009
CHEWING IN VENICE
Frankfurt based artist Simone Decker caught our eye with her giant bubble gum project, Chewing in Venice. The sticky sculptures have been stretched, chewed and blown up into a wide range of oversized bubblegum sculptures exhibited around the Italian city. Extraordinary.
Posted by Exit 08/06/2009
ALIFE PRESENTS
New York City’s Alife is coming full circle to where they began as a brand with the grand opening of a new gallery space called Alife Presents. This space will serve as the home to an art collective exhibiting the best and the brightest in the arts, both visual and non. The inaugural exhibit, titled Reckless Endangerment, will showcase new works from photographer/filmmaker Kai Regan.
This exhibition runs to the 12th July, 2009
ALIFE PRESENTS
157 RIVINGTON STREET
NEW YORK
NY
10002
USA
Posted by Exit 08/06/2009
THE ELOQUENT DELINQUENTS
An exciting new gallery has recently opened on Wooster Street in Soho, New York- The Eloquent Delinquents. The gallery carries workes from Damien Hirst, Seen, Russell Young, Kaws, Banksy, as well as signed obscurities from Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, John Lennon, Sid Vicious, The Rolling Stones and others. Furthermore they have an extensive section of antique books, featuring first editions and signed copies.
The Eloquent Delinquents Gallery
41 Wooster Street
New York
NY
10013
USA
Posted by Exit 08/06/2009
SHEPARD FAIREY
Merry Karnowsky Gallery is proud to present Shepard Fairey Print Retrospective 1997 - 2009. This show displays a provocative collection of politically charged paintings, screen prints, stencils, album covers and mixed media pieces rich with metaphor, humor and seductive decorative elements.
This exhibition runs to the 11th July, 2009
Merry Karnowsky Gallery
Torstrasse 175
10115
Berlin-Mite
Germany
Posted by Exit 01/06/2009
GIVEN UP THE GHOST
An exhibition of new works by British artist Russell Maurice. Since the mid 90’s, Maurice has produced paintings, prints, collages, sculptures and installations that reflect the spontaneous and informal nature of graffiti writing and have explored the recurring themes of energy, growth patterns and cycles in nature. This collection of new paintings, small-scale sculptures and installations, take these themes forward into new realms – to consider theories regarding the spirit world, the physical and metaphysical, consciousness and death.
This exhibition runs to the 28th June, 2009
STOLENSPACE GALLERY
Dray Walk
The Old Truman Brewery
91 Brick Lane
London
E1 6QL
UK
Posted by Exit 01/06/2009
SELF PORTRAITS
The idea of this exhibition is to approach the historical theme of self-portraits and to bring it into a contemporary art context. A self-portrait is a representation of an artist, drawn, painted, photographed, or sculpted by the artist. Although self-portraits have been made by artists since the earliest times, it is not until the Early Renaissance in the mid 1400s that artists can be frequently identified depicting themselves as either the main subject, or as important characters in their work. With better and cheaper mirrors, and the advent of the panel portrait, many painters, sculptors and printmakers tried some form of self-portraiture… In this respect it will be an interesting and new experience to show the vision of the “self-portrait” by contemporary urban artists from all over the world.
This exhibition runs to the 4th July, 2009
CIRCLECULTURE CC: GmbH
Gipsstrasse 11
10119
Berlin-Mitte
Germany
Posted by Exit 01/06/2009
THOSE WHO SUFFER LOVE
White Cube Mason's Yard is pleased to announce an exhibition of new work by Tracey Emin, one of Britain's most influential artists. 'Those who suffer Love' is her first exhibition in London for four years and her fourth with the gallery. "The title for my show is self-explanatory: love rarely comes easily and if it does, it usually goes quite quickly. And there is death, and loss, which at some point in our lives we all have to deal with. I'm constantly fighting with the notion of love and passion. Love, sex, lust - in my heart and mind there is always some battle, some kind of conflict. This show is essentially a drawings show. Everything is simple and linear, straight to the point. The show is to coincide with the release of my book 'One Thousand Drawings' published by Rizzoli.
Opposite - Twin Brain, 2009, Embroidered blanket, 235 x 220 cm
This exhibition runs to the 4th July, 2009
White Cube Mason's Yard
25-26 Mason’s Yard (Off Duke Street)
St. James’s
London
SW1Y 6BU
UK
[www.whitecube.com](http://www.whitecube.com/
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Posted by Exit 25/05/2009
"GROW UP"
Lazarides are delighted to open a new gallery on Rathbone Place with 'Grow Up'. The first show will be the next installment of the Lazarides cornerstone; the ”Outsiders" group show featuring brand new work from Antony Micallef, Bast, Conor Harrington, Charlie Isoe (featured opposite), David Choe and JR to name but a few, as well as some outstanding pieces from some very special guests.
This exhibition runs to the 25th June, 2009
The Rathbone
11 Rathbone Place
London
WC2H 0EW
UK
Posted by Exit 25/05/2009
SUPER CONTEMPORARY
Super Contemporary is the spirit of London design, past, present and future. The exhibition celebrates and examines the creative magnetism of London and its enduring reputation as the heart of contemporary design. The Design Museum has joined forces with Beefeater 24 to showcase 15 new commissions from London’s most dynamic creative’s, and as a group they demonstrate the diverse approaches to design in London. Asked what they would give back to London, the 15 commissions show imagination, pragmatism and vision and include works by David Adjaye, El Ultimo Grito, Ron Arad, Paul Smith, BarberOsgerby, Charlie Isoe (featured opposite), Tom Dixon, Paul Cocksedge and Neville Brody.
This exhibition runs to the 4th October, 2009
Design Museum
28 Shad Thames
London
SE1 2YD
UK
Posted by Exit 25/05/2009
WRAP UP
Louis Vuitton’s association with art is a long story. For over 150 years, the House synonymous with French elegance and style has been working with the best engineers, decorators and artists. Under the impetus of Marc Jacobs, artistic director since 1997, Louis Vuitton has been revitalized and new collaborations with artists such as Stephen Sprouse, Takashi Murakami and Richard Prince have proved the brand’s commitment to push the dialogue between luxury and modern art even further.
Organized by the Hong Kong Museum of Art and in collaboration with the Consulate General of France in Hong Kong and Macau, “Louis Vuitton: A Passion for Creation” poises to be one of the star attractions of the 17th French May Arts Festival. This exhibition showcases Louis Vuitton’s long history and association with the world of art, as well as its passion in working with different artists in various ways.
Open to public from May 22nd to August 9th 2009, “Louis Vuitton: A Passion for Creation” is composed of three parts, each of which deals with different aspects of the House’s activities and projects in the artistic domain.
To celebrate this spectacular event, the façade of the Hong Kong Museum of Art will be wrapped up with the “After Dark” series of Richard Prince, presenting a new landscape of art to the panoramic Victoria Harbour of Hong Kong. The “After Dark” series features Hong Kong and other cities across the globe. This also is one of the first public art installations in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Museum of Art has always taken an open minded approach towards the display of contemporary artwork, one characteristic of contemporary art is controversial representation of creativity.
This exhibition runs from May 18th to August 9th, 2009
Posted by Exit 18/05/2009
STORM DRAINS
The 6emeia project was created and developed by the artists Anderson Augusto, also known as SÃO, and Leonardo Delafuente, also known as Delafuente. The duo live in the Barra Funda neighborhood of São Paulo where they began the project with the purpose of changing and transforming daily life.
The duo's objective is to modify the means within which we all live, proposing a new way to view things by reflecting upon themes generated through creative and unusual works. Such modifications are made by painting storm drains, light posts, manhole covers and any other object which makes up the urban scenario.
With the painted storm drains, a new type of communication is proposed between art and the city as well as between art and the residents. Art then becomes within the reach and at the service of everyone. By looking with care at the most forgotten and indifferent objects, one can take in art in a new way. The painted storm drains are like colorful drops falling into animmense ash-colored canvass
Posted by Exit 18/05/2009
ART-ATHINA
Greece’s leading international art fair for contemporary art, ART-ATHINA, is delighted to announce its 15th edition and the first under the direction of Alexandros J. Stanas. ART-ATHINA - International Contemporary Art Fair of Athens – was established by the Hellenic Art Galleries Association in 1993 and has become over the years, one of Europe’s most established art fairs. The fair will be located at the shorefront of Athens, in the Faliro Pavilion, a former Olympic Games venue. Here the wide range of prominent galleries exhibiting at ART-ATHINA provide the fair’s international audience with an overview of emerging trends within the arts, and enable visitors to see and buy works from leading international artists. ART-ATHINA will also host an expansive programme of parallel events, talks, exhibitions and art projects taking place both within the fair and throughout the city, creating a platform for experimentation, discussion and debate within the contemporary arts.
This exhibition runs from the 21st-24th May 2009
Posted by Exit 18/05/2009
ROMANCE
London-born photographer Chris Craymer launches his first photographic book in May. Titled ‘Romance’, the 200 page book is a personal project which Craymer has been working on for several years - an evocative series of photographs capturing moments which perfectly articulate the true meaning of romance.
The fashion brand, Mulberry, were so taken with the collection of photographs that they are sponsoring the publication of his book and will be exhibiting the photography in their store windows throughout the summer of 2009.
Mulberry is exhibiting Chris Craymer’s book and celebrating the collaboration in their stores on:
New York - 605 Madison Avenue - May 14
London - 41/42 New Bond Street - May 20
Paris - 207 Rue Saint Honore - July 8
Hong Kong - Elements Mall - August 27
Posted by Exit 11/05/2009
LAZARUS RISING
In his first solo show at the Elms Lesters Painting Rooms, the world renowned painter Ron English, father of the Agit Pop Movement, pays homage to Picasso's GUERNICA. Ron English presents some of his latest canvases from a series of paintings based on the 1937 masterpiece, which depicted the tragedy of the Spanish Civil war, transcribing it to reflect our troubled times, alongside an extraordinary body of new works. In the show, entitled Lazarus Rising, the theme of resurrection is deliberately provocative and reflects the contemporary socio-political situation, presenting uncomfortable and dark insights beneath the slick, plastic face of our society.
Opposite - MC Big Boy at Big Ben, Ron English
This exhibition runs until the 6th of June, 2009
Elms Lesters Painting Rooms
1-3-5 Flitcroft St
London
WC2H 8DH
Posted by Exit 11/05/2009
DRAWING IN A PRINTING MACHINE
David Hockney is once again exploiting the possibilities of new technology in art and this exhibition at Annely Juda Fine Art will show the striking results of his latest exploration. The show comprises 28 limited edition prints that Hockney has drawn on his computer using Photoshop and Graphics Tablet. Hockney stated that it is only in the last year that computer software has advanced enough to keep up with the artist’s hand and allow sufficient sensitivity of colour and painterly line. This show – on two floors of the gallery - includes 10 landscapes from Hockney’s Yorkshire homeland and 18 portraits.
Opposite - Summer Road near Kilham, 2008, inkjet printed computer drawing on paper.
This exhibition runs until the 9th of August, 2009
Annely Juda Fine Art
4th Floor
23 Dering Street, (off New Bond Street)
London
W1S 1AW
UK
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11/05/2009
MODEL AS MUSE
Exploring the reciprocal relationship between high fashion and evolving ideals of beauty, The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion focuses on iconic models of the twentieth century and their roles in projecting, and sometimes inspiring, the fashion of their respective eras. The exhibition, organized by historical period from 1947 to 1997, will feature haute couture and ready-to-wear masterworks accompanied by fashion photography and video footage of models who epitomized their epochs.
This exhibition runs until the 11th of July, 2009
The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
New York
10028-0198
USA
Posted by Exit 04/05/2009
THE NEW WHITECHAPEL ART GALLERY
The Whitechapel Gallery has now completed an ambitious £13 million expansion, the greatest event in its 100-year history. Following the former Whitechapel Library’s move to new facility, the Whitechapel Gallery acquired the building to restore it and keep it open as a free art gallery all year round.
The Whitechapel Gallery
77-82 Whitechapel High Street
London
E1 7QX
UK
Posted by Exit 04/05/2009
EPOS 257'S PAINTBALL
We love EPOS 257's paintball splattered billboards in Prague.
Because Street Art is ephemeral. And because the artist is always risking arrest. Every piece of street art is to us - "a gesture expressing an opinion" Say Epos 257 "Shooting into the white surface of vacant billboards with a paintball gun – blank canvasses in an urban environment, a gesture expressing an opinion and at the same time abstract painting in a urban environment.
Posted by Exit 04/05/2009
SILENT ECHOES
'Silent Echoes', a new audio and video work by Bill Fontana, explores the sounds of five famous Buddhist Temple bells in Kyoto when they are not ringing. Vibration sensors were attached to the bells and acoustic microphones were placed inside of their resonant cavities. They measured and recorded how these bells are in fact ringing all the time in response to the ambient sounds of the environment. In the context and psychology of Buddhist culture the idea of a bell ringing all the time is a powerful metaphor. There is a famous mediation in which one strikes a bowl shaped bell and if one's attention is unwavering one experiences that this bell does not stop ringing as long one is listening.
This exhibition runs until the 30th of May, 2009
Haunch Of Venison
6 Burlington Gardens
London
W1S 3ET
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27/04/2009
McGEE, TEMPLETON, PETTIBON
Barry McGee, Ed Templeton and Raymond Pettibon are pioneers and icons of the contemporary urban art movement. Their work can be found in the collections of major museums and has been shown at large exhibitions and biennales worldwide, but all three have repeatedly emphasised their roots in youth subculture – in the worlds of skateboarding, graffiti, punk and hip-hop. They are joined by an overriding interest in portraying the underdogs, outcasts and anti-heroes of society. Curator Aaron Rose, whose urban art documentary Beautiful Losers is currently touring the world to enthusiastic reviews, is showing these three sought-after artists in the intimate atmosphere of a Berlin gallery. The direct proximity of their works not only allows us to draw interesting conclusions about each artist’s style, but also underscores their unique similarities.
This exhibition runs until the 30th of May, 2009
Circleculture Gallery
Gipsstrasse 11
10119 Berlin Mitte
Germany
Posted by Exit 27/04/2009
THE ENTERPRISE PROJECT
With the new Star Trek movie entering theaters beginning of May the anticipation is building up. As part of the promotion of the movie, they created The Enterprise Project. Artists, designers, photographers and other creatives from around the world created interesting versions of the Enterprise. The creations are displayed at different locations around the US and there are certainly some interesting ones among them. Participating artists include Mr. Brainwash, Duncan Lemmon, House Industries, Jesus Diaz, and many more
www.startrekmovie.com/modelgallery
Posted by Exit 27/04/2009
LE TAG
Le Tag features tags from over 300 of the greatest international graffiti artists. The exhibited works come from the collection of Alain-Dominique Gallizia, an architect whose interest in street art lead him to begin commissioning works from graffiti writers world wide. Gallizia had all artists work on the same canvas size, allowing instant and easy comparison between styles.
This exhibition runs until the 3rd of May, 2009
Grand Palais
avenue du President Wilson
75008
Paris
France
Posted by Exit 20/04/2009
DAMIEN HIRST FOR SUPREME
The Damien Hirst For Supreme skateboard decks have just dropped and they've given me a beautiful headache. Hirst, best known for his Spin paintings made at random on a spinning circular surface, and his now iconic, graphic Spot paintings that depict rows of randomly-colored circles has collaborated with Supreme and designed three skateboard decks. Skate or Die.
Posted by Exit 20/04/2009
DON'T COME
We've missed this exhibition at Don’t Come Gallery in Melbourne but I love Krink's work and its still worth checking the images on Don't Comes website.
Alongside his drop paintings and applications, the artist produced some custom KR Krink fire extinguishers and they came out sick.
Posted by Exit 20/04/2009
D-FACE THE G20
During the recent G20 summit in London, Local street artist DFace took the opportunity to showcase some new work, not on the street but on digital billboards around the city. Several variations of the G20 £20 pound note are being displayed with the Queen in varying states of makeup and facelifts, something DFace has become quite good at. So did he hack the ad space or buy it?
Just over a year ago, SKULLPHONE put his character up on digital displays around LA. Some bloggers claimed their “boy” hacked into Clear Channel’s computers, but that was a lie. He actually paid for the self-advertisements. Did D*Face do the same?
Posted by Exit 13/04/2009
OIL-PAINTED NUDE DECKS
Peruvian artist Alexxx Castaneda’s oil-painted nude skate decks are available via the artists personal shop on www.etsy.com.
You can see all of the decks in detail and more of his beautiful work at
iamalexxx.com.
Posted by Exit 13/04/2009
GREENE & GREENE
The Huntington, in partnership with The Gamble House, USC, presents the most comprehensive exhibition ever undertaken on the work of Arts and Crafts legends Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene — the first such exhibition to travel outside of California.
A ‘New and Native’ Beauty: The Art and Craft of Greene & Greene” presents for the first time a diverse range of Greene and Greene work—conceptual sketches, drawings, furnishings and fixtures, in many cases long-separated from their houses and from each other. Together the works highlight the component parts essential to an appreciation of the interdependent quality of Greene and Greene’s output.
This exhibition runs until the 7th of June, 2009
Smithsonian American Art Museum
750 9th Street
N.W. 3100
Washington DC
20001
USA
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SQUEEZE MARKER
The Krink & André Squeeze Marker has been released. Coming in two colorways, the Parisian artist did not only influence the bottle design, but also the color of the marker. Now on sale at Colette
Posted by Exit 06/04/2009
MONSTERS INKED
Bringing together over 100 monster images, Monsters Inked will explore the development of monster illustration from the deepest, darkest depths of an
artist’s imagination; through
sketchpad drawings ,into glorious technicolour monster creations on the gallery’s walls.
The exhibition will take an exclusive and remarkable look inside the minds of the Gods of monsters to try and discover where their monster creations come from.
This exhibition runs until the 4th of May, 2009
Idea Generation Gallery
11 Chance Street
London
E2 7JB
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KRUNK
Krunk in collaboration with Cuadro Fine Art Gallery is proud to present a historic three-man exhibition in Dubai, featuring original works by urban art pioneers Futura, Stash and Phil Frost.
On the pulse of the contemporary art world, KRUNK/Cuadro will provide foreign markets in the Middle East and beyond a rare opportunity to view and purchase extraordinary new collections by these world-renowned Contemporary Urban Artists. The show was launched by Cuadro during Art Dubai, the U.A.E’s contemporary art fair, which in only its third year has become a leader in the global art scene.
This show runs until the 17th of June, 2009.
Posted by Exit 06/04/2009
THE PRADA TRANSFORMER
Launching in Seoul at the end of April 2009, the highly anticipated Prada Transformer designed by OMA/Rem Koolhaas will showcase a groundbreaking series of cross-cultural exhibitions, screenings and live events. For five months this shape-shifting venue will host multiple interdisciplinary projects, bringing a unique mix of visual arts to Korea.
The Transformer combines the four sides of a tetrahedron: hexagon, cross, rectangle and circle into one pavilion. The building, entirely covered with a smooth elastic membrane, will be flipped using cranes, completely reconfiguring the visitor's experience with each new programme. Each side plan is precisely designed to organize a different event installation creating a building with four identities. Whenever one shape becomes the ground plan, the other three shapes become the walls and the ceiling defining the space, as well as referencing historic or anticipating future event configurations.
Posted by Exit 30/03/2009
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBBING GOOD
Paradise Row proudly presents The Adventures of Robbing Good, the first major London show of leading Russian contemporary artist Gosha Ostretsov. Employing narrative installation, performance, painting and sculpture, Ostretsov introduces a new hero for our troubled times - Robbing Good - a creation informed by the history, theory and associated art and design of the anarchist, socialist and Marxist movements of the last century and a half.
Gosha Ostretsov is one of Russia's leading contemporary artists. Since the late 1990's Ostretsov has been working on The New Government project, a parodic gesamtkunstwerk on the nature of power and despotism in post-Soviet Russia and, by extension in the world at large.
This exhibition runs until the 2nd of May, 2009
Paradise Row
17 Hereford St, (off Cheshire St)
London
E2 6EX
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COLLAGE GEOMANCY
Marlborough Chelsea are curently exhibiting a series of recent collages by New York based artist Michael Anderson.
This will be the artist’s third solo exhibition with Marlborough and his second at Marlborough Chelsea. The exhibition will consist of twelve new collages and a single sculpture, all of which are comprised of mass-produced advertising materials accumulated by the artist.
Born in the Bronx in 1968, Mr. Anderson began his artistic career fusing painting and collage but has concentrated on collage since the early 1990s. Since that time his materials have consisted solely of posters and billboards found on the streets of international cities and physically torn down by the artist. In each work, multiple copies of the same advertisement are ripped into hundreds of varying pieces and reassembled into dynamic compositions that reflect the artist’s simultaneous commitments to representation and abstraction. The effect is one of vague recognition by the viewer, who has undoubtedly passed several of the images while walking down the streets of New York, Beijing or Rome, without stopping to focus on their cultural significance or aesthetic properties.
This exhibition runs until April 25th, 2009
Marlborough Chelsea
545 West 25th Street
New York
NY
10001
USA
Posted by Exit 30/03/2009
ADIDAS URBAN ART GUIDE
Adidas have launched a very clever Urban Art Guide application for the iphone. The guide has been made for Berlin and instead of visiting the usual museums that everybody knows, the adidas Urban Art Guide will show selected pieces of street art as well and guide you through the city. From better known galleries and museums to special artworks that are hidden in corridors, the guide covers it all.
The adidas Urban Art Guide can be downloaded for free from the iTunes Store.
Posted by Exit 23/03/2009
DONKEY HOSTAGE
Boy meets girl, girl ties boy to donkey…
A major new collection of distinctive drawings and paintings by Kirsty Whiten depict intimate struggles as boys are taken hostage, cared for, teased and broken in like horses.
They play and fight in costumes constructed from materials found in their homes; weapons from the kitchen, riding gear from adidas, hair -pieces, scarves and turbans made from towels and t shirts. Adults using childlike play to act out the best and worst of their dependency and desire. The fierce and delicate images explore sexuality, control and truce, the tenderness of surrender - the roles fought over and claimed by modern men and women.
StolenSpace
The Old Truman Brewery
91 Brick Lane
London
E1 6QL
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23/03/2009
KRAZY
KRAZY! is New York’s first major show dedicated to the Japanese phenomenon of Anime, Manga, and Video Games—three forms of contemporary visual art that are exercising a huge influence on an entire generation of American youth.
The exhibition, organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery, is presented in an environment designed by cutting-edge architectural practice Atelier Bow-Wow, featuring life-size blowups of popular figures from the worlds of anime and manga within an intriguing sequence of spaces that evoke Tokyo’s clamorous cityscape. Co-curated by leading North American and Japanese specialists, KRAZY! gives visitors a direct experience of new forms of cultural production and offers fresh insight into the interdependence of three art forms of the future.
This exhibition runs until June 14th, 2009
Japan Society
333 East 47th Street
New York
NY
USA
Posted by Exit 23/03/2009
PRINTED PAPERS
Brighton’s Ink_d Gallery & Studio has announced Stanley Donwood’s forthcoming show will open 20th March – 10th April 2009. The exhibition ‘Printed Papers’ will show a selection of Donwood’s best known limited edition prints from his artwork for Radiohead and Thom Yorke album covers to his more recent ‘London Views’ series of work.
Although Stanley Donwood is best known for his artwork for Radiohead, he also writes books, is a CEO of a record company and is an accomplished printmaker who prints all his own work.
In February 2009 he won a Grammy for ‘Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package’ for his art direction on Radiohead’s ‘In Rainbows’ album.
Posted by Exit 16/03/2009
SKAM FOR LOUIS VUITTON
Louis Vuitton have commissioned graffiti artists all around the world to support the local launches of their Stephen Sprouse Collection. We showed you already the work by Reyes from Seventh Letter crew for San Francisco. Here now a look at the work by Skam for the Toronto launch.
Posted by Exit 16/03/2009
MMM - 20 YEARS
Following his studies at the Antwerp Academy and his work as an assistant to Jean-Paul Gaultier, the Belgian Martin Margiela founded Maison Martin Margiela in 1988. The firm's 20th anniversary is the reason for this exhibition. Maison Martin Margiela is based in Paris and designs fashion that rebels against the industry's constraints while also commenting on these.
Maison Martin Margiela's (MMM) approach differs in many ways from what is usual in the fashion trade. Rather than engaging in the personality cult like other fashion houses, MMM functions according to the principal of incognito: In order to focus the attention solely on the company's products, Martin Margiela does not even appear in public at fashion shows and does not publish his portrait. MMM gives interviews in the first person plural either by e-mail or fax. It is unusual and uncompromising to remain incognito in a field in which many fashion designers behave like stars whose personal appearances provide almost as much as an incentive to buy as their creations. At MMM it is not the designer who is in the spotlight but the product.
Maison Martin Margiela 20, The exhibition runs from the 20th of March to June 1st, 2009
Haus der Kunst
Prinzregentenstraße 1
D 80538
München
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REYES FOR LOUIS VUITTON
For the launch of the Stephen Sprouse collection in San Francisco, Louis Vuitton has commissioned artist Reyes of the The Seventh Letter crew. The large scale artwork combines the artists style, as well as the classic Louis Vuitton monogram pattern in the background.
Posted by Exit 09/03/2009
ONE & OTHER
One & Other will provide a fascinating portrait of the UK in the twenty-first century. Every hour, 24 hours a day for 100 days, a different person will take their place on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar
Square in London, in a continuous representation of themselves, their
families, or their communities. The 2,400 participants will be chosen at
random from the many thousands that are expected to apply.
Participants can use their time on the plinth as they like – to perform, to
demonstrate, or simply to reflect. Antony Gormley is inviting people, aged 16 and over, from across the UK to participate in the creation of a unique living monument on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square. One & Other will run for 100 days from 6 July – 14 October 2009 and will involve 2,400 people from all over the UK who will stand on the plinth for an hour each. Anyone interested in participating can register their interest and find out more at the newly launched project website
Posted by Exit
09/03/2009
VB64
Deitch Projects presents VB64, Vanessa Beecroft’s first public performance in New York since 2000 and an accompanying exhibition of new sculpture at Deitch Studios on the East River in Long Island City. The sculptures from the performance along with a video projection of the performance, will be on view through Sunday April 12th. An exhibition of new wax and gesso sculptures will also be on view in the adjoining gallery.
Vanessa Beecroft works in the space between painting, sculpture, performance, and real life. In VB64, she introduces a new element into the work, gesso sculptures cast from live models, resting on coffin-like bases. The twenty live models in the performance will be in white body make up and at the beginning of the performance will be indistinguishable from the sculptural casts. VB64 pushes Beecroft’s deliberate confusion between sculpture, performance and real life into a new realm, the tension between life and death.
The exhibition runs until the 12th April, 2009
Deitch Projects
4-40 44th Drive
Long Island City
USA
Posted by Exit 09/03/2009
THE VADER PROJECT
This exhibition includes 100 works by contemporary international artists utilizing 1:1 scale authentic prop replicas of the Darth Vader helmet used in the Star Wars films.
Each helmet was a blank canvas for the artist to paint, design, and customize. These iconic helmets of the notorious movie villain were created by some of the biggest names in today’s pop surrealist and underground art scene including Shag, Peter Kuper, Attaboy, Gary Baseman, Tim Biskup, Dalek, Paul Frank, Ron English, Jeff Soto, Michelle Valigura, Frank Kozik, Wade Lageose, Joe Ledbetter, Alex Pardee, Suckadelic, Cameron Tiede, Michelle Valigura, Sunich, Mister Cartoon, Marc Ecko, Amanda Visell, and many more.
The Vader Project was curated by Dov Kelemer and Sarah Jo Marks of DKE Toys, one of the largest designer vinyl and art-toy distributors in the world. In addition to The Warhol’s grouping of these iconic helmets, approximately 15 works will be on view at The Carnegie Science Center during the duration of the exhibition.
The exhibition runs until the 3rd of May 2009
The Andy Warhol Museum
117 Sandusky Street
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
15212-5890
Posted by Exit 02/03/2009
PAPER FASHION
Paper has been used in fashion in various cultures and historical periods, but it is still a little known and little studied phenomenon.
With the exhibition, PAPER FASHION, the Fashion Museum in collaboration with Atopos Cultural Organisation, reveals this exceptional niche in the history of fashion. Beginning with a unique collection of 1960s’ paper dresses from the Atopos collection, PAPER FASHION focuses on the use of paper and related materials in modern and contemporary fashion.
The exhibition runs from the 6th of March until the 16th of August 2009
ModeMuseum Province of Antwerp - MoMu
Nationalestraat 28
B-2000 Antwerp
Belgium
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02/03/2009
RICHTER PORTRAITS
Gerhard Richter Portraits is the first major exhibition to show a selection of Richter's portraits across the entire span of his career. (Opposite Gilbert and George by Gerhard Richter 1975)
Dating from the 1960s to the present, it includes important early black-and-white paintings made from magazine photographs, works based on private snapshots, a special installation of his celebrated series 48 Portraits, and a never-previously exhibited portrait of his daughter Ella.
Richter is widely regarded as one of the world's leading contemporary artists, a complex figure whose work from the early 1960s has moved between photographically derived figurative imagery and brightly coloured abstract painting.
From the outset portraiture has been a key aspect of Richter's art but until now exhibitions of his art have focused on the wider sweep of his activity including his abstract work and, as a result, the richness of his portraits has been neglected. This exhibition represents a major advance in the understanding and appreciation of the artist's achievement by examining his portraits in detail. The exhibition will comprise around 35 key paintings lent from major international public and private collections. Organised chronologically, Gerhard Richter Portraits will also highlight particular themes that focus on the sources of Richter's imagery in order to draw out the artist's principal preoccupations and main lines of development. These themes include The Most Perfect Picture (which focuses on Richter's early use of photographs from newspapers and magazines), Devotional Pictures (which examines his use of amateur photographs from family albums), Persistent Uncertainty, (the exhibition's central section in which the photographic sources of Richter's imagery are progressively obscured and manipulated), Art History, (focusing on images of Richter's associations within the art world), and Private Images, Personal Portraits (in which the artist's preoccupation with his family and his own image take centre stage).
The exhibition runs until May 31st 2009
The National Portrait Gallery
St Martin's Place
London
WC2H 0HE
Posted by Exit 02/03/2009
THE LONG WAY HOME
Honor Fraser is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new work by KAWS. (Featured opposite, Kurf (Tangle) 2009, Acrylic on canvas, 72 x 96 inches)
The Brooklyn-based artist will be presenting new painting and sculptural work in his first solo show in Los Angeles. KAWS’ technique acts as a sieve of modern culture, filtering and re-contextualizing the images and information that he comes in contact with daily. His process is all encompassing, embracing popular culture and the visual landscape of the familiar. The work can be thought of as an overarching brand; however it is also immediate and organic. This energetic immediacy can be felt in the selection of works that he is presenting. New large paintings included in the exhibition feature his usual cross-section of familiar cultural icons painted with precise execution. The resulting pieces feature the trademark graphic quality inherent in his work. A large life-size Chum acts as a sentry in the space, watching over the works while also playing with scale and proportion.
KAWS roots began as a graffiti artist in the early 1990s, and since then he has built an identity that had its genesis in guerilla imagery added to billboards and bus shelters. He converts familiar visuals into affronting works of art. Through his company OriginalFake he has released limited edition works. He has also collaborated on design projects with Commes Des Garcons, Marc Jacobs, and A Bathing Ape. Most recently he has worked with Kanye West to create the cover art for Kanye’s current album.
This reworking of popular culture has grown KAWS into a multi-faceted, multi-pronged endeavor that has ventured into the realm of contemporary art. KAWS situates himself at the crossroads of media and art; a vanguard in the new frontier of the 21st century artistic discourse.
The exhibition runs until the 4th of April 2009
Honor Fraser gallery
2622 s. la cienega boulevard
los angeles
california
90034
usa
Posted by Exit
23/02/2009
HYPE, HUSTLE, RIP-OFF
Bill McMullen's work is at the locus of control between contemporary culture's learned helplessness and mass production's planned obsolescence. The seduction of immediate consumption, along with its resulting hand-to-mouth futurism, are analyzed by McMullen as one half civics lesson and one half the jouissance of the advertising age running its ultimate course. The tail-eating snake that hides in this era's economic deluge becomes McMullen's inspirational void from which both political and artistic action springs forth.
Hype, Hustle, Rip-Off is more than just a critical look at the learned obsolescence and planned helplessness of Post-Cold War capitalism. It is a glimpse at the post-pop art world's potential trajectory—beyond the simple needs of political poster simulacra branding, venal location based parochialism, and the corporate shilling that uses a contrived cloak of cosmopolitan surrealism. McMullen's work ultimately resonates because it does more than brand, copy, market, and elevate, since he understands that all of these actions are mutually exclusive.
The exhibition runs until the 28th of March 2009
The Constant Gallery
2673 S. La Cienega Blvd
Los Angeles
CA
90034
Posted by Exit 23/02/2009
KINETIC ART FAIR
Robotic, sound and solar sculptures, mechanical writing machines, laser and subliminal installations are just some of the incredible exhibits at Kinetica Art Fair, the world’s first art fair dedicated to kinetic, robotic, sound, light and time-based art. Carnivorous art, man-animal-machine hybrids, mechanical drawing machines, subliminal installations, pole dancing robots, light sculptures and cybernetics are just some of the exhibits to be found at Kinetica Art Fair, the UK's first art fair dedicated to kinetic, robotic, sound, light and time based art which opens in London on Friday 27 February.
More than 25 galleries and organisations specialising in kinetic, electronic and new media art are taking part with over 150 exhibiting artists. The Fair will be like no other with living, moving, speaking and performing art. The Fair provides unparalleled opportunities for the public and collectors alike to view and buy work from this thriving international movement and to participate in the programme of talks, workshops and performances. Kinetic art is art that has a life of it's own. Pioneered by world famous artists such as Maholy Nagy, Jean Tinguely, Marcel Duchamp and Alexander Calder during the early 1900s, modern contemporary kinetic and electronic artworks utilise and warp technology itself, to explore, nurture and comment on our evolutionary processes and challenge scientific and universal exploration.
The exhibition runs until the 2nd of March 2009
P3
35 Marylebone Road
London
NW1 5LS
United Kingdom
Posted by Exit 23/02/2009
LE CORBUSIER
Le Corbusier - The Art of Architecture at Barbican Art Gallery is the first major survey in London of the internationally renowned architect in more than 20 years. This timely reassessment charts how the work of Le Corbusier - a pseudonym of Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris - changed dramatically throughout his career. Spanning a period of 60 years the exhibition includes early works inspired by his native Switzerland, the iconic white cubic buildings of the 1920s such as the famous Villa Savoye (1928-31) and culminating in the late works of the 1950s and 60s of which the Chapel of Ronchamp (1950-55) and the buildings for the Indian city of Chandigarh (1952-64) are key examples.
The exhibition focuses on Le Corbusier’s unique multi-disciplinary approach, and brings
together a wealth of his paintings, films, sculpture and books alongside vintage photographs, original architectural models and interior settings. It also features important works by his collaborators and artistic contemporaries such as furniture designers Charlotte Perriand and Jean Prouvé, and artists Fernand Léger and Amédée Ozenfant.
The exhibition runs until 21st May 2009
Barbican Centre
Silk Street
London
EC2Y 8DS
www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery
Posted by Exit 18/02/2009
MURAKAMI
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao will present ©MURAKAMI, the most comprehensive retrospective to date of the works of Takashi Murakami. The exhibition will feature more than 90 artworks in various media including painting, sculpture, installation, and film. Included will be iconic works that track the ongoing evolution of Murakami's anime alter ego DOB, his otaku-inspired figure projects of the late ‘90s, an archive of licensed Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. merchandise that spans Takashi Murakami's entire career, and a retrospective of his creations for Louis Vuitton since 2003.
©MURAKAMI presents a selection of the artist’s major works spanning the entire length of his career, beginning with his works from the early 1990s, which launched Japan’s Neo-Pop generation. A significant portion of the exhibition is dedicated to the ongoing evolution of Murakami’s alter ego, DOB, and the figure projects of the late 1990s inspired by the otaku, a Japanese anime and manga obsessed geek subculture. A particularly important feature will be the monumental installation presenting the retrospective work of Murakami collaborating with world leading luxury brand Louis Vuitton.
The exhibition runs until May 31st 2009
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Avenida Abandoibarra, 2
48001 Bilbao
Bizkaia
Spain
Posted by Exit 18/02/2009
FUTURISM
One hundred years after the publication in Le Figaro on February 20 1909 of the Futurist Manifesto, signed by the ‘jeune poète italien’ Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection celebrates this revolutionary avant-garde movement with the exhibition Masterpieces of Futurism at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, curated by Philip Rylands, director of the Venetian museum (from February 18 through 2009). The exhibition also serves as an homage to the foresight of Gianni Mattioli, one of the great collectors of 20th century art, who accumulated a comprehensive presence of Futurism in his collection. This includes works by Giacomo Balla, Umberto Boccioni, Carlo Carrà, Luigi Russolo, Gino Severini, Ottone Rosai, Mario Sironi and Ardengo Soffici.
Masterpieces of Futurism at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection presents key paintings of the movement such as Materia and Dynamism of a Cyclist by Boccioni, Mercury Passing Before the Sun by Balla, The Galleria of Milan by Carrà, Blue Dancer by Severini, three works from Peggy Guggenheim’s collection (Severini’s Sea = Dancer, Balla’s Abstract Speed + Sound, and Boccioni’s sculpture Dynamism of a Speeding Horse + Houses), as well as loans from private collections by Balla, Boccioni, Carrà and Sironi. This will also be the debut of a recent gift to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Sironi’s early masterpiece The Cyclist (1916). The exhibition includes three of Boccioni’s four extant sculptures: in addition to the mixed media Dynamism of a Speeding Horse + Houses, bronze cast of his celebrated Development of a Bottle in Space and Unique Forms of Continuity in Space.
The exhibition runs until December 31st 2009
Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Palazzo Venier dei Leoni
701 Dorsoduro - 30123 Venezia
Italy
Posted by Exit 18/02/2009
DORMICE
DORMICE are a pair of artists who together have made fans of Versace, Roberto Cavelli and Leonardo Di Caprio, with their paintings of Supermodels and luxury media inspired imagery. Heinrich Nicolaus was a famous abstract artist in Germany before becoming bored with the ease he could make huge sums of money for his works without a challenge, and so setting off travelling the world lecturing artists on, not how to paint, but how to become a famous artist. In Canada he met Sawan Yawnghwe who was a prodigy in figurative painting. Sawan, with the arrogance of youth and genius muscled his way into Heinrichs large studio and started to produce stunning figurative works, which Heinrich startted addig text to, and the collaboration team was formed.
DORMICE have now painted together in Italy for 11 years. They had Leonardo Da Vinci's old studio in a castle in Tuscany for 5 years, but have recently moved to a gigantic converted church where they make paintings up to 20 feet long which use the images we are constantly bombarded with in fashion and luxury magazines to comment on life.
Currently showing at the Wanted Gallery in Notting Hill, including many never before seen works and an installation by Heinrich Nicolaus.
Wanted Gallery
15b Blenheim Cresecent
Notting Hill
London
W11 2EE
www.wantedgallery.aneworder.com
Posted by Exit 09/02/2009
NETROPOLIS
Landscape as a Dream, deals with the flood of images which document reality in our media-driven age. As a counter pole, this exhibition aims to create the vision of a possible world which could be composed of paradox, chimera, and deceptive images. A world in which traditional social bonds have broken down and are replaced by loose couplings and vaguely defined communities.
From the 7th of February through to the 21st of March 2009 the gallery Studio la Città in Verona is showing the exhibition Landscape as a Dream, curated by Luigi Meneghelli and features works by Michael Najjar (opposite) plus, Enrica Borghi, Eelco Brand, Sheba Chhachhi, Remy Marlot, Julie Monaco, Kirk Palmer and Michael Wolf.
Studio La Città
Lungadige Galtarossa
2137133
Verona
Italy
Posted by Exit 02/02/2009
GEOMETRY IN NATURE : ANTHONY BURRILL
Now showing at Colette is a new set of work from British designer and graphic artist Anthony Burrill. Burrill was responsible for the exterior decoration of the Paris store during its recent refurbishment and now returns with a selection more directed towards his current interest. Using laser cut plastic, he explores the intersection of nature and geometry.
Anthony Burrill Geometry in Nature
showing until 28th february 2009.
Colette
213, Rue Saint Honoré.
75001
Paris
France.
Posted by Exit 02/02/2009
POSTER GIRL
Electric Blue Gallery plays host to a collection of new works by the hugely influential graphic artist Jasper Goodall. Goodall rose to public attention with his style defining work for The Face magazine in 2000-2003 influencing a generation of illustrators and helping pave the way for illustration's resurgence and reinvention in recent years.
Here Goodall presents for the first time, his first solo show of personal work in a gallery environment. Entitled 'Poster Girl' the work explores the notion of fantasy versus reality, a subject which has fascinated Goodall for some time. "Sexual attraction, I believe is almost entirely down to our fantasies, after all when you first meet someone you don't know them, but you make up and idea about them in your mind and it's this fantasy that you are attracted to. Once you get to know them, all too often the fantasy doesn't match with the reality.
Ready for the drop 6th February
Electric Blue gallery
64 Middlesex street
London
E1 7EZ
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BURTON & FUTURA VAPOR SNOWBOARD
The Burton & Futura Vapor Snowboard has now been released in Burton flagship stores across the globe. Featuring a simple black upper, it comes with a full on Futura graphic on the bottom with custom Futura Burton signature. Just in time to hit the slopes this season and featuring all that we love about Futura and Burton from design to the color palette to the Carbon Vaporskin Lite, Grip and Rip and Multizone EGD for all you snowbaord techies.
Posted by Exit 26/01/2009
STEPHEN SPROUSE “ROCK ON MARS” BY DEITCH PROJECTS
2009 is very quickly turning into the year of Stephen Sprouse, not only is the artists work featured in a new Louis Vuitton collection and on the new Le Book, now Deitch Projects has opened a retrospective of the artists work in New York at the former adidas Originals space in Soho. Rock on Mars has transformed the space into a futuristic realization of Sprouse's rock and roll vision. Showing now, until February 28th
Deitch Projects
18 Wooster Street
New York
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YVES SAINT LAURENT AND PIERRE BERGE ART AUCTION
For fifty years Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Berge actively collected art, amassing some 700 works over the period with an estimated value in excess of £300million. Included is this extraordinary 'Sale of the Century' collection are paintings by Picasso, Goya and Mondrian. Housed in the pairs Paris’ apartment, the collection has been kept relatively private until now. Christies will be auctioning the estate at Le Grand Palais, one of the grandest public exhibition halls in Paris on February 23rd, 24th and 25th.
Posted by Exit 19/01/2009
Continuing our toy fetish Daniel and Geo Fuchs bring their toy based portrait photography to Brussels for an exhibition at Young Gallery. The gallery is located in the Conrad Hotel, 71 Avenue Louise 1050, Brussels. The photographs are on view until February 4, 2009 so you only have a couple of weeks to take a look.
Alternatively if you can't make it to Belgium you can purchase the lavishly photographed book 'Toy Giants' priced $49.00
Posted by Exit 19/01/2009
ANDREAS GOLDER EDITIONS
On the occasion of the opening of his first exhibition at the gallery, White Cube is pleased to present three new lithograph prints by Berlin-based artist Andreas Golder. Two in black and white, one in colour, Mama and Papa display Golder's ongoing fascination with representations of the human skull and of 'momento mori'. With imagery that alludes to a wide range of sources, from the paintings of Hieronymous Bosch, to the zombie movies of George A Romero, Golder allows them to converge in a contemporary reworking of the grotesque.
Posted by Exit 19/01/2009
LONDON ART FAIR 2009 JAN 14TH - 18TH
One-hundred galleries are selected each year showing work from the last 100 years. While painting is the main focus of the Fair, it also encompasses sculpture, photography, prints, video and installation art.
We particularly like this arresting image by Exit contributing photographer Tim Simmons showing as part of the Fine Art Society and titled 'Intervention Rockpool # 6"
Posted by Exit 12/01/2009
STEVEN MEISEL JIGSAW PUZZLE FOR ART AND COMMERCE
This limited-edition jigsaw puzzle features a pattern-on-pattern photograph of model Meghan Collison as a tattooed pin-up. The image originally appeared in Vogue Italia, for which Meisel has created every cover and lead editorial story for almost the last two decades.
Each custom-made cloth box is signed and numbered by Steven Meisel. The jigsaw puzzle is manufactured by Editions Ricordi, makers of high-quality jigsaw puzzles since 1808.
The puzzle is available direct from Art + Commerce, as well as Barney’s New York, Colette and 10 Corso Como.
Posted by Exit 12/01/2009
NECKFACE “BURN BITCH/BITCH BURN” POSTER BY O.H.W.O.W.
Start 2009 with a great new poster from NYC artist Neckface. Produced in collaboration with O.H.W.O.W. the poster is 2-sided and entitled “Burn Bitch/Bitch Burn”.
It is now available at the O.H.W.O.W.
website
Posted by Exit
12/01/2009
KRUNK FUTURA PRINTS
Futura’s recent LA show, Strategic Synchronicity, marked an extraordinary return from one of graffiti’s most influential pioneers: the progression and intricacies of the pieces confirmed the collection as his best work to date - and the sell-out show was greeted with respect and admiration by the art world. Strategic Synchronicity was produced by curators KRUNK, an international team dedicated to the concept of ‘pop-up’ art shows staged in unique settings, with specially-created multimedia backdrops that use music and film to heighten the viewing experience. Collectors now have one final chance to own a part of this seminal show: KRUNK has re-created two of the key abstract paintings from the collection in ‘ultimate’ quality print form.
The prints are priced at £525 each, excluding delivery.
Posted by Exit 05/01/2009
KRINK MAILBOX BY KIDROBOT
Soon everybody will be able to have his very own Krink Mailbox at home, thanks to Kidrobot. “ We created a limited edition, 7-inch, resin version of this New York landmark and got ink guy and graf writer, Krink, to hit it up with his iconic silver drips. Replete with bolts, a debossed NYC stamp and dents from urban wear and tear, this expressionist piece of vandalism is on sale now in a Krink-designed box. Individually numbered out of 500!”
Posted by Exit 05/01/2009
PHARRELL RECEIVES GIGANTIC KAWS CHUM SCULPTURE
Most of you have probably seen the gigantic pink Kaws Chum sculpture that was on display at the artist’s recent exhibition in New York. A white version of the sculpture has now arrived in Pharrell’s Miami apartment.
Posted by Exit 05/01/2009
