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Stages NYC: big magazine spread on stages show in new york

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bigreport© is the latest from big magazine, the celebrated fashion and art mag with creative director contributors such as doug lloyd (lloyd+co), marc atlan (marc atlan design) and the like. bigreport© is a series of spreads from top creatives worldwide reporting on the going-ons in each city from the p.o.v. of each of the creative houses. this report on the stages show at the deitch gallery-new york was submitted by ceft and company’s creative director ucef hanjani. the show included works by: jules de balincourt, KAWS, richard prince, christopher wool, aaron young, futura, and others. also see the show at the emmanuel perrotin-paris by zz

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Krink inc. : Everything is just so krink-ed up! a glimpse at the empire of kr (and his) ink

 

 

krink is born

alife nyc becomes the hub

krink is re-born on the expected t-shirt

black krink ink 8-litre applicator ink-extinguisher

krink iphone jacket

krink screen saver

krink ink gets used

…and abused – krink ink-case computer-case from incase… jeeeez

R.I.P : the original krink-ink marker

why not… mini wants to be cool too

don’t matter if you cant drive

the original krink-to-fit available only in levi’s blue

silver krink ink 8-litre applicator ink-extinguisher

kidrobot krink mailbox – now that’s pretty cool (although rather useless)

get me one!

krink to drink

and finally… the krink airforce one edition in drip silver

 

oh and of course the commercial had to come too.

craig costellos work compiled and krink-ed up in about 3 minutes and 40 seconds by dd

CATEGORIES: art, design, eye candy

damien hirst X francis bacon



this new exhibition of damien hirst called “nothing matters” reminds me of the painting basquiat and warhol did together, sometimes you can’t exactly get who did what. in the present case, it’s the same except one of the two is dead and it’s not damien hirst… can someone explain? by pp

CATEGORIES: art

Damien Hirst: skateboard decks for supreme new york

xmas is upon us and i was looking for two boards for two of my favorite girls in the world, now this may not be a girls dream but i think its pretty close as far as boards get. hirst and supreme have a long standing relationship and these are bound to be limited in their edition at supreme. try, if you can to get one… they are being collected, one of each by avid fans (fans of hirst more than supreme i would guess), saw a friend with 2 and he said its the only two he “didn’t” have. good luck. a set is already available on ebay for $1,849.99. by dd

CATEGORIES: art, objects, perfect gift

skit + skit


LAMOCA presents a “performance” by artist francesco vezzoli featuring lady gaga. as far as i’m concerned, vezzoli is to art what gaga is to music… so once again, i guess we haven’t missed much by not being in LA. by pp’

CATEGORIES: art, music

Nike Stages private reception at Deitch gallery new york

edward kim and our sweet richard chai

zac posen christopher niquet

david selig cecilia dean brian malloy

my favorite piece in the show, tom sachs

tom sachs demonstrating the piece to lance

jose parla and jeffrey deitch

this past friday’s opening at the deitch projects was rather involved. it was the follow up to the paris mash-up openning at the galerie emmanuel perrotin that I missed and have been cursing myself ever since. the mixture of sports stars like lance armstrong and fashion gurus like richard chai and the girls from threeasfour made it a fun evening. even mr. andre saraiva poped in for a fag or two.

the work was quite nice but rather oddly curated. i was under the impression that one could get arrested in new york for putting kenny sharf and ed ruscha in one room. but apparently not. aside from that there were some impressive mixture of streeters and heavy hitters. raymond pettibon next to gursky, shepard fairey next to gai guo-qiang… tom sach’s bicycle titled “lances tequila bike for girls” was quite an amusement piece and perhaps my favorite. funny and cool. my second favorite piece was eric whites “foyer”… i couldn’t help but think of john baldessari’s balls!!

it was a good evening which was eventually topped off by sushi, plenty of sake and my favorite… sesame ice cream…

show is on display through november 21. don’t miss it. other works included pieces by: jules de balincourt, KAWS, richard prince, christopher wool, aaron young, futura, and others. all artwork on display, available for purchase, with proceeds directly benefiting the lance armstrong foundation for cancer. by dd

CATEGORIES: art, backstage

faithfully yours: waris Ahluwalia – house of waris

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well i must say this letter of sorts romanced the hell out of me. and that is the key to any object… romance. looking forward to seeing the collection tonight at phillips de pury… once again rather genius to have it unveiled at phillips auction house vs. the usual venues. well done. by dd

CATEGORIES: art, fashion

les valeureux


for those who read french, i might suggest this really beautiful blog. it’s called “les valeureux” which means the braves and it’s the meeting of a talented photographer and a talented writer. so one provide a picture and the other one writes a little text about it. there is a new one every day and it’s really powerfull. for those who can’t read french, just have a look at the pictures, that worth it whatever.
“La voix de Lou Reed me shootait un peu plus de minute en minute ; j’oubliai le froid, la solitude de cette ville désertée par la Semaine Sainte, cette question qui montait : « qu’est-ce que je fous là ? ». La lumière avait la liquidité opaque qu’a parfois l’East River au niveau du pont de Williamsburg : longues traînées jaunes sur une eau d’un violet sourd. Derrière : la ville, étonnamment calme depuis Brooklyn. (…)” by pp

CATEGORIES: art, photography, read

Jorge pardo + george porcari: brooklyn exhibit

george porcari, photographic print

jorge pardo, sculpture from a previous exhibit

jorge prado, geroge porcari (who is one of my favorite artist, inspirations) and naomi fisher will be exhibiting their work at the momenta gallery in brooklyn openning reception friday october 30th 7:00-9:00 pm. curated by chris kraus, catalog essays by veronica gonzalez, mark von schlegell and sylvere lautringer. 359 bedford avenue, brooklyn new york. don’t miss it. by dd

CATEGORIES: art, ny places