a visual collective outlet of inspiration
quite a nice invite, i must admit.
iconoclastic invitation for the “three as four yoko ono 2010” show taking place tonight at milk studios NYC. performance starting at 7:00 pm. invite only.
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threeASFOUR + Yoko Ono
gabi at work on one of the collection’s pieces
sketches, fabrics and prints
the design trio threeASfour has collaborated with yoko ono on their spring 2010 collection, which they’ll show during new york fashion week, on september 17 at milk studios. ono’s dot-drawings have been turned into limited-edition prints on cotton and silk and i just can’t wait to see the result. the event will also include a preview of yoko ono’s new album, “between my head and the sky”. by kv
berlin bunker, boros collection
Pierre bergé was saying about the collection he put together with the late YSL that it is itself a piece of art, pending on what you buy, what you don’t and what you do with it. so we can say that german collector christian Boros is definitely doing a piece of art out of his collection that include works buy Olafur Eliasson, Elmgreen & Dragset, Sarah Lucas, Tobias Rehberger, Anselm Reyle, and Santiago Sierra by putting everything on view in an old bunker in berlin. prior to its use as a art gallery, it was among other, a night club as only berlin can have, a bunker or a squat… publishing house hatje cantz is releasing a book documenting this pieces of art in a piece of art. by pp’
tauba auerbach’s deitch catalog
i was looking over artist tauba auerbach catalog from an exhibition she did at deitch gallery today. it’s not just a beautiful book, it’s exactly what you expect from an exhibition book. in other words, something that continues the experience, not photos that reproduce what you’ve just seen. on top of that, the manufacturing of the book is just sublime; no printed text, only debossings, holes, black and white and “thoughts for your eyes”…everything i love! by pp’
Shrigley skate-pool: at Bryggeriet Skatepark, Malmo, Sweden
with many thanx to sonic youth’s lee ranaldo, here are two images of david shrigley at work in the david shrigley skate-pool, bryggeriet skatepark, malmo, sweden. first image by LR, second image of the completed pool courtesy of DS. mmmmmm… eat some pavement, baby. by dd
nate page’s many layers
taking inspiration simply from his daily surroundings and whatever crosses his path, nate page investigates the confrontations between materiality and images. his work can now be found at jen bekman projects in soho, new york. by kv
Picasso once said : Good artists borrow, great artists steal
i don’t know where i would place artist sam taylor wood in the master’s sentence, but i’ve always loved figuring out where an artist’s inspiration comes from. i’m sure everyone has had the feeling of being so sure that an artist’s piece reminds one of another artist’s work and think that it might have inspired him/her…
well sam taylor wood’s work is obviously based on reinterpreting references, as in her earlier work, when her work was rather painting-like. she later introduced the the suspended pictures that are based on “le saut” (the jump) from yves klein.
so all that just to tell you that i’m pretty sure the crying men is a smart modernization of bas jan ader‘s finest work “i’m too sad to tell you”. by pp’
Pablo Picasso – Light Graffiti
i’ve never been the biggest fan of picasso as for his famous works, but the man was experimental and prolific which is the most inspiring thing a person can be. even in our super-productive today, more doesn’t necessarily mean more to admire. by kl
Francois Pinault: Punta della Dogana Venice
so monsieur pinault has launched yet another museum of his own in venice to house some of his expansive collection. in other words, we trust the palazzo grassi was just not big enough. “punta della dogana” which is perched at the mouth of the grand canal, roughly translates into “monsieur arnault is a cheese muffin”. the new museum has launched its premier exhibition “mapping the studio” with some 300 works from pinault’s personal collection including pieces by (my personal favorite) cy twombly as well as jeff koons and richard prince. by dd
Stages: Nike party at galerie emmanuel perrotin-paris
mark parker with tom sachs
stefano pilati and olivier zahm
emmanuel perrotin and tom sachs
ex-graffiti man andre saraiva of baron (paris-tokyo-miami), ex-beatrice inn
this was one of those invites you get and miss to attend, partly due to the long commute (new york to paris), and then kick yourself for missing it! the event and its noble cause of promoting the LIVESTRONG foundation will surely fulfill its aim and it will not be missed when it comes to new york on october 2nd. lets hope we get invited again!!! if nothing its worth just going to see the work by ed ruscha, rockin’ raymond petibon, tom sachs, and richard prince. the one odd ball in here is kenny scharf? i like to know how the hell he got in there?
in all everyone from designer stefano pilati to no-idea-why andre saraiva where present not to mention nike’s mark parker and the ever-present olivier zahm, see more pictures here. all for the preview of work by: cai guo-qiang, rosson crow, jules de balincourt, dzine, shepard fairey, andreas gursky, KAWS, geoff mcfetridge, yoshitomo nara, catherine opie, jose parla, raymond petibon, lari pittman, richard prince, ed ruscha, tom sachs, kenny scharf, eric white, christopher wool, and aaron young. by dd
too young to go: dash snow dies July 13th age 27
‘don’t cry for me’ by dash snow, 1981-july 13 2009, joining others who have passed at that crossover age of 27. even though i didn’t know him personally, he has left his mark of revitalized raw energy that found its way off the street into such institutions as the Whitney and the Saatchi Gallery. he leaves his ex-wife agathe snow, girlfriend (and mother of his daugher) jade berreau, and daughter secret magic nico. by kl
Cathy Daley – doll parts
“drawing on persistent cultural images inspired by ballerina tutus, the garb of fairy-tale princesses and barbie doll couture, my work investigates childhood memories of what it means to be female in western culture and explores cultural representation of the feminine and the body. the drawings mine contemporary vocabularies of glamour, fashion, popular culture, cartoons, street signage, hollywood cinema, fairy tales, and mythology, to examine the iconography of the feminine as it exists in the cultural imaginary, personal memory, and fantasy.”
Cathy Daley was born in toronto in 1955. by kl
