a visual collective outlet of inspiration
british artist and designer benedict radcliffe mono car. what’s great about this is that no-matter where you go, you end-up where you are already. by kl
yes to Noh Suntag
at least these works from the korean born artist noh suntag, bring to us the eerie beauty of being lost in the masses of culture. coming from a background in political studies which evolved into photography, his main work involves collecting, and communicating through images regarding wars and the division of the korean peninsular in order to expose the way in which various forms of social violence in contemporary korea are linked to the war of half a century ago. by kl
the pathetic state of fashion: kim kardashian W magazine cover
if fashion was to be aspirational i must admit that they have lost their way in the desperate state of economic affairs. how pathetic is the state of the fashion world when you go from creativity, to celebrity, and all the way down to trash. what do these people stand for? what is there to aspire to? why are they pushed onto our consciousness? what have they left behind for us to aspire to? are we to be admire trash talk, lack of talent, lack of intelligence, and lack of any creativity in these beings? the answer is yes of course. fashion’s legitimacy was always in question, but now it doesn’t even deserve the question. i for one canceled my subscription to W, one of the only US pubs that at least in the past had brought some interesting photographers to the mainstream stage, like philip–lorca dicorcia, and ryan mcginley. the biggest faux pas in this whole thing is that W even dared to put kim and the word art on the same page. its a sad grey day indeed! by dd
clic gallery: Roland Barthes mourning Diary
worth a stop by… clic gallery 255 center street opening night for the publication of mourning diary translation by richard howard, october 19, 2010, RSVP is required. by dd
all you art stars take note: art reviews top 100 forces in the art world
works by jeff koons, cindy sherman who made it in the top 100…
patrick cariou and the brooke shield/tate modern fiasco had anything to do with it? or was it pop and purple’s fault?
1. Larry Gagosian
2. Hans Ulrich Obrist
3. Iwan Wirth
4. David Zwirner
5. Glenn D. Lowry
6. Bice Curiger
7. Sir Nicholas Serota
8. Eli Broad
9. RoseLee Goldberg
10. François Pinault
11. Adam D. Weinberg
12. Jeffrey Deitch
to see the other 88 check out art review. by cdc
1951-1953 Jaguar C type aka the XK120-C
not as beautiful and elegant as the XJ13 but still one of my favorites to lick before i die. by xy
quote of the day
“never look at the trombones… it only encourages them.”
– richard strauss
le bain NYC: the cesspool that it is
stopped by after dinner at the coveted le bain which mirrors the legendary lame-o 80’s le bain douche in paris with an added 2 feet by 2 feet cesspool that i can not believe anyone would dare to enter. over rated place unless you’re getting free drinks, and have the right people with you like pp and kl to make any place fun… but i guess that’s how everything is. i’d go to the boom boom room before this and lord knows how much i hate the boom boom room. by xy
gap logo redesign – laird & partners
sorry about previous post, it seems laird & partners are fully responsible for the crap. my mistake
(any point of view, though?) by pp
gap logo redesign – crap or scam?
well, i guess everyones read about the gap logo issue, for those who live in caves, gap showed the redesign of their logo last week on the web. designers, along with customers and regular folks just trashed the design all over the world. all this pressure on the brand lead them to do an announcement that they would step backward and get their old logo back.
that is not a wrong thing since the redesign was actually a real crap but what is strange is that no-where on the net i found any article talking about the agency responsible for the redesign. when tropicana faced the same story few month ago and went back to their old packaging, peter arnel studio was clearly made responsible. on the other hand, who the hell would came up with such a lame logo? laird & partner that are in charge of their image? i don’t think so.
anyway my point is that gap never intended to replace their logo but to reinforce it, so they came up with the crapiest thing ever and let the buzz grow to eventually let their consumers think the brand really cares about their comments and involvement. is it making any sense? by pp
Darjeeling limited: Waris Ahluwalia’s new tea room at the highline
waris’ the tea room located under the NYC highline is set up through October 17th and it will surely be fun to stop by at tea time. by dd
adam green and the moldy peaches: who’s got the crack?
not that the topic of the song is that invigorating but the delivery is indeed.
thanx to CM, i’ve been listening to the moldy peaches the past few days, and must admit they have something special. don’t love the unnecessary graphic verbage but they top the charts for not giving a shit and that is in itself quite cool. the favorite track by far is “new york city’s like a graveyard” a good one to get a sense of the band. the first time i heard “who’s got the crack” was by pete doherty on an unreleased copy of the babyshambles album, and was surprised to find it was a cover as it’s so relevant to mr. doherty himself. by dd
