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Stephen Earl Rogers
(06 September 2007) - Stephen Earl Rogers is a young British artist who's becoming well known for his portraiture and realism. He has a unique way of capturing a person's character by depicting the emotional presence of the figure. Technically stunning, his works have just the right level of realism without trying to be photographic. He's exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London, amongst other major galleries...
(06 September 2007) - Stephen Earl Rogers is a young British artist who's becoming well known for his portraiture and realism. He has a unique way of capturing a person's character by depicting the emotional presence of the figure. Technically stunning, his works have just the right level of realism without trying to be photographic. He's exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London, amongst other major galleries...
Carsten Höller
(05 September 2007) - Carsten Höoller, creator of the magnificent slides shown at the Tate Museum earlier this year (above left, click on image for detail) and a beguiling room of 10 ft. mushrooms hanging from the ceiling (above right, click on image for detail), is a renaissance man of sorts. A scientist with a concentration in olfactory communication in insects, he saw a problem with a profession...
(05 September 2007) - Carsten Höoller, creator of the magnificent slides shown at the Tate Museum earlier this year (above left, click on image for detail) and a beguiling room of 10 ft. mushrooms hanging from the ceiling (above right, click on image for detail), is a renaissance man of sorts. A scientist with a concentration in olfactory communication in insects, he saw a problem with a profession...
Andrea Zittel: Smockshop
(04 September 2007) - Years ago as an assistant at Pat Hearn Gallery, artist Andrea Zittel didn’t have the cash to dress like a gallerina. Instead, she started sewing her own uniforms and made a version for winter and one for summer. The originals are now incredibly collectible, but Zittel is staging a resurrection of the line with her latest project, "Smockshop." Zittel designed a simple double wrap-around...
(04 September 2007) - Years ago as an assistant at Pat Hearn Gallery, artist Andrea Zittel didn’t have the cash to dress like a gallerina. Instead, she started sewing her own uniforms and made a version for winter and one for summer. The originals are now incredibly collectible, but Zittel is staging a resurrection of the line with her latest project, "Smockshop." Zittel designed a simple double wrap-around...
AMP
(04 September 2007) - Based on the consistently fresh cuts and minimalist feel, you'd think AMP (A Mulher do Padre) was new to the scene. But the São Paulo-based label known for styles more akin to edgy Japanese brands is in its lucky 13th year already and only recently really beginning to gain ground with the factions they want to convert: 20- and 30-somethings who no doubt take...
(04 September 2007) - Based on the consistently fresh cuts and minimalist feel, you'd think AMP (A Mulher do Padre) was new to the scene. But the São Paulo-based label known for styles more akin to edgy Japanese brands is in its lucky 13th year already and only recently really beginning to gain ground with the factions they want to convert: 20- and 30-somethings who no doubt take...
Peter J. Evans: Feedbacker
(04 September 2007) - In North London, the Seventeen gallery presents British artist Peter J. Evan's first solo exhibition, "Feedbacker," at this Hackney arthouse showcasing his precise drawings and sculptures that are always more than the sum of their parts. Evans creates intricate pieces built upon simple repetitive actions. At the centerpiece of this exhibit, scheduled to run from 5 September though 13 October, is the Waveformer which...
(04 September 2007) - In North London, the Seventeen gallery presents British artist Peter J. Evan's first solo exhibition, "Feedbacker," at this Hackney arthouse showcasing his precise drawings and sculptures that are always more than the sum of their parts. Evans creates intricate pieces built upon simple repetitive actions. At the centerpiece of this exhibit, scheduled to run from 5 September though 13 October, is the Waveformer which...
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Paul Graham: A Shimmer of Possibility
(30 August 2007) - Inspired by Chekhov's short stories—and by his own contagious joy in the book form—photographer Paul Graham created A Shimmer of Possibility, comprised of 10 individual books, each a photographic short story of everyday life. Some are simple and linear: a man smokes a cigarette while he waits for a bus in Las Vegas or the camera tracks an autumn walk in Boston. Some entwine...
(30 August 2007) - Inspired by Chekhov's short stories—and by his own contagious joy in the book form—photographer Paul Graham created A Shimmer of Possibility, comprised of 10 individual books, each a photographic short story of everyday life. Some are simple and linear: a man smokes a cigarette while he waits for a bus in Las Vegas or the camera tracks an autumn walk in Boston. Some entwine...
Gordon Cheung
(28 August 2007) - "I overdosed on art, psycho-analytic theory and philosophy, and that clogged up my creativity," says London-based Gordon Cheung of his artistic state in 2001 after graduating from the Royal College of Art. A six-week residency in Pakistan in 2003 changed all that. "The combination of being away, seeing some amazingly kitsch decorated trucks, and meeting some very interesting artists, had a huge impact on...
(28 August 2007) - "I overdosed on art, psycho-analytic theory and philosophy, and that clogged up my creativity," says London-based Gordon Cheung of his artistic state in 2001 after graduating from the Royal College of Art. A six-week residency in Pakistan in 2003 changed all that. "The combination of being away, seeing some amazingly kitsch decorated trucks, and meeting some very interesting artists, had a huge impact on...
Gordon Chandler
(27 August 2007) - Sculpting industrial cast-offs into iconic Kimono shapes, there's a great basic tension in Gordon Chandler's work that comes from the tactile differences between his materials and subjects. The contrasts are the natural outcome of his Duchampian use of found materials. "I have a very practical bent," he says, "I use things of very little value and elevate them. I study the objects that we...
(27 August 2007) - Sculpting industrial cast-offs into iconic Kimono shapes, there's a great basic tension in Gordon Chandler's work that comes from the tactile differences between his materials and subjects. The contrasts are the natural outcome of his Duchampian use of found materials. "I have a very practical bent," he says, "I use things of very little value and elevate them. I study the objects that we...
Aaron Hobson: Cinemascapes
(24 August 2007) - Tweaking the mundane to create the bizarre, each of Aaron Hobson's images suggests a plot line for the imagination to fill in the blanks. He constructs his "cinemascapes" using multiple images, stitching them together to create a scene filled with small details that hint at a complex narrative. Raised in industrial Pittsburgh but now based in a small Adirondack Mountain town near the Canadian...
(24 August 2007) - Tweaking the mundane to create the bizarre, each of Aaron Hobson's images suggests a plot line for the imagination to fill in the blanks. He constructs his "cinemascapes" using multiple images, stitching them together to create a scene filled with small details that hint at a complex narrative. Raised in industrial Pittsburgh but now based in a small Adirondack Mountain town near the Canadian...
PSFK Conference: Trends, Inspiration and Creative Ideas
(24 August 2007) - After seeing great success at their Spring 2007 conferences in London and New York, PSFK will host its third symposium in the City of Angels Tuesday 18 September 2007. In accordance with PSFK's mission to "make things better," the conference furthers the blog's initiative to promote positive change in the way we live by featuring specialists from various art, entertainment and design industries who...
(24 August 2007) - After seeing great success at their Spring 2007 conferences in London and New York, PSFK will host its third symposium in the City of Angels Tuesday 18 September 2007. In accordance with PSFK's mission to "make things better," the conference furthers the blog's initiative to promote positive change in the way we live by featuring specialists from various art, entertainment and design industries who...
Diesel Wall 2007
(22 August 2007) - Diesel's impressed us once again with their tireless support of young creative talent and the inventive way they do it. The winners of their annual competition for the Diesel Wall have been announced and this year the project has grown from just one wall in Milan to four across the world. Like previous years, young creatives were asked to propose large-scale urban artworks, but...
(22 August 2007) - Diesel's impressed us once again with their tireless support of young creative talent and the inventive way they do it. The winners of their annual competition for the Diesel Wall have been announced and this year the project has grown from just one wall in Milan to four across the world. Like previous years, young creatives were asked to propose large-scale urban artworks, but...
Wolfgang Tillmans: Manual
(16 August 2007) - Manual, the newest monograph from London-based photographer Wolfgang Tillmans, is massive at just over 430 pages. Monumental in size as well as content, it's the most comprehensive view of the artist's work to date and features many previously unpublished works from the past five years. Tillmans, who won the prestigious Turner Prize in 2000, uses the edition to highlight his own experimental approach to...
(16 August 2007) - Manual, the newest monograph from London-based photographer Wolfgang Tillmans, is massive at just over 430 pages. Monumental in size as well as content, it's the most comprehensive view of the artist's work to date and features many previously unpublished works from the past five years. Tillmans, who won the prestigious Turner Prize in 2000, uses the edition to highlight his own experimental approach to...
Paola Gaviria
(13 August 2007) - Paola Gaviria is an outstanding artist born in Quito, Ecuador and raised in Colombia. In the last six years, she has been drawing in different cities around the world—from Paris to Sydney, where she now lives and sees her life as a foreigner through lines and colors. Her latest exhibition, "Drawing Around," which is featured at the First Draft Gallery, captures the eclectic scenarios...
(13 August 2007) - Paola Gaviria is an outstanding artist born in Quito, Ecuador and raised in Colombia. In the last six years, she has been drawing in different cities around the world—from Paris to Sydney, where she now lives and sees her life as a foreigner through lines and colors. Her latest exhibition, "Drawing Around," which is featured at the First Draft Gallery, captures the eclectic scenarios...
Aaron McConomy: A Common Crayon
(10 August 2007) - Aaron McConomy was born in the fragrant pine forests of Alberta, Canada. Disillusioned after a strict conceptualist education at British Columbia's Simon Fraser University, he was on the brink of giving up art for chess until a chance meeting lead to the formation of the art gang known as the YPF. Since the founding of the YPF, he has shown extensively throughout the U.S....
(10 August 2007) - Aaron McConomy was born in the fragrant pine forests of Alberta, Canada. Disillusioned after a strict conceptualist education at British Columbia's Simon Fraser University, he was on the brink of giving up art for chess until a chance meeting lead to the formation of the art gang known as the YPF. Since the founding of the YPF, he has shown extensively throughout the U.S....
Kaiserin Magazine
(09 August 2007) - Eclectic, crazy and refreshing, Kaiserin Magazine should be on everyone's required summer reading list. Founded in 2006 by Arnaud-Pierre Fourtané and Didier Fitan, this French-English bilingual biannual calls itself "a magazine for boys with problems and all the girls who like them." It features the work of both established and emerging artists, photographers, authors, designers and illustrators who address homosexuality in their work. The...
(09 August 2007) - Eclectic, crazy and refreshing, Kaiserin Magazine should be on everyone's required summer reading list. Founded in 2006 by Arnaud-Pierre Fourtané and Didier Fitan, this French-English bilingual biannual calls itself "a magazine for boys with problems and all the girls who like them." It features the work of both established and emerging artists, photographers, authors, designers and illustrators who address homosexuality in their work. The...
Adad Hannah: Living Stills
(07 August 2007) - Born in New York in 1971, artist Adad Hannah spent his formative years in London and Vancouver before settling in Montreal, where he currently lives and works. He has exhibited in Seoul, Madrid, Poland, Amsterdam, Cardiff and Basel to mention but a few. The past six years of his career have been focused on "tableaux vivants" or "living stills," a process involves posing models...
(07 August 2007) - Born in New York in 1971, artist Adad Hannah spent his formative years in London and Vancouver before settling in Montreal, where he currently lives and works. He has exhibited in Seoul, Madrid, Poland, Amsterdam, Cardiff and Basel to mention but a few. The past six years of his career have been focused on "tableaux vivants" or "living stills," a process involves posing models...
Yayoi Kusama
(03 August 2007) - Japanese-born Yayoi Kusama has been creating her distinctive brand of avant-garde creations ever since she arrived in the U.S. some 50 years ago. But she's taken it to a new level. Moving into the medium of open-air sculptures in 1994, Kusama debuted a solo exhibition in Tokyo entitled "KUSAMATRIX" a decade later drawing more than a half-million people. Today, her pieces reside permanently not...
(03 August 2007) - Japanese-born Yayoi Kusama has been creating her distinctive brand of avant-garde creations ever since she arrived in the U.S. some 50 years ago. But she's taken it to a new level. Moving into the medium of open-air sculptures in 1994, Kusama debuted a solo exhibition in Tokyo entitled "KUSAMATRIX" a decade later drawing more than a half-million people. Today, her pieces reside permanently not...
Maguila #12
(01 August 2007) - Maguila is a free PDF art magazine and its newest edition is now available for download. Full of spectacular art worthy of whitewashed walls in any gallery, this 94-page issue packs in drawings, paintings, photography, collage and graphic design work from two dozen global artists—most probably unknown to the casual viewer but all deserving their due. Maguila germinated from a idea that started with...
(01 August 2007) - Maguila is a free PDF art magazine and its newest edition is now available for download. Full of spectacular art worthy of whitewashed walls in any gallery, this 94-page issue packs in drawings, paintings, photography, collage and graphic design work from two dozen global artists—most probably unknown to the casual viewer but all deserving their due. Maguila germinated from a idea that started with...
Trompe L'Oeil by Rosanna Bankes
(31 July 2007) - I've always found the artistic technique of trompe l'oeil (derived from French, meaning trick of the eye) absolutely fascinating. It's age-old and I was really only familiar with examples painted as murals, depicting landscapes or decorative features, but Rosanna Bankes paints modern examples on whatever surface she's commissioned to paint on. Already an impressive artist, Rosanna honed her skills as an apprentice under pioneering...
(31 July 2007) - I've always found the artistic technique of trompe l'oeil (derived from French, meaning trick of the eye) absolutely fascinating. It's age-old and I was really only familiar with examples painted as murals, depicting landscapes or decorative features, but Rosanna Bankes paints modern examples on whatever surface she's commissioned to paint on. Already an impressive artist, Rosanna honed her skills as an apprentice under pioneering...
A Conquista do Espaço
(26 July 2007) - Fake people in slightly off situations, intricate murals created using the city's dirt: These works were created by some of the biggest names in graffiti and contemporary art in the excellently-curated "A Conquista do Espaço: Novas Formas da Arte de Rua" (The Conquest of Space: New Forms of Street Art) currently on display in São Paulo at SESC Pinheiros and SESC Pompeia. The exhibit...
(26 July 2007) - Fake people in slightly off situations, intricate murals created using the city's dirt: These works were created by some of the biggest names in graffiti and contemporary art in the excellently-curated "A Conquista do Espaço: Novas Formas da Arte de Rua" (The Conquest of Space: New Forms of Street Art) currently on display in São Paulo at SESC Pinheiros and SESC Pompeia. The exhibit...
Rabbit Hole
(25 July 2007) - A group show at the Sala de Arte Moneda (SAM) in Santiago, Chile, "Rabbit Hole" features installations by Simon Chapman, Patricia Dominguez and Elisita Punto curated by Constanza Guell. The show runs until 27 July 2007 in a gritty part of Santiago. During this cold winter, viewers can step into the gallery and walk into another dimension. Chapman altered the gallery space by building...
(25 July 2007) - A group show at the Sala de Arte Moneda (SAM) in Santiago, Chile, "Rabbit Hole" features installations by Simon Chapman, Patricia Dominguez and Elisita Punto curated by Constanza Guell. The show runs until 27 July 2007 in a gritty part of Santiago. During this cold winter, viewers can step into the gallery and walk into another dimension. Chapman altered the gallery space by building...
Inakadate Rice Fields
(24 July 2007) - Located in southern Japan, around 8,000 Inakadate residents work together to create giant figurative pictures by carefully planting different varieties of rice, sometimes stretching across multiple farming fields. Since 1993 the residents have taken it upon themselves to select different themes each year. This year the farmers are using the green phase of the rice cultivation to depict motifs of Hokusai's 36 views of...
(24 July 2007) - Located in southern Japan, around 8,000 Inakadate residents work together to create giant figurative pictures by carefully planting different varieties of rice, sometimes stretching across multiple farming fields. Since 1993 the residents have taken it upon themselves to select different themes each year. This year the farmers are using the green phase of the rice cultivation to depict motifs of Hokusai's 36 views of...
Angela Singer
(24 July 2007) - Those not acquainted with New Zealand-based artist and animal rights activist Angela Singer will soon, after a few glances, see what they've been missing. While a strident activist against all forms of animal cruelty—including vivisection—much of her recent artwork is made from discarded hunting trophies and other taxidermy that strives to illuminate human exploitive tendencies of the rest of the animal kingdom. It's a chilling...
(24 July 2007) - Those not acquainted with New Zealand-based artist and animal rights activist Angela Singer will soon, after a few glances, see what they've been missing. While a strident activist against all forms of animal cruelty—including vivisection—much of her recent artwork is made from discarded hunting trophies and other taxidermy that strives to illuminate human exploitive tendencies of the rest of the animal kingdom. It's a chilling...
Artists, Art and Culture of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
(23 July 2007) - It's not often that the flag of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (D.P.R.K.) flies over London's Pall Mall, a few hundred yards from Trafalgar Square, but it was this week during a rare exhibit of North Korean artwork from the isolated nation's "people's artists," a select group that numbers less than a dozen. One attendee of the opening, which featured North Korean diplomats and...
(23 July 2007) - It's not often that the flag of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (D.P.R.K.) flies over London's Pall Mall, a few hundred yards from Trafalgar Square, but it was this week during a rare exhibit of North Korean artwork from the isolated nation's "people's artists," a select group that numbers less than a dozen. One attendee of the opening, which featured North Korean diplomats and...
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