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Scott Snibbe at the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie
(17 October 2005) - For over a decade, San Francisco-based artist Scott Snibbe has been designing his own software to make interactive video projections that cause passersby to linger and play with his creations, mesmerized by the unique experience of technology's ability to respond to human movement. Much of his work alludes to the interplay of light and shadow and his latest show, titled "Central Mosaic," premiering this...
(17 October 2005) - For over a decade, San Francisco-based artist Scott Snibbe has been designing his own software to make interactive video projections that cause passersby to linger and play with his creations, mesmerized by the unique experience of technology's ability to respond to human movement. Much of his work alludes to the interplay of light and shadow and his latest show, titled "Central Mosaic," premiering this...
Warmaking Show
(17 October 2005) - Warmaking, a five-artist group show about "the nature of wars and wars of nature," opens this Thursday October 20th at Williamsburg's Riviera gallery and runs through October 30th. Works incorporate symbols of death, like in curator Kevin Devine's Harvest Festival (pictured), morph imagery of political leaders (see Joseph Ari Aloi's works on musical scores), and otherwise engage current conceptions of war and the contradictory...
(17 October 2005) - Warmaking, a five-artist group show about "the nature of wars and wars of nature," opens this Thursday October 20th at Williamsburg's Riviera gallery and runs through October 30th. Works incorporate symbols of death, like in curator Kevin Devine's Harvest Festival (pictured), morph imagery of political leaders (see Joseph Ari Aloi's works on musical scores), and otherwise engage current conceptions of war and the contradictory...
Scion Installation
(14 October 2005) - This Saturday October 15th, Scion launches the final show in the touring group exhibition dubbed, "Installation," in Los Angeles. Featuring contemporary urban artists and graphic designers at the forefront of their fields, including Futura (pictured), David Choe, and Crash, the commissioned works in the show all are the same three by eight foot size. Stopping in 13 cities nationwide, the 2nd annual event's goal...
(14 October 2005) - This Saturday October 15th, Scion launches the final show in the touring group exhibition dubbed, "Installation," in Los Angeles. Featuring contemporary urban artists and graphic designers at the forefront of their fields, including Futura (pictured), David Choe, and Crash, the commissioned works in the show all are the same three by eight foot size. Stopping in 13 cities nationwide, the 2nd annual event's goal...
Arigato Gaijin
(30 September 2005) - Repetition of plastic objects seems to be a recurring theme lately. The most recent incarnation can be seen at the new show opening at Raid Projects in LA this weekend. Arigato Gaijin, which translates to thank you, foreigners, features the work of 5 young and emerging Japanese artists. Of particular interest are these two pieces from Tomoaki Sato (right) Akira Shikiya (left). Where Sato...
(30 September 2005) - Repetition of plastic objects seems to be a recurring theme lately. The most recent incarnation can be seen at the new show opening at Raid Projects in LA this weekend. Arigato Gaijin, which translates to thank you, foreigners, features the work of 5 young and emerging Japanese artists. Of particular interest are these two pieces from Tomoaki Sato (right) Akira Shikiya (left). Where Sato...
Altoids Curiously Strong Collection at the New Musem of Contemporary Art
(30 September 2005) - Who: 22 young artists What: A touring exhibit of their work (one per artist). Highlights include the incredibly detailed, 2" pencil drawing by Randall Sellers (above left), a luxurious watercolor by Charlene Liu (above right), and the most beautiful tree you've ever seen cut out of a McDonald's bag (after the jump), by Yuken Teruya. This year's collection has sculpture, video, paintings and drawings....
(30 September 2005) - Who: 22 young artists What: A touring exhibit of their work (one per artist). Highlights include the incredibly detailed, 2" pencil drawing by Randall Sellers (above left), a luxurious watercolor by Charlene Liu (above right), and the most beautiful tree you've ever seen cut out of a McDonald's bag (after the jump), by Yuken Teruya. This year's collection has sculpture, video, paintings and drawings....
Brian Jungen at the New Museum of Contemporary Art
(29 September 2005) - This is the Vancouver based artist's first show in North America, and it brings together much of his work over the last ten years. Brian's work is probably familiar to many of you, especially his recently completed Prototypes for New Understanding 1998-2005, a series of 23 Northwest Coast Aboroginal masks made from Nike Air Jordans. Another compelling series is the three large hanging whale...
(29 September 2005) - This is the Vancouver based artist's first show in North America, and it brings together much of his work over the last ten years. Brian's work is probably familiar to many of you, especially his recently completed Prototypes for New Understanding 1998-2005, a series of 23 Northwest Coast Aboroginal masks made from Nike Air Jordans. Another compelling series is the three large hanging whale...
Terence Koh at Peres Projects Berlin
(29 September 2005) - Whether you hate him or don't care, Terence Koh (formerly asianpunkboy) has a knack for reinvention and hype. His first solo German show, opening tonight at Peres Project's Berlin space, features a full-size white coffin cake placed under a hole in the ceiling and, according to the inscription, signals the death of Koh. At 9pm a ceremony complete with priests and choir boys will...
(29 September 2005) - Whether you hate him or don't care, Terence Koh (formerly asianpunkboy) has a knack for reinvention and hype. His first solo German show, opening tonight at Peres Project's Berlin space, features a full-size white coffin cake placed under a hole in the ceiling and, according to the inscription, signals the death of Koh. At 9pm a ceremony complete with priests and choir boys will...
Skewville's Secret Lab Revealed
(23 September 2005) - If you've ever noticed a pair of wood sneakers dangling from power lines, you've likely witnessed the work of New Jersey-born identical twins Ad and Droo, aka Skewville. The fake sneaker installations (they call the project and their website When Dogs Fly) dates back to '99, but for over a decade the New York artists have been leaving sneaker footprints on walls, installing their...
(23 September 2005) - If you've ever noticed a pair of wood sneakers dangling from power lines, you've likely witnessed the work of New Jersey-born identical twins Ad and Droo, aka Skewville. The fake sneaker installations (they call the project and their website When Dogs Fly) dates back to '99, but for over a decade the New York artists have been leaving sneaker footprints on walls, installing their...
Florent Bi-Decadent Ball Benefitting Friends of the High Line
(23 September 2005) - If you'll be in New York on October 22nd we encourage you to celebrate two of our favorite things: Restaurant Florent, a Meatpacking District institution, will be throwing a 20th birthday party benefitting The High Line. There will also be a gallery show with a variety of art and artifacts illustrating the Meatpacking District's transformation from "a place only meatpackers, tranny whores, and famished...
(23 September 2005) - If you'll be in New York on October 22nd we encourage you to celebrate two of our favorite things: Restaurant Florent, a Meatpacking District institution, will be throwing a 20th birthday party benefitting The High Line. There will also be a gallery show with a variety of art and artifacts illustrating the Meatpacking District's transformation from "a place only meatpackers, tranny whores, and famished...
Art Prostitute 6: T-shirt Weekend
(15 September 2005) - A two-day event this September 17 and 18, at Williamsburg gallery Riviera, celebrates Art Prostitute's 6th issue by giving away exclusive tees designed by Los Angeles artist Luke Cheuh to the first 25 purchasers of the book. Printed on Eames paper (inspired by the couple's work and philosophy; check out Eames Office site for a nerdy Rebus if you need to waste some time),...
(15 September 2005) - A two-day event this September 17 and 18, at Williamsburg gallery Riviera, celebrates Art Prostitute's 6th issue by giving away exclusive tees designed by Los Angeles artist Luke Cheuh to the first 25 purchasers of the book. Printed on Eames paper (inspired by the couple's work and philosophy; check out Eames Office site for a nerdy Rebus if you need to waste some time),...
Be@rbrick World Tour Opens in New York
(13 September 2005) - After five days of painting, the walls of Chelsea gallery GBE at Passerby were transformed into a dizzying optical illusion based on Dutch artist Delta's bold graphic design. His black and off-white pattern was one customization of 53 unique Be@rbrick 1000%s, each designed by different artists from all over the globe for The Be@rbrick Worldwide Tour. The tour kicked-off last year in Japan and,...
(13 September 2005) - After five days of painting, the walls of Chelsea gallery GBE at Passerby were transformed into a dizzying optical illusion based on Dutch artist Delta's bold graphic design. His black and off-white pattern was one customization of 53 unique Be@rbrick 1000%s, each designed by different artists from all over the globe for The Be@rbrick Worldwide Tour. The tour kicked-off last year in Japan and,...
Arne Svenson "Portraits"
(12 September 2005) - If you're in Los Angeles try and catch Portraits, the new work of photographer Arne Svenson at Western Project gallery. Svenson spent three years researching and photographing forensic facial reconstruction sculptures. The images are attempts at reconstructing identities; when you look at them it's hard not to think about the people they represent, their lives, and what terrible fate they met. The show closes...
(12 September 2005) - If you're in Los Angeles try and catch Portraits, the new work of photographer Arne Svenson at Western Project gallery. Svenson spent three years researching and photographing forensic facial reconstruction sculptures. The images are attempts at reconstructing identities; when you look at them it's hard not to think about the people they represent, their lives, and what terrible fate they met. The show closes...
Be@rbrick World Wide Tour: Sneak Preview
(08 September 2005) - The Be@rbrick World Wide Tour is coming to NYC next week, running 13 - 25 September. Celebrating Medicom's iconic Be@rbrick toy, artists and designers were invited to apply their style to a blank white bear. Mastermind Japan, featured on the right, is one of the 40+ creators-- others include Hiroshi Fujiwara, James Jarvis, Kaws, Delta, Pete Fowler, Futura and WK Interact. Exhibition details, more...
(08 September 2005) - The Be@rbrick World Wide Tour is coming to NYC next week, running 13 - 25 September. Celebrating Medicom's iconic Be@rbrick toy, artists and designers were invited to apply their style to a blank white bear. Mastermind Japan, featured on the right, is one of the 40+ creators-- others include Hiroshi Fujiwara, James Jarvis, Kaws, Delta, Pete Fowler, Futura and WK Interact. Exhibition details, more...
Double Punch
(06 September 2005) - Looking for something special that all the other hipsters out there don't have? Well then, if you're out in San Francisco and tired of hitting up those other tried and true designer toy shops, then head over to Double Punch in North Beach for a more eclectic hand picked assortment of goodies. The store also features a gallery space which is currently hosting the...
(06 September 2005) - Looking for something special that all the other hipsters out there don't have? Well then, if you're out in San Francisco and tired of hitting up those other tried and true designer toy shops, then head over to Double Punch in North Beach for a more eclectic hand picked assortment of goodies. The store also features a gallery space which is currently hosting the...
Shoe Gallery: Positive Playground
(02 September 2005) - If you happen to be in Boulder, head over to the Shoe Gallery tonight for Jason Thielke and Scot Lefavor's opening. Shoe Gallery is a retail / art space that has different contributors create installations around a rotating theme. The current theme is Positive Playground which is experienced by both literal (merry-go-round) and more abstract (toilets) objects. Jason and Scot's art hangs on the...
(02 September 2005) - If you happen to be in Boulder, head over to the Shoe Gallery tonight for Jason Thielke and Scot Lefavor's opening. Shoe Gallery is a retail / art space that has different contributors create installations around a rotating theme. The current theme is Positive Playground which is experienced by both literal (merry-go-round) and more abstract (toilets) objects. Jason and Scot's art hangs on the...
Fernando Romero at Ras
(29 July 2005) - Mexican architect Fernando Romero, the 35-year old founder of the Laboratorio de La Ciudad De México, well-known for designing the Casa Da Música in Portugal while working for Rem Koolhaas' OMA, and who this year founded the firm, LAR, is the subject of an exhibit opening today at Ras, the gallery/bookstore in Barcelona's El Raval. A forthcoming book, titled Translations, is due out this...
(29 July 2005) - Mexican architect Fernando Romero, the 35-year old founder of the Laboratorio de La Ciudad De México, well-known for designing the Casa Da Música in Portugal while working for Rem Koolhaas' OMA, and who this year founded the firm, LAR, is the subject of an exhibit opening today at Ras, the gallery/bookstore in Barcelona's El Raval. A forthcoming book, titled Translations, is due out this...
The Everywhere Show
(22 July 2005) - Loosely curated around the mainstreaming of street art, The Everywhere Show, opening this Saturday at Mendenhall Sobieski in Pasadena, includes work by Marcel Dzama, Gary Baseman, Friends With You, and Dalek. While the premise seems to have its arms stretched a little too widely - the website makes the broad claim that the works "find small human truths" and a write-up by critic Peter...
(22 July 2005) - Loosely curated around the mainstreaming of street art, The Everywhere Show, opening this Saturday at Mendenhall Sobieski in Pasadena, includes work by Marcel Dzama, Gary Baseman, Friends With You, and Dalek. While the premise seems to have its arms stretched a little too widely - the website makes the broad claim that the works "find small human truths" and a write-up by critic Peter...
Centro
(12 July 2005) - Since the global success of such breakout hits as Amores Perros and Y Tu Mamá También, Mexican art and design has been getting more attention from its neighbors to the North. Centro, a recently opened school that teaches design, cinema, television, new media, and visual communication, and features syllabi designed by Pasadena's renowned ArtCenter College of Design, is institutional proof positive of the trend....
(12 July 2005) - Since the global success of such breakout hits as Amores Perros and Y Tu Mamá También, Mexican art and design has been getting more attention from its neighbors to the North. Centro, a recently opened school that teaches design, cinema, television, new media, and visual communication, and features syllabi designed by Pasadena's renowned ArtCenter College of Design, is institutional proof positive of the trend....
Food Critic
(06 July 2005) - Artist Nicolas Touron’s new exhibit at the Virgil de Voldère Gallery in New York City uses most unlikely objects to tell his startling fables of global affairs. Armed primarily with sugar and ceramics, he has set out to portray the world as he sees it, a sphere where the world’s daily machinations can be both overwhelming and terrifying, and things are rarely as sweet...
(06 July 2005) - Artist Nicolas Touron’s new exhibit at the Virgil de Voldère Gallery in New York City uses most unlikely objects to tell his startling fables of global affairs. Armed primarily with sugar and ceramics, he has set out to portray the world as he sees it, a sphere where the world’s daily machinations can be both overwhelming and terrifying, and things are rarely as sweet...
Cerealart @ Perry Rubenstein
(05 July 2005) - Cerealart is in the business of developing and manufacturing artists projects for distribution to a broader consumer audience. Balancing that mission with a well curated aesthetic and respect for artist integrity is no easy task. So far, they've done it quite well-- the work comes from Yoshimoto Nara, Ryan McGinness, Dalek and Laurie Simmons among others. Initially, Cerealart was web based but now they're...
(05 July 2005) - Cerealart is in the business of developing and manufacturing artists projects for distribution to a broader consumer audience. Balancing that mission with a well curated aesthetic and respect for artist integrity is no easy task. So far, they've done it quite well-- the work comes from Yoshimoto Nara, Ryan McGinness, Dalek and Laurie Simmons among others. Initially, Cerealart was web based but now they're...
The Diorama Show
(01 July 2005) - Sometimes it's best to think inside the box. That's the case (literally) with the recently opened show in San Francisco's Mission 17 gallery. For the exhibit a group of artists were tasked with creating artwork within the restricted form of the grade school standby. Confined within a space roughly the size of a shoebox, results range from otherwordly such as Kristina Lewis' alien, sea...
(01 July 2005) - Sometimes it's best to think inside the box. That's the case (literally) with the recently opened show in San Francisco's Mission 17 gallery. For the exhibit a group of artists were tasked with creating artwork within the restricted form of the grade school standby. Confined within a space roughly the size of a shoebox, results range from otherwordly such as Kristina Lewis' alien, sea...
Dreamland Artist Club 2005
(08 June 2005) - I first became an ESPO (aka Steve Powers) fan a few years back when he roller-brushed over graffiti with his own tag during an undercover stint with LA's graffitti removal team. His next-level street art and candyland aesthetic (check out the bakery he staged at Deitch's Armory booth earlier this year) came together perfectly with his Dreamland Artist Club 2004. This year's version of...
(08 June 2005) - I first became an ESPO (aka Steve Powers) fan a few years back when he roller-brushed over graffiti with his own tag during an undercover stint with LA's graffitti removal team. His next-level street art and candyland aesthetic (check out the bakery he staged at Deitch's Armory booth earlier this year) came together perfectly with his Dreamland Artist Club 2004. This year's version of...
Chikaku Exhibit at Kunsthaus Graz
(06 June 2005) - Japan fans heading to Austria should be sure to check out Kunsthaus Graz' new exhibit, Chikaku, a survey of Japanese art over the past half century. Something like the older brother to the current much-hyped Takashi Murakami curated show, Little Boy, Chikaku (Japanese for "perception") aims to be a comprehensive look at cultural counterparts to Japan's economic boom and pop culture explosion. Works by...
(06 June 2005) - Japan fans heading to Austria should be sure to check out Kunsthaus Graz' new exhibit, Chikaku, a survey of Japanese art over the past half century. Something like the older brother to the current much-hyped Takashi Murakami curated show, Little Boy, Chikaku (Japanese for "perception") aims to be a comprehensive look at cultural counterparts to Japan's economic boom and pop culture explosion. Works by...
Evan Hecox and Cody Hudson Art Deck
(24 May 2005) - This deck was created exclusively for Art Prostitute by Evan Hecox and Cody hudson for a show they held recently in Texas. The board marks the first occasion these two artists have shown in Texas--in an exhibit called "Waiting Room ", and the first skateboard Art Prostitute has ever released. The board is limited to 100 pieces, and signed by both the artists--it's for...
(24 May 2005) - This deck was created exclusively for Art Prostitute by Evan Hecox and Cody hudson for a show they held recently in Texas. The board marks the first occasion these two artists have shown in Texas--in an exhibit called "Waiting Room ", and the first skateboard Art Prostitute has ever released. The board is limited to 100 pieces, and signed by both the artists--it's for...
Neckface at dpmhi
(23 May 2005) - Dopefiend has some great visuals of the Neck Face Exhibition at dpmhi, in London. It looked like an awesome event, crazy colors, murals, embroidered camouflage canvases-- and even a candlelit room in the basement of dpmhi decorated by neckface himself. The canvas pieces made in collaboration with Maharishi are available for sale in very limited editions of 10 for £500 (good luck getting one),...
(23 May 2005) - Dopefiend has some great visuals of the Neck Face Exhibition at dpmhi, in London. It looked like an awesome event, crazy colors, murals, embroidered camouflage canvases-- and even a candlelit room in the basement of dpmhi decorated by neckface himself. The canvas pieces made in collaboration with Maharishi are available for sale in very limited editions of 10 for £500 (good luck getting one),...
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