a visual collective outlet of inspiration
one of my favorite purchases from street book tables. from the march 1970 issue of avant garde, these are ‘john lennon’s erotic lithographs’. beautiful. by kl
Month: May 2008
muddy waters
an interesting time capsule of one of the greatest waters around. fiji eat your heart out! by dd
art + fashion
it’s not a new observation that the realms of fine art and fashion have been bleeding into one another for quite some time. fashion has more obviously been attracted to the random creativity and legitimacy of visual artists.
and fashion has been bleeding into the realm of fine art in more than visual sensibility, we have ….., and have now big-banged together at the recent met gala for the opening of the fashion based “superheros fashion and fantasy” show. there are times when either side creates an appropriate union but all in all they are definitely cousins visiting on the weekend, and not husband and wife.
jean nouvel in advertising campaign for poltrona frau
GAP artist edition t-shirts – featuring barbara kruger, jeff koons and marilyn minter
tobias wong : a beautiful mind
originally from vancouver, canada, tobias wong creates in new york. after studying art and architecture, he graduated in sculpture from the cooper union. wong treats design as a medium rather than a discipline to show how it embraces the aesthetics traditionally relegated to the fine arts. he’s coined the term “paraconceptual” to describe his dismantling of the hierarchies between “art” and “design.” in wong’s hands, both have similar goals.
tobias wong in his studio
remote control light switch designed for conduit group
real gold capsules… so you can shit gold… talk about social criticism
the “mirror” puzzle set a black one was done in collaboration with commes des garcon – good luck with that
wong has a way of looking at the ordinary and transforming it into something extraordinary, as expressed by his bent pencil (above), reverse diamond ring (below)
smoking mitt for those very cold days (below)
“protect me form what i want”
not merely conceptual, his work mocks its own consumption. wong literalized this message with a jenny holzer tattoo on his right forearm: “PROTECT ME FROM WHAT I WANT.” this maxim was written on wong’s flesh by holzer herself, then made permanent with injected ink. equally indelible are wong’s readydesigneds (replacing the anonymous readymade objects with well recognized designer pieces) refashioned. these new forms and aesthetic concepts brace against, appreciate, and invite desire. wong’s continuing exploration of this conundrum goes beyond the paraconceptual to projects he now refers to as “postinteresting”…
fassbinder & ozon: Water Drops On Burning Rocks
bringing a fassbinder script to life couldn’t be sweeter!
wine is curious and so are you
alcohol irony: the word alcohol is derived from the arabic language (al kohl or alkuhl). consider the fact that a large proportion of the arab population is forbidden from consuming alcohol. last but not least the oldest wine making apparatus was found in current day iran, gotta feel sorry for the poor sods now!
ancient corking: as early as 4000 bc, the egyptians were the first people to use corks as stoppers, but…
not so ancient cork screwing: the corkscrew was only invented in 1860. how the fuck they opened it until then still remains a mystery.
ancient wine: there is a 1600 year old bottle of wine on display in the speyer museum in germany. (remember this when you next take a trip to germany!)
champagne bubbles: according to scientist bill lembeck there are approximately 49 million bubbles in a bottle of champagne. we however counted only 22 million.
outrageous alcohol laws: in fairbanks, alaska, it’s illegal to feed a moose any alcohol beverage
wine & colour: although red wine can only be produced from red grapes, white wine can be produced from both red and white grapes.
shipwrecked: the wreck of the titanic, holds the oldest wine cellar in the world and despite the depth and wreckage, the bottles are still intact.
wine disaster: 30 million gallons of wine were lost in the 1906 san francisco earthquake. proof that god does not care for wine.
NEW WORK BY PANOS TSAGARIS
“The Gate of Tears”
artists’s blood, boys tears, 23k golden leaf and hyssop oil on paper
60″ x 40″ (150cm x 150cm)
2008 by kl
A Majestic King, A Child, A Sacrificed God
“A Majestic King, A Child, A Sacrificed God”
artist’s blood, 23k golden leaf and hyssop oil on paper
60″ x 40″ (150cm x 150cm)
2008 by kl
Through the Fire into the Light
“Through the Fire into the Light”
artists’s blood, 23k golden leaf and hyssop oil on paper
60″ x 40″ (150cm x 150cm)
2008
Untitled
“Untitled”
artist’s blood on paper
60″ x 40″ (150cm x 150cm)
2008
Silent Hymns
“Silent Hymns”
artists’s blood on paper
panos tsagaris
60″ x 40″ (150cm x 150cm)
2008
japan – life in tokyo
a better bowie? maybe not, but i loved these guys growing up. maybe because no one else did? life in tokyo was recorded in march 1979 in los angeles by david sylvian and none-other-than giorgio moroder. japan originally wanted to record “european son” with the producer but moroder preferred to work on a backing track he had already prepared. he gave sylvian four demo songs, and then went for a long lunch. while out to lunch, sylvian had fitted some lyric ideas he had gathered on the plane to one of moroder’s pieces and re-arranged the chosen track. later on the same week, the rest of japan arrived and recorded the entire piece. at this time, two distinct full length versions were prepared. one was timed at 6min 18sec and was not released until 1982 when it came out on the UK special edition cassette of “assemblage” and on the japanese vinyl LP.
