BAUHAUS – ART AS LIFE

Erich Consemüller, Lis Beyer or Ise Gropius sitting on the B3 club chair by Marcel Breuer and wearing a mask by Oskar Schlemmer and dress fabric by Beyer, c.1927

on view at the barbican in the current show, bauhaus art as life. by pp.

HELMUT LANG SHOW IN NEW YORK

cult fashion designer turned great artist, helmut lang shows his new work in nyc. it feels pretty good that it is in a townhouse rather than another white cube gallery. 24 Washington Square North, New York. ok, this one looks like something else… by pp.

pucker up

jack nicholson, candice bergen and art garfunkel, presumably on the set of ‘carnal knowledge’ …looks like they were really living up to the title. by sv

this is not your grandma’s knitting art show

conosco is a group exhibition that will showcase a diverse range of mediums such as photography, drawing, on-site installation, sculpture, performance and fashion, with each artist offering a very distinct style. artists include: william carrà, eric chakeen, lukasz lyszak, chad moore, vitor moreira, MRKA, carolina pimenta, alexandra velasco, armando veve, marie vic, jade yumang and yichen zhou. (above photos are consecutively by chad moore, jade yumang, carolina pimenta, eric chakeen and alexandra velasco) check out these blooming artists in conosco in may 6th through may 20 in reverse art space in 28 frost street, brooklyn. for more info go to conoscoproject.org or check out their blog conoscoproject.tumblr.com to see what each artist is all about. by ak

the easiest way to place a stamp

melvin the magician

some rube goldberg-esque musings from amsterdam. i’m not too keen on the bow tie, but anyone who smokes a pipe is ok in my book. this is allegedly the smallest contraption of its kind. by sv

axel hoedt – portraits

i don’t know much about photographers axel hoedt and his website is not working but everything i see of him is so strong, i’m curious. these t shirt portraits are just rocking. i just don’t know what it is all about… by pp.