art

can’t help but L.O.V.E. maurizio cattelan

‘officially it’s name is L.O.V. E. – so it stands for love – but everyone can read between the lines and take away the message they see for themselves.‘ says prankster art-star maurizio cattelan.

 

his most recent work resides in milan’s piazza affari, in front of the italian stock exchange building. made of marble, about 4 meters high and on a 7 meter base brings the sculpture to a total height of 11 meters. it was originally titled ‘omnia munda mundis’, literally meaning ‘to the pure [men], all things [are] pure’, a latin sentence that has entered a relatively common usage in many countries – but sometimes simplicity speaks louder.  by kl

CATEGORIES: art, musings

A.S.S. presents Open Sesame

i went to this opening last night, it’s small but refreshing for our steamy new york summer evenings, even though the cops busted it up for innocent hipsters drinking out of paper bags on the sidewalk (comeon boys, aren’t you supposed to be fighting crime?). anyways i feel like it’s been a while since some art crew summer fun but maybe i’ve just been MIA. you should check it out, it’s currated by tim barber of tiny vices, showing works by some of the staples, oh and it’s at terrence koh‘s Asian Song Society gallery space.  by kl

CATEGORIES: art, ny places

before you hit the deck: supreme skateboards


before pulling the trigger and getting the WKR decks we posted, consider this: supreme annually issues a series of artists boards that run about $80 to a $100 not much more than the beautiful and minimal WKR’s. above, and all sold out at this point are the robert longo decks above the previous damien hirst issues. no one knows what the next series will be. it’s a tough one as you have a collectors item vs. a truly beautiful “now” piece. so, just some food for thought. by xy

CATEGORIES: art, design, perfect gift, surf-skate

ogawa kazuma – geisha

we already made a post about the wonderful hand painted over photographs pictures of flowers from ogawa kazuma, but there is also the geisha series. In 1891, he was charged with taking 100 pictures of Tokyo’s most attractive geisha, and that is really nice as well. by pp.

CATEGORIES: art, photography

benoit pailley – morpholight

our friend photographer benoit pailley presents his latest work “morpholight” in soho, it’s beautiful, minimal and somehow very strange. it feels very fresh to use photography as art in this fashion. between james turrel and close to fashion still life photography without product. love it! by pp.

CATEGORIES: art, photography