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some beautiful minimal art by dutch artist cecilia vissers due in a group exhibit in new york at the pelavin gallery. the work will be up until september 23, 2011. by dd
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kunstgaleriebonn vernissage: papier/paper show in bonn germany
max cole: ohne title, 2005
werner haypeter: ohne titel 2011
hadi tabatabai: weave 2011
john zinsser: color bars III 2009
leave it to the germans to produce an immaculately simple and beautiful catalog even for a small show in bonn. everything, the invite and the catalog look simple and sharp. the show, “papier/paper”, beautifully and consistantly curated included the work of frank badur, detlef beer, max cole, werner haypeter, karim noureldin, hadi tabatabai, john zinsser, beat zoderer. the show will be up july 15th to august 26 th 2011 and the opening will be on july 14th 7PM. if you are in the vacinity do stop by for the opening: kunstgaleriebonn, villa faupel, lotharstrabe 106, D-53115 bonn, GmbH. by dd
melvin sokolsky
art district galery, squatting the newly renovated hotel royal monceau in paris is showing the work of photographer melvin sokolsky. the man was made famous by his bubbles pictures, where a model was put into a human size plastic bubble (very pierre cardin) and trow into the river. as far as i’m concerned, i never new the other body of work he made, and i quite like this one. by pp.
‘The Clock’ by Christian Marclay
how much can you fit into one day? is this a 24 hour interpretation of the new york minute? seriously. but when i unsuspectingly came across this piece at the hayward last fall, with no recognition other than the fact the artist was represented by White Cube, i was refreshed and impressed. it’s been a while since we’ve seen something that is both welcoming to experience and provides an experience that makes you a little more conscious of your own. basically that time moves at different paces. christian marclay won the golden lion award at this year’s venice biennale for this time obsessed version of a day. by kl
more cy twombly
by pp.
a living man declared dead – by taryn simon
it’s nice to see work that has a personality to it’s approach. not only are taryn simon’s photographic trials humanely interesting, but they show her interest in the irony of life. sometimes sad, sometimes hurtful, always poking at the imperfection and impurity of being human, they bring you between compassion and appreciaton.
i’m interested to see this new big investigation called ‘a living man declared dead and other chapters’. like her past projects i don’t think it can help but coax people to be more curious, to want to understand the background, and then to have a different perspecitive coming out the other end. I don’t know much about this new project except it was produced over a four-year period (2008-11), during which she researched and recorded bloodlines, from around the world, and their related stories. in the eighteen ‘chapters’ the external forces of territory, power, circumstance or religion collide with the internal forces of psychological and physical inheritance. it’s at the tate modern right now. might have to cross the pond sometime before it’s gone by kl
cy twombly by francois halard
photographer francois halard photographed cy twombly few times in the last 20 years, there is a very nice selection of those pictures in halard’s latest book “visite privee” by pp.
cy twombly
cy twombly, sculpture 1992 by pp.
more fish stories: vintage illustrations
not quite the audubon caliber we posted before but beautiful nonetheless. one day i will fly away to tahiti and remain there for all eternity while painting fishes in watercolor. for now, manhattan will have to do. images courtesy of bobby. by uh
alexandra leykaus
our friends of consume posted something about artiste alexandra leykauf who i never heard about before and it’s true that her stuffs are really intriguing, in a good way. we really love the vintage feel of those images when they were made very recently, the crafty aspect is nice too, what there’s not to love here? by pp+cc
new wave vs. new york: JLG vs. woody allen
and there you have it, the difference between 2 brilliant directors. my personal favorites from each are a woman is a woman by jean luc godard and manhattan by woody. by dd
robert polidori – cold war era bunkers
talking about nice house photographed by great photographer, there is this not so well known story by robert polidori on the cold war shelters that some crazy americans built somewhere in the midwest in case of a nuclear attack! it was shot around 2003 i think but never got the attention deserved. it’s so over the top and ridiculous that you don’t know if you should smile or cry. can’t find much more of this story on the net but i have a much more extended crop somewhere, if anybody’s interested i will make the effort…
“The underground complex of Girard B. Henderson was completed in 1978, five years before his death. The elaborate bomb shelter is located beneath a typical two-story suburban house in Las Vegas. Although the house was later sold, the shelter is still intact and is occasionally rented out for corporate events and parties.“
by pp
