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some gorgeous wild ocean images by dodo jin ming. i think she is my favorite photographer find of the day. by kl
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david hockney – fresh flowers
“hockney began painting flowers in bed just after buying his first iphone in 2009. rendering the simple one- or two-stem arrangements placed in a glass for him each morning by his boyfriend, chef john fitzherbert, the artist experimented with the iphone painting app, its variety of brush techniques, colors, and line densities.
twenty of his closest friends began receiving e-mails with iphone-painted flowers attached, including curator and cultural historian charlie scheips, who immediately saw the potential for an exhibit, especially when the number of hockney iphone-painted flowers (and later, ipad-painted flowers) grew to over 600: “this is a serious component of work, in the context of david’s five-decade career,” says scheips, who curated the show. “these flowers are ‘fresh’ in how new they are, how they’ve been sent, how they’re viewed, and the way they generate light.”
now on view in paris at the pierre berge and yves saint laurent foundation. by pp.+ v
Benedict Radcliffe: the Dalston Jazz Car
british artist and designer benedict radcliffe mono car. what’s great about this is that no-matter where you go, you end-up where you are already. by kl
yes to Noh Suntag
at least these works from the korean born artist noh suntag, bring to us the eerie beauty of being lost in the masses of culture. coming from a background in political studies which evolved into photography, his main work involves collecting, and communicating through images regarding wars and the division of the korean peninsular in order to expose the way in which various forms of social violence in contemporary korea are linked to the war of half a century ago. by kl
all you art stars take note: art reviews top 100 forces in the art world
works by jeff koons, cindy sherman who made it in the top 100…
and richard prince whom didn’t make it… wonder if the patrick cariou and the brooke shield/tate modern fiasco had anything to do with it? or was it pop and purple’s fault?
1. Larry Gagosian
2. Hans Ulrich Obrist
3. Iwan Wirth
4. David Zwirner
5. Glenn D. Lowry
6. Bice Curiger
7. Sir Nicholas Serota
8. Eli Broad
9. RoseLee Goldberg
10. François Pinault
11. Adam D. Weinberg
12. Jeffrey Deitch
to see the other 88 check out art review. by cdc
la carte d’apres nature – thomas demand curates at nmnm
the nouveau musee national de monaco (nmnm) inaugurate its second gallery (art nouveau building, villa paloma) with an exhibition curated by german artist thomas demand. named after rene magritte’s magazine, the show features 18 artists including tacita dean, luigi braies, thomas demand himself and many others.
“demand chose magritte as a hook for the show that would transcend historical categorisation and, as its muse, prompt exploration as to why similar thoughts and ideas go through the minds of artists working in disparate locations and indeed eras. ‘rené magritte plays the role of a connecting link here in at least two ways,’ says demand. ‘he reshuffled the cards with regard to the meaning of representation: “it is not possible to paint a thought; it is only possible to paint the things that were necessary for this thought,” he once said, in response to a reporter who asked what he thought when painting his pictures.'”
by wp + pp.
notes on film
if i could be there i would be there. october 17th. by dd
Gil Scott-Heron’s New York is Killing Me : Directed by Chris Cunningham
some sharp comment about chris cunningham and his ability to mold your emotions with visuals, sound and time isn’t necessary for this post. it’s a haunting piece. and if you’ve ever lived in new york i know it will push a button somewhere. by kl
Paris concrete: curated by brent hallard
piece below by: hadi tabatabai
minimal impact? by dd
Julia Fullerton Batten
forgot this one!! by uh
Woooow!!!! Denis Darzacq!!!
where do i begin, yves klein, robert longo, sam taylor wood, and so on… but there is something about these images that is quite alright. by dd
murakami takes versailles
a less hyped exhibition of the king of pop-art from the east, takashi murakami exhibits at le chateau de versailles. the same contrast between plastic-pop and gilded baroque as the jeff koons retrospective a couple years back, and even the more poetic xavier veilhan, but i don’t think we’ll ever grow tired of it. by kl
