this blog is a visual notebook of inspirations for a group of bandit bloggers. we post things we see and like. our lives don’t revolve around singular topics and neither does our blog. sorry! nothing is in-or-out of context here. enjoy xx
work on paper by hadi tabatabai: thread painting #27, 2009 wood, thread and acrylic paint on wood 13-3/6 x 12-1/2 x 1 inches(click on image to enlarge)
talking about richard serra, here is some of his work seldom seen. “works on paper” is a group show consisting of blue-chip artists, such as richard serra, and larry poons, as well up-and-coming artists such as hadi tabatabai, and theresa chong. the opening reception is tomorrow, thursday, january 7th, between 6-8pm, and the show will continue till february 6, 2010. dont miss it! by dd
if you asked me to participate in a performance like the one above for any artist today the answer would surely be ‘no thanks’, i’m not a gritty exhibitionist. but i don’t know if i could resist the particular cool of manicured women in their perfect chinions, dragging each other through paint while ray-ban fitted cellos play. a true art tipping point between establishment and experiment.
soooo yves. a couple gorgeous exhibition invitations
this new exhibition of damien hirst called “nothing matters” reminds me of the painting basquiat and warhol did together, sometimes you can’t exactly get who did what. in the present case, it’s the same except one of the two is dead and it’s not damien hirst… can someone explain? by pp’
xmas is upon us and i was looking for two boards for two of my favorite girls in the world, now this may not be a girls dream but i think its pretty close as far as boards get. hirst and supreme have a long standing relationship and these are bound to be limited in their edition at supreme. try, if you can to get one… they are being collected, one of each by avid fans (fans of hirst more than supreme i would guess), saw a friend with 2 and he said its the only two he “didn’t” have. good luck. a set is already available on ebay for $1,849.99. by dd
if i were in london right now i would be on my way to bermuda triangle. a group exhibition featuring jacob sutton and hana al sayed at the spring projects. this gallery is naturally blurring lines between ‘professional creatives’ and ‘fine art’ with a roster including jaime hayon and the like. the exhibition also features work by artist bruce ingram. by kl
LAMOCA presents a “performance” by artist francesco vezzoli featuring lady gaga. as far as i’m concerned, vezzoli is to art what gaga is to music… so once again, i guess we haven’t missed much by not being in LA. by pp’
this past friday’s opening at the deitch projects was rather involved. it was the follow up to the paris mash-up openning at the galerie emmanuel perrotin that I missed and have been cursing myself ever since. the mixture of sports stars like lance armstrong and fashion gurus like richard chai and the girls from threeasfour made it a fun evening. even mr. andre saraiva poped in for a fag or two.
the work was quite nice but rather oddly curated. i was under the impression that one could get arrested in new york for putting kenny sharf and ed ruscha in one room. but apparently not. aside from that there were some impressive mixture of streeters and heavy hitters. raymond pettibon next to gursky, shepard fairey next to gai guo-qiang… tom sach’s bicycle titled “lances tequila bike for girls” was quite an amusement piece and perhaps my favorite. funny and cool. my second favorite piece was eric whites “foyer”… i couldn’t help but think of john baldessari’s balls!!
it was a good evening which was eventually topped off by sushi, plenty of sake and my favorite… sesame ice cream…
show is on display through november 21. don’t miss it. other works included pieces by: jules de balincourt, KAWS, richard prince, christopher wool, aaron young, futura, and others. all artwork on display, available for purchase, with proceeds directly benefiting the lance armstrong foundationfor cancer. by dd
you can sense that he had the title ‘baron’ in the subdued confidence of these compositions by Baron George Hoyningen-Huene. i may take on the title myself. by kl
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