a visual collective outlet of inspiration
taking inspiration simply from his daily surroundings and whatever crosses his path, nate page investigates the confrontations between materiality and images. his work can now be found at jen bekman projects in soho, new york. by kv
art
Picasso once said : Good artists borrow, great artists steal
i don’t know where i would place artist sam taylor wood in the master’s sentence, but i’ve always loved figuring out where an artist’s inspiration comes from. i’m sure everyone has had the feeling of being so sure that an artist’s piece reminds one of another artist’s work and think that it might have inspired him/her…
well sam taylor wood’s work is obviously based on reinterpreting references, as in her earlier work, when her work was rather painting-like. she later introduced the the suspended pictures that are based on “le saut” (the jump) from yves klein.
so all that just to tell you that i’m pretty sure the crying men is a smart modernization of bas jan ader‘s finest work “i’m too sad to tell you”. by pp’
Pablo Picasso – Light Graffiti
i’ve never been the biggest fan of picasso as for his famous works, but the man was experimental and prolific which is the most inspiring thing a person can be. even in our super-productive today, more doesn’t necessarily mean more to admire. by kl
Francois Pinault: Punta della Dogana Venice
so monsieur pinault has launched yet another museum of his own in venice to house some of his expansive collection. in other words, we trust the palazzo grassi was just not big enough. “punta della dogana” which is perched at the mouth of the grand canal, roughly translates into “monsieur arnault is a cheese muffin”. the new museum has launched its premier exhibition “mapping the studio” with some 300 works from pinault’s personal collection including pieces by (my personal favorite) cy twombly as well as jeff koons and richard prince. by dd
Stages: Nike party at galerie emmanuel perrotin-paris
mark parker with tom sachs
stefano pilati and olivier zahm
emmanuel perrotin and tom sachs
ex-graffiti man andre saraiva of baron (paris-tokyo-miami), ex-beatrice inn
this was one of those invites you get and miss to attend, partly due to the long commute (new york to paris), and then kick yourself for missing it! the event and its noble cause of promoting the LIVESTRONG foundation will surely fulfill its aim and it will not be missed when it comes to new york on october 2nd. lets hope we get invited again!!! if nothing its worth just going to see the work by ed ruscha, rockin’ raymond petibon, tom sachs, and richard prince. the one odd ball in here is kenny scharf? i like to know how the hell he got in there?
in all everyone from designer stefano pilati to no-idea-why andre saraiva where present not to mention nike’s mark parker and the ever-present olivier zahm, see more pictures here. all for the preview of work by: cai guo-qiang, rosson crow, jules de balincourt, dzine, shepard fairey, andreas gursky, KAWS, geoff mcfetridge, yoshitomo nara, catherine opie, jose parla, raymond petibon, lari pittman, richard prince, ed ruscha, tom sachs, kenny scharf, eric white, christopher wool, and aaron young. by dd
too young to go: dash snow dies July 13th age 27
‘don’t cry for me’ by dash snow, 1981-july 13 2009, joining others who have passed at that crossover age of 27. even though i didn’t know him personally, he has left his mark of revitalized raw energy that found its way off the street into such institutions as the Whitney and the Saatchi Gallery. he leaves his ex-wife agathe snow, girlfriend (and mother of his daugher) jade berreau, and daughter secret magic nico. by kl
Cathy Daley – doll parts
“drawing on persistent cultural images inspired by ballerina tutus, the garb of fairy-tale princesses and barbie doll couture, my work investigates childhood memories of what it means to be female in western culture and explores cultural representation of the feminine and the body. the drawings mine contemporary vocabularies of glamour, fashion, popular culture, cartoons, street signage, hollywood cinema, fairy tales, and mythology, to examine the iconography of the feminine as it exists in the cultural imaginary, personal memory, and fantasy.”
Cathy Daley was born in toronto in 1955. by kl
YOUR TOP 5 ARTISTS – kimberley norcott – artist/ art director
(in no particular order)
DOWN BELOW IT’S CHAOS – OPENING JULY 9TH
group show. opening thursday, july 9th. 7pm to late. 50 eldridge street (just north of canal), 6th and 7th floors. after 8 they’re planning records and drinks to dance-off the night. i’ll be there for sure! by kl
Daisuke Hiraiwa
Daisuke Hiraiwa‘s installation “skin of spaces 02″ made out of 1400 disposable plastic knives, all perforated by hand… by pp’
the “the”
conceived as a reaction to the glut of new bands called the…, yes studio created a list of 99 classic band names prefixed with the. a limited, signed edition, printed in one color on 55gsm newsprint. pretty cool! (click to see it bigger) by pp’
at last i’m perfect
‘at last i’m perfect’, 2002. 1.2 carat yellow diamond made with carbon from the artist’s body
marc quinn’s sculpture, paintings and drawings often deal with the distanced relationship we have with our bodies, highlighting how the conflict between the ‘natural’ and ‘cultural’ has a grip on the contemporary psyche. in 1999, quinn began a series of marble sculptures of amputees as a way of re-reading the aspirations of greek and roman statuary and their depictions of an idealized whole. one such work depicted alison lapper, a woman who was born without arms, when she was heavily pregnant. quinn subsequently enlarged this work to make it a major piece of public art for the fourth plinth of trafalgar square. other key themes in his work include genetic modification and hybridism. garden (2000), for instance, is a walk-through installation of impossibly beautiful flowers that will never decay, or his ‘eternal spring’ sculptures, featuring flowers preserved in perfect bloom by being plunged into sub-zero silicone. quinn has also explored the potential artistic uses of DNA, making a portrait of a sitter by extracting strands of DNA and placing it in a test-tube. DNA garden (2001), contains the DNA of over 75 plant species as well as two humans: a re-enactment of the garden of eden on a cellular level. quinn’s diverse and poetic work meditates on our attempts to understand or overcome the transience of human life through scientific knowledge and artistic expression. by kl
