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Rankin and Damien Hirst Present
Myths, Monsters & Legends
Long-term friends, Rankin and artist Damien Hirst, leverage their respective creative mediums and shared dark wit in a project born out of a joint fascination with the ancient world, and an interest in contextualising it in a modern environment.
Model, Dani Smith, was the inspiration in bringing their shared vision to life.
The project is an exploration of imagined narratives and monsters of past civilizations, viewed through a modern lens.
Rankin Gallery
Los Angeles
13th October – 5th Nov
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Entering its third year, the Kirin ‘Big in Japan’ exhibition, created by ksubi today announce the event will now be open to a public audience with the contemporary arts and cultural event returning to both Sydney and Melbourne in November 2011.
The ksubi- curated events will introduce public audiences to an eclectic selection of artists from all corners of Japan working across multiple mediums including artists performing, installations, contemporary dance, live music, video and art installation. The Kirin ‘Big in Japan’ 2011 cultural exchange program allows the artists to display their talents to both a broader Australian and international audience focusing the limelight on modern Japanese expressionism.
Additional looks after the jump.
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Check out these ridiculously cool sculptures by Katsuyo Aoki. The intricacy with which he creates the fractile-like details on these pieces is mind boggling. More images from this series after the jump.
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Ra opened a new installation in Paris last night.
RA was initiated in Antwerp, Belgium in 2009 as an nterprise to support young artists and independent fashion designers. They have begun a series of local and nternational exhibitions and events to carry their unique messages to a wider cultural sphere. Their first efforts include a showroom during Paris Men’s Fashion Week (January 2010) and participation in art Brussels “Trajector Art Fair” (May 2010). The common grounds between all their artists is their use of fashion as a medium to express their worlds.
Ra Exhibition
From September 29th to October 3rd
From 11am to 7pm
14 rue de la corderie 75003 Paris
Additional looks after the jump.
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Clarke is easily the most prominent avant-garde figure in the area of silversmithing here in the UK and has a well earned reputation for creative thinking and innovation.
Clarke now devilishly takes antique solid silver objects, treasured by many and preserved by museums and ‘messes’ with them. Clarke strips it of its value by allowing lead to erode the silver.
The first in a new collection entitled “Dead on Arrival.” will definitely take the world of silversmithing to a new level.
New work for 60|40 exhibition at Gustavsberg Konsthall Sweden. Opens 8 October until 8 January 2012.
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Casey Weldon contributed to a show “Dig for Fire” in LA this month. The show exhibits art inspired by the band The Pixies. Her contribution turned us onto her art. She uses a realistic style with muted color to create a sort of bizzaro version of things. More looks at her recent work after the jump.
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Soft Ride, is one of the latest creations by Ron Arad. The bike uses bent strips of tempered steel to cushion the ride. We’re guessing that it could get a little sketchy when cornering. According to Fastco,
Until October 29, the bike is available for guests of the W Hotel in Leicester Square to ride around the city. And as part of a fundraiser for the Elton John AIDS Foundation, the bike is up for auction, along with other bikes custom designed by the likes of singer Paloma Faith, illustrator Natasha Law, fashion designers Patrick Cox and Alice Temperley, and artist Benedict Radcliffe.
Additional look after the jump.
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Let’s take a break from all of the Terry Richardson hype for a minute and get really raw. Michael Dweck recently published “Habana Libre,” a collection of his photos documenting the social life in modern day Cuba. Dweck’s subject matter penetrates the vibrant social scene of a society that has been politically ostracized for decades. His use of the monochromatic medium adds the perfect flavor to the subject matter.
MICHAEL DWECK: HABANA LIBRE
Interviews by William Westbrook
Published by Damiani editore, Italy
290 pages, 21 four-color plates, 214 duotones plates, 3 gate-folds
Hardcover, jacketed, 9.75 x 12.5 inches
ISBN 978-88-6208-184-9
Retail: $65.00
Publication date: October 1, 2011 (US); November 1, 2011 (International)
Edition size: 3000
More looks after the jump.
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Lisa Yuskavage opened her third solo show at David Zwirner Gallery last night.
Zwirner notes: Over the past two decades, Yuskavage has developed her own genre of the female nude: lavish, erotic, cartoonish, vulgar, angelic young women cast within fantastical landscapes or dramatically lit interiors. They appear to occupy their own realm while narcissistically contemplating themselves and their bodies. Rich, atmospheric skies frequently augment the psychologically-charged mood, further adding to the impression of theatricality and creative possibility.
For this exhibition, Yuskavage takes her complex narratives to a larger scale, whose sheer vastness adds a cinematic component to the works. More so than previously, this new body of work appears to merge the genres of landscape, still life, and portrait painting. Despite their immediacy, the plots reveal themselves slowly over time. Her compositions are equally prolonged: the terrains are more spacious and more intricately articulated than in previous works, which heightens a sense of realism while at the same time dismantling easy construction of meaning.
David Zwirner Gallery
519 West 19th Street
New York, NY
Sept. 27- Nov. 5, 2011
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