In August 2010, GALLERY CRAWL took a road trip to Napa, California to view The Hess Collection located in a museum on the Hess winery properties. The robust collection features emerging artists as well as a wide range of notables, including Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, Anselm Kiefer, Andy Goldsworthy, Lynn Hershman Leeson, and Francis Bacon.
Barcelona-based Marina68 produces some fantastic furnishings. Partners Rafel and Cristian experiment with material contrast (metal, cork, fabric) and the results are quirky without losing site of functionality. Their work in cork, especially, hits the mark – sustainability and design integrity mixed to a rare degree of excellence.
I think the stuff speaks for itself. More after the jump.
Miss Mindy & CJ Metzger will exhibit together (as the Art Sisters) for the first time in 3 years at WWA Gallery from September 10 to October 9, 2010. Miss Mindy offers a mixture of cartoon and folk ink drawings, which compliment Metzger’s paintings. The two have also worked on a collaborative film installation. The exhibition is entitled Pie in the Sky.
WWA Gallery, 9517 Washington BLVD, Culver City, CA.
Works of art and stills from their film installation, “A Pie for a Pie,” after the jump.
Superb design for regular movers by Brazil’s Baita Design. The Broom Chair requires no nails, no nothing – the seat takes nine birch sticks to make up the legs and back. Both a plasitic and aluminum seat are possible. The plastic, with its terrific potential for color, gets my vote.
The chairs come packaged in an egg crate, as you can see above, for ease.
Subliminal Projects is pleased to announce its forthcoming show Printed Matters by Shepard Fairey. This exhibition will focus on the importance of printed material and incorporates every variety of Shepard’s printed works, works on wood, metal, album covers, and fine art collage papers. At the opening, in collaboration with Gestalten Books, Subliminal Projects will be hosting a public reception and book signing for Beyond the Street: The 100 Most Important Figures in Urban Art.
Exhibition Dates:
September 16th – October 9th, 2010
SUBLIMINAL PROJECTS
1331 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026
This bit of graffiti adorns an outer wall of the “Open Air Sculpture” house located on the outskirts of Warsaw, Poland. Designed by Marek Rytych Architekt, the home responds to the needs of its contemporary art collector owners. The flow of space within the open plan is delineated by neatly placed art walls. Built on a undulating grade, the three story home sinks into the surrounding landscape, a point exaggerated by the threshold which flows directly from path to entrance hall. (via Contemporist).
On the way from Taschen, Trespass. A History of Uncommissioned Urban Artfinds street art champions Marc and Sara Schiller, of Wooster Collective, examining the rise of global graffiti and urban art. The Schiller’s, who were approached by editor Ethel Seno to produce the book, roped in friend Carlo McCormick as well. McCormick’s essay works to contextualize the development of the street art scene, and to introduce the dizzying amount of unpublished material included in Trespass.
There’s previously unseen work from Keith Haring. Photographs that have never before seen the light of day from Martha Cooper. And, surprisingly, a preface by Banksy.
Opening on September 2 and running through October 27, 2010, Stanley Donwood’s debut US showing at Fifty24SF. Donwood, famed for his work with Radiohead, paints with inspiration from the vibrant colors of California and the words found in spam emails. The mix, oddly enough, works well. The work has great graphic composition and the text provide varied amusement.
Donwood’s collection of paintings is entitled “Over Normal.” (via CR).
Copenhagen-based industrial design firm KiBisi produced the ShangHAY chair for Denmark’s pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo 2010. Following that display, KiBisi has collaborated with Wood Wood for a special edition of the chair in six distinct colors. Limited to 250 pieces in total. (via TWBE).
