If you are aware of Hedi Slimane’s work you will be excited (if you are in Los Angeles) to go visit the exhibit at MOCA Pacific Design Center. It opened November 12th and will run through January 22nd, 2012.

The Museum of Contemporary Art presents Hedi Slimaneʼs California Song, the first West Coast solo museum exhibition of the photographerʼs work, on view at MOCA Pacific Design Center from November 12, 2011, through January 22, 2012. California Song spans the photographerʼs “California period” and traces his explorations of cycles of urban youth culture and artistic communities, through installations of photographic essays, exhibitions, and publications.

Slimane has achieved global recognition over the past decade for his discovery and presentation of emerging musicians and artists. His publications on London youth are among the first books published about the early days of the new British punk-rock movement at the beginning of this decade, capturing the birth of the first generation of Internet users, and redefining the concept of “fans” as an indie youth imagery that has developed globally through emerging social networks. Slimaneʼs widely followed photographic “diary,” created in 2006, established and popularized an entirely new genre—the online photo diary. via: MOCA PDC.

Do you secretly idolize Nick Offerman’s character Ron Swanson from Parks and Rec? Now you can have some of the brilliant bushiness that is so infamous with his stache. Celebrate Movember with a gift for your upper lip. Buy it directly from the man himself at Offerman Wood Shop.

Opening November 17 at West Berlin Gallery and as the title suggests, it will showcase modern day dissidents.

A dissident, broadly defined, is a person who actively challenges an established doctrine, policy, or institution. By acknowledging the social and political unrest of this year, West Berlin Gallery cordially invites you from 18:00 until 22:00 on November 17th, 2011 as we debut Dissidents, a Group Show featuring: ALIAS, SP38 , Prost, Emess, Rallito X, BR1, Linda’s Ex, Niark1, Jakob Tolstrup, and Giacomo Spazio.

Images from the artists after the jump.

Cool concept. Maybe less than cool results? I love this idea, don’t get me wrong, but I just don’t think the end product is going to be what is expected.

More images after the fold.

For those of you that have that late night hankering to ping pong. Well, maybe it’s a bit more serious with a price tag like this (a cool $1,900)…

Following up on the success of the very limited (we’re talking 5 for sale) Chalk ping pong table for PUMA, NYC’s aruliden have developed a lighter & less expensive version that will be available exclusively through the Conran Shop.The new design features a black laminate surface for ultimate performance with a white powder coated metal frame, and sports a traditional net (as opposed to the chain-link net that was featured on the Chalk table). via: Arkitip

A new collaboration between artist/director Saam Farahmand and Absolut vodka. Taking place in London and running November 17th-27th, off London’s Brick Lane, with the grand finale December 2nd at Village Underground.

In short ABSOLUT BLANK Live is the unique digital concept of video
director Saam Farahmand, giving members of the public the opportunity
to create their own intimate artwork through personal visual
expression, as though their bodies are the paintbrushes – the bottle
their canvas. Open to London’s public from 17th-27th November, the
result will be a series of video portraits that form both an online
commission and a specially curated live a/v set by Jamie XX on
December 2nd. People will also be able to view their portraits or buy
tickets to the finale on Facebook. (www.facebook.com/ABSOLUTUK)

Check out the promo video after the jump. There are some pretty great images created using the 3D motion tracking technology and infrared cameras used in the capture process.

Hugh Leeman is an artist living and working in San Francisco. He is self taught. He is helping those that go unnoticed and overlooked to be remembered.

At 18, he grabbed his backpack and traveled the world, hopping trains to see as much as he could. Three years later, he was in the Tenderloin for a six-month stopover. He’s not quite sure why he never left. Inspired by the work that Shepard Fairey and others were doing at the time with wallpaper glue from the hardware store, a world of possibilities exploded in his mind. via: The Bold Italic

Watch the video recently created to spotlight his social mission and hopes for the future of the Tenderloin after the jump.

If you are in Los Angeles, I’d highly recommend coming out for this show. It opens November 12th at Known Gallery.

Traditionally oil and water do not mix. The surf, hot rod and motorcycle cultures that grew out of Southern California from the 50’s-70s however, were all connected by the idea of personal freedom and expression-not conforming to the standards of the societies they existed in. For this show we are bringing together dozens of artists and craftsmen from these respective backgrounds and beyond-from legends to rookies. Each artists will be provided with a particular canvas: a blank board from City Fog Surfboards, helmets from Biltwell, gas tanks from Lowbrow Customs among other items.

Via: Oil and Water

Video of Wes Humpston after the jump. And if it doesn’t get you excited about the show, I don’t know what will.

Leon Keer and Planet Streetpainting has unveiled new 3-D paintings at the Sarasota Chalk Festival in Florida. Keer was inspired by the recent Ego Leonard sculpture that washed ashore nearby. To see the story about the Lego castaway again, it was posted here on Curated a few days ago.

Planet Streetpaining is a collaboration of street artists based in the Netherlands. As Planet Streetpainting’s art director, Leon Keer is always fascinated about what history reveals. He tries to connect the historical events with current issues in this society. For the Sarasota Chalk Festival he has been inspired by the discovery of the Terracotta Army of China and Ego Leonard who washed ashore in Sarasota yesterday morning.

via: Twisted Sifter

More images after the jump.

The one thing that I took away from my time in Paris, is if it’s in Colette, you should probably own it. These Colab sunglasses are no exception. If you can pull this look off, do it.

Anthony Lister (US/AUS) an Australian born painter turned Brooklyn based superhero. His work can be seen on both the street and gallery walls of London, NYC and Australia. Anthony explores the iconography of modern society. These icons take the form of cartoons and superheroes engrained in our youth by television and pop culture. Mr Lister’s work questions the reality and value of these modern gods and goddesses. There’s one thing for sure, Anthony Lister’s super power is the Midas touch.

More images after the flip, er fold.