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Showing: Candice Tripp – “Petit Mal @ Black Rat Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, August 13, 2012

Last month, London was treated to a new solo showing from Candice Tripp (interviewed) at Black Rat Projects entitled Petit Mal. The new paintings are some of her best and darkest yet, featuring her masked adolescents participating in bizarre scenarios as if from a bad nightmare. This horror-infused imagery is further enhanced with a layer of awkward social interaction from the subjects leading one to wonder what more there is to the story that can only seen through the lens of a moment in time captured by the painting. Rounding out […]

Upcoming: Mr. – “Metamorphosis – Give Me Your Wings” @ Lehmann Maupin Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, August 13, 2012

Coming up on September 13th, the Lehmann Maupin Gallery in New York will be welcoming Japanese artist Mr. in for a new solo show entitled Metamorphosis – Give Me Your Wings. Not only will the former protégé of Takashi Murakami be exhibiting his latest series of paintings, he will also be presenting a large installation in the middle of the main gallery that reflects on the catastrophic nuclear disaster in his country, voicing the post-traumatic anxiety and frustration of his people. This installation, which represents a more serious artistic direction […]

Nicola Verlato – “Zero Gravity” @ Merry Karnowsky

Posted by carlosgonzalez, August 13, 2012

Over the weekend, the Merry Karnowsky Gallery in Los Angeles welcomed local artist Nicola Verlato and his new paintings into their showspace with an opening reception. The new works collectively entitled Zero Gravity are beautiful executed with his characters and objects suspended in midair as if frozen in time. We already caught a glimpse of the new body of work during a studio visit last week, but nothing beats seeing the paintings in situ. Check out Verlato’s cinematic vision for yourself before the show closes on September 1st if in […]

Contests: Skullphone Swag Giveaway

Posted by sleepboy, August 13, 2012

Courtesy of our friends at the Ivory & Black Gallery in London, we have a set of some Skullphone swag to give away to one of our lucky readers. Included as part of the prize pack is a print, shirt, stickers, and socks from the Los Angeles-based street artist, who just recently had his show (covered) at the gallery extended through September 8th. To qualify for the contest, you need to leave a comment below and also like the Ivory & Black Facebook fanpage as […]

Damien Hirst Flag Part Of London Olympics Closing Ceremony

Posted by sleepboy, August 12, 2012

With the Olympics coming to an end, all of London celebrated with a star-studded and rousing closing ceremony featuring some of England’s greatest cultural exports. Damien Hirst was asked to design one of the many renditions of the Union Jack in his signature spin-painting looking motif which was unveiled as part of the event. Check out more photographs of the festivities below… Via Mail Online. Discuss Damien Hirst here.

Rewind: Aug 6 – Aug 12

Posted by sleepboy, August 12, 2012

Photographer Ryan McGinley, who has been flexing his film-making muscles as of late, recently hooked up with EDUN (fashion label of Ali Hewson and her husband, U2 singer Bono) to produce a video for their Fall/Winter 2012 collection. The aesthetic used should be familiar to fans of McGinley’s photo series featuring his models posing with wild animals, first introduced with his Team Gallery solo, Everybody Knows This is Nowhere (covered), and further developed with the inclusion of wild animals during his Life Adjustment Center (covered) […]

Overtime: Aug 6 – Aug 12

Posted by Khoi, August 12, 2012

Stories of the week: Dave Rittinger’s proposal for a public art sculpture – Color Pencil Tree. RIP – art critic and historian Robert Hughes, dead at age 74. MOCA announces it will will hire a new chief curator, reversing an earlier decision to leave the post vacant. Eli Broad hasn’t made planned payments to MOCA because it has $2.1M that haven’t been used yet. MOCA board concerned with future of museum and feels that Eli Broad may be taking over. Christopher Knight thinks MOCA may […]

Streets: World Roundup (Aug 6 – Aug 12)

Posted by sleepboy, August 11, 2012

Leading things off this week for our Streets: World Roundup is this new Banksy-esque piece (source) by Les Enfants Terribles (L.E.T.) in Düsseldorf, Germany. Other walls worth checking out include Erosie, Wood, and Graphic Surgery (source), C215 – France (source), Escif – Spain, Slick x Prime – Hawaii, Ludo – Paris, INTI – Norway, Malarky – UK (source), Nick Walker – New York (source), Sam3 x Escif – Spain (source), Centina x James Kalinda – Italy (source), Robert “Tone” Proch – Poland (source), Sam3 – Spain, Nawar (source), and TSF […]

Releases: KAWS – “Companion: Resting Place” Figure

Posted by sleepboy, August 11, 2012

Not much info on this latest figure to be released from KAWS. The new limited edition offering entitled Companion: Resting Place features his classic dissected character in a more relaxed sitting position. Look for these to drop soon on Kawsone and at OriginalFake. Discuss KAWS here.

Openings: Ellen von Unwerth, Victor Demarchelier, Bronques – Lexus Laws Of Attraction

Posted by juggernut3, August 11, 2012

Last week, Lexus created a unique photography exhibition in San Francisco to highlight the world premiere of their latest LS model line. Curated by creatives Simon Doonan and Jonathan Adler, this showcase explored the age-old question of what makes something attractive and surveyed the concept through lenses from all around the world. The exhibition was broken down into several parts and featured works from photographers Victor Demarchelier, Bronques and a collection of leading street style photographer. The highlight of show was a fresh series from […]