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Openings: “The Last Supper” Series featuring “Last Meal on Death Row” exhibition by Mat Collishaw @ Stephen Webster

Posted by Khoi, November 13, 2013

Stephen Webster was busy last weekend as it hosted The Last Supper series of events at its No Regrets Lounge in Beverly Hills location and also at Soho House in West Hollywood. The events included a discussion at Soho House on November 8th called The Cook, The Artist, The Jeweler, and Their Lady Friend, which involved Tracey Emin, Mat Collishaw, Stephen Webster himself, and chef Mark Hix. They spoke about their unique paths to success, their struggles and triumphs, what drives them, and intimate private stories […]

Previews: Mat Collishaw – “The Last Meal on Death Row” @ Stephen Webster

Posted by Khoi, November 4, 2013

On Thursday, Nov. 7, Stephen Webster (in its No Regrets lounge) in Beverly Hills, CA will open a show of works by Mat Collishaw featuring his Last Meal on Death Row works. This series features meticulously-arranged staged photography still lifes based on death row inmates’ last meals before they are executed. The eerie subject of the images conflict with the style in which they are depicted: 17th century Vanitas paintings – a manner traditionally used to explore the transience of life, the futility of pleasure, […]