From London 06/30/09David Sykes permalinkFeeling a little unprepared for swimsuit season? Take a cue from David Sykes and go for a light breakfast.
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From San Francisco 06/30/09Alexis Anne Mackenzie permalinkBeen pretty stoked on Alexis Anne Mackenzie for a while now and am very excited to see what she’s got up her sleeve next. Her latest work above is the first taste of what’s coming and you know it’s all uphill from here. X - Jen
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From Philadelphia 06/26/09COMING UP - Tonite! permalinkA few of our very own UO peeps and a couple of their brethren spent some time dipping into their memory banks to create COMING UP, an exhibit curated by Mason Warner which showcases the cultural influences that form the core of those making art in the “oughts”. The show kicks off at Jinxed (620 S. 4th St.) tonite at 6pm. Fix up, look sharp and for those of you on a fixed income...we heard there might even be a hoagie tray.
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From Miami 06/25/09Freedom of Expression permalinkOn Friday, July 3 from 6-9pm at Urban Outfitters South Miami store in The Shops at Sunset Place, Freedom of Expression brings together local artists and craftarians to help raise money for the Del Portillo Family, a local Miami family battling lung cancer. Also catch The Killer Moon (7pm) and Spinlight City (above, 8pm) as part of the good-hearted festivities. |
From Australia 06/25/09Bookworms Never Go to Bed Alone permalinkIn Bookworms Never Go to Bed Alone at Gorker Gallery, artist and photographer Kelly Thompson presents mixed-media works that illustrate the kind of geeky girls every guy—even the quarterback—dreams of. Boys do make passes at girls who wear glasses.
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From New York 06/24/09Sara Singh permalinkI don’t think I’ve ever seen watercolors look as beautiful as they do in Sara Singh’s fashionable paintings. X - Jen
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From San Francisco 06/23/09My Milk Toof permalinkIt’s hard to deny the complete adorableness of the adventures on My Milk Toof. X - Jen
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From London 06/16/09If You Could Collaborate permalinkThe latest If You Could project is If You Could Collaborate, pairing artists of every discipline imaginable with someone of their choosing, to create a project entirely of their choosing. Collaborations include Jim Stoten and Andy Rementer, Oliver Jeffers and Aaron Ruff, Fontaine Anderson and Deanne Cheuk, and many more. Results of the pairings will be shown at the A Foundation Gallery in early 2010, proving we can all just get along.
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From Los Angeles 06/12/09Hey Fudge permalinkHey Fudge is the first solo book from Travis Millard, creator of Fudge Factory comics. The book is a compendium of his work, new and old, and includes a 30-page opus entitled “Michael Jackson in Exile.”
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From London 06/12/09Whatever Happened to the Men of Tomorrow? permalinkWith his one-inch installations placed around the streets of London, Slinkachu creates something that is simultaneously cute and a biting commentary on modern life. With Whatever Happened to the Men of Tommorrow?, opened June 4th at Andipa Gallery, his tiny guys are superheros. “I used old and out-of-shape superhero characters to hint at failed hopes and dreams,” he says. “When we are young we think of ourselves as invincible and destined for greatness, but before we realize it we are old and forgotten—like the war hero beaten up at the bus stop for his pension money or the doting father left alone in a care home.” Heavy stuff for tiny stuff.
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From Toronto 06/12/09Alex McLeod permalinkThey look like hand-built dioramas, but Alex McLeod does it digitally. |
From Paris 06/10/09Estelle Hanania permalinkFrench photographer Estelle Hanania has a way with images, and with creatures, as in her “Demoniac Babble” series.
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From London 06/10/09Daniel Eatock permalinkFrom a project that is ”29 coloured plastic tops and lids arranged and rearranged” to Everything Heinz, which is 57 kinds of Heinz foods mixed and packed together in 57 sealed tins, artist Daniel Eatock makes the most out of everyday objects. |
From DC 06/08/09Artomatic permalinkArtomatic is insane. The annual, open-to-all-who-apply art show is now in its tenth year and with upwards of 1600 artists showing at 55 M St. SE (right by Nationals Stadium), we’re a teensy bit stoked on having missed the chaos of opening weekend. The show runs through July 5; we plan on hitting it all up REAL LEISURELY on our next free afternoon. (Photo via: ReadysetDC.) |
From New York 06/08/09Panelists V permalinkPanelists V at Giant Robot showcases drawings, paintings, illustrations and mixed-media works from a long-list of indie comic book artists. We’d be lying if we said we recognized a lot of the names, but they all sound pretty cool. The exhibit opened June 6.
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From Los Angeles 06/08/09Generic Surplus Pop-Up Shop permalinkThe creators of the Generic Man + Generic Surplus just opened their first Pop-Up Shop at Space 15 Twenty on Friday. This Pop-Up is a unique retail and event experience featuring LA artists who represent the brand’s philosophy of ‘newdultism.’
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From London 06/05/09Don’t Let the Bastards Cheer You Up permalinkDon’t Let the Bastards Cheer You Up, Harland Miller’s show at Baltic, features entirely works that Miller made or adapted specifically for the gallery. Included in the exhibition are several paintings adapted from Miller’s ‘Bad Weather’ series, and based off of old Penguin dust-jackets customized with references to the place where Miller grew up. Through July 19. |
From Elsewhere 06/05/09Anna Morosini permalinkAnna Morosini‘s photographs are beautifully simple and simply beautiful.
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From London 06/03/09Atherton Lin permalinkAtherton Lin‘s set of summer greetings is as sweet as a blue coconut popsicle on a hot afternoon.
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From New York 06/03/09Kenneth Capello Acid Drop permalinkFrom June 2-13 catch Kenneth Capello‘s show Acid Drop, curated by Tim Barber, at Milk Gallery. Based off of Capello’s Aperture book of the same name, Acid Drop is a collection of skateboarding photos Capello took as a ‘80s teenager in Houston. They’re rad.
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From Paris 06/03/09Langendorff et Dune permalinkArtist Julien Langendorff and musician David Herman Dune combine talents to create a collection of T-shirts, accessories and objets for fashion collective Commune de Paris, 1871. Their ‘Fire, Fire’ theme evokes the smell of something burning, “moustache ends, and jacket buttons… “ |
From Los Angeles 05/29/09Your Golden Opportunity is Coming Very Soon permalinkPhotographer RJ Shaughnessy‘s book, Your Golden Opportunity is Coming Very Soon, is a simple black and white collection of the aftermath of scrapes and fender-benders. Viewed together, the photos are eerily and unsettling, and serve to remind us that we really never know what’s around the bend—it could be another bend.
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