Showing posts with label art worth looking at. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art worth looking at. Show all posts
art worth looking at: jon macnair
Artist Jon MacNair breaks down the creation of his design for the new Corpse Corps Serpent Demon Tee on his blog Scritchy Scraps.
photos from an evening with genesis
If you were unable to come out last Thursday because you were far across the world or caught under a large rock, we must admit you sadly missed out. The collaborative event celebrating Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, brought together a wonderful litany of artists, fashion enthusiasts, and bon vivants. With Gen's work provided by Invisible Exports Gallery, a more than healthy amount of Palm Beer and Perrier, and the wonderful environment of the Salvor Projects space, Gen and Edley's tunes had everyone more than hyped. It was a great night of gifts and new friends, and a fabulous time was surely had by all. Here are a few quick snaps of the event.
Model Tati Cotliar
Coveted party favors!
Gabby and Adi of threeASFOUR
Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Ross Menuez, and Morrison Edley with a Salvor Scarf
IDLM presents THEE...NESS
Come celebrate the launch of a limited edition scarf designed by Salvor, featuring artist Genesis Breyer P-Orridge. Enjoy complimentary refreshments from Palm Beer and Perrier, as well as view Breyer P-Orridge’s artwork, on loan from Invisible Exports Gallery. P-Orridge and her Psychic TV band mate Morrison Edley will be performing rare DJ sets for the occasion!
April 26th 7-10 pm, Salvor Projects 172 Forsyth
ART WORTH LOOKING AT: HUNTER REYNOLDS
HUNTER REYNOLDS
PPOW Gallery
535 West 22nd Street, 3rd Floor
Opening Thursday, April 19
6 - 8 PM
FASHION FRIENDS: ASHER LEVINE
Asher Levine is a designer with a wild side; he's a maverick and an inventor. Levine makes amazing garments built upon his ability to challenge conventional ideas of tailoring. Classically trained, Levine is hands-on with his pieces during their production. Larger ideas of sexuality, industry, and government are conveyed through his clothes. Despite his youth, Levine has garnered some major attention, including stunning editorials, and designing for the likes of Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars.
Read our conversation with the designer below and check out the shop for selections of Asher Levine SS12 for Men and Women.
Read our conversation with the designer below and check out the shop for selections of Asher Levine SS12 for Men and Women.
Sarah: Your work is very rooted in the organic and also oriented towards the future. How do time and nature influence your style?
Asher: Time’s influence on physical variation fascinates me. Why does variation occur? I try to manifest the answer through clothing where the collections illustrate directed variation.
S: You have serious training as a tailor and really know how to deal with garments. Is the construction process a very meticulous one for you?
A: Process is the most important aspect to me, it’s where the true design of the garment or accessory really shows. It’s the process that inspires.
S: We love the looks you designed for Lady Gaga. Can you tell us about that?
A: I’m so glad that our paths crossed when they did. We’ve continued our relationship and are always thinking of ways to make crazy cool outfits for the future.
S: The pieces in your FW12 collection were really rugged and masculine, like a future militia of some kind. What were your inspirations for that work?
A: 1920’s Russian Military to the Atomic Age of the 30’s and the 40’s. Then inject it with the Z and Beta Chromosome.
S: Black and other dark tones have always been the default color for feeling cool. Why do you think that is?
A: Contrast. When dressing is how much contrast does what you are wearing have with your face/body? It doesn’t matter what race you are, just think of the contrast, it will make your best features stand out.
S: What would you never wear?
A: Anything that doesn’t represent me at that given time.
S: Do you have any personal style icons?
A: Dr. Lisa Airan.
S: If you could have dinner with anyone, living or dead, who would it be?
A: Australopithecus Sediba.
FASHION FRIENDS (SPECIAL EDITION): Genesis BREYER P-ORRIDGE
ART WORTH LOOKING AT: KEVIN AMATO 'F*CK THE GOLDEN YEARS'
OPENING THURSDAY, MARCH 8th
KEVIN AMATO: F*CK THE GOLDEN YEARS
RECEPTION 6PM - 10PM
11 STONE STREET, 6th FLOOR
Bronx-based photographer Kevin Amato is best known for his art meets fashion photography and frequent contributions to publications like Dazed & Confused, Interview, and Flaunt. Kevin describes his subject as "coming of age, style driven, swagger drenched, and often sensitive yet aware individuals." We definitely get the 'swagger drenched' vibe.
ART WORTH LOOKING AT: JENNY HOLZER 'ENDGAME'
OPENING TONIGHT
JENNY HOLZER: ENDGAME
RECEPTION 6PM - 8PM
20 E. 79TH STREET
Jenny Holzer returns to painting with a series that plays with the ideas of amnesia and censorship. Titles such as 'Top Secret' and 'Water Board' affirm her satirical and humorous approach to an absurdly secretive system.
Jenny Holzer returns to painting with a series that plays with the ideas of amnesia and censorship. Titles such as 'Top Secret' and 'Water Board' affirm her satirical and humorous approach to an absurdly secretive system.
ART WORTH LOOKING AT: I'm Mortality by BREYER P-ORRIDGE
BREYER P-ORRIDGE I'm Mortality
February 17 - March 25, 2012
RECEPTION: Friday, February 17, 6-8pm
INVISIBLE-EXPORTS presents I’m Mortality, a solo exhibition of works by BREYER P-ORRIDGE. Genesis BREYER P-ORRIDGE is an artist, performer, writer, musician, and pathfinder in all ways of the body. Her most recent work, being shown above, derives influences from experiences that move between release and rebirth. These circulatory cycles, which BREYER P-ORRIDGE experienced on a trip to Nepal, are characteristic of BREYER P-ORRIDGE's study of areas between the mental and tactile. The artist has also released, in collaboration with Alice Genese, a set of editions available for purchase. Genesis BREYER P-ORRIDGE has become iconic for her talisman-like jewelry and this project is certainly a chance to have a piece of the magic.
ART WORTH LOOKING AT: Marianne Vitale "WHAT I NEED TO DO IS LIGHTEN THE FUCK UP ABOUT A LOT OF SHIT"
Marianne Vitale: WHAT I NEED TO DO IS LIGHTEN THE FUCK UP ABOUT A LOT OF SHIT
548 West 22nd Street, 212-989-7700
Chelsea
January 19 - February 25, 2012
Opening: Thursday, January 19, 6 - 8 PM
“In 1845, slightly over 23% of the inhabitants of the Northeastern United States suffered from what was then commonly referred to as “Combustivism” which, according to the DSM-IV-R, is currently known as Schizoaffective Disorder. Symptoms included hallucinations, delusions and manic episodes. Men and women alike would forget who they were, what they did for a living, who their spouses and children were and, would more often than not, set out on violent rampages that led to arson, beatings, and property damage.
During the extraordinarily violent month of April 1846, 25 people were injured during a melee in Boston. In response, President James K. Polk gave a speech to Congress in which he voiced his concern for the turmoil sweeping the nation by stating “if this madness doesn’t stop, I will have to use the big stick of the law and beat back.” Murders and violent crimes were so rampant that martial law was instituted in the states of Massachusetts, New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia. There were unsubstantiated rumors that Combustivism was caused by dust in homes, by letters and the saliva used to seal envelopes (the theory held that when the saliva dried and the letter was opened it would emit a caustic human dust that was believed to also be the root cause of insomnia and fevered states of aggression). Other causes were said to be brought on by the ink used to print newspapers, by food grown in eastern soil and most peculiarly, ornithologists of the period claimed that cardinals had an extreme alkalinity in their droppings, which was claimed to “dry” the brains of humans who happened to inhale the dried remnants of cardinal feces" - Todd Colby, Brooklyn, New York 2011
THE MOTION OF GILDED MOMENTS by ABE SADA
" ABE SADA is a collaboration between two interdisciplinary artists, Brady Gunnell and Ʌ. THE MOTION OF GILDED MOMENTS is a collection of improvisational recordings made in January and February of 2011."
Click here to listen
ART WORTH LOOKING AT: WEAR YOUR LOVE LIKE HEAVEN
WHERE: West Park Presbyterian Church
WHEN: December 16th 6-9 pm
The Gallery at West Park Presbyterian Church presents Wear Your Love Like Heaven, its first one man show featuring the instillation pieces of Nick Etre. Drawing on the history of the church itself and expectations of what is beautiful, the work explores the authenticity of memory and the deceit of nostalgia. Stop by for the opening reception on December 16th or later on for gallery hours by appointment.
ART WORTH LOOKING AT: FINDING TIME
Opening on December 10th, Finding Time features the work of nine emerging New York-based artists. Using palpable objects and material gestures, the show explores how our awareness of time's passage might be remembered, marked, and recorded.
ART WORTH LOOKING AT: Opening Tonight
Heike Baranowsky, Alejandro Cesarco, Sarah Hromack, Angie Keefer, Christoph Keller, Adam Kleinman, Kitty Kraus, Jorge Méndez Blake, Carsten Nicolai, Project Projects
Exhibition: 12/02/11 - 12/22/11
Opening: 12/01/11, 6:00-8:00pm
Goethe-Institut Wyoming Building
5 East 3rd Street (at Bowery)
Opening hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 1:00-6:00pm
Free admission Tel.: +1 (212) 439-8706
"Complete darkness envelops three art works as well as a library. Shutting out light is the prime, physical condition for this exhibition. Light and reflections, in contrast, provide the basic ingredients for the works that explore notions of movement, scale, organization, or orientation. In parallel, a small twilight library functions as support for the display and distribution of a take-away publication that takes light as a symbolic cue to highlight associations between insight, ordering, conservation, and personal experience."
ART WORTH LOOKING AT: 3 PERFORMA11 EVENTS NOT TO BE MISSED
The legendary downtown performers first solo show of work using Bond's own personal possessions from his soon to be destroyed home plays stage to a one night (and one night only show), curated by Lia Gangitano. Above Portrait of the artist by Catherine Opie.
WU TSANG, Full Body Quotation: NEW MUSEUM, November 19th 7pm
Filmmaker and performer Wu Tsang brings together an ensemble cast to create an active installation for this year's Performa, the piece "channel(s) a chorus of voices sampled from the known (and unknown) canon of transgender cinema. Voices and bodies blend together into a hydra-headed, polyglotinous beast, staring back at onlookers across the boundaries of time and space with fifteen unblinking pairs of eyes—the apotheosis of a glamorous yet terrifying new mythical reality". A bold interpretation of his experience in drag culture coupled with the development of his artistic persona, FBQ is sure to be remarkable. Look out for Wu's upcoming film WILDNESS, a documentary about a defining time in LA club culture.
AMY GRANAT, SISSEL KARDEL, MILAN KNIZÁK, GEORGE MACIUNAS, JONAS MEKAS, LISA OPPENHEIM, JEFFREY PERKINS AND MICHAEL DAVID QUATTLEBAUM JR., The Ginger Island Project: Emily Harvey Foundation, November 12th 5pm
The Ginger Island Project,a group show based on the horrifically failed plans of fluxus artist George Maciunus, is a metaphor for fallen dreams. The work references the artist's attempt to create his own artistic community, and the destruction that resulted. "The Ginger Island Project include an exhibition at the Emily Harvey Foundation of work by a group of artists directly or indirectly relating to the Ginger Island trip including Amy Granat, Sissel Kardel, Milan Knizák, George Maciunas, Jonas Mekas, Lisa Oppenheim and Michael David Quattlebaum Jr., a film installation at the Storefront for Art and Architecture, and a sound project by Marina Rosenfeld at a pop-up venue in SoHo/Chinatown. In the project Ginger Island becomes a metaphor for utopias, dreams, aspirations and creativity".
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