Monday, January 25, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Galeria Fortes Vilaça presents Ernesto Neto
December 15 2009 until February 12, 2010 // Galeria Fortes Vilaça // Sao Paulo, Brazil
Fortes Vilaça presents Mitodengo, by Ernesto Neto, at the Galpão. The show features a single sculpture of monumental proportions – five meters long and nearly five high – made up of eleven 1.5-meter-diameter pieces of steel weighing 400 kg each. This is the first time that Neto has used metal in the creation of a large-scale artwork.
The artist began working with solid materials in mid-2006. During a six-month artist residency at Atelier Calder, in Saché, France, Neto experimented with sculptural possibilities based on cuts made by laser in a range of hard materials.
Neto is a leading name in contemporary sculpture. In May of last year he created his largest and most ambitious work to date: measuring 21 x 37 x 58 meters, Anthropodino took up the entire space of Drill Hall at Park Avenue Armory, New York. In 2006, Neto showed the impressive work Leviathan Thot, which occupied the entire interior of the Pantheon in Paris. The artist has also participated in two Venice Biennales, and in 2008 he held a solo show at MACRO (Museu d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma). In 2010, his work will be featured in solo shows at Hayward Gallery, in London, and at MAM–SP (Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo).
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behind the scenes preview: setting up for the show tonight 'Aakash Nihalani + Mark Jenkins'
Aakash Nihalani 'On & Off (Often On)' & Mark Jenkins 'Meaning Is Overrated' // opening reception tonight Thursday January 21, 2010, 19h00 until 22h00 // Carmichael Gallery 1257 N. La Brea Avenue, West Hollywood, CA 90038
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Solo Debuts @ Bert Green Fine Art: Thomas Garner - Miguel Osuna - Michael Pearce
January 13, 2010 until February 27, 2010 // Bert Green Fine Art // Los Angeles, CA
Bert Green Fine Art is pleased to present three artists who are having their solo debuts at BGFA - Thomas Garner: Paintings of Paintings; Miguel Osuna: The Commute Series; Michael Pearce: Two Installations. The exhibitions run from January 13 to February 27, 2010 at the Los Angeles gallery. Thomas Garner's paintings are a conceptual take on looking at historical painting. Miguel Osuna's Commute Series are paintings of space in motion. Michael Pearce debuts two site-dependent works, one sculptural and one a series of paintings, which employ ancient ideas about God and Man, and demonstrate personal journeys of the spirit.
Thomas Garner's composition is based on a distorting photograph, taken while moving the camera, of Baroque artworks. The resulting, blurred or distorted images, are then painted on stitched linen, sometimes with exposed seams or raw canvas areas. The result is an exploration of the way we look at art, including the glare, material substance, and original subject mater, all presented as equal parts of a whole.
The type of space that many people spend much of their time (in the car) remains largely unexamined and considered interstitial and mundane. Miguel Osuna celebrates these places, and any viewer knows exactly where that space can be found, as we have all been there many times.
Both of Michael Pearce's works use ancient methods of construction: clay, wood, gold, carbon. Pearce's practice is grounded in the earth while soaring free of cultural restraint.
In the Project Windows, Jerico Woggon's The Four Seasons is a four-part installation which will change with each season. Made of custom shapes and fluorecent paint, The Four Seasons interprets seasons fluctuation in a Woggon's signature graphic style, using color and black light. All gallery events are free and open to the public.
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Aakash Nihalani: On & Off (Often On)
Aakash Nihalani: On & Off (Often On) // January 21 – February 18, 2010 // opening reception Thursday January 21, 2010
Carmichael Gallery presents On & Off (Often On), the first West Coast solo exhibition
of Aakash Nihalani. In addition to a characteristically arresting site-specific installation comprised of brightly colored tape, Nihalani introduces a new artistic direction by using metal and plastic to create sculptural objects.
The opening reception will be this Thursday January 21 with Nihalani in attendance. The exhibition will run until February 18, 2010.
Aakash Nihalani is fast becoming recognized as one of the most striking emerging installation
artists in the U.S. Celebrated for his ephemeral modifications of the urban landscape, the young Brooklyn-based tape specialist wields an abstract narrative of isometric shapes and flamboyant hues grounded in quiet irony and idiosyncratic precision. The fluidity of his simple, colorful style, which employs familiar shapes to produce unexpected visuals, initiates an inviting, living dialogue that traverses the chaos of city streets, the white walls of the gallery and the constancy of home.
Nihalani has built a global fan base by selectively placing his artwork on sidewalks and public spaces around New York. His squares, rectangles and cubes, which are constructed from strips of instantly identifiable fluorescent tape, give three-dimensional qualities and a new, often humorous, perspective to the windows, doorways, cement pavement, floor tiles, chain-link fences, bricks, building contours and subway spaces within which they are embedded. Nihalani completes all public art pieces on site with little to no advanced planning. His style readily adapts to the interior gallery space and into individual works of Nihalani has fashioned a visual language all his own. The neon in his work highlights details that might otherwise go unnoticed, while his minimalist patterns form self-contained pockets which encourage examination both within the isolated space and of the world at large. His work often engages the public
by creating three-dimensional environments that can be physically entered, transforming passersby or gallery visitors into participants and offering them a momentary escape from daily life.
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Mark Jenkins: 'Meaning is Overrated' opens this Thursday
Mark Jenkins 'Meaning Is Overrated' // January 21 2010 until – February 18, 2010 // opening reception: Thursday January 21, 2010 // Carmichael Gallery // West Hollywood, CA
Carmichael Gallery presents Meaning is Overrated, a solo exhibition of new hyperrealistic conceptual works and site-specific installation pieces by Mark Jenkins that reconsider the aesthetic and practical qualities of the human body. Works range from those in which the human is recast as a specialized object, such as Spokes, which features a tape cast sculpture of a girl fashioned to function as a bike, to those in which human posture is contorted to resemble that of another animal. Each piece is “an exploration of evolution within the realm of the absurd,” says Jenkins.
Opening reception will be held this Thursday, January 21 with Jenkins in attendance. The exhibition will run through until February 18, 2010.
Mark Jenkins is an internationally acclaimed American artist known for the mixed media sculptures and street installations he places throughout urban and environmental settings, sometimes with, but often without, permission. Playful and enigmatic, his work successfully transforms the ordinary into the unexpected.
Jenkins’ process involves dry-casting everything from fire hydrants and toy ducks to baby dolls and people, often himself or his assistants, with box sealing tape, the latter often dressed to appear scarily life-like. When placed outside or slipped indoors, announced or otherwise, these sculptures have the ability to both camouflage into their surroundings and elicit spectacular amounts of attention from viewers.
Jenkins’ works have been observed lounging atop billboards, slumped over on cafeteria tables, panhandling in the streets, emanating from street poles, drowning in bodies of water, clinging to statues, overturning street signs and more in locations such as Belgrade, Vienna, Washington D.C., London, Barcelona, New York, Moscow and Seoul. By situating his pieces within such peculiar contexts, the artist brings cities, landscapes and interiors to life in a unique and thought-provoking manner. Whether indoors or out, his work engages its viewers and provokes a complex examination of self and surroundings.
www.carmichaelgallery.com
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
mondomedeusah means "together as one" so join us and donate to the Red Cross to help earthquake victims of Haiti
mondomedeusah means "together as one" so join us to help the earthquake victims of Haiti by making a donation to the Red Cross.
- One Love, mondomedeusah creative
www.redcross.ca
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Basic Soul Radio w/ Simon Harrison
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Build An Ark - Sunflowers In My Garden // Kindred Spirits
Sun Circle - I Can See The Sun // Futuristica Music
Sun Circle - Reach For Daylight // Futuristica Music
Goapele - Milk and Honey (Aybee's Gorilla In Trunk Slap) // Deepblak
Reflection Eternal feat. Jay Electronica, J. Cole & Mos Def - Just Begun // CDR
Nneka feat. Jay Electronica - Walking (J. Period Remix) // Yo Mama
Jay Electronica - Exhibit // CDR
Cleast Intwood - New Spheres // CDR
Black Cow - O.P. Connection // Black Cow
Flevans - Hold On (Part-Time Heroes Remix) // Tru Thoughts
Uptown Funk Empire - I'm A Manchild // Soul Lab
Allen Hoist - Filthy Mc Nasty // Soul Lab
Grover Washington Jr. - Taurian Matador // Kudu
McCoy Tyner - Rotunda // Milestone
Donald Byrd - Wind Parade (Onur Engin Edit) // CDR
SK Radicals - Move On // Freestyle
Tim Scott feat. LP - Freefall // CDR
Sir Shina Peters - Yabis (Deep Space Orchestra's Low Down McDuff Edit) // CDR
DJ-Nature - Love Ride // Jazzy Sport
First Touch - Let Me Get Next To You // HighSteppin'
Shigeru Tanabu - Jazzin' (Solid State Soul Mix) // Apt. International
Osunlade - The Dating Game // Yoruba
Tortured Soul - In My Fantasy (DJ Spinna Galactic Soul Remix) // Dome
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Monday, January 11, 2010
Let Fury Have the Hour
Shepard recently did a collabo with Antonino D’Ambrosio and created artwork for his forthcoming documentary on The Clash that coincides with the Let Fury Have a Heartbeat exhibition that is now currently showing at Subliminal Projects. The print was released just last Thursday. It comes signed by both Shepard and author/director Antonino D’Ambrosio. Edition of 450, signed/numbered, $50. Limit 1 Per Person/Household.
Based on Antonino D’Ambrosio’s book, the documentary Let Fury Have the Hour considers a range of pressing concerns, using the Clash’s legacy as well as the creative-activism of artists, musicians, and citizens throughout the planet as a whole to address important issues like poverty, racism to environmental devastation and war. The documentary brings insight from people who believe in the power of the art culture to tackle these issues, and who promote a worldview that is inclusive, expansive, and dynamic.
www.myspace.com/theclash
www.letfuryhavethehour.com
Alex Angi: Solo Show at Galerie Magda Danysz (Paris)
January 9, 2010 until February 6, 2010 // Galerie Magda Danysz // Paris, France
The Magda Danysz gallery presents the work of Alex Angi; an artist already famous for numerous collective exhibitions with the Cracking Art Group in England, Germany, China and Korea. While many people think about the nature of art or about its imminent death, Alex Angi contemplates the probable death of nature. His works deals with our society, with current problems of our planet and with the genetic revolution. According to him, the world is in danger but art can have an impact on this evolution.
The colored dynamism in Alex Angi's work seems close to that of Pop-art. He uses recycled materials that he transforms into surprising art objects. In this way, he has become a "gold- digger". From public trash, Angi recovers plastic and industrial materials to create his art, with the help of a custom-built technique. The recycling and accumulation of materials offers a new artistic expression and confirms Alex Angi’s commitment to nature. He is determined to defend the planet, not only by the language but also with his art. Alex Angi's works act on behalf of the planet.
The exuberance of Alex Angi's works is plastic. It is an itch of accumulated forms producing a new aesthetic language. His works are multi-colored, abstract, three-dimensional installations. Some rise vertically, like totem poles, while others recreate an uncertain nature of plasticized flowers. Certain people speak about a "plastic jungle," yet others see the absurd outfit of industry. One thing is sure; Alex Angi succeeds in transforming raw materials into objects full of liveliness and powerful works of art.
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Galleria Uusitalo: "Carpe Diem" Paintings by Canal Cheong-Jagerroos
Nude IV // 2007 // Mixed Media // 50 x 50 X 3 cm
January 13, 2010 until February 7, 2010 // Galleria Uusitalo // Helsinki, Finland
Carpe Diem – paintings by Canal Cheong-Jagerroos opens next Wednesday January 13, 2010 with an opening reception 17h until 19h at Galleria Uusitalo in Helsinki. This show will run until February 7, 2010. "Often we are solemn and gloomy, preoccupied with our daily routine and responsibilities...do we really have such dreary lives?" Canal Cheong-Jagerroos has become known for her unique Chinese motif of blending primitive and modern elements by incorporate with rice-paper and various different mixed mediums together. Galleria Uusiatalo is pleased to present Canal painting exhibition, featuring about 40 new pieces of her recent works.
www.galleriauusitalo.fi
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The Revival: Roxanne Shante, Bahamadia, Eternia, DJ Shortee, Stacy Epps, Invincible
The Revival gives a candid glimpse into the first meeting of legendary Hip-Hop pioneer Roxanne Shante and veteran Philly emcee Bahamadia, as they trade stories of their struggles and triumphs in the industry over their long careers. It shows the exchange of lessons between them and up-and-coming artists DJ Shortee, Eternia, Stacy Epps, and Invincible. This short was filmed by Invincible while on the road in Europe as part of We-B Girlz all women independent Hip-Hop tour. The largest all female Hip-Hop tour of its kind that spanned over three weeks, six countries, and featured dozens of female artists who performed for tens of thousands of supporters.
Funky Bompa: Radio Transmundial
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"Imagine yourself sipping a fresh cuba libre, hanging out in the local colmado and switching channels between New York, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, Republica Dominicana, Venezuela… You’re listening to Radio Transmundial, a trip through latin music from the 60’s and 70’s."
- on-point.be
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