1. SKIN: a film by Ryan Hope

    January 31, 2012
    by Reba Maybury

    Ryan Hope reveals Garage magazines ambitious project which tattooed pieces of the most contemporary and prestigious artwork on to willing volunteers. With the likes of Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Raymond Pettibon images being tattooed by other tattooers  this project brought up many interesting questions about ownership and prices of the tattoos made.

    Other than bringing up these intriguing questions the film has been made in the most detailed and achingly stylistic way. The film also gives a voice to the tattooed and their own personal experiences rather than the hugely famous artists who created the images.

    Watch it here:


  2. damir doma & pedro barateiro, edited by aaron chan, selected by dazed and confused

    January 27, 2012
    by Reba Maybury

    Dazed Digital interview Aaron Chan and premier this exciting new collaboration. The film has been chosen for Channel 4′s Random Acts series too. Check out more now! Links underneath:

    http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/12519/1/random-acts-aaron-chan

    http://randomacts.channel4.com/#view/179

     

     


  3. Hofesh Shechter and Antony Gormley at the barbican

    January 6, 2012
    by Reba Maybury

    Choreographer and composer Hofesh Schechter and sculptor Antony Gormley have teamed up to create an exciting new performance called Survivor premiering at the Barbican in London later this month.

    For tickets and more information look here : http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=12883


  4. Miami c’est fini

    January 3, 2012
    by Maxime Buchi

    last images of Miami.




    NICOLAS PARTY


    Our dear, old friend Nicolas Party (incidentally, brother of Ian Party) is represented by The Modern Institute, in Glasgow. It is always so nice to see someone you grew up with and shared so many ideas with make it “this high” in the artistic food-chain. We are very proud of him. And obviously, big fans of his art!




    “Complementary Colors Face-to-Face”, by Richard Jackson





    VIVIANE SASSEN





    RYAN McGINLEY





    Ushio Shinohara
    Boxing Painting
    2010
    oil on canvas
    143 x 87 cm (56 x 34 inches)





    ZANELE MUHOLI





    Efithis Patsourakis
    Horizon #4
    2011
    Found oil paintings of amateur painters on canvas, 4 pieces
    307 x 71 cm
    Eleni Koroneou Gallery





    Wolfgang Tillmans





    Alexandra Bircken





    ANONYMOUS
    (photography my myself :P )




  5. CRACK BASEL MIAMI

    December 28, 2011
    by Maxime Buchi

    http://www.artbaselmiamibeach.com/

    … as re-named by Chad Muska after 4 days of total debauchery

    Kehinde Wiley
    Houdon Paul-Louis
    2011
    Bronze with polished stone base
    34 x 26 x 19 in (86,4 x 66,0 x 48,3 cm)
    Ed 1/3 (2AP)
    Roberts & Tilton

    Senga Nengudi
    R.S.V.P. Reverie-G
    1977/2011
    Nylon mesh, sand
    68 x 24 inches
    172,7 x 61 cm
    Tilton Gallery

    Jumana Manna
    Resting Flag
    2011
    rusted water pipe, pigmented silicon, leather, string, pink marble
    Dimensions variable

    Hans Bellmer

    Oscar Tuazon
    Alloy (For Steve Baer)
    2011
    20 hax nuts, assembled and welded into a sphere, steel
    diameter 7″, 13.7lb (diameter 18cm, 6,2kg)
    Ed 45/XX, signed and numbered certificate
    Parkett 89

    Sam Durant
    There’s Still A War Going On
    2007
    mirror and spray enamel, mounted on plywood, and digital print
    200 x 130 x 2,5 cm / 78 3/4 x 51 1/8 x 1 in
    unique
    Sadie Coles


  6. fashion credits credits for *le déjeuner sur l’herbe*

    see
    le déjeuner sur l’herbe
    le déjeuner sur l’herbe
    le déjeuner sur l’herbe



    Avena wrote (and made my day ⨀ ⨽__⨼ ⨀ )


    Omg, yes—I’m so sorry. I’m w/ my family—they r so insane and in my
    torture, I forgot. Here r credits, I wrote them for the grid of images after the interview:

    1.
    Hat, BLESS
    2.
    hat, BLESS
    Jacket, EMPORIO ARMANI
    Jean shorts, PERFECT 69
    3.
    Mesh jacket, VPL
    plastic jacket, ULINE
    white top, ISSEY MIYAKE
    jewelry, AMBERGRIS and BLACKHOUSE
    4.
    Plastic jacket, ULINE
    wool cape, THOM BROWNE
    sweatpants, (customised), CHAMPION
    5.
    dress, ANDRE WALKER
    6.
    (same as 4)
    7.
    Hat, RACHEL COMEY
    8.
    hat, MICH DULCE
    jacket, BERNARD WILHELM
    9.
    hat, RACHEL COMEY
    jacket, LOUISE GRAY
    10.
    jacket, GERLAN JEANS
    jeans, CARHART
    sneakers, YOHJI YAMAMOTO
    11.
    on him (same as #10)
    on her (same as #3, + pants also by ISSEY MIYAKE
    shoes, CESARE PACIOTTI

    Also, I musnt forget Nick’s sweet friend who did hair,
    AKIKO KAWASAKI
    thanks again, there is an image in one of Gerlan’s pics, #19, in which the person on the left is wearing an ADIDAS ORIGINALS jacket and ADIDAS shoes (in case that credit is helpful to ad)

    Peace love joy and prosperity in 2012!!!!!


  7. So basically, Miami

    This is the (almost) first post of a series on and about my visit to the Miami Art Basel fair. It took me a while to process all the images but even more time to process the experience to tell the truth. Do not expect a very coherent report, but more like a series of impressions. First of all I wish to thank the people I hung out with and who basically made this stay so f****n awesome. Among others and in no particular order: Dani Smith, Harif Guzman, Chad Muska, Angel, Lauren Devine, Mike Nouveau, Ashley, Nicole, Valissa, Adrienne, Mira, Adrien Sauvage, Jessica Silverman, Franklin, Fabiola Beracase, Hannah Warner, Jack Dononghue and obviously, the usual Liam Sparkes and Danny Fox.

    Now let me start with an overall impression and I’ll get more specific as I keep posting: I arrived on the Wednesday. Went directly to the Salem show at the Delano (Hosted by the Hole). Caught up with Fabiola (first and last time I saw her of the week!), watched the show, then went to see Harif and Dani at the Soho house. I slept in a derelict room of the Shelborn Hotel and still made it to the fair on the next day though. Liam and Danny had not arrived yet. I saw a lot of very beautiful things things and basically from there onwards, everything is a big misty chaos of memories.



    S♠LEM





    A R T B A S E L





    Olafur Eliasson
    Your plural view
    2011
    mirror, stainless steel, aluminium
    78 1/2 x 76 x 74 inches; 199.4 x 193 x 188 cm



    Tomas Saraceno
    As yet untitled (3+5 module makrolon cloud)
    2011
    acrylic, polyester rope, acylic hardware
    cloud of 3/ 43 1/4 x 37 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches; 110x 95 x 65 cm
    cloud of 5: 57 x 45 1/4 x 43 1/4 inches; 145 x 115 x 110 cm



    Kumie Tsuda
    Walking and memorizing (Echo Park)
    2011
    ceramic
    176 x 173 x h. 19 cm
    Tomio Koyama Gallery


    more posts on the same topics soon!