On Saturday afternoon, I went to see Ruben Ochoa's "Collapsed" installation. As I thought, it was impressive. What I wasn't prepared for was the art equivalent of a M.Night Shyamalan-esque twist. Spoiler alert: Click here to find out!
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Phillip Toledano photographed people while they played video games.
I wanted to take portraits of people that would reveal a hidden part of their character. So I had them play video games.
Gold dipped sneakers (size 10) from Ju$t Another Rich Kid's "Indulgences" series. £3,565.00 here.
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Douglas Gordon
Just opened yesterday at Venetia Kapernekas Gallery, "Love Will Tear Us Apart" is an exhibition featuring the works of 18 different artists.
Hamish Morrow.
Jason Cawood.
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In light of the swine flu Mexicans, designers, and advertisers are doing some creative stuff with protective surgical masks. The Japanese, Michael Jackson, and Cobra Commander saw this coming years ago. Check it out.
Miami artist Jen Stark creates these mesmerizing intricate paper sculptures that uses the same sort of construction paper and colors that remind me of elementary school art classes. She's having a solo exhibition here in New York City starting on May 16. I may be a bit tipsy from an engagement party I am attending beforehand, but I'll be at this opening.
"Hidden Entity. "
"How to become a millionaire in 100 days." 1,000,000 pieces of hand cut paper.
Juan Camilo Rojas' "Consumption" critiques the advertising of harmful consumer products, such as cigarettes and soda, by appropriating the brands' product and typography. "Enjoy" is created from rusted nails and "Flavor" cigarettes.
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Created by Annemarieke Weber, the "Vindhek" or the "Find Fence" is a utilitarian piece of public art located throughout Amsterdam that serves a dual function as a communal lost-and-found. The artist writes:
My Findfence is meant to function as a communication device, simply, through lost and found personal belongings. A passer-by puts a dear kids toy in the Findfence, another finds back her key or his favourite cap that brings back so many wonderfull memories. Maybe loser and finder meet, recognize this friendly gesture and start a conversation, sitting on the bench that I designed around my Findfence to meet and chat, to exchange humane, warm attention or a beautifull smile.
If you haven't visited me recently over at Sundance Channel's blog SUNfiltered, here are some of the things I've discussed over there. Let me know what you think in the comments at SUNfiltered! See ya later alligator.
- Neat luxury bags.
- Kaws presents Damien Hirst Supreme skateboards.
- Graffiti on FIRE.
- Dress made from tax forms.
- How to create a (fake) sex affair.
- Wolf versus a pig stop motion video.
- How to make your own girl scout cookies. Just be sure to give me some.
- Very cool and moody short animated film about a voodoo.
- Interviewer asks people on streets questions from...the late '90s and early '00s. Ya know, things like Enron and the Rachel haircut.
- Create your own NPR host name.
- Insane freeze frame video of cops versus violent clowns.
- Susan Boyle, the latest reality show singing sensation once did a tune for a charity album.
- Writing the alphabet.
- Sonny Caberwal, the chic Sikh.
Last Saturday I went to a few art galleries in Chelsea.
Richard Woods' The Nature Show at Perry Rubenstein Gallery.
Duane Hason's hyperrealist sculptures on display at Van De Weghe. I pointed out this old man forlornly sitting inside the door to Pooja as we walked by and she freaked out. I don't know why she hates old people so much.
This deconstructed violin caught my eye at DJT.
Mini koons.
Aftermath of Obliteration of Eternity by Yayoi Kusama currently exhibiting at the Gogosian Gallery is a must-see.
...a mesmerizing "infinity room" that operates on a system of simple yet ingenious optical devices. In a dark void, a delicate, shimmering mirage unfolds around the viewer, a myriad of gleaming lights that reproduce and reflect endlessly upon each other in golden silence.
Pooja "slipping" on one of the pieces at the John Waters exhibit at Marianne Boesky Gallery.
He's baaaackkkk. The proprietor of Jones' Big Ass Truck Rental and Storage has entered the food market with Jones' Good Ass BBQ & Foot Massage joint, which he announced with yet another amazing commercial. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPkMUU9tUqk&fmt=18]
I've said it before but I'm going to say it again: THANK YOU INTERNET.
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Michael Kontopoulos created "a system of sculptures that is constantly on the brink of collapse." I just want to give them that extra nudge to push them over. Not sure what that says about me... [vimeo=http://vimeo.com/1609126]
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Anne de Vries perfectly captures what my vision is like after I've had a few too many dranks.
A photograph mounted into the interior of the Foam Museum, beholding a piece of dust that once appeared in the exact location of the photograph .
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Bling out your keyboard by replacing the "$4" key with a gold variation in this concept by Martí Guixé.
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