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Go See // Across The Pond By Alistair Guy

marian — Wed, 02 May 2012 13:56:26 +0000

Photograph of Nicole Phelps, editor of Style.com by Alistair Guy. Copyright of Alistair Guy

What

Across The Pond as sponsored by Hunter.

When

3rd May to 31st May 2012. 10:00 -18:00 daily.

Where

Exposure Gallery, 22 – 23 Little Portland Street, W1W 8BU.

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Alistair Guy is known as much for his spreads in VOGUE, Dazed & Confused and ELLE etc as he is for his style (he is an ambassador for both Casio and Hunter), portraits of style influencers, presence at fashion week and personality.

For his new exhibition called ‘Across The Pond’ as sponsored by Hunter. Guy shoots style enablers both here in London and across the pond in New York. The set of portraits includes the likes of Nicole Phelps of Style.com as pictured above and David Bowies long-term wardrobe stylist Jimmy King. The exhibition opens with an invite only, private view evening on Wednesday 2nd May, 2012.

Further information here. and read Alistair’s blog here.

Go See // Jane McAdam Freud Family Matters

marian — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:43:20 +0000

Earthstone Triptych, 2011 by Jane McAdam Freud.

What

‘Family Matters’ by Jane McAdam Freud.

When

24th April 2012 till 25th May 2012.

Where

Gazelli Art House, 39 Dover Street, London, W1.

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Jane McAdam Freud the daughter of the late famed portrait painter Lucian Freud and great-granddaughter of the famous Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis headlines her first solo exhibition.

Entitled ‘Family Matters’, it is an exploration of family relations through a comprehensive selection of work as the artist continues to grapple with what her family name represents.

Her work which is underpinned with drawing tends to focus on sculpture (in his later years, Lucian Freud worked side by side with his daughter who taught him some sculpture techniques) that delves into theories founded by her great-grandfather and the subconscious.

‘Family Matters’ is a continuation of the theme of her ‘Lucian Freud, My Father’ at the Freud Museum. The artist has become notable for her choice of the materials and the connotations each bears for her. Her use clay is continual and mirrors (both seen in the ‘Earthstone Triptych, 2011′installation in above image) and for McAdam Freud the former connotes the cycle of life and death while the latter allows experiment with shadows and reflections. In the case of the above pictured installation, it allows the viewer to see the two sided central sculpture of her father. With one side showing his eyes open and the opposite side depicting in repose and significantly more aged.

Jane McAdam Freud’s ‘Family Matters’ is open from 24th April 2012 till 25th May 2012 at Gazelli Art House.

Further information here.

Go See // Yayoi Kusama At Tate Modern

marian — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 14:25:28 +0000

KUSAMA: Princess of Polka Dots documentary trailer. Video directed by Heather Lenz and produced by Heather Lenz and Karen Johnson via Kusamadocumentary.com

What

Yayoi Kusama

When

9 February – 5 June 2012

Where

Tate Modern. Bankside, SE1 9TG, London.

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Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama has become renowned over the last seven decades for work that crosses the genres of abstract expressionism, surrealism, Pop Art and minimalism. Awarded the prestigious Praemium Imperiale Laureate for lifetime achievement in painting in 2006, She has become synonymous with her use of spots, exploration of infinity, fear and perception.

Seeking to create and depict the hallucinations she has suffered (Kusama who is now in her nineties has voluntarily lived in a psychiatric hospital since 1977), her work spanning sculpture, painting, video art, live installation, drawing etc has examined obsessive compulsion through repeated motifs (spots, eyes, phalli, abstract organic like structures and forms).

In the sixties Kusama (who moved to New York at 27) was one of the few women associated with the Pop Art movement, exhibiting with the likes of Andy Warhol.

London’s Tate Modern is currently holding a retrospective exhibition. The large exhibition as supported by Louis Vuitton, spans nine decades of Kusama’s life starting right from her sketches as a child, her early work in Japan, her notable Self Obliteration project and art while in New York right through to her recent work.

Her output over her career and life is phenomenal in volume, It is varied in style and medium over the decades but always distinctly Kusama.

Information on the exhibition here. and see the Facebook page for the Kusama Documentary here.

Inspiration // Theophilus London Rebecca Minkoff Fall 2012

marian — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:38:36 +0000

Theophilus London lent a bit of his unflappable cool to the Rebecca Minkoff fall 2012. The American rapper resplendent in his trademark leather opened the show with a performance.

His unique selling point is that he cannot be pinned down, boxed up or labeled style wise.

There is perhaps nothing more refreshing than a creative being unreservedly themselves.

Be inspired.

Inspiration // All The Same By Vieux Farka Touré Featuring Dave Matthews

marian — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:26:59 +0000

All the same by Vieux Farka Touré featuring Dave Matthews via here.

Listed in the 100 greatest guitarists of all time by Rolling Stones, Vieux Farka Touré has been called the Jimi Hendrix of the Sahara.

Son of Grammy-winning Malian musician Ali Farka Touré performed with Alicia Keys, K’naan and Shakira at the official opening of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

The above video for his All the same song featuring Dave Matthews is from his third studio album, The Secret.

His international tour starts on February 2nd, more on that here.

Discover more about his work through this interview by Carinya Sharples for ARISE Magazine and his site.

Be inspired.

Damien Hirst Spot Paintings Gagosian Gallery

marian — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:43:09 +0000

Damien Hirst speaks on the work in his Complete Spot Paintings 1986-2011 (currently on exhibition at the Gagosian Gallery), his approach to color and conceptual art as filmed by Matt Black for NOWNESS.

Quote Of The Day // Fatima Robinson

marian — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:51:05 +0000

Fatima Robinson in conversation with purveyors of personal style, StyleLikeU.

More quotes here.

Go See // Exorcising the Fear: Relive 1952 Venice Biennale

marian — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:47:51 +0000

Geoffrey Clarke, Man, 1951, The Ingram Collection

Exorcising the Fear.

11th January – 3rd March 2012.

Pangolin London, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG.

The Gallery Pangolin presents Exorcising the Fear. The exhibition examines post second world war sculpture in Britain and the artists that were instrumental in its revival.

It includes work from the 1950′s and 1960′s by Lynn Chadwick, Eduardo Paolozzi, Kenneth Armitage, Reg Butler, Geoffrey Clarke, Robert Adams, Bernard Meadows and William Turnbull.

The title of the exhibition Exorcising the Fear, takes its name from the XXVI Venice Biennale of 1952 which saw the sculptors gain international acclaim.

More on the exhibition here.

Trixie Whitley A Thousand Thieves By Matthu Placek

marian — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:52:31 +0000

A Thousand Thieves on Nowness.com.

Every rare fashion moon, there comes along a video that does justice to the song it communicates. Prepare to be blown by the above music video by Matthu Placek for Trixie Whitley’s A Thousand Thieves.

With a voice like Whitley’s that strips away to the very bone of it all, the starkness of Placek’s treatment is essential. Her voice is as strong as the force of the gust created with the high powered fans.

More on the video on NOWNESS.

Object Of My Affection // Dead Man’s Patterns – Momento Mori By Hormazd Narielwalla

marian — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:42:49 +0000

Copyright: Hormazd Narielwalla. Photography: Ed Burton

I’m continually inspired by subjects that are given new life outside of their usual contexts.

This is why the work of artist Hormazd Narielwalla fascinates me.

Bespoke tailoring patterns discarded by the tailor become the building blocks in Narielwalla’s paper collages.

Most recently for the Saatchi Online, his collage takes 3D form for the first time, in the shape of a skull.

It is an amalgamation of varying bespoke patterns no longer in use (due to owners being deceased).

More on Narielwalla’s crafted paper skull here and here.

Join me in voting for it from the 3rd of January 2012 in the Saatchi Online showdown here.