Posts tagged arts

Conceptual artist/filmmaker Matthew Barney and his partner Björk photgraphed during artist Marina Abramović’s performance piece The Artist Is Present at MoMA

Conceptual artist/filmmaker Matthew Barney and his partner Björk photgraphed during artist Marina Abramović’s performance piece The Artist Is Present at MoMA

The ‘Outside-In‘ garden by Paris-based architects Meir Lobaton Corona and Ulli Heckmann forces viewers to realize how special greenspace is by limiting the visible access.  When viewers peek through, four mirror-lined walls create an infinite garden.  More pics here.

The ‘Outside-In‘ garden by Paris-based architects Meir Lobaton Corona and Ulli Heckmann forces viewers to realize how special greenspace is by limiting the visible access.  When viewers peek through, four mirror-lined walls create an infinite garden.  More pics here.

What is going on with the Warhol Foundation? A board authenticating pieces of art it had previously declared fakes, lawsuits, countersuits, and possible reasons for the Foundation’s decision to sell all of its Warhols. Article linked here.

What is going on with the Warhol Foundation? A board authenticating pieces of art it had previously declared fakes, lawsuits, countersuits, and possible reasons for the Foundation’s decision to sell all of its Warhols. Article linked here.

who knew that the medieval monks and scribes who painstakingly created books by hand often left complaints in margins?  ”Oh my hand” and other gems found here.

who knew that the medieval monks and scribes who painstakingly created books by hand often left complaints in margins?  ”Oh my hand” and other gems found here.

As Yinka Shonibare MBE installs his 2008 solo show at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, Australia, he discusses his experience as a black artist living and working in the United Kingdom. With few black artist role models from the previous generation to follow in the path of, Shonibare describes his motivation and strategy for getting his work into the art system. Known for using batik in costumed dioramas that explore race and colonialism, Yinka Shonibare MBE also employs painting, sculpture, photography, and film in work that disrupts and challenges our notions of cultural identity. Taking on the honorific MBE as part of his name in everyday use, Shonibare plays with the ambiguities and contradictions of his attitude toward the Establishment and its legacies of colonialism and class. In multimedia projects that reveal his passion for art history, literature, and philosophy, Shonibare provides a critical tour of Western civilization and its achievements and failures.

David Lyle is a Japan-born, New York-based painter, who uses a reductive process to create works from vintage found photographs from the ‘50s and ‘60s. The artist re-imagines the photographs combining contemporary cultural elements that often add humor and irony to the subject. This new piece references graffiti and is appropriately titled “The Dealer”

David Lyle is a Japan-born, New York-based painter, who uses a reductive process to create works from vintage found photographs from the ‘50s and ‘60s. The artist re-imagines the photographs combining contemporary cultural elements that often add humor and irony to the subject. This new piece references graffiti and is appropriately titled “The Dealer”

Sad that Maria Tallchief, a trailblazer who refused to drop her Osage name and went on to become one of the world’s most famous ballerinas passed away today.  At her prime, she was the highest paid dancer in the Ballet Russe and was also the muse of her then husband Georges Balanchine who created many roles for her.

Sad that Maria Tallchief, a trailblazer who refused to drop her Osage name and went on to become one of the world’s most famous ballerinas passed away today.  At her prime, she was the highest paid dancer in the Ballet Russe and was also the muse of her then husband Georges Balanchine who created many roles for her.

Hands is a street art installation white cast hands doing a variety of things in conspicuous places throughout the streets of Barcelona including: making a finger-gun by an ATM toward its user; prying into a payphone coin slot; or dangling a noose. Artists Octavi Serra and Mateu Targa, Daniel Llugany and Pau Garcia are behind the project, a manifestation against the current economic crisis in Spain that, along with Greece, are the most affected countries in the European Union with record-high levels of unemployment.

Hands is a street art installation white cast hands doing a variety of things in conspicuous places throughout the streets of Barcelona including: making a finger-gun by an ATM toward its user; prying into a payphone coin slot; or dangling a noose. Artists Octavi Serra and Mateu Targa, Daniel Llugany and Pau Garcia are behind the project, a manifestation against the current economic crisis in Spain that, along with Greece, are the most affected countries in the European Union with record-high levels of unemployment.

This year, for its production of “The Marriage of Figaro,” the L.A. Phil sourced talents from across the pond, tapping Azzedine Alaïa for costumes and Pritzker Prize-winning architect Jean Nouvel for the set.

This year, for its production of “The Marriage of Figaro,” the L.A. Phil sourced talents from across the pond, tapping Azzedine Alaïa for costumes and Pritzker Prize-winning architect Jean Nouvel for the set.

6 midcentury modern designers with the iconic pieces they created photographed in 1961 for Playboy.  L-R: George Nelson, Edward Wormley, Eero Saarinen, Harry Bertoia, Charles Eames and Jens Risom 

6 midcentury modern designers with the iconic pieces they created photographed in 1961 for Playboy.  L-R: George Nelson, Edward Wormley, Eero Saarinen, Harry Bertoia, Charles Eames and Jens Risom 

From rice to glitter, video and traditional paint, see the 48 finalists from the National Portrait Gallery’s annual competition looking at the best in contemporary American portraiture here.

From rice to glitter, video and traditional paint, see the 48 finalists from the National Portrait Gallery’s annual competition looking at the best in contemporary American portraiture here.

“The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, hypersensitive almost to the point of parody, have never seemed comfortable as rock stars. Which has only made them that much more compelling.” Extensive write-up in this week’s NYTimes Magazine here.

“The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, hypersensitive almost to the point of parody, have never seemed comfortable as rock stars. Which has only made them that much more compelling.” Extensive write-up in this week’s NYTimes Magazine here.

The new documentary Room 237, in limited release explores various 5 elaborate theories concerning hidden meanings and alternate narratives in The Shining, one of the most widely analyzed works of director Stanley Kubrick.  Linked here are 5 bizarre theories that didn’t make the new documentary.

The new documentary Room 237, in limited release explores various 5 elaborate theories concerning hidden meanings and alternate narratives in The Shining, one of the most widely analyzed works of director Stanley Kubrick.  Linked here are 5 bizarre theories that didn’t make the new documentary.

Jason Bentley spends a lot of time wearing headphones. He can be found late night in LA and around the world DJing everything from small exclusive events to massive dance parties. In his endless quest to keep up with new music and find vintage tracks for his radio shows and gigs, Bentley listens to music around the clock. One week we saw Bentley interview Beck at Sonos Studio, and then host Matt Costa for a live set at KCRW—all while he was preparing to leave for SXSW. Jason Bentley’s relationship with KCRW in Santa Monica began in the late 1980s when he worked as a phone volunteer. Now 25 years later Bentley finds himself in his fourth year as the music director of the groundbreaking public radio station. Every weekday, Morning Becomes Eclectic features Bentley playing his favorite music, interviewing musicians and hosting live sets. He has also brought back Metropolis a two-hour show of dance mixes and interviews from EMI’s documentary series Electrospective on Saturday nights.  An interview with Bentley here.

Jason Bentley spends a lot of time wearing headphones. He can be found late night in LA and around the world DJing everything from small exclusive events to massive dance parties. In his endless quest to keep up with new music and find vintage tracks for his radio shows and gigs, Bentley listens to music around the clock. One week we saw Bentley interview Beck at Sonos Studio, and then host Matt Costa for a live set at KCRW—all while he was preparing to leave for SXSW.

Jason Bentley’s relationship with KCRW in Santa Monica began in the late 1980s when he worked as a phone volunteer. Now 25 years later Bentley finds himself in his fourth year as the music director of the groundbreaking public radio station. Every weekday, Morning Becomes Eclectic features Bentley playing his favorite music, interviewing musicians and hosting live sets. He has also brought back Metropolis a two-hour show of dance mixes and interviews from EMI’s documentary series Electrospective on Saturday nights.  An interview with Bentley here.

Lyons Architects created a near $100 million jungle gym-like structure for the Lims La Trobe University Molecular Science Building in Australia.  More images here.

Lyons Architects created a near $100 million jungle gym-like structure for the Lims La Trobe University Molecular Science Building in Australia.  More images here.