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Colecssion

Collecssion is about collecting and obsession.

In her exhibition at ra, Sayaka Yamamoto will present her three latest, never-before-seen brooch collections featuring her interpretations of nature and the world of plant collectors. Though inspired by nature, none of the works contains actual plant parts. Each collection offers a different point of view and explores various approaches in form and material.

Expo: August 27th – September 21st, 2010

Vernissage on Friday, August 27th, 2010 at 18:00 hrs.

ra
Kloosterstraat 13
2000 Antwerp
Belgium

www.ra13.be

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The Wild One

Sisley, the Italian fashion brand of the Benetton Group, announces an exhibition and auction of motorcycle jackets specially customized by leading fine artists, benefiting the Andy Warhol Museum. The project is curated by Glenn O’Brien and to be launched at Milan Fashion Week.

Jane Dickson 

Tom Sachs

Nate Lowman 

www.sisley.com 

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Defeated Architecture

www.hedislimane.com

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Made: A+B=X

"We are the room you can use. We are your laboratory. We are your studio, your living room and rendezvous point and offer the space to grow, work and exchange." 

Made is a place of creative and interpersonal exchange, spontaneity, creation, friction and controversy.
Made is a studio, workshop and gallery. An active location where creative ideas get the space to be developed and materialized. Made is the creative lab for experiments, the test tube for various essences and a melting pot for ideas, interested in the fusion of energies and the implementation of visions.

The core thought of this idea is the collaboration of at least two different creative forces for one shaped result, object or which ever form. Two, who accomplish synergies, attain a vision. This may be a personal or public, religious or political one; a linear process, a circulation or an interpretation.Strong in effect and concise in statement. Made provides space and support for these collaborations between creators from various genres according to the formula     'A +B =X' to provoke the unexpected and to challenge individuals through cooperation.  

The artist tadiROCK is the originator, creator and at the same time engine of MADE. Together with her team Nico Zeh, Philip Gaedicke and Luise Biesalski she brings together different people for one concept, accompanies, inspires and composes the interplay of creators from various genres. Made is a room of 450 square meters designed by Alexis Dornier and is located in the “Haus des Reisens“ at Alexanderplatz, Berlin. 

www.made-blog.com
www.alexisdornier.com

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ITS#NINE
The Finalists

After last July’s magical edition, ITS, International Talent Support, was supposed to translate into a different, smaller event and definitively say goodbye to Trieste, the city that hosted it for eight years, but thanks to the support of Diesel and Renzo Rosso’s personal involvement, the city will keep supporting the contest that raises the curtain of its ninth edition once again in Trieste next July. 

The ITS#NINE edition is going to play around the creative theme of A Confederation of Fantastic Voyagers: a bunch of valorous pioneers whose mission is to go where no man has gone before. ‘The fashion journey’ will start on Friday, July 16th and will continue till Saturday, July 17th with an event that will reach its top with the awards ceremony for the winners of the three competitions: ITS#FASHION, ITS#ACCESSORIES and ITS#PHOTO. 

Michael Kampe

Among other well-known personalities of the fashion scene, Bruno Collin, the recently appointed artistic director of Diesel, and designer duo Viktor & Rolf will be part of the fashion jury. The DIESEL FASHION AWARD will grant a cash prize of € 25,000 and a 6-month internship within the Diesel Creative Team at its Headquarters in Italy to discover all the secrets of working in an innovative and international fashion company, enjoying the opportunity of creating with a cosmopolitan group of over 40 designers.

Yong Kyun Shin

Sarah Williams

ITS#NINE Fashion Finalists

Michael Kampe - German
Hogeschool Antwerpen, Belgium

Niels Peeraer - Belgian
Hogeschool Antwerpen, Belgium

Nir Goeta - Israeli
Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Israel

Juho Song - South Korean
Polimoda - International Institute for Fashion Design and Marketing, Italy

Takashi Nishiyama - Japanese
Coconogacco, Japan

Yong Kyun Shin - South Korean
Central St. Martins College of Art and Design, United Kingdom

Martina Spetlova - Czech
Central St. Martins College of Art and Design, United Kingdom

Astrid Andersen - Danish
Royal College of Art, United Kingdom

Sara Bro-Jorgensen - Danish
Royal College of Art, United Kingdom

Courtney McWilliams - British
Royal College of Art, United Kingdom

Hanna ter Meulen - Dutch
Royal College of Art, United Kingdom

Sideral(es) - Italian
Fashion Designer

Si Kim

ITS#NINE Accessories Finalists

Heyoung Yun - South Korean
Polimoda - International Institute for Fashion Design and Marketing, Italy

Tomoko Tokuda - Japanese
Designer

Kirsty Ward - British
Central St. Martins College of Art and Design, United Kingdom

Rob Goodwin - British
London College of Fashion, United Kingdom

Si Kim - South Korean
London College of Fashion, United Kingdom

Yu Wen Lu - Taiwanese
London College of Fashion, United Kingdom

Keeley Smith - British
London College of Fashion, United Kingdom

Sarah Wiliams - British
London College of Fashion, United Kingdom

Zara Gorman - British
Royal College of Art, United Kingdom

Emma Yeo - British
Designer

Kirsty Ward

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In Utero

London-based hair stylist Tomihiro Kono recently unveiled his installation, In Utero, at boutique/gallery space Machine-A. He specially made fetish black headgear, masks and bodies - using materials such as leather, nails and spikes. Machine-A will stock a selection of Kono's headpieces as well.

In Utero, installation by Tomihiro Kono
until April 17th, 2010

Machine-A
60 Berwick Street
London W1F 8SU
United Kingdom
www.machine-a.com 

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Vanitas

Vanitas represents the playful provocative spirit with which Versace has approached and interpreted the classic world. Through the years, this piece has become the symbol of a unique style that has always added new inspiring themes to the melting pot of unmistakable signs that characterize it. The first Vanitas was purchased from an “antique” dealer and the decision was immediately taken to re-upholster it with a Versace printed panel, whose colours were extremely vibrant and unusual compared with the typical classic ones. Vanitas is a true icon of design, featured by such important artists as Bruce Weber and Thierry Perez.

The 'new' Vanitas looks back to the classic Versace style in a new contemporary way that emphasizes its strong and defined character. Essential lines give the new Vanitas a sharp-cut shape while giving relevance to its multifunctional and decorative use. An array of different and precious baroque prints, heritage of the Maison’s DNA, are used to upholster the new Vanitas with an infinity of colourful patterns. The hand-carved decorations, such as the small cone on the arm, exalt the craftsmanship and uniqueness that is true to the Versace Home collection. 

The new Vanitas Armchair will be presented in Milan during this year's Salone del Mobile from the 14th to the 19th of April, 2010.

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Schilte & Portielje

Amsterdam's Kahmann Gallery proudly presents the work of artist duo Schilte & Portielje. A surrealist world, located in the area of tension between photography, drawing and painting, inhabited by graceful, dreamlike and audacious creatures.  

The figures who play the lead role in the duo's photographic works are characterised by the mystery that surrounds them; a sort of intangibility, impenetrability. Elegance, power and intransigence seem to struggle with each others dominance. Alongside several older works, Kahmann Gallery will present a new series on which Schilte & Portielje have worked intensively for the last two years. This series shows even more clearly the influence of political and social developments. Schilte & Portielje want to make a stand for tolerance and pluriformity with their work - particularly in the current climate when everything is supposed to be manageable and orderly. Therefore their figures often habe an impertinent, brazen overtone with which they resist the curtailment of personal freedoms and preferences.

Kahmann Gallery
Lindengracht 35
Amsterdam
The Netherlands

www.kahmanngallery.com
www.schilteportielje.com

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Zoo Magazine
No 25, 2009/2010

Cover image: Róisín Murphy by Dancian

The Winter issue of Zoo Magazine is out now! Including: Walter Van Beirendonck vs Henrik Vibskov / Róisín Murphy / Hedi Slimane / Sting / Nora von Waldstätten / Miron Zownir and more...

For an exclusive preview, click here.

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Haphazard Clothing

Design duo Starstyling impresses at Beck's Gold Urban Experiences in Munich

If the artists of Beck's Gold Urban Experiences workspace in Munich were rated from various aspects such as their creativity, within relation to the subject of “urban customization” and their interaction with the audience, the Berlin based design duo Starstyling would probably be ahead at any point. Kai Seifried, one half of the label, not simply designed haphazard clothing, he and his assistant produced a beautiful coloured rag rug.

After all, the Becks Gold Urban Experiences are about urban lifestyle and customization. And just like the patchwork of Starstyling, a big city is also a composition of nothing but individuals. In terms of creativity, the designers therefore scored 100 points. Even the visitors were able to benefit from the artists’ output. Matching the theme, they had the possibility to get their personal clothes customized in order to leave the venue with an individual and all unique design-piece. But the most impressive matter about Starstyling was Kai himself. His one-man show not only sweetened the customizing process on ground, but also entertained the audience and participants alike and ensured a tasty, memorable day in Munich.

www.urban.becks.de

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Prada Book

Prada: creativity, modernity, innovation.

A new book documenting the brand's diverse projects in fashion, communication, architecture, film and art.

Prada unveils a new book documenting the company's experimental, often ground-breaking work in fashion, architecture, film and art over the last three decades.

Conceived of and edited by Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli in collaboration with long-time creative contributors Michael Rock and Sung Joong Kim of 2x4, New York City, the 708-page book traces this unique story from inside out.

The book will be available to the public at Prada stores worldwide as well as on prada.com and selected bookshops, starting in November of this year. 

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Belgium - Delight

A unique photography exhibition about Belgian icons, their tastes and pleasures in food

Book cover "Portrait with shrimp- croquet" by Isabel Miquel Arques

"Photographer Stephan Vanfleteren turns his back to the viewer. In his open hands lies the best of all things that can be fried. Actress Hilde van Mieghem is naked and kisses a strawberry. Couturier Dries van Noten crosses his arms above biblical bread.” (Thomas Blondeau)

Dries van Noten

“Portret met garnaalkroket” is a unique book of photographs by the Spanish photographer Isabel Miguel Arques. With more than 40 portraits and associated still life’s Isabel illustrates her life through Belgium’s cultural scene. The number of artists and especially the high quality of their work immediately impressed her. The importance of food is also something that she finds striking. Both aspects form a leitmotiv in this very atypical, eclectic and extraordinary book concerning Belgium, Belgium artists, their tastes and pleasures.

Elvis Pompilio

Jean van Cleemput

Isabel Miquel Arques  “Belgium - Delight”
November 14 - December 19, 2009 
Soledad  Senlle Gallery                     
Sloterkade 171, Amsterdam, Holland

www.isabelmiquelarques.com
www.soledad.nl

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Mini Karl

K Karl Lagerfeld announces the upcoming collaboration with the Japanese inspired brand tokidoki on an exclusive limited edition miniature Karl Lagerfeld character. Karl Lagerfeld, who is known to always have his fingers on the pulse of modern pop culture and likes Japanese inspired art, says: “I am very flattered that I became a tokidoki. I always loved them and I am very happy to be one of them!”

K Karl Lagerfeld, the designer’s namesake denim based collection, launched in Fall 2007, combines premium denims with sleek and sophisticated silhouettes across a full men’s and women’s collection that offers key classics and must have inspirational pieces. Tokidoki, which means “sometimes” in Japanese, was born in 2005 from the imagination of Italian artist Simone Legno. The brand produces vinyl toys, apparel, footwear and accessories including purses and jewelry, all part of the Japanese inspired world of Simone.

A limited edition of 1000 pieces will be available to purchase worldwide through selected K Karl Lagerfeld retailers as well as in the tokidoki flagship stores in New York, Milan and Los Angeles. Each figure will include an individually numbered certificate of authenticity. Mini Karl will launch exclusively at Colette in October, and will hit stores world-wide pre Christmas.

www.karllagerfeld.com
www.tokidoki.it

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Ironic Imagery

Photograher Peter Langer releases his new book: On Line

Berlin photographer Peter Langer has captured the everyday into personal, ironic imagery with documentary-style accuracy over the last decade. Inspired by the phenomenon of time, he demonstrates how fleeting moments can become lasting impressions when recorded through the eye of the lens. On Line presents a comprehensive visual diary with 366 pictures documenting the year 2008. Winner of the Lead Awards 2009 for Architecture and Still Life Photography, Langer’s work is regularly published in German Zeit magazine and included in renowned publications on fashion and architecture.

www.peterlanger.de

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The Fringe Projects
1-10

New York City release of The Fringe Book.

The Fringe Projects 1-10

Vibskov & Emenius book release

Friday 17 September
6pm-9pm

LaViolaBank Gallery
179 East Broadway
New York, NY 10002
U.S.A.

New pancakes and old techno will be served

www.vibskovemenius.com
www.henrikvibskov.com
www.andreasemenius.com

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Bawdy, Audacious and Facetious

"I Like The Tee Shirt But I Will Get The Painting"

32-year-old Dutch illustrator and designer Parra has decorated the Amsterdam underground with his playful, bizarre graphics that span a broad range of themes, from introspective to audacious, facetious to bawdy. His work is instantly recognizable - a palette of bright, highly saturated primaries and pastels; vibrant hand-drawn text decorating, narrarating and commenting on a fantastical world of
bird-headed men and women, sensual and voluptuous.

"I Like The Tee Shirt But I Will Get The Painting"
August 28th 2009 - October 10th 2009
Pool Gallery
Tucholskystr.38
10117 Berlin, Germany

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100 Girls
On Polaroid

During this year's Berlin Fashion Week, Alexander Gnädinger presented "100 Girls on Polaroid", a series of portraits he took over the course of 15 trips – with just a Polaroid camera as equipment.

With the support of adidas, the project also turned into a book that was launched at the opening of the exhibition at No74 in Berlin. The project's title is a tribute to Tina Berning's book "100 girls on cheap paper" and the friendship between Alexander Gnädinger and the illustrator.

The polaroids show something that is hard to find in times of digital photography: unaltered reality. To Alexander Gnädinger, the extreme use of programms like photoshop has an enormous influence on how we perceive beauty, and ultimately on our self-perception. It inspired him to look for authentic beauty around the world and capture it on film. The unmanipulated result focuses on the models' personality and charisma alone – seemingly embracing imperfection but all the while honoring originality. The photographer captured the 100 girls how they naturally see themselves and how they want to be seen – what you see is what you get. His work might therefore bring an answer to our ever growing wish for individuality.

www.no74-berlin.com
www.100girlsonpolaroid.com
www.alexander-gnaedinger.com

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Hannes Schmid:
Rockstars

Galerie Nicola von Senger presents a solo-exhibition at the OPEN SPACE of ART COLOGNE 2009 consisting of an exciting body of work by photographic artist Hannes Schmid that has never been shown before.  

Rock and Roll entered a new golden age in the late seventies, with punk, new wave and the first video-clips appearing. Hannes Schmid’s images of immortal rock stars such as Roxy Music, Van Halen, Motörhead, KISS, The Who, The Police, Frank Zappa, AC/DC and many more became the icons for generations of fans and decisively influenced and even defined the look of Rock and Roll for the period. Hannes Schmid accompanied the bands and the individual stars very closely with the camera; not quite as a modern-day paparazzo, but as an amicably connected ‘member’ of the bands. Giving intimate insights into the familial sphere, on tour and on shared holidays, and with the focus on individual portraits of the protagonists, Hannes Schmid traced the path of the musicians to the point of their iconisation as ROCKSTARS.

A selection from this unique archive will be published by Edition Patrick Frey in August 2009 under the title Hannes Schmid Rockstars (Hardback, ca. 210 pages, 200 fullpage colour prints, 230 x 307 mm, ISBN 3-905509-84-7).

www.nicolavonsenger.com 

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Whispering Waters

The Groninger Museum will present new work by the artist Daniëlle Kwaaitaal (Bussum, 1964) in the ‘Green Room’ from March 14th to May 31st, 2009. Whispering Waters (2009) consists of a series of underwater photographs made by Kwaaitaal in conjunction with fashion designer Mada van Gaans.

In Danielle Kwaaitaal’s work the significance of being a woman plays a major role. She is fascinated by ‘the ideal of beauty’ in a human as well as an artistic sense. In her new work she seeks to join in with the world of fashion with a view to bringing ‘beauty’ into the limelight as a social issue.

Daniëlle Kwaaitaal has asked fashion designer Mada van Gaans to design a number of ‘underwater dresses’ especially for this exhibition.

www.daniellekwaaitaal.nl
www.groningermuseum.nl
 

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The Fringe Projects

The Danish fashion designer Henrik Vibskov and the Swedish graphic designer Andreas Emenius have worked together for several years on a ten-part project entitled Fringe Projects incorporating performance, magazines, video works and fashion designs. The title refers to the fact that the projects are carried out in the margins of both designer’ disciplines and are executed in a variety of (mixed) media. The title should also be taken literally: hair fringes are central to each of the projects. Nine of the projects have already been completed and have been exhibited in Milan, Zurich and Copenhagen. The tenth project will be realised in the Zeeuws Museum and will be Vibskov and Emenius’ first project in the Netherlands.

The Fringe Projects
28 February – 7 June 2009

Zeeuws Museum
Abdij (plein)
4331 BK, Middelburg
The Netherlands
www.zeeuwsmuseum.nl
www.henrikvibskov.com

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COVER: photographs by Stig and Sassen

To coincide with World Aids Day (1 December) the ArtAids Foundation – an initiative of Han Nefkens – presents five new series of photographs by Viviane Sassen and Martine Stig. The photographs, which present a kaleidoscopic image of the lives of five young women in Moscow, are based upon the ‘condom dresses’ by the Brazilian designer Adriana Bertini.

Cover will be exhibited from 29 November 2008 until 1 February 2009 at the Centraal Museum in Utrecht and from 19 March until 5 May 2009 at the Academic Medical Centre (University of Amsterdam). ArtAids is donating the proceeds of the sales to an Aids project in Thailand.

www.artaids.com

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Something To Declare

Galerie Orel Art shows Something To Declare by English artist Rupert Shrive. The exhibition explores the visible and invisible evolution of the creative process, taking us on a journey through the strata between an idea's inception and its eventual manifestation. With fractured primordial cosmic eggs hatching fragmented portrait heads, Shrive establishes poignant dialogues not just between the natural and the artificial, order and chaos, but also between accepted tenets of contemporary beauty and their cultural interpretation.

His recent works, based primarily on his technique of creation and destruction, now explore the third part of the cycle: the renaissance. If the theme of the resurrection is at the core of his work, the new pieces, like the chrysalises represented, discover their independence and, with it, a new identity.

7th of November – 20th of December 2008
Galerie Orel Art
40, rue Quincampoix
75004 Paris

www.orelart.com 

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Christophe Chemin: Dasein

“In 2005, I started to draw the blind. I call them ‘blind’ even if they aren’t, really. They have empty gazes. As a child, ancient Egyptian statues, with their blank expressions, fascinated me as the painting used to depict their eyes had disappeared over time.”

Multidisciplinary artist Christophe Chemin lives and works in Berlin. For his first solo exhibition in Paris, entitled “Dasein,” Chemin is presenting a new series of large drawings in colored pencils, strongly influenced by the work of Pierre Klossowski. These outsized drawings, measuring 150 by 250 cm, extremely large for this media, represent ethereal figures in pale tones. Dogs, as well as children and men with empty, white expressions populate his obsessions.

Exhibition from October 10th – November 8th 2008
Galerie Jeanroch Dard
13 rue des Arquebusiers
75003 Paris

www.jeanrochdard.com

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Fashion in the Mirror

The international photographers in this exhibition undress the theatre of fashion and question the creation of perfect beauty. Fashion in the Mirror is an overview of their self-examination and a rare look behind-the-scenes of fashion photography from the 1950s to the present day.

Finding both comedy and poetry in the set-up of the studio, the exhibiting photographers turn their cameras on the processes and paraphernalia of the fashion shoot. Photographers become mirrored in their own work and, as viewpoints are inverted and gazes misdirected, cameras stare back out at us expectantly.

Revealing the fashion industry’s secrets and undermining its glamorous illusions, the photographers in this exhibition create work that exposes this world from within.

The exhibition will feature work by leading international photographers such as Mario Testino, Richard Avedon, Nick Knight, Juergen Teller, Steven Klein, Steven Meisel, Helmut Newton and Irving Penn.

Fashion in the Mirror
Self-Reflection in Fashion Photography
until 14 September 08

The Photographers' Gallery
8 Great Newport Street
London

www.photonet.org.uk

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The Traveller Shanghai

Hans-Peter Feldmann's collaboration with Louis Vuitton continues. This time Shanghai was the place and inspiration for his art-installation.

His next destinations are Mumbai and Düsseldorf.

www.louisvuitton.com 

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Botulism

Lazarides galleries announce 'Botulism', the first solo exhibition of Brooklyn’s infamous collagist Bäst at the Rathbone Gallery.  

Botulism at Rathbone Gallery, 20th August 2010 - 30th September 2010

www.bastny.com

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Schauraum4

Eva Baales @ <Schauraum4>
July 15th - 18th, 2010

FH Dortmund
Fachbereich Design
Max-Ophüls-Platz 2
44139 Dortmund
Germany

www.schau-raum.net

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Ex Spring Ex Po

Ronald van der Hilst
landscape architect and designer
&
Michael James O'Brien
photographer

Opening Friday, June 4th, 2010
from 18:00 - 21:00 hrs

Exhibition Saturday & Sunday, June 5th/6th & 12th/13th, 2010
from 13:00 - 19:00 hrs or by appointment

Ten Tonery Ronald van der Hilst
Mechelseplein 21-23
2000 Antwerp
Belgium

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Coachella Girl

www.hedislimane.com

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Space for Fantasy

From March 25th to May 22nd, 2010, the Space for Fantasy exhibition brings together common energies and attitudes between visual arts, fashion and design through the worlds of five contemporary creatives: fashion designers Henrik Vibskov and Manish Arora, industrial designer Vincent Olinet as well as artists Jerzy Seymor and Thomas Lélu. Created by the artisitc director Audrey Mascina, Space for Fantasy invites the visitor to discover the artist’s works to whom imagination is a part of reality.

La Galerie des Galeries
1er étage Galeries Lafayette
29 bis rue de la Chaussée d’Antin (entrée du vernissage)
40 bd Haussmann
Paris
Tel: +33 (0) 142 82 81 98

www.galerieslafayette.com

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The Panda People and Other Works

Henrik Vibskov proudly presents his second venture into the publishing world, with the release of The Panda People and Other Works. Carefully crafted, using Japanese Binding techniques, this 52-page, limited edition offers a glimpse into the graphic universe of Vibskov‘s Panda People, sharing inspiration with, and offering insight into Vibskov‘s other media, including his graphic works.

The Panda People and Other Works
published by Jap Sam Books Holland

Graphic design by Henrik Vibskov and Alastair Wiper
50 Pages
21 x 29,7 cm
Edition of 750
Hardcover
€ 27

Buy it online @ www.the-v-store.com

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A3 Animals

German architect Michael Schoner, who is based in Amsterdam, recently announced his new fashion and design project A3 Animals. The A3 Animals are DIY paper masks, which, for little money, you can download as pdf file, print out and duplicate on your office machine as often as you want. 

Once printed out, all you need to do is fold them and fix them with ordinary office materials such as staples and rubber bands. The print is a rasterized Xerox style pattern, which plays with geometry in its folded and unfolded state. Worn, the masks become an extension to the body or a sculpture on your head. They have no holes for the eyes to see through.  

Schoner wants to set focus on the geometric shape you wear on your head, or as he says 'caught in the inside space of the animal and vulnerable to the outside, a paper-shaman connecting to that animal, eventually the masks stay behind.' After a short lifespan these "authentic native office artifacts" decay in the trash can.

all pictures by Anika Schwarzlose and Jonas Lund at Schwarzlund
www.schwarzlund.com

www.michaelschoner.de

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RIVOLTA

Now showing at Francesco Pantaleone Arte Contemporanea, Palermo:
Adalberto Abbate
RIVOLTA
February 12th until March 31st, 2010

Francesco Pantaleone
Arte Contemporanea
Via Garraffello 25
90133 Palermo
Italy
www.fpac.it

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Michael Stipe pour
Maison Martin Margiela

© Julien Oppenheim

Michael Stipe has used various means of expression of his creativity in sculpture. A major part of his work is a reflection on the obsolete technology of modern times: how fast it evolves, devices that once were pioneering and innovative quickly becoming outmoded and archaic. The microcassette that he has created for Maison Martin Margiela is in the continuity of this work, and marks his first foray in working with sterling silver.

© Thomas Dozol

"We are extremely proud and honored that our work and world have inspired such a great artist as Michael. We are very excited about this collaboration and are confident that it is to become an exceptional one-of-a-kind piece of Art." (Maison Martin Margiela, November 2009)

“The pure joy of creating in conjunction with Maison Martin Margiela was a great experience for me. They are the epitome of style and embody the spirit of the 21st century like few others.”
(Michael Stipe, November 2009)

Michael Stipe © Thomas Dozol

The microcassette can not be defined as either a piece of jewelry or an art object. It’s both and neither at the same time. It can be worn or displayed in any way the wearer & owner desires. The 925 sterling silver microcassette is presented in a handmade notebook, with die-cut pages to hold it. A black ribbon is attached to the cassette resembling the tape and also serves as a page marker. The notebook comes in a paper envelope closed by a leather string that can also be used to wear the microcassette.Each copy of the notebook is numbered and signed by Michael. There are 199 pieces to the edition. No further edition will be done, making this object a very unique and precious item for collectors, fans and whoever will be inspired by it.

© Julien Oppenheim

Michael Stipe has worked in various mediums throughout his life, music being the most prominent; as the singer of R.E.M. Stipe also has two film production companies, and has produced or executive produced over 20 feature films, including the Oscar nominated Being John Malkovich. An avid photographer, Stipe's photographs have been printed in dozens of international magazines and art journals. From 2005 to present Michael has focused on creating sculpture. This sterling silver microcassette marks his first official collaboration with Maison Martin Margiela.

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Making Future Histories

Having started out in 2007 as a one-off contest lasting two years, the tearaway success of Lee’s photo story formula created the desire to launch a Second Edition, which kicked off this spring. Make History Second Edition promises to be more than just an encore. It will again feature real stories in people’s own images and words and will bring Lee’s users together as a worldwide community. Thanks to the enthusiasm, the quality and quantity of the works submitted over the past two years, it will be made into a yearly event.

From now on, Make History will thus have a €25,000 prize on offer for the winning picture story, each year, to be handed out in May 2010 for the second edition.

The website makehistory.eu has been made over to render it more interactive than before: new features, a new graphic interface and crossover functions with social networks, all designed to support the vital sense of community born out of the First Edition.

Make History Exhibition
until December 3rd, 2009 

Hotel Arena
's-Gravesandestraat 51
1092 AA Amsterdam
The Netherlands
www.hotelarena.nl

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Something Old, Something Blue, Something Borrowed...

The innovative art event Something New will amaze Chicago on November 11th

Something New invites artists and non-artists to produce and organize their art pieces within the 24 hour period and within the city limits of Chicago. When it comes to the work, there are no limits: whatever can be considered to be art, can be part of the event!

Art work from Something New, London, November 2006

Something New does not focus so much on showing the art alone; it should be understood as an event which is there to stimulate the production of art. Even though it is important for the audience to enjoy the event, the most important part is the participants to create their art and have fun with it. The goal of the organizers is to involve experienced and commercial artists, but also people who have not produced art ever before. The more diverse the better!

Art work from Something New, London, November 2006

The first edition of Something New first place in London, in November 2006, and was organized by Nic Roope and Nikola Tosic. The Chicago edition is organized by Tosic again, together with Sarah Weis.

Those wanting to participate in the event can simply email the organizers with a short description of the art work, as well as information on where and when the work will be showed exactly. For more information see www.somethingnew.info

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Zoo Magazine
at Gagosian Gallery

Zoo Magazine is proud to be displayed beautifully at the recently opened Gagosian Gallery store in New York. 

International art powerhouse Gagosian Gallery has recently opened its first retail venue at 988 Madison Avenue, NYC. This unique store features all Gagosian publications as well as artist limited editions by John Currin, Tom Friedman, Ellen Gallagher, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Marc Newson, Richard Prince, Anselm Reyle, Ed Ruscha, Tom Sachs, and Franz West, among others. The selection of magazines has been broadened, and now also includes Zoo Magazine.

Gagosian Gallery store
988 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10075
U.S.A.

www.gagosian.com

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1000 Numbered Bottles on the Wall

HUGO Man fragrance takes package design to the next level. Designer Karim Rashid creates an Exclusive Limited Edition bottle for the HUGO Man fragrance inspired by a fluid digital topographic pattern.

Since the debut of HUGO Man in 1995, the fragrance has gone from being an innovative, new fragrance to being celebrated as one of the classic, iconic fresh scents. Although it is recognised for the clean aquatic notes of the ocean combined with the fresh aroma of pine trees, HUGO Man is also distinguishable by its unique masculine packaging. To celebrate the illustrious bottle, HUGO Fragrances has invited world-renowned designer, Karim Rashid, to create an Exclusive Limited Edition bottle and packaging. With just 1000 numbered bottles available, from October 15th (at Galeries Lafayette Berlin) in less than 100 retail outlets worldwide, the HUGO Man Exclusive Limited Edition is set to be one of the most coveted and exclusive ‘objects of desire’ for Christmas 2009.

Karim Rashid

Among others, the special edition will be available globally at:
- London – Selfridges (October 2009)
- Paris – Sephora Champs Elysées (October 2009)
- New York City Meatpacking District – HUGO BOSS Store (October 2009)
- Jekaterinburg, Russia – Golden Apple (November 2009)
- United Arab Emirate  – Paris Gallery and Harvey Nichols (January 2010)

www.hugo.com
www.karimrashid.com

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Era of Electricity

Avant-garde meets avant-garde. The New York-based limited-edition fashion and art publication Visionaire draws inspiration for its 57th issue from the unique two-seater smart fortwo. "Visionaire2010" is the first plug-in electric issue of the publication. 52 internationally renowned curators and art collectors were recruited to select 365 works of art, making this issue, in the form of an electronic daily calendar, a ground-breaking compendium of contemporary art. The cooperation with Visionaire was motivated by the launch of the second generation of the smart fortwo electric drive.

Visionaire 2010 in collaboration with smart © Visionaire, 2009.
Image on screen: Francesco Vezzoli; Gala Picasso (detail).

The 52 guest curators for “Visionaire2010” include artists like John Baldessari, internationally renowned museum curators like Klaus  Biesenbach (MoMA) or Christine Marcel (Centre George Pompidou), contemporary art collectors like Pharrell Williams, Mario Testino or the architect Zaha Hadid as well as actors Natalie Portman and Tilda Swinton. Fashion designers Raf Simons and Marc Jacobs and Dr. Renate Wiehager, head of the Daimler art collection, are also participating.

www.smart.com
www.visionaireworld.com

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When I Was Little

''While recently visiting my Ma' in Queens I came across some of my old sketch books and earlier work.  I decided to put together a collection of drawings selected from 1998-2009 entitled "When I Was Little".

"Neon Orange Red" 2001. 215 x 135mm.
Pen on paper.

Gio Black Peter (born Giovanni Paolo Andrade Guevara, Guatemala City) is a New York-based multimedia artist and musician. At the age of 5, Black Peter illegally emigrated with his family to the United States and moved to New York City. In 2006, he formed his music band Black Peter Group. He has exhibited his artwork and performed in New York, London,Tokyo, Paris, Berlin and Milan.
Black Peter’s artwork, music and videos often incorporate his experience while living as an outsider in the United States. In addition to his solo project, he collaboraties with artists Slava Mogutin & Brian Kenny as part of the artist group Sputnik 3.

"Gangly?" 2001. 255 x 175 mm.
Mixed media on paper.

"Limp wrist" 2009. 200 x 230 mm.
Pen on paper.

"Squirrel" 2008. 22cm x 28.5cm.
Mixed media on cardboard and aluminum.

Gio Black Peter "When I Was Little" at Werkstattgalerie
Eisenacher Strasse 6
Berlin, Germany
20-08-2009 - 07-09-2009

gioblackpeter.blogspot.com
www.werkstattgalerie.org

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Norwegian Summer

Galerie Gabriel Rolt will present Norwegian Summer, a group exhibition with new works by four young Norwegian artists: Kristin Nordhøy, Ane Mette Hol, Toril Johannessen and Stian Eide Kluge. Each has a scientist-like rigor and complexity in the research and development of a work. Their practices combine a highly conceptual and theoretical process with an emotional, human involvement, which frequently relies on a high level of craftsmanship.

These artists are intrigued and inquisitive – about their lives, histories, surroundings. Their works stray between the realms of art, science and personal biography, making visual interpretations of ideas, resolutions, concepts that are often abstract and intangible. For both the viewer and the artist, these works carry an awe and wonder at the process and content.

From July 4th to August 22nd, 2009

Galerie Gabriel Rolt
Elandsgracht 34
1016 TW Amsterdam
The Netherlands

www.gabrielrolt.com

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Sako Kojima's
Stockholm Syndrome

Sako Kojima announces that her solo exhibition will be held at Art Fair Tokyo 2009 @TOKIA.

“I’ve been interested in one of the human emotions, love/affection. When we feel affection toward a subject, it is sometimes accompanied by a destructive impulse. Even if not an extreme sadist, us human’s hold such feelings to no small extent. For example, for the sake of it’s cuteness, I sometimes feel like eating my hamster. Perhaps when you see children or even a cute dog, their sweetness may urge you to hold them firmly, or caress them hardly," says Sako Kojima.

Kojima will exhibit a group of works expressing this complex emotion of human love. Her aim is to indicate fundamental human demand, especially of those victims of complex love. They have some form of needs towards being captured or being hurt. Therefore, she adopted the title “Stockholm Syndrome."

Kojima's works are a combination of two kinds. One, a soft looking animal using several materials, and the other, an icy and stinging object made of metal. With the use of an elevate iron rack and some materials from her antique collection, she creates three-dimensional works of which unique and pathetic.

“Stockholm Syndrome”
Art Fair Tokyo 2009 @TOKIA

Friday, April 3 - Sunday, April 5, 2009
Venue II: TOKYO BLDG. TOKIA. GALLERIA
YAMAMOTO GENDAI Booth No. T24

www.artfairtokyo.com
www.sakokojima.com

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6+. Antwerp Fashion

In cooperation with the MoMu - Fashion Museum Province of Antwerp, Tokyo Opera City Cultural Foundation is organising the exhibition ‘6+. Antwerp Fashion’ in the Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery.

‘6+. Antwerp Fashion’ originally took place from January till June 2007 at ‘De Loketten’ in Brussels and was initiated by the MoMu - Fashion Museum Province of Antwerp and the Flemish Parliament. From 11 April through 28 June, this exhibition travels to Japan, where it will be officially opened on April 10th, 2009.

6+, referring to ‘The Six of Antwerp’, describes the international success story of Antwerp fashion. ‘The Six’ - Ann Demeulemeester, Dries Van Noten, Walter Van Beirendonck, Dirk Van Saene, Dirk Bikkembergs and Marina Yee - have been well-known in the world of fashion since the beginning of the 80s.

6+. Antwerp Fashion
Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery
3-20-2 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
163-1403 Japan

www.momu.be
www.operacity.jp/ag  

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Role Models

From March 5 to May 7, 2009, Hilaneh von Kories Gallery in Hamburg will present “Rolmodellen“ (“Role Models“), an exhibit with images by Schilte & Portielje. The Dutch couple creates a universe of black and white pictures with solitary and sometimes distant looking figures in the center. Their likenesses could easily be interpreted as the result of a process used in the days of analogue photography. But these bodies, mainly women with peculiar contorted, idiosyncratic extremities and elaborate Haute-Couture style clothes, actually reveal something else. They are willfully and artfully constructed.

ROLMODELLEN (“Role Models“)
Painting × Photography
March 5 to May 7, 2009
Galerie Hilaneh von Kories
Stresemannstr. 384a (in the courtyard)
22761 Hamburg-Altona
Germany

www.galeriehilanehvonkories.de 

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Metal Postcard-Mittageisen

For the group exhibition Metal Postcard – Mittageisen 17 artists were asked to contribute a work that is assembled or reflects the means of montage. The work could be executed in any medium, including video, installation, animation, printing, drawing, sculpture, painting, and photography. The title of the show is taken from the song of the same name by the punk band Siouxsie and the Banshees which was released as a single in 1979 and was written in dedication to John Heartfield (1891 - 1968). The song Metal Postcard refers to Heartfield’s photomontage Hurrah, die Butter ist alle (1934). The photomontage, published as the cover page for the Arbeiter Illustrierte Zeitung, shows a National Socialist family eating iron: bicycle handlebars, axes, weights. With it, Heartfield was reacting parodistically to a quote from Hermann Göring: “Iron has always made an empire strong, butter and schmalz have at best made a people fat.”  

December 6th 2008 - January 23rd 2009

SEPTEMBER
Charlottenstraße 1
10969 Berlin

www.september-berlin.com

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Luis Jacob: The Thing

Luis Jacob presents The Thing, its first solo exhibition at SEPTEMBER. The work of the Canadian artist is characterized by the utopias of modernism and the emancipatory ideas of the civil rights, women’s, and gay movements. Jacob’s understanding of the role of the artist also includes the aspect of making your life public, transforming it into something, sharing it with others, and being open to the opinions and influences of others. Jacob works with all kinds of media, including video, photography, dance, performance, and actions in public spaces, and he is also an author, university lecturer, curator, and activist.

November 01 – 29, 2008

SEPTEMBER
Charlottenstrasse 1
10969 Berlin

www.september-berlin.com

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Hennessy Artistry in Berlin

For two years, Hennessy Artistry has been touring throughout the world, especially in the USA and Asia. Along the way, it has set a universal trend: The global art of mixing. On October 13th the first Hennessy Artistry evening in Germany took place in Berlin at the Felix Clubrestaurant. There, Hennessy presented 400 invited VIP guests a multi-sensory experience consisting of live music acts, cocktails, food and video installations all in one of the hottest clubs in Berlin. For the first Hennessy Artistry event in Germany, Hennessy was able to obtain the party-experts from the MIX-IN platform (www.mix-in.de). Bar professional David Wiedemann mixed the Hennessy City Cocktails and DJ’s Ralf Kollmann and Vincenzo guaranteed the right club sound. The highlight of the first Hennessy Artistry evening in Germany were the two main musical acts, featuring rapper and songwriter Clueso and his legendary jazz trio as well as the French electronic pop duo One-Two.

www.hennessyartistry.com

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MINI Rooftop NYC

MINI Rooftop NYC, a cultural event series bringing together high-profile performances, discussions and events, will take place in New York City from September 4th to September 13th 2008.

Hosted on a New York City rooftop by MINI and based on the automotive lifestyle brand’s campaign for the “Creative Use of Space,” the MINI Rooftop NYC initiative is intended to give a platform for artists and performers – established and emerging – to unfold their creativity. The MINI Rooftop NYC will be a place for artistic appreciation and collaboration. The venue will provide the public with collaborative facilities and exclusive events featuring icons of art, music, fashion, design, wellness, and more. Truly democratic in its design, much of the 10-day series will be open to the public, bringing together New York City's creative crowd with thought leaders from various arenas.

The series will kick off on September 4th 2008 with a ‘big bang’ event. Top band, MGMT are set to headline the evening with an exclusive one hour performance. They will be followed by DJs, Vito Roccoforte and Gabe Andruzzi from electronic indie band, The Rapture.

As part of the MINI Rooftop NYC community challenge, starting August 1st, DJs will have the opportunity to go to MINIspace.com and compete for the chance to perform for an hour at one of the evening events. In addition, there will be a competition, where people are invited to submit design proposals for the MINI Clubman Shuttles that will be transporting guests to and from the rooftop. The best proposals uploaded via MINIspace.com between August 7th and 29th 2008 will be printed on the roof tops of all the MINI Clubman shuttles.

www.minispace.com

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Prix Émile Hermès 2011

Entries are invited for the second Prix Émile Hermès for design from September 15, 2010 

The Prix Émile Hermès establishes design as a key focus for the Fondation d'entreprise Hermès, complementing the Foundation's distinguished record of support for the visual and performing arts. The triennial award aims to promote new, creative thinking in the applied arts and design from designers at pivotal stages in the development of their careers. The goal is to support the winner in the launch of a new phase in his or her professional life. The award will recognize designs exploring the meaning and purpose of the object, and responding to society's current and future needs.

Francesco Librizzi and Vittorio Venezia  

www.prixemilehermes.com

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Still Life

Michael James O’Brien began a still life project parallel to his portrait work, inspired by Flemish still life painting from the 17th century. In his early work used a combination of 'symbolic' objects with everyday pieces-many he found on the street. More recently he began to choose other, less painterly situations. His book Still life, that has been published this year shows a combination of commisioned and exhibition work.

www.michaeljamesobrien.com

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You're Here Antwerp

You're Here is a traveling event series celebrating creativity and the spirit of self- expression. Inspired by the Converse mission to be a catalyst for creativity, the event series spotlights emerging creative acts in art, music, fashion and skate while encouraging everyday creatives to take part in the process. 

Converse will take over a derelict empty space in the Antwerp harbor and turn it into a temporary artistic showcase where local creatives can interact with street art, photography, creative workshops, fashion installations, live music performances and skate jam sessions.

Antwerp is dripping with fresh, new creative acts and You're Here is Converse's way to shine the light on them.

Ulrike Biets (photographer), Olivier Donnet (photographer), Girls From Omsk (fashion), JangoJim (illustrator), Toykyo (street art), Tex Taiwan, Blanche & Bietnik, Paniekzaaier & Sickboy (DJ's). And more to be announced.

Saturday, June 19th
Het Eilandje (city harbor)
Antwerp, Belgium
Start 21:00 hrs

www.converse.be/yourehere

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STROKE.02

STROKE.02
The world's first Urban Art and New Contemporary Art Expo

STROKE.02
May 27th – May 30th, 2010

Sederanger 3 (Tucherpark)
80538 Munich
Germany

Updates regarding the participants and the program can be found under www.stroke02.com

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As it May Be

The Kahmann Gallery proudly presents: Maura Sullivan - As it May Be.

A little girl stands in the forest, listening to the sound of the wind in the trees. Why? Is she waiting for her father to come home? Did her sister call her there?

As it May Be is a solo-exhibition with photographs from the New York-based artist, Maura Sullivan (*1971). Sullivan makes short movies in a single photograph. You can search for the meaning, the words and the tension, to try to exlain the story. But not searching for a deeper meaning will still leave you with beautiful, well-styled photography. The images reveal enough to drwa you in and withould enough to make you curious. 

Maura Sullivan started her artistic career exploring writing and drawing and furthered her studies in photography at the International School of Photography in New York City. She is also a freelance art director for film and print. All of these elements combined create exciting unexpected compostions and results in wonderful pieces of art. 

Sullivan prefers the hands-on approach of working in the darkroom, were she can draw with light. The silver gelatin prints are printed on fiber matte paper. Each of her prints has a painterly quality revealing subtle details of film grain as well as great depth and contrast. Her work is part of the permanent collection of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and widely exhibited in both solo and group exhibitions in New York, Connecticut, Oregon, Washington, Texas, Poland and Turkey.  

May 25 – July 17, 2010

Kahmann Gallery
Lindengracht 35
Amsterdam
Tel.: +31 (0)20 5158589

www.kahmanngallery.com

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Anja Séance Privée

www.hedislimane.com/fashiondiary

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ITS#NINE

It was supposed to become an online event, and the farewell to the city that hosted it for eight years seemed certain... Instead, ITS announces a new journey: on 16 and 17 July 2010 the striking setting of the city of Trieste in North-East Italy will welcome ITS#NINE - International Talent Support. 

ITS - a project created & developed by the agency EVE - is among the most important international platforms discover and support young talents. It is a network of professionals, opinion leaders, international press, students and teachers coming from all over the world to share and evaluate the highest expressions of creativity in the fields of fashion design, accessories design and photography. Each field has its own dedicated competition: ITS#FASHION, ITS#ACCESSORIES and ITS#PHOTO.

The mission has not changed: ITS will support the new generations of talents, selected by a qualified jury at the end of April 2010, through cash prizes, special projects, dedicated window displays, magazine features, internships abroad and work opportunities. 

If you want to get on board and experience this unmissable journey, remember that the enrolment deadline is 25 March 2010 (go to www.itsweb.org for all the details). At the end of April 2010 two prestigious juries - one for fashion & accessories design and one for photography - will select the finalists for the three fields, the "voyagers" of creativity who will fly to Trieste on 16 and 17 July 2010 to prove their talent and compete for the ITS#NINE prizes. 

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Michael Kirkham

British artist Michael Kirkham (*1977 Blackpool) presents four new paintings in his latest solo at Galerie Aschenbach en Hofland. Trained at De Ateliers in Amsterdam, Kirkham lives and works in Berlin. In 2006, Kirkham’s work was featured in a solo exhibition in the Gemeentemuseum The Hague, which was accompanied by a comprehensive catalogue.

His work often features characters engaged in explicit sexual acts or rather apathetic figures striking provocative poses. The subject matter is displayed in all its rawness, with neither mercy nor compromise. Kirkham’s paintings could be considered the painterly equivalent of the books by French author Houellebeque. Houellebeque highlights the excesses of liberal western society and portrays both love and lust as utterly banal. In the work of Michael Kirkham, sexual desire and surrendering to the appetites of the flesh is a mechanism that makes viewers feel uncomfortable. Nonetheless, Kirkham’s consistent and loving execution, his sincerity and all but cynical attitude forces viewers to look at his uncompromising scenes. 

Michael Kirkham completed his formal training at the Glasgow School of Art and Ateliers in Amsterdam. After graduating, he lived and worked in Brussels for three years before moving to Berlin in 2002. His work is represented in the collections of Gemeentemuseum The Hague, the Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem and the Scheringa Museum in Spanbroek. In 2009 Kirkham took part in the exhibition Diana + Actaeon, Der Verbotene Blick auf die Nacktheit in het Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf.

Michael Kirkham
March 6 - April 20, 2010

ASCHENBACH & HOFLAND GALLERIES
Bilderdijkstraat 165-c 
1053 KP Amsterdam 
The Netherlands
Tel: +31(0)204121772 
www.gerhardhofland.com

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MMM ‘20’
The Exhibition
in London

This summer, Somerset House hosts Maison Martin Margiela ’20’ The Exhibition. Conceived in close collaboration with Maison Martin Margiela and curated by the Mode Museum, Antwerp, this exciting show makes its London debut where it will be specially reconfigured for the Embankment Galleries at Somerset House, following critical acclaim at the MoMu, Antwerp and Haus der Kunst, Munich last year.

Dates: 3 June – 5 September, 2010
Opening hours: daily from 10.00 to 18.00
Location: Embankment Galleries, Somerset House
Address: Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA, United Kingdom

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Sandor Lubbe: Photos

Sandor Lubbe
Foto's (Photos)

Exposition from November 14th until December 24th, 2009

Steltman Galleries
Prinsengracht 799
Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 20 6228683

www.steltman.com
www.sandorlubbe.com

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Luke Smalley:
Sunday Drive

1st Year Anniversary, 2008

Sunday Drive is Luke Smalley’s (1955-2009) final and perhaps most impressive body of work. It is a highly narrative series which tells the story of three gorgeous young women who primp and preen before climbing into a convertible car. As one delves deeper into the project, it soon becomes clear that the girls are on their way to the state prison to visit their incarcerated boyfriends. The second half of Sunday Drive consists of photographs of the attractive young men killing time in the slammer waiting for their sweethearts to arrive.

Morning Shower, 2008

Untitled (Girl Talk), 2008

Laundry, 2008

Now What?, 2008

Untitled (Window), 2008

Untitled (Arm Wrestle), 2008

Luke Smalley: Sunday Drive
A Memorial Exhibition

November 5th - December 19th, 2009

ClampArt
521-531 West 25th Street, Ground Floor
New York City 10001
U.S.A.

www.clampart.com

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Life Through a Lens

The exhibition “Annie Leibovitz – A Photographer's Life 1990-2005” at Kunst Haus Wien (Austria) offers an unusual glimpse of the oeuvre of one of the best-known portrait photographers of our time. In addition to her portraits of famous personages, which have long since become icons of photographic art, the more than 150 works on display include photographs from Leibovitz' private life that have never been exhibited before. The result is a unique chronology, a composite of family album, diary and assignment work.

Self-portrait with daughters Susan, Sarah and Samuelle, 2006, Photograph © Annie Leibovitz
Courtesy of Newsweek

The photographer sees her work, which has been displayed in numerous museums throughout the world, as a unified whole: “I don’t have two lives,” Leibovitz says. “This is one life, and the personal pictures and the assignment work are all part of it.” The exhibition can be read both as a very personal, even intimate chronology of one of the most celebrated photographers of our time and as the story of her development from a fashion and music photographer to an artist. Leibovitz herself says: “I have no single favourite photograph. What means the most to me is my work as a whole.“

Kunst Haus Wien
Untere Weißgerberstraße 13
1030 Wien, Austria

www.kunsthauswien.com

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Chair x (3 Design Duo's) = B&B&3*

Just opened in London is B&B&3* an exhibition in partnership with Wallpaper* magazine featuring three very different interpretations of the new Grande Papilio chair, designed for B&B Italia by Naoto Fukasawa.

From the left: Grande Papilio’s one off editions by Baron & Baron, by Elmgreen & Dragset and by Viktor & Rolf

Wallpaper* has brought together the creative talents of Viktor & Rolf, Elmgreen & Dragset and Baron & Baron, each of whom were given an open brief to create a spectacular one off edition of the Grande Papilio chair. The design of the B&B&3* exhibition has been executed by Wallpaper* who have also created a striking window treatment.
The exhibition is open to the public until Sunday, October 18th to coincide with both the London Design Festival and the Frieze Art Fair. The customised Grande Papilio chairs will be auctioned to raise funds for Terrence Higgins Trust, the UK’s leading HIV & AIDS charity.

September 23 – October 18, 2009
B&B Italia 
250 Brompton Road 
London SW3 2AS

www.bebitalia.it
www.wallpaper.com

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Replay Loves Arts

An open air exhibition of works by emerging artists, on the facade of the Museum of 18th Century Venice.

As part of the Imprenditori Illuminati “near Venezia” project, the restoration of the facade of Ca' Rezzonico, which houses the Museum of 18th Century Venice, continues with the support and funding of Fashion Box, the company behind the Replay, Replay&Sons and We Are Replay brands.

Replay has for some time been actively involved in the promotion of art both through its own initiatives and those of the Venice-based Fondazione Claudio Buziol founded in 2006 to provide crucial support for young people to be able to achieve their ambitions, by helping them to develop their creative skills and artistic expression, and also by offering their work greater exposure.

The “Replay loves Arts” project and the Open Air exhibition are part of this movement. Rather than using the huge billboard which covers the facade of Ca' Rezzonico during restoration work as an advertising space, it will host and provide publicity every month to the work of a different young, emerging artist. Each artist will be selected by the Fondazione Claudio Buziol through the Gallery on its website www.fondazioneclaudiobuziol.org in order to build an enormous open air contemporary art exhibition.The artist's work, as well as being reproduced on the billboard, will be exhibited in its original form inside the Museum.

www.replay.it

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L'art pour L'art

Wolfgang Joop opens his new exhibition of fashion drawings: an overview of 4 decades of illustrations.

Black Beauty - Red Dress
2000 / 2009 - 140 x 100 cm
Limited Edition, Circulation: 100, signed

The multi-talented Wolfgang Joop, currently the owner of Wunderkind, had clear role models: the ice-cold beauty of Tamara de Lempicka’s paintings that reflect the 1930s and their ideals of beauty and the expressive, slightly heinous drawings by Egon Schiele. Both artists followed their own paths against the current of society, not submitting themselves to the tastes of the times and therefore creating an individual visual world concentrated on peoples and their bodies.

Little White Fox - Big Black Dress
2000 / 2009 - 140 x 99 cm
Limited Edition, Circulation: 100, signed

For Wolfgang Joop, art and fashion are most impressive when the objects have the spark of an old master, whom he studied extensively, and possess “an aura of unintentionalness; or the intention to be completely self-satisfied.” The French call this l’art pour l’art. Wolfgang Joop’s sketches are art for art’s sake. “My sketches should look as though they emerged effortlessly. They explain my sense of time, my concept of beauty, with the most minimalist and yet self-assuredly effective means.”

Sunflower Dress
1994 / 2009 - 140 x 98.7 cm
Limited Edition, Circulation: 100, signed

Black Men´s Fashion - Back from N.Y.
2000 / 2009 - 140 x 100 cm
Limited Edition, Circulation: 100, signed

Wolfgang Joop- Illustrationen aus 4 Jahrzehnten
LUMAS Berlin - Hackesche Höfe
19/09/2009 – 06/10/2009
Rosenthaler Straße 40/41, 10178 Berlin

LUMAS München
19/09/2009 – 27/10/2009
Brienner Straße 3, 80333 München

www.lumas.de
www.wunderkind.de

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World Without Women

Upon invitation of gallerist Ron Mandos, Ruud van der Peijl and Silvia B. will collaborate to create an exposition in which the diverse and often disputed notion of masculinity will take the central theme. Ruud van der Peijl’s photographic series ‘World Without Women’ and the sculpture series ‘Les plus Beaux’ by Silvia B. present sometimes poetic, sometimes shockingly confrontational alternative perceptions of male self-perception, both young and old.

'Bubba' by Ruud van der Peijl

Tough, imposing, macho and charming, all stereotypes of male beauty and behaviour are addressed in this collaborative installation from Ruud van der Peijl and Silvia B.
Photographing models aged between 2 and 73 years, Ruud van der Peijl removes ‘masks’ such as clothing and accessories to draw out alternative identities with the use of make-up and a minimal amount of styling. All forms of image manipulation to render reality more beautiful as used in advertising and fashion photography are done away with so that the feminine, vulnerable and marked expressions of these models are painfully exposed.

By contrast Silvia B. adorns her boyish sculptures with an eclectic mix of unusual but distinctly recognisable garments, accessories and styling. Despite their party contrary approach, both artists uncover an aspect of boyish behavior, machismo, dandyism and everyday masculinity that grate with our everyday stereotyped view.

'David' by Ruud van der Peijl

'Jona' by Ruud van der Peijl

Ruud van der Peijl & Silvia B.
World Without Women & Les Plus Beaux
Gallery Ron Mandos
Prinsengracht 282
1016 HJ Amsterdam
the Netherlands
05.09.09 – 10.10.09

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Oil Now
Théo Mercier

Envoy enterprises will present “Oil Now”, Théo Mercier’s first solo exhibition in New York. Mercier poetically describes Oil Now as a ‘smiling fist, a sweet cocktail of blood, bubble gum and motor oil.’ The exhibition is largely comprised of found objects, original photographs, computer generated images, drawings, paintings, and subversive text.

Mercier has previously worked for Matthew Barney and continues to collaborate with fashion designer Bernhard Willhelm. For his installation at Envoy, Mercier worked closely with his studio-mate from Paris, Colin Johnco, who runs two record labels.

The show will run from June 4th to July 12th, 2009

Envoy enterprises
131 Chrystie Street, ground floor
New York, NY 10002

www.envoyenterprises.com

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Umfeld

Iekeliene Stange, a known face of fashion, has recently caught the eye of the media with her photography. Having documented the goings on backstage at fashions hows for several years, Iekeliene is noted for her against the grain approach. Now she will be exhibiting some of her most personal work in London together with her friend and the one who introduced her into the fashion industry, Dutch artist Victor de Bie.

Together they will provide an insight into their everyday lives through colorful paintings, drawings and polaroids, featuring family, friends and themselves in surreal environments.

UMFELD
an exhibition by top model Iekeliene Stange and Dutch artist Victor de Bie

April 1st to April 4th, 2009

Location:
The Horse Hospital
30 Colonnade
London WC1N 1JD
United Kingdom

www.thehorsehospital.com
www.victordebie.com

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Bending the Cosmos

Over the past few years, Terry Rodgers has emerged as one of America’s most talented and controversial contemporary painters. His large-scale hyper-realistic grandes machines have prompted critics to wonder at the real scope of his endeavour. Some have criticized it as mere kitsch, others have praised it as one of the most remarkable exponents of today’s return to figuration. None of them, however, dismiss it. One would be at pain to overlook Rodgers’ sweeping success in as much as his craftsmanship forces admiration upon any of those who dare to look at it. Rodgers has exhibited worldwide and his work is part of the most prominent collections on both sides of the Atlantic. It is one of the most emblematic attempts at capturing the spirit of these special times.

The compositions develop as Rodgers creates collages of individual photographs taken in his studio or on location. These are then transposed to the canvas with oil paint. The creation process literally embodies the impossibility of a true encounter, which constitutes the core theme of Rodgers’ paintings. The only significant gaze is ours. As though through the keyhole of a prohibited room, we get a glimpse of these disenchanted celebrations. Nobody pays attention. We have become voyeurs in a world where blindness has become a function of looking.

Bending the Cosmos (Solo Show)
28th February - 28th March, 2009
TORCH Gallery
Lauriergracht 94
1016 Amsterdam
The Netherlands

www.torchgallery.com
www.terryrodgers.com

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It's up to you, New York, New York!

It has been over ten years since Taschen's original New York Interiors was published and while much has changed in the Big Apple since then, the city is still bristling with an exciting and eclectic mix of cutting-edge movers and shakers - a fact that is quite perfectly reflected in its interiors. New York has long been a magnet for artistic people, and since Septermber 11, the city has become less money-driven and more creative, with an unprecedented of influx graphic designers, interior designers, artists, gallerists, and collectors. Across the river from Manhattan, trendy, less-expensive Brooklyn neighborhoods such as Williamsburg offer a convenient taste of life just outside the fast lane.

Hand-picked by editor and author Angelika Taschen, this spanking new collection of interiors explores an array of homes as dizzying as the diversity of the New Yorkers themselves. Peek into the apartments of artist Terence Koh, artist and director Julian Schnabel, musician Rufus Wainwright, porn diva Vanessa del Rio, and actress Julianne Moore, among many others, to get an idea of the myriad and marvelous ways New Yorkers love to live.

New New York Interiors
Hardcover, 24 x 31.6 cm (9.4 x 12.4 in.), 300 pages
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The Myth of Pants

Exhibition from January 17th - February 7th, 2009

Zachari Logan was born in 1980 in Saskatoon (Canada) where he currently lives and works.

"My body is a catalyst for my fascination with stereotypic masculine portrayals. Utilizing historic themes of male bravado, heroism and narcissism I juxtapose the mundane realities of everyday contemporary life." Zachari Logan

Galerie Jeanroch Dard
13, rue des Arquebusiers
75003 Paris
France
Tuesday - Saturday / 12h - 19h
Tel: +33 1 42 71 27 35
www.jeanrochdard.com 

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A Little Piece of Mind

A Little Piece of Mind is a project created and curated by Design and Branding Studio–Marque. Across three studio locations- Glasgow, London and New York- one of the constant objectives of Marque is to bring and develop a dedicated craft in design. Often this has meant commissioning specialized craft practitioners and artisans. Or wherever possible, collaborating with those in the creative arts who share and express this type of approach.

Over the past 6 months, for the Little Piece of Mind project, the studios have identified, commissioned and briefed several of the leading local exponents of Quilting to create a series of Contemporary Quilts. In Spring 09, after this process is completed, the quilts will be exhibited, firstly in London, then in New York and Glasgow. The exhibitions will culminate in the quilts being auctioned. The sales proceeds will be donated equally between two charities who are committed to confronting and preventing homelessness, in each of the three cities in which Marque live and work: Shelter in London and Glasgow and The Bowery Mission in New York City.

Some of the people who have already supported the project and sent in works include; Rankin, Daisy and Poppy De Villeneuve, Bill Amberg, DJ Producer Howie B, Boudicca, Nell Bell Design, Damien Poulain, Tom Dixon, tailor Timothy Everest and Brit artist Gavin Turk.

www.alittlepieceofmind.org

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Valentino Garavani. Una grande storia italiana, Art Edition

Think Valentino: think luxury. Think elegance. Think red carpet. Fashion’s most beloved upholder of refined decadence and the most exciting couturier in business is known around the globe simply by his first name. 

This luxurious limited-edition publication renders homage to Valentino’s illustrious career via a copious selection of images from his archives, including drawings, magazine shoots, advertisements, portraits of Valentino, and documentary photographs; presented chronologically, the visual material is accompanied by a vast array of newspaper and magazine articles about Valentino throughout the years. Text also includes Vanity Fair writer Matt Tyrnauer’s interviews with twenty of Valentino’s closest collaborators and friends as well as an appreciation of Valentino by International Herald Tribune’s fashion writer Suzy Menkes. All of these elements add up to an in-depth look at the man, his lifestyle, and his genius—a book more comprehensive and stunning than one could hardly dare to dream of. After all, what could be a more fitting tribute to the work of Valentino than a book as beautiful and luxurious as one of his gowns?

Valentino Garavani. Una grande storia italiana, Art Edition
Chitolina, Armando (ED)
Tyrnauer, Matt / Menkes, Suzy / Miscellaneous
Hardcover + Box + 4 signed prints 33 x 44 cm, 738 pages, € 3000.00

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