Opening Reception for the Columbia University School of Visual Arts 2012 Thesis Exhibition Show April 29, 2-5pm Fisher Landau Center for Art 38-27 30th Street, Long Island City, Queens, New York More Info
Cai Guo-Qiang was born in 1957 in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China. As a boy, he was exposed early on to Western literature from his father Cai Ruiqin, who worked in a bookstore. In the 1980’s he experimented with theater, and then combined art with experimental theater, mostly politically charged. In the 1990’s he started using
The smell of a brand new MacBook Pro reminds you of something? Well a collective of Australian artists can help you relive that “magic” moment. The 3 Australian artists Gavin Bell, Jarrah de Kuijer and Simon McGlinn from Greatest Hits placed order to French company Air Aroma a blended scent of
Shota Aoyagi and Jungeun Lee both of Japanese descent, studied together in London and created Studio Koya. Their latest exhibition called “Nuue”, and originally called Wrapped Garment project, is named after a Korean word which means cocoon.It started by wrapping synthetic fiber around desired form such as a wooden mannequin or a board. Through a heating [...]
Britain’s raved pop quintet, Citizens!, returns to our ears not a moment too soon, harnessing a sense of practicality between an electronic exhibition found within their new single, “Caroline.” A smooth electric keyboard glides aside confident lyrics, escalating the line “It started making sense” within a honed barrage of drum and bass. Little is known [...]
Mostly known for his ‘Negotiating Space‘ installations where he installed skyscraper models over Persian carpets, the Canada-based Iranian artist Babak Golkar‘s practice spreads across diverse medium, ranging from drawing, video, performance, sculpture and site-specific installation; nonetheless, his interests in subjects and issues surrounding his practice remain constant. While employing engagement strategies such as humor and [...]
Renown British artist Peter Phillips created these stunning leather masks for an editorial photographed by Richard Burbridge for Exhibition Magazine’s Leather issue.
M oscow based designer Masha Efremenko created a beautiful collection of feather headdresses and came up with a brilliant way to present them, in this 3D video exhibition by Transparent House. Set in what appears to be some heavenly universe, these works of art come to life as the viewer closes in on each [...]
Milan April 17-22 Studio Zeta, Via Friuli 26, 20135 Milan (Italy) More Info
Check out this beautiful shoot by Leo Siboni & Suzie Q, captured for Exhibition Magazine #2, The Leather Issue. Besides being a fashion editorial it is a still masterpiece executed from a very conceptual place. I wish we could see work like this in more magazines, but I guess that is what makes it stand [...]
For Salone del Mobile 2012, Marni presents a collection of 100 chairs made in Colombia by ex-prisoners. This Marni venture aims to reinforce the prisoners resettlement into social and working life. All chairs consist of metal structure and multi-colored PVC threads featured on the backs and armrests. A common seat in Colombian local families,
I just discovered the Swedish based fashion designer Nhu Duong and her JPEG collection. Using vivid digital prints on modular system of dresses, she manipulates images from amateur photographs found on the Web and digitally compresses them, to become pixelated, the