art, music & travel.
There will be an exhibit of Lisa Jack’s photos from Obama’s early college years coming up in LA. check out M+B website for more info.
LISA JACK
BARACK OBAMA: THE FRESHMAN
28 May – 29 Aug 2009
M+B
612 North Almont Drive
Los Angeles, California 90069
Just ran into this slideshow on the BBC featuring JR, a french artist taking over the streets of Rio De Janeiro.
© All images by JR.
I really enjoyed his work. check out JR’s website.
As an undercover photographer, JR transforms his pictures into posters and makes open space photo galleries out of our streets. An acute observer of our time, as comfortable in cozy neighborhoods as in urban ghettos, he questions pedestrians with the exhibitions he mounts on their everyday commutes. -excerpt from his website.
Last night was the opening for photographer Mike Schreiber. A retrospective of his last 12 years documenting hip hop culture as well as his travel experiences. He has set-up and captured incredible moments. I wondered how he found himself in certain situations, as they were an exciting and raw view of ones perspective. So many stories to tell in just one shot. My friend Alex of Mighty Tanaka curated this event, which included good beats, spoken word and free beer. mmhm, that’s right! I had the pleasure of meeting Mike, who was very engaging and attentive to everyone. And Alex, of course, was extremely helpful by filling us in with the stories behind some of his favorite shots.
Click here to read more about the show from Mighty Tanaka.
© all images by Mike Schreiber.
I documented the opening. Check the photos out.
©marikeeler
today I stumbled upon a big bag of my pictures. I found myself going through these photos I’ve taken throughout my 3 years out east. I wanted to share a few with you. All places vary, east coast, west coast, south america. All cameras vary, holga, hasselblad, lc-a. take a look.
work by © John Waters. Courtesy of Marianne Boesky Gallery.
This weekend I got to check out the John Waters exhibit at Marianne Boesky Gallery. John Waters utilizes his extensive film knowledge as well as digging up some classic imagery, and adds his own satirical and witty spin to this new batch of photographs and sculptures. I found myself cracking a smile and chuckling a lot throughout my visit. I did expect more controversial work, since that’s what I associate him with… So this was fairly tame in that aspect. But the juxtaposition of subtle pop culture references and today’s heightened social taboos prepose, evoke, make for some interesting thoughts and conversation.
More of photos from this exhibit here. Thanks to Marianne Boesky Gallery for letting me document the show.
work by © John Waters. Courtesy of Marianne Boesky Gallery.
Marianne Boesky Gallery
509 West 24th Street, New York, NY 10011
t. 212-680-9889 f. 212-680-9897
Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 10am – 6pm
Royce Bannon & the Endless Love Crew have put together a pretty incredible show at the 112 greene st. studio. 50 artists took over the floor, walls, ceilings and doused them with art. what a treat to see all these talented street artists in one space. my buddy alex from Mighty Tanaka gave me a tour of the studio and the work, which was a real plus. he’s going to help me caption the show on my flickr set…(’cause i have an awful memory). But wanted to thank him for being a great host.
This show has been extended and will be up ’til May 1st. You should swing by and immerse yourself in some street art culture. I left inspired.
Listen to ‘Esperanza’ Demo * Listen to ‘Song for Anne’ Demo
As long as I’ve known Jacques, he’s been playing his guitar and writing music…and that’s since freshman year in high school….(man, time flies)… And here is is today, rockin’ the Gothenburg music scene, living the dream and loving it. It’s nice to know that people you meet throughout life are doing what they love.
photo by Wphoto.se
I remember Jacques having great taste in music. I still have some of the mixtapes he made back in ’93, which included music by radiohead, the beatles, dinosaur Jr., talking heads, morrissey… His tapes are still floating around in my sisters vw and I still listen to them today.
Jacques songs are sweet, upbeat and rich with melodies. I would love to see his band live. They are finishing up his latest record and will be playing festivals soon (hopefully by spring) . For more songs, info on his upcoming album and shows go to his myspace music page.
photo by © Lupo Lupo
ps: One of the things I feel make a band stand out are their posters and flyers. Here are 2 examples of them, done by Jacques’ good friend Hanna. She is a multi-talented girl, with a band of her own, as well as being an artist and photographer. love her work.
art by © Lupo Lupo
If you are ever in Gothenburg, swing by and show your support. Hej da!
I had the opportunity to set up a little interview with my friend Ryder who has been rocking the art scene in NY lately. I hope you enjoy some of his thoughts and take a look at his work, which I find dramatic, clever and very interesting.
How long have you been doing art?
– I’ve been drawing and making artwork since I can remember. One of my earliest memories would be of drawing naked woman on the sidewalk in chalk after stealing Playboy magazines. My sister was pretty pissed off about that. I was about 5 years old. I’ve always been making something. I went to two different art schools, one on an illustration scholarship, the other just to figure out what else I could do. And I’m still working on that one. Still trying to see what’s next.
What/who inspires you to create it?
– I find New York very inspiring. Since my first trip here with my old band years ago I found it strangely comforting here. I find a lot of inspiration in the libraries through researching old myths and superstitions about the explanations multiple cultures put behind different things, especially in the natural world. It’s really intriguing how one object can undergo such drastic reasoning of why it exists and how it should be feared or worshipped.
What inspires you in your everyday?
– It almost always changes. But my walk to my studio from my apartment is nice and I’ll listen to music and get very driven. Conversations from the night before. The people I’m surrounded by. Other artists, designers and my fiancé. People may not have to say anything in particular at all, it’s just their energy that can be very telling. The levels of ambition we each have to accomplish something substantial versus being apathetic.
What medium do you consider most exciting or would you LOVE to master?
– I would love to master sculpture. I keep envisioning the paintings I do in three dimensional form and then some form of light splitting them open. I’ve begun work on a few new things and I’m happy with the progress. I like the idea of being able to walk around the entirety of a piece…
what IS art/music to you?
– The same thing it is to you I would imagine: very personal.
find more of ryder’s artwork at www.pantherattack.com.
I’ve been working hard for this opening for the past few months. Here are some pics of the big night. I will be updating my website with all the new work very soon.
Show stays up until Saturday Jan 24th. There will be a closing party starting at 8. Come by if you can!
Project One is on 251 Rhode Island St., San Francisco.
I’ve neglected daydreampilot for one reason only… i’ve been preparing for my shows in SF and LA this coming january. above is the flyer for the san fran show ill be sharing with my friend Katie.
I’ll also be showing in LA on Jan 17th at thirdsaturday.org. RSVP needed for LA show.
Please come and support. should be a blast.
aaaah!!!!!! one of my favorites…William Eggleston is currently at the Whitney until Jan 25th. I love love lovvve his work… This exhibit includes 50 years of his photographs and videos from many of his road trips across America.
‘One of the most influential photographers of the last half-century, William Eggleston has defined the history of color photography. This exhibition is the artist’s first retrospective in the United States and includes both his color and black-and-white photographs as well as Stranded in Canton, the artist’s video work from the early 1970s. The exhibition will travel throughout the United States as well as to the Haus der Kunst in Munich following its New York presentation.”
Here’s a great article about William Eggleston from NYmag.com.
