Crae in Los Angeles
Some big ol’ stomper straight letters courtesy of Crae in the city of Los Angeles.
Feeling Heavenly Artistic
i-Sustain X
The tenth in a twelve-part series
Know1edge x L.I.F.E Exhibition @ Vans Sk85ive2 Indoor Skatepark Recap
Earlier this month, Know1edge in association with L.I.F.E. launched a photo exhibition within the Vans-sponsored SK8FIVE2 indoor skatepark in Hong Kong. Bringing together a strong roster of photographic skateboarders who have spanned the pages of Transworld Skateboarding, Thrasher, Skateboarder and Slap among others, the theme of the show was to detail the everyday simplicity of life through assigned camouflage disposable cameras
Fashion’s Secret Garden Party
Fashion’s Secret Garden Party Friday, May 25, 2012 From Peter Pilotto’s jungle-like Perspex sculpture to a flowering wall by Roksanda Ilincic, the vibrant “secret garden” installations inspired by the summer collections of six celebrated young designers are captured by photographer Freddie Helwig. The temporary constructions on the fifth floor terrace of London department store Harvey Nichols also include Marios Schwab’s confessional box cum garden shed and James Long’s bamboo palace inspired by Las Pozas, the surrealist garden of English eccentric Edward James. Maarten Van Der Horst for Lulu & Co turned the brand’s birds of paradise motif into vinyl tabletops, while digital print virtuoso Mary Katrantzou created stained glass windows featuring a light projection of her “Balalaika” pattern, which depicts cherry blossoms in Kodachrome color.
Scarlet Witch
The seductive and provocative work of Mark Brooks (when he isn’t creating comic based, action heavy superhero illustrations) all fits into his realist signature style, much like the ‘Scarlet Witch’, a painting created by Brooks based on a sexy super-vixen. Brooks is an illustrator, concept and character designer for comics, toys, animation and video games.
Paranoid Me: Diego L. Rodríguez
T Magazine: High Performance | K8 Hardy’s ‘Untitled Runway Show’
As part of the Whitney Biennial, the artist K8 Hardy riffed on fashion pageantry, presenting a full-scale live runway show.
Yue Minjun Series of Lithographs @ Carmichael Gallery
Contemporary Chinese artist Yue Minjun will showcase a series of iconic self portraits soon at the Carmichael Gallery in Culver City, California. The frozen laugh on his face reminiscent of the Laughing Buddha or Alfred E
New Print Release: Lucy McLauchlan "Eyes of Wapping"
Friend of the magazine with work featured in our May 2012 Public Art Issue, Lucy McLauchlan has a super exclusive (and when we say super exclusive, we mean in an edition of 1 sort of super exclusivity) new three-color screenprint available through Lazarides’ The Outsiders print shop. Eyes of Wapping features hand painted brush marks on Heritage Rag 300gsm paper, signed by the artist.
i-Society: Band Practice by NTS
NTS Radio play decent music first.
Top 5 Summer Screen Screams!
Every year film fans, old romantics and groups of friends lay out (preferably) tartan blankets, unpack their strudels and settle down to a movie, made epic by a giant projection in the open air courtyard at Somerset House. Running throughout August, Film4′s Summer Screen is the people’s film event of the year. Film4 look after the curation so good films are guaranteed, they wouldn’t bring you down for Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants or anything
T Magazine: Photos of the Moment | Kanye West at Cannes
Caitlin Cronenberg’s Cannes Film Festival photo diary.
Trailer Face-Off! Bonsai vs. The Words
This week: Bonsai vs. The Words , two stories about writers who, in their ailing search for inspiration, bend the temporality of love and muddle the threshold of fiction in real life.
Sneak Peek: Augustine Kofie’s "Working the Angles @ Known Gallery, LA
Go back and read Augustine Kofie’s feature in the October 2010 issue, and he and El Mac have one of the best discussions two artists/friends/collaborators we have had in the magazine over the past few years. That said, we are always excited to see what Kofie’s newest architectural-based works will look like, and Todd Mazer stopped by Kofie’s studio prior to the artist’s solo show, Working the Angles , at Known Gallery in LA.
Dawn till Dusk: Copenhagen with Kasper Bjørke
When it comes to disco-house electro, Danish DJ and producer Kasper Bjorke is the don.
Pavleye(s) on Prague
Although Prague, Czech Republic, does not currently rank high on the list of international art destinations, that may soon change due to the launch of the Oh So Living Concept Store.
i-Ntroducing: Caitlin Gerard
Angeleno actress, Caitlin Gerrard shines wearing MHL by Margaret Howell in our new issue.
Vans Presents Pass the Bucket Season 2 with Jeff Ament
The latest installment to the Vans TV series Season 2, “ Pass the Bucket ” arrives with bassist and Pearl Jam co-founder Jeff Ament front and center. Having spent his early life growing up in rural Montana, Ament developed an affinity for skateboarding as an escape from the isolation and tranquility that is often characteristic of growing up with a rural life.
Anatomy Revealed by Koen Hauser
These are fantastic digital manipulations by Dutch artist, Koen Hauser.
Kaws Time
If Brian Donnelly, aka KAWS, didn’t exist, kidult America would have had to invent him.
