29 janeiro 2010

ANISH KAPOOR


Anish Kapoor was born in Bombay in 1954 and has lived in London since the early 70’s when he studied at Hornsey College of Art and Chelsea School of Art Design.

Over the past twenty years he has exhibited extensively in London and all over the world. His solo shows have included venues such as Kunsthalle Basel, Tate Gallery and Hayward Gallery in London, Reina Sofia in Madrid, CAPC in Bordeaux and most recently Haus der Kunst in Munich. He has also participated internationally in many group shows including the Whitechapel Art Gallery, The Royal Academy and Serpentine Gallery in London, Documenta IX in Kassel, Moderna Museet in Stockholm and Jeu de Paume and Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.

Anish Kapoor was awarded the ‘Premio Duemila’ at the Venice Biennale in 1990, the Turner Prize Award in 1991 and was awarded an Honorary Fellowship at the London Institute in 1997 and a CBE in 2003. He is represented by the Lisson Gallery, London, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York and Galleria Continua and Galleria Massimo Minini, Italy.
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26 janeiro 2010

BARBARA VIDAL



Porque no hay que irse tan lejos para encontrar gente especial, con un trabajo digno de ver y de apreciar....
BARBARA VIDAL, Palama de Mallorca

22 janeiro 2010

DRAPE DRESS

From Ancient Greek beauties to Cecil Beaton's muses, and even modern-day pop goddess Kylie, The National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne examines the timeless allure of the draped female body.


CHARLES JAMES GOWNS BY CECIL BEATON, VOGUE JUNE 1948


CAST DRESS, HUSSEIN CHALAYAN 2001


CLASSICAL SCULPTURE


DRESS BY DOLCE Y GABBANA FOR KYLIE MINOGUE



DRESS BY MARC BOHAN FOR CHRISTIAN DIOR 1977


EVENING DRESS BY GIANNI VERSACE


EVENING DRESS BY JEAN DESS


EVENING DRESS BY MADELEINE VIONNET


EVENING DRESS BY PACO RABANNE


EVENING DRESS BY CHRISTIAN DIOR, PRODUCED BY BERDORF GOODMAN 1949


WEDDING DRESS BY VIVIENNE WESTWOOD 1999


REPORT BY LUCY ARCHIBALD, ANGIE REHE

15 janeiro 2010

MILKY ARMY


Milky Army #5 by Mironabside, as seen at
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NICK WHITE





Meet Nick White, illustrator & animator of colossal proportions.

Nick combines found imagery with drawing & painting to create myriad surfaces of faces, eyes, pattern and texture. Motifs mingle with symbols and signs, plucked from their original contexts, in unexpected combinations.

He makes books and drawings and animation and films. Colossal.

At Kingston University Nick completed an Illustration BA in the year of our Lord 2004. From then on Nick has worked as a skilled ninja, pastry chef and illustrator. In his illustrator capacity Nick’s work boasts (in)consistent (anti)themes and styles; nostalgic pop culture; uncanny mis-matchings, and birds, to name but a few.

He has exhibited at:
The Stairwell Gallery, London
Gutes Von Freunden, Frankfurt, Germany
Noise festival (Liverpool Biennal 2006) @ View 2 Gallery, Liverpool
NOG Gallery, London
Luna and Curious, London
Mystery spot @ Indo's, London
The Joyful bewilderment @Rough trade east, london.
SALE, The royal Standard, Liverpool

(Worked on) Moving image projects shown at Tate Modern, the LABAN and the Imax, London

Clients include:
Plan B, time out london, world of interiors, .CENT magazine, No-Brow, the combination of..., Decode media, Dufus (Iron Man Records), Merz: Gronland Records.

nick is represented in the UK and U.S by HEART.

Nick lives in London with Holly, Dan, Emma, Tim and Laura but not Annie. (Annie was a cat)

Nick’s brother once threw a dart into Nicks hand.

Nick mostly likes to write in third person but never second.

“Nick White’s art has a remarkable ability to reanimate dead images with hectic yet brave pencil marks” - Holly

“Nick constantly surprises me” - Person who likes Nick’s work

“Nick owes me money” - Anonymous

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MAURIZIO ANZERI


MAURIZIO ANZERI

12 janeiro 2010

AUSTRALIAN GRADUATES

The global trend for austerity during the recession was pushed aside, while structure, subversive silhouettes and vibrant colours took centre stage. Experimental finishes gave surface texture new meaning, delivering the exuberance of youth.

This strong cross section of 2009 graduate talent highlights the individualism born out of personal and cultural identity and the raw ambition making the Southern Hemisphere a force to be reckoned with.

La tendencia mundial de austeridad durante la recesión fue dejada de lado, mientras que la estructura, las siluetas y colores vibrantes subversivo tomó el centro del escenario. Acabados Experimental dio sentido textura de la superficie nueva, la entrega de la exuberancia de la juventud.

Esta sección transversal fuerte talento de graduados de 2009 pone de relieve el individualismo nace de la identidad personal y cultural y la ambición de primas que el hemisferio sur en una fuerza a tener en cuenta.



ROSALINYNATA GUNAWAN


NATALIE BORTOLOTTO


NADIA NAPREYCHIKOV


MARIANTHI FILAN


LOU ROGERS


LAURA BEAVEN


JESSICA ROBERTSON


IVETT SIMON


AMY KAHL


ALYSSA CHOAT