DONKEY HOSTAGE

Posted on 2009-03-23

Boy meets girl, girl ties boy to donkey…

A major new collection of distinctive drawings and paintings by Kirsty Whiten depict intimate struggles as boys are taken hostage, cared for, teased and broken in like horses.

They play and fight in costumes constructed from materials found in their homes; weapons from the kitchen, riding gear from adidas, hair -pieces, scarves and turbans made from towels and t shirts. Adults using childlike play to act out the best and worst of their dependency and desire.
The fierce and delicate images explore sexuality, control and truce, the tenderness of surrender – the roles fought over and claimed by modern men and women.

StolenSpace
The Old Truman Brewery
91 Brick Lane
London
E1 6QL

www.stolenspace.com

  

ADIDAS URBAN ART GUIDE

Posted on 2009-03-23

Adidas have launched a very clever Urban Art Guide application for the iphone. The guide has been made for Berlin and instead of visiting the usual museums that everybody knows, the adidas Urban Art Guide will show selected pieces of street art as well and guide you through the city. From better known galleries and museums to special artworks that are hidden in corridors, the guide covers it all.

The adidas Urban Art Guide can be downloaded for free from the iTunes Store.

www.adidas.com

  

UNDEFEATED SOCKS

Posted on 2009-03-23

Now that the weather has warmed up and spring has arrived and its time to get out your shorts, you should also be thinking about upgrading your sock game as well. Undefeated has you covered on that front and has released three new sock styles – the ped, ankle and crew socks all come in three colorways and feature a small gold Undefeated logo embroidery.

www.undftd.com

  

COMME DES GARCONS – BLACK & BEARBRICK

Posted on 2009-03-23

Here are the latest items from the Comme des Garcons BLACK and Medicom collaboration, including a large Bearbrick head paper weight. Furthermore Comme have created a small collection of jewelry, using silver, gold and bronze metal 50% Bearbricks on pendants, wallet chains, phone straps, bracelet and keychains.

www.doverstreetmarket.com

  

JIVE BOMBER

Posted on 2009-03-23

Most of the adidas Originals by Originals product has now released and after crazy items from Jeremy Scott, as well as very simple and technical items from Kazuki. Alyasha brings a totally different look to adidas. and in our view one of the most interesting shoes from the entire initiative is the Jive Bomber. Using parts of other adidas classics, the Jive Bomber could not come at a better time.

Now available at Size

www.adidas.com

  

MIYAKO ISHIUCHI

Posted on 2009-03-23

The Michael Hoppen Gallery is honoured to host the first European retrospective of work by Miyako Ishiuchi, Japan’s foremost female photographer. Taking over both floors of the gallery, it will be the first time images from the series ‘Mother’s’ (2000-2005), ‘1906 To the Skin’ (1991-1993) and ‘Yokosuka Story’ (1976-1977) have been shown in Britain.

Curated by Dutch photographer and Japanese photography specialist Machiel Botman, the exhibition comes to us from Foam Museum Amstedam and La Filature Scène Nationale-Mulhouse before moving to Riga Art Space in Latvia. The exhibition was organized and produced by Langhans Galerie Praha, a non-profit organization for the promotion of photography, and will be accompanied by the limited edition book MIYAKO ISHIUCHI, edited by Machiel Botman and published by Manfred Heiting.
Printed in the form of a leporello within a slipcase, the book will be available exclusively from Michael Hoppen Gallery

This exhibition runs until the 16th of April, 2009

Michael Hoppen Gallery
3 Jubilee Place
London
SW3 3TD
England

www.michaelhoppengallery.com