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Twenty important paintings from the span of American painter, Peter Sauls career will be exhibited alongside a selection of new works made especially for the exhibition. Early sketchbooks and a collection of the artist’s correspondences and personal artifacts will also be exhibited.
Saul is best known for his paintings depicting exaggerated, provocative images of pop culture ranging from well-known art references to political icons. Saul distorts his figures in order to draw attention to and critique contemporary culture. His paintings are politically charged and sardonically respond to past and current historical events. While working in the early 1960s, Saul’s inclusion of bright colors and everyday subjects positioned him as a predecessor of the Pop Art movement.
Opposite – Oedipus Junior, acrylic on canvas, 90 x 72 in, 1983
Exhibition runs through to January 8th, 2011
Haunch Of Venison
1230 Avenue of the Americas
Between 48th and 49th Street
20th Floor
New York
NY
10020
Abramovic has contributed in a fundamental manner for the consolidation of performance as a form or artistic expression, in the course of the three decades of her career. Since the 1970’s, Marina Abramovic’s work has explored and tested, by means of countless performances, the human limits, both physical and mental. In Brazil, the artist has participated in the São Paulo Biennales of 1981, 1985 and 2008; the Mercosul Binennale, in 2005; the exhibition Balkan Erotic Epic, carried out at SESC-SP in 2006, curated by Adelina von Fürstenberg; and the solo show Transitory Object for Human Use, carried out at the Galeria Brito Cimino (presently Luciana Brito Galeria), in 2008.
Besides a set of historical artworks, including videos and photographs that document performances the artist has presented since the 1970s, Abramovic will show works from the series “The Kitchen”(2009) and “Back to Simplicity” (2010).
Luciana Brito Galeria
Rua Gomes de Carvalho
842, Vila Olímpia,
São Paulo
Brasil
Wreck the Walls includes works by over 30 artists, established and emerging, who have helped shape the artistic spirit influenced by their times. Rebellious pioneers of their artistic genres, who come from a background where there are few rules and anything is possible, have helped pave the way for a younger generation of artists who are influenced by their prevailing subculture. From gallery to street art, this show expresses each artist’s divergence and individuality, offering a visual cornucopia of painting, photography, mixed media, works on paper, digital prints, sculpture, graphic design, and illustration.
This show seeks to allow the viewer a window into the myriad worlds of a group of artists whose careers span over two cultural generations, and whose individual visions create a disjointed mosaic. Their works recall the vastly differing self-perceptions cultivated in a patchwork art world constantly seeking to define and redefine itself. Wreck the Walls embraces the multiple identities of the artistic practice, and rather than seeking to congeal the complex layers of artistic vision that make up the culture, the show celebrates distinct perceptions by juxtaposing artists, whether established or emerging, who reject uniformity in a culture that defies singular classification.
Opposite – Martha Cooper, Happy Holidays by Jayson (J.SON) & Richie (Seen), 1982, South Bronx
Exhibition runs through to January 15th, 2011
Subliminal Projects
1331 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles
CA 90026
With UK designer Paul Smith being a huge bike fan, his most recent collaboration with bike helmet company Giro comes with no surprise. The designer worked on three designs on one helmet style. The helmets all feature his signature.
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