ALIFE AT THE HOLE

Posted on 2011-02-07

The Hole and Alife are combining to present Art Machine. In this show, they present a huge artist vending machine filled with special products and artworks from $5 and up, all the way to the thousands.
From special personal artist memorabilia (“artist’s panties”) to customized products (“artist bicycle”), to actual artworks (mini painting and mini sculpture!), to limited edition products (T-shirts of G-Shock watches) this machine will vend out items by over fifty artists. First come first serve, bring your credit card, and take home a cool art object before they are all snapped up.

Exhibition runs from February 10th to February 21st, 2011

The Hole
104 Greene Street
New York
NY
10012

theholenyc.com
www.alifenyc.com

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SIMON STARLING – RECENT HISTORY

Posted on 2011-02-07

In his first major UK exhibition since winning the Turner Prize in 2005, Starling employs video, film, slides, photography and sculpture to aid his understanding of the material world. Constructing a replica of the Pier Art Centre gallery space in Stromness, his exploration of the relationship between culture and nature is an uncanny one. The exhibition will also include The Long Ton 2009, a sculpture featuring two rough-cut white lumps of marble suspended in space and Red Rivers, 2008 a video work which brings together the stories of two journeys made a century apart: the first a nineteenth century anthropological expedition into the Congo to capture and document the elusive and little known Okapi; the second a journey made by Starling down the Hudson River in a handmade strip canoe, culminating at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City where specimens of the Okapi finally ended up in a famous ‘diorama’. Taking the form of a series of still images, the video is as much a meditation on the fast disappearing processes of photography itself.

Opposite – The Long Ton, 2009

Exhibition runs through to May 2nd, 2011

Tate St Ives
International Modern and Contemporary Art
Porthmeor Beach
St Ives
Cornwall
TR26 1TG

www.tate.org.uk/stives

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STANLEY DONWOOD – WORKS ON PAPER

Posted on 2011-02-07

Work on Paper, a solo exhibition by the artist Stanley Donwood.  Donwood will showcase a selection of rare print editions and original drawings on paper.  Included in this selection are  up to 13  brand new exclusive prints,  as well as never before seen prints from his most acclaimed series namely ‘Atoms For Peace’, ‘London Views’ and ‘Twisted Woods’.
Renowned for his collaboration with Radiohead, Stanley has created all the band’s artwork from their second album on.  Yet, Donwood’s evocative and haunting imagery reaches far beyond band’s brand, which he helped to catapult to international stardom.

Interweaving meditative illustrations with propagandist text and graphics, his work’s potency lies in the unique pairing of deeply personal emotions and political themes alongside an inherent sense of reserved wit.  This winning combination allows for the examination of grave subjects not entirely seriously but without a doubt respectfully.

Exhibition runs from February 17th to March 12th, 2011

The Outsiders
8 Greek Street
London
W1D

www.theoutsiders.net

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