Audi of America has teamed up with Renovo Bicycles to create the “duo”, a line of bikes that feature monocoque frames made of hardwood, the weight per cubic inch of wood is about a quarter the weight of aluminum, making the duo lighter than most bicycle frames, while still offering equal or superior stiffness, durability and toughness. Three models are to be released the duo City, duo Sport and duo Road.
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Dan Holdsworth is renowned for landscape photographs in which nature, architecture and technology merge with light and space to produce powerful visions of the contemporary world.
In Blackout, Holdsworth presents photographs taken in Iceland, a volcanic otherworld where day is night and ice is sooty pitch, Holdsworth’s negative images are literal double inversions; their black and white clarity negates all natural logic.
Exhibition runs from March 17th to May 8th, 2011
Nordin Gallery
Tulegatan 19
SE-113 53
Stockholm
South Park redefined pop culture as we know it. Now, 15 pop artists are redefining South Park for the animated show’s 15th birthday.
The 15 Artists Reinterpret South Park exhibit is to be curated by street surrealist Ron English. Other artists include Greg Craola Simkins and Mark Dean Veca.
Opposite – Last Supper in South Park, Ron English
Exhibition runs through to April 10th, 2011
Opera Gallery New York
115 Spring Street
New York
NY
10012
In this exhibition Papantonakis repeats images obsessively. Flora, images of childhood, and musical elements recur with near compulsive frequency throughout the artist’s oeuvre. The species of flower used in his motifs often varies from series to series, however one finds constancy in the freeform manner in which they are depicted. Papantonakis’ latest works are strewn with images of roses, however they appear alongside what is almost a catalog of flowers drawn from the artist’s previous pieces.
Evocations of childhood are found throughout Papantonakis’ canvases in the recurrence of images such as bike helmets, ballerinas and video‐game controllers. Many works incorporate collage and a rough handling of form, which communicates a sense of youthful spontaneity.
Opposite – The Creator, Mixed media on five wood panels
Exhibition runs through to April 7th, 2011
Gallery Nine5
24 Spring Street
New York
NY
10012
Included in the exhibition are sixteen large-scale color prints presenting African and Haitian figures in indigenous masquerade costume. In her recurring travels throughout Africa and the Caribbean over the past thirteen years, Galembo shoots revelers during traditional rituals, rites, ceremonies, and festivals. This exhibition coincides with the release of Galembo’s new book, Maske (Boot, 2010), which includes an introduction by Chika Okeke-Ogulu, Assistant Professor of Art History at Princeton University.
Masking is a complex, mysterious and profound tradition in which participants transcend the physical world and enter the spiritual realm.
Opposite – Panther, Dodo Masquerade, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, 2009
Exhibition runs through to April 2nd, 2011
Steven Kasher Gallery
521 west 23rd street
New York
NY
10011
Featuring 31,035 slides shown simultaneously on multiple projectors, ‘Reykjavik Slides’ was inspired by the distinctive character of Icelandic architecture and documents every building in the capital. Made with the assistance of Pál Magnússon and the artist’s two sons, Björn and Karl, the work is a comprehensive survey, drawing one’s attention to the subject matter of the project, rather than the role of the artist.
The work’s numerous images present an act of dedication to the singularity of Reykjavik, Roth’s home since 1957 and, in seeing every building as worthy of admiration, Roth allowed life itself to communicate as art.
Exhibition runs from March 17th to April 30th, 2011
Hauser & Wirth
23 Savile Row
London
W1S 2ET
