IDA KAR : BOHEMIAN PHOTOGRAPHER 1908-1974

Posted on 2011-03-14

This exhibition of over seventy of Kar’s portraits highlights the significant role played by this woman photographer at the heart of the creative avant-garde.
Russian-born, of Armenian heritage, Ida Kar (1908–74) was instrumental in encouraging the acceptance of photography as a fine art. Her subjects were the most celebrated figures from the literary and artistic spheres of 1950s and 1960s Europe and Russia. They include artists such as Henry Moore, George Braque, Gino Severini and Bridget Riley and writers such as Iris Murdoch and Jean-Paul Sartre.

Opposite – Yves Klein, 1957

Exhibition runs through to June 19th, 2011

National Portrait Gallery
St Martin’s Place
London
WC2H 0HE

www.npg.org.uk

  

CALIFORNIA DREAMIN CURATED BY HEDI SLIMANE

Posted on 2011-03-14

Hedi Slimane is curating an exhibition ‘California Dreamin: Myths & Legends of Los Angeles’ which examines his adopted home and current obsession: LA. The show will include works from LA art stars like Ed Ruscha, Chris Burden, John Baldessari or Dennis Hopper, aswell as Jim Shaw, Mike Kelley and Raymond Pettibon.
A new book ‘Anthology of a Decade’ will be released soon also: the selection of 175 color photographs traverse the music scene, the New York art scene, street fashion and haute couture and record Slimane’s early years in the fashion industry, before, during and after his tenures at Yves Saint Laurent and Christian Dior.

Exhibition runs through to March 26th, 2011

Almine Rech Gallery
19 Rue de Saintonge
Paris
France

www.alminerech.com

  

ATTACK THE BLOCK

Posted on 2011-03-14

Aliens, kids on bikes and South London.
First feature from Joe Cornish (Adam and Joe) who pens a tale of a teen gang in South London defending their block from an alien invasion and a score of B-horror dub step tones from the Basement Jaxx.
ET in England, area 52 in CR9, Inner City Versus Outer Space!

In theaters May 13th, 2011

attacktheblock.com

  

SUCKER PUNCH ANIMATED SHORT- THE TRENCHES

Posted on 2011-03-14

The animated short is a collaboration between Snyder and Swiss animator Ben Hibon. The girls don’t appear here, but a backstory about the zombied German stormtroopers they face in the movie is covered.

Sucker Punch is in theaters April 1st, 2011

suckerpunchmovie.warnerbros.com

  

BENDA BILILI!

Posted on 2011-03-14

Benda Bilili are a group of street musicians in Congo-Kinshasa. They live around the grounds of the zoo in Kinshasa, and play music which is rooted in rumba, with elements of old-school rhythm ‘n’ blues and reggae. The core of the band consists of four senior singers/guitarist, who are all disabled (they suffered from poliomyelitis when they were young) and move around in spectacularly customized tricycles.
Benda Bilili, the translation means See Beyond.

In theaters March 18th, 2011

bendabilili

  

NIRVANA – HORMOANING EP

Posted on 2011-03-14

Nirvana’s Hormoaning EP is set to be re-released on Record Store Day, April 16th, 2011.
The EP was originally only sold on the band’s 1992 Australian tour. It features covers of songs by DEVO, The Vaseline . The songs were recorded during a BBC Radio 1 John Peel session.

The re-release will be limited to 6000 copies.

www.interscope.com/nirvana