GEORGE HERMS – XENOPHILIA

Posted on 2011-08-22

George Herms: Xenophilia (Love of the Unknown) presents the work of legendary West Coast assemblage artist George Herms alongside the work of a younger generation of Los Angeles and New York artists, which is bringing new energy to the assemblage tradition.
The exhibition features works from a circle of friends Herms found in Florence, as well as artists introduced to him by the exhibition curator, Neville Wakefield, including Rita Ackermann, Kathryn Andrews, Lizzi Bougatsos, Robert Branaman, Dan Colen, Leo Fitzpatrick, Elliott Hundley, Hanna Liden, Nate Lowman, Ari Marcopoulos, Ryan McGinley, Melodie Mousset, Jack Pierson, Amanda Ross-Ho, Sterling Ruby, Agathe Snow, Ryan Trecartin, Kaari Upson, and Aaron Young.

Ever since he first started exhibiting in Los Angeles in the late 1950s, George Herms has been a central figure in the development of so-called West Coast aesthetic. Influenced by a beat generation more attuned to the musical nuance of the everyday than the modernist requiem to order, Herms’s commitment to counterculture is expressed through his use of impoverished materials and his rejection of compositional devices in favor of loose associations of materials and ideas.

Exhibition runs through to October 2nd, 2011

MOCA Pacific Design Center8687 Melrose Ave
Design Plaza G102
West Hollywood
CA
90069

www.moca.org

  

ADAM KIMMEL X CARHARTT FALL/WINTER 2011

Posted on 2011-08-22

Adam Kimmel has fused some of his favorite colors and styles with the manufacturing and looks of heritage workwear brand Carhartt in this collection. We love the details and especially the dark blue tone that the designer exported into the line. The plaid lined denim shirts and cashmere beanies are also solid items. The classic Adam Kimmel blazer, this time produced by Carhartt is probably the best bet in the collection and something that should not be missed.

www.adamkimmel.com

  

NEW BALANCE 574B SHEARLING FALL 2011

Posted on 2011-08-22

Looking to drop for a September 2011 release the hybrid shoe beefs up the classic 574 sneaker with shearling lining and boot laces in three outdoor-inspired colors.

www.newbalance.com

  

G-STAR RAW BY MARC NEWSON AW11

Posted on 2011-08-22

Highlights in the collection include the Reversible Puffer Bodywarmer in Capsule Canvas, featuring one side in Blazing Orange; while the other side comes in Dark Navy. The Inside-Out Shooting Star R Sweat crafted from Canadian Sweat in Cloud Heather features a distinctive, large chest graphic and a high quality (but non-reversible) interior. The New Army Pant is crafted from ultra-comfortable and hard-wearing Flight Twill in Bronze Green, with main pockets and large-volume pockets on each thigh.

www.g-star.com

  

CHRIS LEVINE: SELECTED WORKS

Posted on 2011-08-22

On show will be a selection of works from Levine’s career including the extraordinary installation Light is Love in the window of the gallery, works from his Grace Jones series, abstract lightform giclees, holograms, plus a new lightbox of Lightness of Being of the Queen.
All of Levine’s work is in the pursuit of sensory experience through image and form. All objects and imagery are interacted with through the sensorial input of light energy and physical sensation.

He is currently working on a collaboration with Antony and the Johnsons culminating in a show and installation at MOMA in New York.

Exhibition runs from October 26th to November 26th, 2011

The Little Black Gallery
13A Park Walk
London
SW10 0AJ

www.thelittleblackgallery.com

  

JAMES CASEBERE: CREDIT, FAITH, TRUST

Posted on 2011-08-22

Working at the forefront of constructed photography since the late seventies, Casebere is associated with The Pictures Generation, a group of artists who combined a Pop obsession with media culture with the critical framework of Conceptual Art to redefine photography as a Postmodern medium in the 70s and 80s. Based upon his understanding of architectural, anthropological, art historical and cinematic sources, Casebere’s detailed photographs address contemporary and historical social concerns. His work challenges the boundaries between reality and imagination, whether dealing with alienation in sixties America; addressing slavery and colonialism through black and white visions of cotton mills and covered wagons peppered with native American arrows; or questioning incarceration and the significance of state buildings.

In the Landscape with Houses series, the artist expresses a fascination with the vernacular notion of home. The images are carefully constructed compositions based on a recreation of the suburban area of Dutchess County in Upstate New York as a model in the artist’s studio. As one might reconstruct an experience of landscape from memory, the model houses were created one by one and only later placed on a set, reassembled in different configurations. Colours, architectural features and details, and the relative scale of parts were revisited several times, resulting in a pastiche of the ideal suburban neighbourhood.

Exhibition runs from September 7th to October 1st, 2011

Lisson Gallery
52-54 Bell Street
London
NW1 5DA

www.lissongallery.com