FRANK OCEAN – PYRAMIDS
2012-09-24It was directed by Nabil, who also helmed “Novacane” and “Swim Good”, as well as videos for Kanye West, Bon Iver, and Antony and the Johnsons.
The new video isn’t for the full album version of “Pyramids” though.
SUN AWAY – CLOSE
2012-09-24Directed by Ewan MacLeod, the new Sun Airway video for “Close” was shot in the furthest southern wilds of Australia.Constructed around the idea of a soft fall, MacLeod writes “it’s kind of a hallucinogenic love story or perhaps it’s the story of what happens after two lovers drown.”
Sun Airway’s Soft Fall LP is out October 2nd through Dead Oceans.
TAME IMPALA – ELEPHANT
2012-09-24Tame Impala’s new record Lonerism is out October 9 in the U.S. (and October 5 in Australia and October 8 in Europe and the UK) via Modular. Here’s the kaleidoscope live-footage video for the single “Elephant”, created by Yoshi Sodeoka using film from The Silentlights. The single features remixes from Todd Rundgren and Canyons.
TweetLEGO X MARVEL / DC COMICS 2013 SUPER HEROES
2012-09-24For 2013 LEGO is going to update their Super Hero minifigs line with additional characters from the DC and Marvel universe. The new collection includes characters from the recent The Dark Knight Rises movie.The figures from DC comics universe included in the set are Mister Freeze, Aquaman, Batman in White Suit, Bane, Commissioner Gordon with a SWAT Flack Jacket, Hooded Robin, Scarecrow, Joker, Penguin and Harley Quinn in a Nurse Outfit.The figures from Marvel comics universe included in the set are Spider-man, Venom, Nova, J. Jonah Jameson, Doctor Doom aka Victor Von Doom and Beetle.
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OMAR CHACON – BACANALES TROPICALES
2012-09-17Chacon’s signature droplets of color-saturated paint return smaller, more concentrated, and brimming with energy and color. At the start of each painting, thousands of acrylic ovals are prepared, then peeled and collaged onto canvas. Taking advantage of the synthetic qualities of acrylic – its bright, slick sheen, and pliability, Chacon’s surfaces glisten with exuberant color, projecting a spirit of optimism with a nod to discovery, both in everyday life and in the surprising details of each painting.
Although his paintings are visually abstract, Chacon personifies each oval in the process of creating the individual elements of his compositions. Forming a synergy through color and commonalities between ovals as he composes his surfaces, Chacon’s paintings are a metaphor for a social gathering where individuals amass, swelling into an energetic conglomerate, enlightened by a diverse cultural mix. Bacanales, observed in the exhibition title and in the titles of his paintings, refer to the wild and festive spirit of the Greco-Roman god Bacchus as well as Colombian street vernacular for something that is optimal.
Opposite – Bacanal Guacari, 2012
Exhibition runs through to October 20th, 2012
Margaret Thatcher Projects
539 West 23rd Street
Ground Floor
New York
NY
10011
MARC SEGUIN – MY CENTURY
2012-09-17Using charcoal and oil on raw canvas, Séguin achieves near photographic grisaille images that read as “postcards of now”. Unabashedly tackling hot-button issues such as economic disparity, human rights, and environmental exploitation, Séguin’s large-scale paintings are deceptively beautiful reflections of the era in which they were produced.
The artist’s brazen approach to image-making frequently pairs his exquisite renderings with unexpected appliqués like taxidermy animals, rhinestones, tar and locks of hair to create bold motifs that bespeak our contemporary climate. Lunging road-kill coyotes, tar dripping from their fangs, flank a young woman in My Century, We are safe as long as the poor have faith – a siren for social injustice. My Century, Biutiful Smog and My Century, Biutiful Wilderness play with our assumptions of natural beauty as billowing clouds, soft with velvet greys and kohl blacks, are actually the products of smog and the burning of natural resources.
Exhibition runs through to October 13th, 2012
Mike Weiss Gallery
520 West 24th Street
New York
NY
10011
