QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE – SMOOTH SAILING

Posted on 2014-04-07

Having returned from a triumphant co-headlining Australia/New Zealand jaunt with NIN, Queens Of The Stone Age have wasted no time in teaming with director Hiro Murai (Childish Gambino, St. Vincent) for the just unveiled cinematic mini-epic for “Smooth Sailing,” the latest single from the album … Like Clockwork.

“Smooth Sailing” follows QOTSA’s Joshua Homme and cohorts on a delirious adventure that blossoms from garden variety drunken shenanigans to possibly the most nightmarishly accurate live action interpretation of a QOTSA song to date, lending a new meaning to 3-D musical cinema—that is, it turns the 3 D’s into Drinking, Drugs and Death.

www.qotsa.com

  

tUnE-yArDs – WAIT FOR A MINUTE

Posted on 2014-04-07

‘Wait For A Minute’ is taken from ‘Nikki Nack’, which will be released in the week commencing 5th May. It was produced by Malay (who worked with Frank Ocean on Channel Orange).

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BAD HAIR

Posted on 2014-04-07

A nine-year-old boy’s preening obsession with straightening his hair elicits a tidal wave of homophobic panic in his hard-working mother, in this tender but clear-eyed coming-of-age tale from Venezuelan writer-director Mariana Rondón.

In theatres April 10th, 2014

www.pelomalofilm.com

  

RON ENGLISH – POPAGANDA SPRING 2014

Posted on 2014-04-07

Artist Ron English steps into the apparel market with his new line of POPaganda streetwear. Known as one of the most recognizable artists of our generation, Ron English uses his visual elements to create a collection that includes a selection of T-shirts and headwear. The inaugural season is built around Ron’s signature characters, including Mouse Mask Murphy, MC Supersized, Heart Skull and of course, Smiley Grin!

www.popaganda.com

  

ELLA KRUGLYANSKAYA – HOW TO WORK TOGETHER

Posted on 2014-04-07

Kruglyanskaya’s cartoon-like characters are friends and ‘frienemies’ down at the beach, out-and-about, running from a menacing presence: enforced neighbours butting against each other in the tight space of the stretched canvas. These buxom women anticipate an audience, exaggerating both voyeurism and exhibitionism, confronting cultural tropes with bawdy humour. Kruglyanskaya’s paintings vigorously play with the female form, female sexuality and social interaction.

For her Studio Voltaire commission, Kruglyanskaya is working in residency in the gallery creating an interior wall-mural and a series of large-scale oil paintings depicting women engaged in labour and work: “grooming, brooming, and bricklaying”, her exuberant and cartoon-like paintings running onto the gallery walls. The exhibition will also include multiple preparatory works on paper. The façade of the gallery will be taken over by two of Kruglyanskaya’s ample females, leaning seductively on the peaked roof of the building, taking a cigarette break whilst their peers are busy at work inside the gallery. The artist’s use of deft, fluid brush strokes and an exuberant palette make her paintings, and indeed her subjects, irresistible forces.

Opposite – Singing Maids, 2014

Exhibition runs through to June 8th, 2014

Studio Voltaire
1a Nelson’s Row
London
SW4 7JR

www.studiovoltaire.org

  

21st CENTURY TANK GIRL: ALAN MARTIN/ JAMIE HEWLETT

Posted on 2014-04-07

New Kickstarter project created by Alan Martin as he re-teams with Jamie Hewlett, Bond, Mahfood, WJC, Edwards, Parson & Knowles to bring you a new, futuristic, hardback Tank Girl book!

The goal is to create a brand-spanking-new, 100 page, hardback Tank Girl book. It will feature artwork from seven different artists (some Tank Girl veterans and some new chaps), and will be written, edited, and designed by me.

This will be a truly independent venture, side-stepping the publishing industry and distribution networks, to deliver a product straight into your hands, direct from the creators.

The confirmed artists on this project are – Jamie Hewlett, Brett Parson, Warwick Johnson-Cadwell, Philip Bond, Jim Mahfood, Craig Knowles, and Jonathan Edwards.

The book will feature two different cover designs, both drawn by Jamie Hewlett – one on the hardcover (case), and one on a wrap-around dust jacket. The latter cover will only be available through this Kickstarter, this will be your one and only chance to buy the book in this form, when the Kickstarter is over, the dust jacket comes off!

www.kickstarter.com