RICHARD CALDICOTT – ITERATIONS

Posted on 2017-05-22

With a profound sense of method and extreme rigor based on the direct drive and the precision of gesture, Richard Caldicott approaches the medium of photography as an endless enigma. “Iterations” is a series about overlaying, scaling, repeating, and multiplying. Through the process of duplication, replication and the subtle adjustments of color, his images follow a discernible linear compositional logic. Forms, surfaces and colors are developed according to his experience and vision that invite us to dive into his universe at any moment.

Other existing works – from his archive – have been manipulated in a post-photography, post-production experimental way of working. Incidental marks and processes overlap. The artist explores issues of layering, or over-writing, as in a palimpsest, but his starting point is always the hand made method. This sense of recycling echoes Jasper John’s work and his famous sketchbook quote: “Take an object. Do something to it. Do something else to it”.

Introducing a new chromatic range, simple in form, yet meticulously focused and detailed, each work provides a sense of continuity that develops a richness in complexity of space, surface and texture. Reflections and counterpoint structures also create delicate impressions. In “Iterations”, Richard Caldicott reveals once again his jubilant pleasure of exploration and enchanted lyricism of combinations.

Exhibition runs through to June 10th, 2017

Sous Les Etoiles Gallery
560 Broadway Suite 603
New York
NY10012

www.souslesetoilesgallery.net

  

BURIAL – SUBTEMPLE

Posted on 2017-05-22

The two track EP drops on Hyperdub on May 26th. His first solo release since last year’s ‘Young Death’/’Nightmarket’ release. It features two tracks: ‘Subtemple’ and ‘Beachfires’.

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RAF SIMONS CALVIN KLEIN EYEWEAR COLLECTION

Posted on 2017-05-22

Raf’s first collection of solid eyewear features bold, clunky architectural silhouettes bolstered with metallic accents and are set to be available in a range of off-beat color combos. It signals yet another move in Raf’s mission for reinvention at Calvin Klein, and the eyewear range is an official part of Raf’s “CALVIN KLEIN 205W39NYC” collection – named after the brand’s HQ in New York City.

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66°NORTH F/W 2017

Posted on 2017-05-15

Icelandic brand 66°North‘s latest lookbook shows the brand’s commitment to making functional clothing in innovative materials. The brand, originally founded back in 1926 to kit out Iceland’s fisherman, has gained a reputation for its high quality and versatile outerwear. The 2017 fall/winter collection is inspired by workwear, a key influence throughout the brand’s history, with classic silhouettes being updated and functional sports-inspired materials being incorporated.

The collection includes key outerwear staples including utility parkas and puffa jackets, as well as knitwear and lightweight insulated jackets, all in a color palette intended to reflect “urban tones and arctic flora.”

www.66north.com

  

AGNES B X DAVID LYNCH T-SHIRTS

Posted on 2017-05-15

David Lynch and agnès b. join once again to create a set of T-shirts celebrating the 70th anniversary of Cannes Film Festival and the work of the Twin Peaks director.
The T-shirts are each imprinted with Lynch’s own original artwork — “Wild at Heart”, a nod to the director’s 1990 film of the same name, and “Oh Donna”, named after a Richie Valens song from 1958.

www.agnesb.eu

  

ED RUSCHA – CUSTOM-BUILT INTRIGUE

Posted on 2017-05-15

Throughout decades of formal experimentation, Ruscha has explored the role of language in painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, and bookmaking through a singular, sometimes oblique use of words. From the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, he honed his distinctive drawing practice to create some of the most compelling works of his career. The text drawings from this period, exquisitely rendered in pastel, dry pigment, and various edible substances, from spinach to carrot juice, bridge the spirited Pop art for which Ruscha first gained renown with the cerebral Conceptualism to which his work was essential.

The exhibition features a decade of drawings (1974–1984) towards the end of which Ruscha reintroduces the element of imagery. With the inclusion of one work on paper from 1986, we can see a clear shift to another stage of his drawing practice.

Drawing has long been considered the most direct process by which thought is transferred into image; but Ruscha almost completely conceptualizes his images prior to making them. Using a reverse-stenciling graphic technique, Ruscha cuts out stencils in the shape of letters and places them on paper. He then applies pigment around the covered area with unconventional tools, such as cotton puffs and Q-Tips, to create his typography utilizing negative space rather than line. Selectively trawling words and phrases from the American vernacular, with little regard to their prescribed meaning or intention, Ruscha subverts the symbolic system of language altogether. Words and phrases severed from specific time, location, or context resonate with just as much vitality and pathos as when the drawings were created.

Opposite – He Enjoys the Co. of Women, 1976

Exhibition runs through to June 30th, 2017

Gagosian
980 Madison Avenue
NY 10075
New York

www.gagosian.com