ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ – WINDOW VIEWS

Posted on 2019-04-29

Following his move in 1952 to a 12th story apartment overlooking Washington Square Park, the 56-year-old Hungarian emigrant André Kertész would begin a series of modernist masterworks shot from his window that he would continue until his death in 1985. From the privacy of his home, Kertész honed his lens on anonymous city dwellers, capturing fragments of passersby on the streets below or reveling in the park, in an attempt to engage with his newfound community. Many of the photographs made by Kertész during this period expressed a voyeuristic quality that reflected the artist’s sense of isolation in his adopted homeland. Later in life, following the loss of his beloved wife Elizabeth, Kertész found himself in the same surroundings, amongst all their collective memories, voraciously experimenting with a Polaroid camera as a means of working through his overwhelming grief.

Opposite – Weather Vane and New York Skyline, September 19, 1952

Exhibition runs through to May 4th, 2019

Bruce Silverstein Gallery
529 West 20th Street
New York
10011 NY

www.brucesilverstein.com

  

BRAINWALTZERA – THE KIDS ARE AI EP

Posted on 2019-04-29

The Kids Are AI is steeped in the sounds of late-90’s/early-00’s Warp and Rephlex. Snippy drum machines either coast coolly or build to frenzies at higher tempos; warm modular arpeggios sometimes wash over the tunes.

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FELIPE BAEZA – LA EMERGENCIA DE HACER MEMORIA

Posted on 2019-04-29

This marks Baeza’s first solo exhibition in New York, as well as the release of his first artist’s book, Gente del Occidente de Mexico published by Fortnight Institute in a limited edition. The works in the exhibition are created through a fragmented process of reworking and reusing of materials, mostly images found in books, that integrate collage and monotype printing techniques. Through this practice, Baeza’s work becomes a palimpsest of memories. As the title suggests, there is an urgency, a need and desire, for memories to be created, collected and kept within the inner and outer substance of being. The pieces become vessels for ancestral histories to be contained in. Stated in the introductory quote above is the idea that divine power and energy can only be contained by an object. At the root of Nahua philosophy, is Teotl, the belief that there exists a sole, dynamic, vitalizing, perpetually self-generating and self-regenerating sacred power, energy or force. The Nahua people are a native group of central Mexico that included the Aztecs of pre-conquest Mexico.

Exhibition runs through to June 3rd, 2019

Fortnight Institute
60 East 4th St.
NYC 10003

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MATTHEW PORTER – SKYLINE VISTA

Posted on 2019-04-29

Skyline Vista, is an exhibition by Matthew Porter of his celebrated flying muscle car series. This is the first time these works have been presented together in an exhibition and coincides with the release of Porter’s new monograph, The Heights, published by Aperture.

“I was inspired by the way a car can steal the show. Think of iconic car chases in films—it’s often about spectacle, and has little to do with advancing a narrative. And that’s the way I think of these cars, as dead-end technologies, but also as high-performance machines which, for their audience, sought to reflect the spirit and attitudes of their time.” — Matthew Porter

Opposite – Ridge Road, 2019

Exhibition runs through to May 11th, 2019

M+B
612 North Almont Drive
Los Angeles
California 90069

www.mbart.com

  

RASSVET X HI-TEC

Posted on 2019-04-25

Rassvet returns with its 5th collection this spring, featuring new collaborative product with iconic sportswear brands Russell Athletic & Hi-Tec, as well as a men’s wardrobe basics such as denim, straight pants and striped shirts, which have been introduced to present a full Rassvet silhouette for the first time.
The collection features a graphic collage lifted from the team’s scribbled research for new logos, reworked and re-appropriated as an all over print seen on multiple pieces. It also stays true to Rassvet’s skate roots, offering six decks in a variety of sizes and colour blocked graphics as well as new set of logo t-shirts for OKTYABR, their skate shop which has invigorated Moscow’s youth scene since it opened last summer.
For the collaborations (coming in the first drop), the Russell Athletic logo was hijacked and reinterpreted as Rassvet Athletic, whilst Hi-Tec’s bold graphics are displayed alongside discreet Rassvet co-branding.
The collaboration with Russell Athletic stays true to the American brand’s heritage as inventor of the first sweatshirt and major supplier of jersey uniforms and apparel, which inspired the varied sweatshirt shapes bearing sports team graphics, which feature prominently in the capsule.
Rassvet also present their first venture into footwear, an unexpected play on the Squash shoe, originally invented by British company Hi-Tec in 1974. The gum rubber and full grain nubuck toe box design of this classic model offers excellent grip support, which is as essential in Squash as in skateboarding.
Lastly, the new label, which reads RASSVET NE ZA GORAMI, reminds us of their optimistic motto: “The sunrise is not far behind the mountain”.

1st drop Release Date – Saturday 27 April 2019
2nd drop Release Date – Saturday 18 May 2019

www.hi-tecsportswear.com

  

AVENGERS: ENDGAME

Posted on 2019-04-22

After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers assemble once more in order to undo Thanos’ actions and restore order to the universe.

In theatres April 25th, 2019

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