NEKROTRONIC
2019-07-22A brain-meltingly insane sci-fi extravaganza from the twisted minds of the Roache-Turner brothers (the makers of Wyrmwood).
In theatres August 23rd, 2019
TweetALMA ALLEN
2019-07-22This is a showcasing of work made after the artist’s recent relocation from Joshua Tree, CA, to Tepoztlan, Mexico. The pieces continue the compulsive and prolific explorations of a singular sculptor with a recognizable and idiosyncratic visual sensibility, who creates psychologically charged forms in stone, wood, and bronze.
In talisman-like handheld objects in silver and bronze, and in large-scale forms contoured from 500-pound burls of wood and slabs of stone, Allen’s works are exacting in their fluidity. These nonreferential forms at once evoke the familiar and the nameless, drawn from the trauma and willfulness that have marked the artist’s life and his own specificities of resonance and recollection. In Allen’s sculptures, and in their intimations of squeezing and stabbing and smoothing, is a distillation of visceral pains and pleasures: of a clenching or a letting go or opening one’s eyes to the sun after a nap. How the action of sculpting becomes the sculpture itself is apparent in Allen’s work, the result of a physical acting out, punctuated by its recurring themes of organs and violence. Many of the works present a single minimal motion, carved and polished over the course of many months.
Opposite – Not Yet Titled, 2017
Exhibition runs through to August 17th, 2019
Blum & Poe
2727 South La Cienega Boulevard
90034 Los Angeles
USA
SEASIDE: PHOTOGRAPHED
2019-07-22Including early photographic depictions of waves, picture postcards revelling in the glee and grime of British resorts, intimate shots of holiday and relaxation, reportage and the photo series of eminent photographers, the exhibition presents the seaside in a multitude of different visions, celebrating our special relationship with our coast.
Since photography’s early beginnings the phenomenon of the seaside as public parade has provided myriad photo opportunities, charting a tide of enormous social change. Vicissitudes of fortune have seen utopian visions give way to the glorious failure of the English seaside, playgrounds by the sea becoming places of last resort, rackety with decay and ripe for misdemeanour, or as so much photographic evidence would insist. The exhibition’s curators Val Williams and Karen Shepherdson point out: “Photographers’ visions are necessarily partial ones – they follow their noses, sniff out the strange and the unusual, the comic and the melancholy. They do not necessarily picture things the way that they are.”
Opposite – Grace Lau, 21st Century Types, 2005
Exhibition runs through to September 8th, 2019
Turner Contemporary
Rendezvous
Margate
Kent CT9 1HG
BODE CORDUROY JACKETS FW19
2019-07-22Bode continues to reference retro themes and pull from vintage fabrics, resulting in two unique and colorful choices.
For the “Senior Cord” edition, Bode was inspired by the typical collegiate look of the 1970’s, and has reimagined a varsity jacket with an eclectic touch. The 100% cotton jacket is offered in a golden “Corn” colorway and printed with various hand-drawn graphics, including illustrations of a bird, a vase and a ship, alongside phrases like “Feed the Cat” and a nod to the rock band “The Replacements.” Finished with slanted pockets and a front-button closure.
The patchwork version is mixed with vintage and household materials that showcase bright swatches in red, green, blue and gold. It features a crosshatch design to differentiate from the usual patched aesthetic, while a buttoned half-placket completes the look.
EDWARD + BRETT WESTON
2019-07-22The Weston name is one of the most prominent in American photography. Edward Weston and his son Brett left a remarkable, lasting pictorial legacy that is quintessentially American and set standards for future generations of photographers. Their combined body of work presents the symbiotic relationship they had to the medium, to their commitment towards a clear and precise vision, and their familial bond, as father and son. Dedicating their lives to photography, the Weston’s created an ‘oeuvre’ that became the standard for a modernist view that demonstrated a total break from Pictorialism. With a desire to record an unadorned world in a straight forward, unambiguous manner, they produced photographs that centered on sensuous and sculptural forms, rich tonalities, an aesthetically rich array of subject matter, and a range of scale from the close-up detail to a near panorama view of landscapes. The Weston’s left American photography a cultural endowment still cherished to the present day.
Opposite – Edward Weston, Pepper No. 30
Exhibition runs through to August 3rd, 2019
Holden Luntz Gallery
332 Worth Avenue
Palm Beach
33480 FL
ALEXANDER-JOHN X PUMA X SAKS FIFTH AVENUE
2019-07-22A three-way collaboration between designer Alexander-John, Saks Fifth Avenue and PUMA, have their way with two takes of the classic Ralph Sampson silhouette, the fashion powerhouses tap into the hustle and bustle of New York City as their muse.
Created exclusively for Saks Fifth Avenue, the ‘Intersection’ pack features the taxi-inspired ‘Off Duty’ and the bright safety orange ‘Detour’ colourway. The latter wears indigo-dyed denim laces by Aglit Italy, with orange stitching adding a textual touch. Meanwhile, the yellow-dressed rendition gets black detailing and laces for a stark contrast.
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