WHITNEY BEDFORD – VEDUTE

Posted on 2022-05-30

The artist’s latest series brings together what she calls Vedute , a set of landscape paintings inspired by paintings by masters of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries – from Degas to Sérusier, Klimt or Van Gogh. As with her paintings of shipwrecks, icebergs or tropical forests, the Californian artist reappropriates this historical heritage and uses it as references for her autobiographical landscapes, contemporary allegories of social and environmental experiences.

Opposite – Veduta (Munch Red Rocks), 2022

Exhibition runs through to July 24th, 2022

Art : Concept
4, passage Sainte-Avoye
Access: gate at 8, rue Rambuteau
75003 Paris

www.galerieartconcept.com

  

TURSIC & MILLE – THE THING

Posted on 2022-05-30

Ida Tursic and Wilfried Mille have been working together since 2000, delving into the contemporary world’s overload of images to approach the question of how to paint in the present age. Known for their joyfully eccentric paintings and sculptures which combine an awareness of art history with a wide spectrum of motifs, Tursic & Mille simultaneously act within and challenge the tradition of the medium, with a playful mixture of ‘high’ and ‘low’ references. Instinctively culled from different media, especially the Internet, the elements within their work alternate as a language in themselves, or guide the viewer through scenes, reflecting on the practice of painting.

Opposite – Walter Benjamin, 2016

Exhibition runs through to August 6th, 2022

Galerie Max Hetzler
Bleibtreustraße 45
10623 Berlin
Germany

www.maxhetzler.com

  

MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO

Posted on 2022-05-30

Simon Lee Gallery is proud to announce a solo exhibition of new and recent works by Michelangelo Pistoletto. For his fifth exhibition at the gallery, the artist presents a series of mirror paintings that reflect on themes of captivity, isolation and restriction at a fractured moment in contemporary history.
Pistoletto is widely recognised as one of the most influential contemporary artists of his generation and a central figure within the Arte Povera movement. From early in his five-decade career the mirrored surface has been an instrumental element of his practice. The artist gained prominence in Italy during the 1960s and 70s against a turbulent socio-political background characterised by unstable leadership, economic downturn and social upheaval.
Amidst this tense political atmosphere, he used his art to reflect on the radical ideologies gaining currency amongst a younger generation struggling to find their place in a broken society, exploring subjects from student insurrection and incarceration to anti-government feeling and political demonstration. His mirrored surface offered the perfect vehicle to implicate agency on the behalf of the viewer, whose fleeting presence in the work vacillates between active participant and passive spectator. This critical attitude is by no means isolated in Pistoletto’s practice, which has continued to function as a zealous site for political interrogation to the present day.

Opposite – Donna che guarda attraverso le sbarre, 2018

Exhibition runs through to July 2nd, 2022

Simon Lee Gallery
12 Berkeley Street
W1J 8DT
London

www.simonleegallery.com

  

THE GREAPER WATCH BY SKET-ONE X IAMRETRO

Posted on 2022-05-30

Sket-One’s graffiti reaper returns with the new Greaper watch from IamRetro. The perfect tool to mark the time for lost spray can souls, the fun design features a watchface with the grim star of the show in a graveyard and a blood-dripped silicone band. The black stainless steel watch case features a slim, modern design with Greaper on the back. The watch comes in an acrylic paint can-style package, similar to the one for the Greaper art toy.

An edition of 300.

iamretro.com

  

MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON

Posted on 2022-05-30

Marcel is an adorable one-inch-tall shell who ekes out a colorful existence with his grandmother Connie and their pet lint, Alan. Once part of a sprawling community of shells, they now live alone as the sole survivors of a mysterious tragedy. But when a documentary filmmaker discovers them amongst the clutter of his Airbnb, the short film he posts online brings Marcel millions of passionate fans, as well as unprecedented dangers and a new hope at finding his long-lost family. A beloved character gets his big-screen debut in this hilarious and heartwarming story about finding connection in the smallest corners.

In theatres June 24th, 2022

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ELVIS

Posted on 2022-05-30

A thoroughly cinematic drama, Elvis’s story is seen through the prism of his complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker. As told by Parker, the film delves into the complex dynamic between the two spanning over 20 years, from Presley’s rise to fame to his unprecedented stardom, against the backdrop of the evolving cultural landscape and loss of innocence in America. Central to that journey is one of the significant and influential people in Elvis’s life, Priscilla Presley.

In theatres June 24th, 2022

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