BEAT TAKESHI KITANO

Posted on 2010-03-29

Takeshi Kitano, a.k.a. Beat Takeshi is best known as a film-maker and actor. At the Fondation Cartier, Takeshi Kitano was given entirely free rein to construct whatever exhibition he wanted. In response he has created a site-specific show that is half-art installation, half-children’s playground. “With this exhibition I was attempting to expand the definition of ‘art’, to make it less conventional, less snobby, more casual and accessible to everyone,” he says.

Opposite – Taxi (2009)

Exhibition runs through to the 12th of September, 2010

Gosse de peintre
Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain
261 boulevard Raspail
75014
Paris

fondation.cartier.com

  

CRASH – HOMAGE TO JG BALLARD

Posted on 2010-03-22

The exhibition “Crash” which takes its title from the famous novel by JG Ballard, brings together works by artists tuned to
the Ballardian universe.
From his contemporaries such as Ed Ruscha, Richard Hamilton, Andy
Warhol and Helmut Newton, to younger artists such as Tacita Dean, Jenny Saville, Glenn Brown
and Mike Nelson.

Opposite – Elvis, Richard Prince (2007)

Exhibition runs through to the 1st of April, 2010.

Gagosian Gallery
6-24 Britannia Street
London
WC1X 9JD

www.gagosian.com

  

DANIEL & GEO FUCHS – NEW WORKS

Posted on 2010-03-22

After the enormous success of TOYGIANTS, Daniel & Geo Fuchs were inspired to work on new TOYGIANTS pictures, with a different view they look at their “Giants”, a bit more from the outside and give surprising new views of the work.
In the last year Daniel & Geo Fuchs have also focussed on new series, they deal with the nature and the force of nature. In their series “Forest” they were overwhelmed to enter nature places that seems to be untouched. Powerful colors and sounds in virgin
forest appearing environments,

Opposite – Camouflage 1, 2009

Exhibition runs from the 4th of April to the 14th of June, 2010.

Young Gallery
811 Zeedijk
8300 Knokke
Belgium

www.younggalleryphoto.com

  

SCOTT CAMPBELL – IF YOU DON’T BELONG DON’T BE LONG

Posted on 2010-03-15

Scott Campbell presents a series of his trademark cut currency work and three-dimensional pieces, alongside prints and hologram paintings. His subject matter and iconography translate blue-collar grit and the lore of tattoo culture. Although communicating with this lowbrow parlance, he delivers work that is supremely defined, deliberate, and meticulously executed.

Exhibition runs through to May 30th, 2010.

OHWOW
109 Crosby Street (between Prince and Houston)
New York
NY
10012

www.oh-wow.com

  

HUSH – PASSING THROUGH

Posted on 2010-03-15

The artist continues to merge Eastern and Western traditions, this time focusing on the woman as core subject. In many of the pieces anime provides the figurative model while graffiti informs the backgrounds.

Exhibition runs through to June 5th, 2010.

Shooting gallery
839 Larkin Street
San Francisco
CA

shootinggallerysf.com

  

ROY LICHTENSTEIN – STILL LIFES

Posted on 2010-03-15

Gagosian Gallery is to open Roy Lichtenstein: Still Lifes, the first ever exhibition dedicated to this particular segment of the artists oeuvre. Lichtenstein’s experiments with still life began in 1972 and continued for almost a decade. Using his typical Ben-Day dot style, Lichtenstein turned the historic genre into a pop art experience – many of the 50 works on display taking direct influence from print advertisements.

Exhibition runs from to May 8th to July 30th, 2010.

Gagosian Gallery
West 24th Street
555 West 24th Street
New York
NY
10011

www.gagosian.com