MURAKAMI

Posted on 2009-02-18

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao will present ©MURAKAMI, the most comprehensive retrospective to date of the works of Takashi Murakami. The exhibition will feature more than 90 artworks in various media including painting, sculpture, installation, and film. Included will be iconic works that track the ongoing evolution of Murakami’s anime alter ego DOB, his otaku-inspired figure projects of the late ‘90s, an archive of licensed Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. merchandise that spans Takashi Murakami’s entire career, and a retrospective of his creations for Louis Vuitton since 2003.

©MURAKAMI presents a selection of the artist’s major works spanning the entire length of his career, beginning with his works from the early 1990s, which launched Japan’s Neo-Pop generation. A significant portion of the exhibition is dedicated to the ongoing evolution of Murakami’s alter ego, DOB, and the figure projects of the late 1990s inspired by the otaku, a Japanese anime and manga obsessed geek subculture. A particularly important feature will be the monumental installation presenting the retrospective work of Murakami collaborating with world leading luxury brand Louis Vuitton.

The exhibition runs until May 31st 2009

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Avenida Abandoibarra, 2
48001 Bilbao
Bizkaia
Spain

www.guggenheim.org/bilbao

  

DORMICE

Posted on 2009-02-09

DORMICE are a pair of artists who together have made fans of Versace, Roberto Cavelli and Leonardo Di Caprio, with their paintings of Supermodels and luxury media inspired imagery. Heinrich Nicolaus was a famous abstract artist in Germany before becoming bored with the ease he could make huge sums of money for his works without a challenge, and so setting off travelling the world lecturing artists on, not how to paint, but how to become a famous artist. In Canada he met Sawan Yawnghwe who was a prodigy in figurative painting. Sawan, with the arrogance of youth and genius muscled his way into Heinrichs large studio and started to produce stunning figurative works, which Heinrich startted addig text to, and the collaboration team was formed.

DORMICE have now painted together in Italy for 11 years. They had Leonardo Da Vinci’s old studio in a castle in Tuscany for 5 years, but have recently moved to a gigantic converted church where they make paintings up to 20 feet long which use the images we are constantly bombarded with in fashion and luxury magazines to comment on life.

Currently showing at the Wanted Gallery in Notting Hill, including many never before seen works and an installation by Heinrich Nicolaus.

Wanted Gallery
15b Blenheim Cresecent
Notting Hill
London
W11 2EE

www.wantedgallery.aneworder.com

  

NETROPOLIS

Posted on 2009-02-02

Landscape as a Dream, deals with the flood of images which document reality in our media-driven age. As a counter pole, this exhibition aims to create the vision of a possible world which could be composed of paradox, chimera, and deceptive images. A world in which traditional social bonds have broken down and are replaced by loose couplings and vaguely defined communities.

From the 7th of February through to the 21st of March 2009 the gallery Studio la Città in Verona is showing the exhibition Landscape as a Dream, curated by Luigi Meneghelli and features works by Michael Najjar (opposite) plus, Enrica Borghi, Eelco Brand, Sheba Chhachhi, Remy Marlot, Julie Monaco, Kirk Palmer and Michael Wolf.

Studio La Città
Lungadige Galtarossa
2137133
Verona
Italy

www.studiolacitta.it

  

GEOMETRY IN NATURE : ANTHONY BURRILL

Posted on 2009-02-02

Now showing at Colette is a new set of work from British designer and graphic artist Anthony Burrill. Burrill was responsible for the exterior decoration of the Paris store during its recent refurbishment and now returns with a selection more directed towards his current interest. Using laser cut plastic, he explores the intersection of nature and geometry.

Anthony Burrill Geometry in Nature
showing until 28th february 2009.
Colette
213, Rue Saint Honoré.
75001 Paris
France.

www.colette.fr

  

POSTER GIRL

Posted on 2009-01-26

Electric Blue Gallery plays host to a collection of new works by the hugely influential graphic artist Jasper Goodall. Goodall rose to public attention with his style defining work for The Face magazine in 2000-2003 influencing a generation of illustrators and helping pave the way for illustration’s resurgence and reinvention in recent years. Here Goodall presents for the first time, his first solo show of personal work in a gallery environment. Entitled ‘Poster Girl’ the work explores the notion of fantasy versus reality, a subject which has fascinated Goodall for some time. “Sexual attraction, I believe is almost entirely down to our fantasies, after all when you first meet someone you don’t know them, but you make up and idea about them in your mind and it’s this fantasy that you are attracted to. Once you get to know them, all too often the fantasy doesn’t match with the reality.

Ready for the drop 6th February

Electric Blue gallery
64 Middlesex street
London
E1 7EZ

www.electricbluegallery.com

  

BURTON & FUTURA VAPOR SNOWBOARD

Posted on 2009-01-26

The Burton & Futura Vapor Snowboard has now been released in Burton flagship stores across the globe. Featuring a simple black upper, it comes with a full on Futura graphic on the bottom with custom Futura Burton signature. Just in time to hit the slopes this season and featuring all that we love about Futura and Burton from design to the color palette to the Carbon Vaporskin Lite, Grip and Rip and Multizone EGD for all you snowbaord techies.