Olivier Zahm “The Secrets of Photographing Women” Exhibition @ Leadapron Recap

Olivier is on of my favorite Frenchmen and photographers, if you're unfamiliar check out The Purple Diary. Props to Hypebeast for covering this exhibit, I'll have to get out there before it's done.

Olivier Zahm presents “The Secrets of Photographing Women,” which will be on display until June 12, 2011.

Leadapron
8445 Melrose Place
Los Angeles, CA 90069
United States

Photography: Brandon Shigeta for Hypebeast

Richardson Magazine Issue A5 (NSFW)

Having garnered a loyal following of adult fans since its inception, Richardson Magazine has just released its latest issue entitled “The Male Gaze.” Founded by editor Andrew Richardson, the sex-centric publication’s fifth issue features erotic images from artists including Steven Klein, Michael Schmidt, Dick Jewel, Vince Aletti, Tim Hetherington, Taki Theodoracopulous and many more. The magazine is currently available for purchase online through Richardson.

Some Art for Friday Morning

Lisa Eisner for Oliver Peoples: Devendra Banhart's Love-In

This short film was created by Lisa Eisner for Oliver Peoples and features folk musician Devandra Banhart. Again working with his real life partner Rebecca Schwartz, Banhart and his girlfriend are captured at their most intimate. Eisner sought to cast a genuine couple in homage to French New Wave classics like Godard’s Une Femme Mariée which were able to elicit chemistry unparalleled by actors. The film was shot in architect John Lautner’s 1961 Los Angeles creation, the Rainbow House, to the sounds of Banhart’s “Brindo” from 2009′s What Will We Be. Of course we shouldn’t forget the elegant selection of eyewear on show, courtesy of Oliver People’s latest collection.


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Imaginary Foundation “The Undivided Mind” Exhibition

I was thinking about going to San Fran just cuz but now I have a reason.

The right side of the brain is responsible for emotions and intuition, the left for logic and reason. Yet the notion of two brains gives rise to the function of one mind. Perhaps it is this one “undivided mind” that presents a way forward through the monumental cultural changes we now face, enabling us to surf this dynamic moment in history from a platform of balance and symmetry. This installation from Imaginary Foundation endeavors to fuse the aesthetic beauty of art and science in order to create a synthesis of mind, one which is as much rational as it is fantastic. In addition, the brand will open a pop-up store for the event, running from November 20th through November 28th, with the show opening Friday, November 19th, 2010. Further information on the show is available here.

FIFTY24SF Gallery
248 Fillmore Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
United States
Tel: 415.252.9144

Andy Warhol “Camouflage” Exhibition @ Honor Fraser

Covered by Hypebeast

Last night Honor Fraser played host to the official opening of “Camouflage”, a new exhibition featuring a comprehensive collection of Andy Warhol’s Camouflage series, brought over to the West Coast for all to enjoy. The show put on display Camouflage canvas silkscreens and for the first time, prints from the series, alongside with previously unseen test proofs. The series was created by taking photographs of camouflage fabric, cutting the patterns into layers and then screening them onto canvases. “Camouflage” runs through February 5th, 2011.

Honor Fraser
2622 S. LA Cienega BLVD.
Los Angeles, CA 90034
United States
Tel: 310.837.0191

Dr. Romanelli & Oliver Peoples present Dr. Goodfellow

With the help of London’s newest menswear bastion Hostem, proprietor James Brown and prestigious eyewear brand Oliver Peoples, The Doctor Romanelli brand unveils its newest creation: Dr. Goodfellow. Darren Romanelli (DRx) is a pioneer of aesthetic innovation, renowned for reviving cultural classics by twisting the familiar into the fresh. He applies a unique signature blending of past and present to each new creation with passion, dedication, commitment and, most importantly, personal connection. His latest project fuses elements of the Victorian era with the fantastic mythological characters from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

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Happy Fridays, Enjoy

I don't drink soda but this Coke has all I need

Jason Alper “Proletarian Drift And The Enfrachisement Of The Burgeoisie” Exhibition

Artist, costume designer and co-creator of Borat, Ali G and Bruno, Jason Alper, presents new works on oil for his exhibition “Proletarian Drift and the Enfrachisement of the Burgoisie” at Guy Hepner Gallery.

“Irreverent self-confessed “rookie” artist Jason Alper is at it again—only this time, he’s taking on Da Vinci. “Proletarian Drift and the Enfranchisement of the Bourgeoisie in the 21st Century” features eight new oils in which Alper—co-creator of the Ali G, Borat and Bruno characters with Sacha Baron Cohen—superimposes one of the best-known logos of our time on some of the best-known artworks on the planet. Picture a Louis Vuitton-branded tablecloth adorning Leonardo Da Vinci’s “The Last Supper”, for example. Alper’s wry fusion of contemporary and classic icons explores notions of familiarity, over-exposure, and authorship, served up with the fearless humor that has characterized his work as a costume designer (who could forget Borat’s neon mankini?).”

Take a further look at his new works after the jump.

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Ron English- “Status Factory” Opens September 12 @ 3pm, NYC!

Ron English is back at it again and I would advise if your around on the 12th of September you make your way...trust it's worth it.

The master of all things POPaganda, Ron English has put together one of the great pop up shows of the year. Taking place in a giant warehouse at 382 West Broadway in New York City, this incredible event has it all; Over 100 Brand New Original Paintings, A Toy Soldier Memorial, Camo Clown Boys and Camo Deer, a “Circus of Subvertising”, and even a real live Unicorn!!

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Walker Art Center (Minneapolis)

Happy Friday, enjoy life's offerings

by Mel Ramos

ROBBO AWAKENS: On Banksy, Graffiti and More

Banksy is the fuckin man!

Towards the end of 2009, the ever present Banksy went over a classic piece of UK graffiti by street king Robbo, creating a great deal of heated discussions from both sides. In this interview, Robbo speaks out on all things Banksy, where and what he has been up to since his retirement from the streets, and outlines his plans for the future, as well as a peek into his counter-attack strategy against Bansky. Read excerpts from the interview below, while the piece in its entirety can be found here.


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Jeff Koons' BMW Art Car

BMW has pulled the sheet off the Jeff Koons art car and we have to say we like it. A lot.
Koons has wanted to design an art car since 2003, when he first approached BMW about the idea. BMW gave him the nod earlier this year, and the car was unveiled Tuesday at Centre Pompidou in Paris, the same place where Lichtenstein unveiled his art car in 1977.



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Bernard Bertrand

Fashion Photographer Bernard Bertrand has a great eye.

Mel Ramos: 50 Years of Pop Art

If you don't know you've now been educated.

“There’s nothing else in this crazy world/except for cars and girls,” sang New York punk band the Dictators on the 1975 album Go Girl Crazy. This lyric could also be the mantra for painter Mel Ramos, who is known for his depictions of streamlined female figures in pop-bright settings.

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Stockholm Subway System

Dope!
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CRISTAL OF MADRID

Incredible transformation of the Palacio de Cristal of Madrid in 2006 by Kimsooja.

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Art and Design Showcase

Passed by the Art and Design showcase a very weeks ago and so a view intresting things. Here are a few...

Younger Than I'll Be Exhibit

It opened on April 7th, at BAM, and runs thru May 23 and if your from New York you would be best served to go. It's a photograph exhibit curated by Dossier's co-founder Skye Parrott, and it brings the memories of your childhood back. You remember playing in the water from the hydrant in the summer time.