Monday
Jan142013

ARTE: RODNEY MCMILLIAN

Rodney is fast becoming my favorite artist in LA! He had a fantastic opening this weekend at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects with an ambitious and well done 45ft. painting on paper....it was fabulous! In addition to the video installations in the third room you will find another powerful "flag" piece.

Rodney's an important artist for all the right reasons!

p.s. Rodney also had an installation in MOCA's "A Blues For Smoke" group exhibition that just ended, his piece "From Asterik in Dockery, 2012" was my FAVORITE!

Thursday
Jan102013

ARTE: GENERATIONAL PORTRAITS BY KENTURAH

LA based artist Kenturah Davis recently completed a privately commissioned series of family portraits that span 3 generations. We think they are stunning and looking forward to her solo exhibit at the gallery this spring!

Wednesday
Jan092013

ARTE: JON GENIUS/PLANT THE SEED

BCTV brings us another amazing collaboration with photographer and film maker Jon Genius

Tuesday
Jan082013

ARTE: Roger Guenveur Smith

Roger Guenveur Smith is probably one of the greatest living actors. This is his monologue Frederick Douglas NOW.

Monday
Jan072013

ARTE: Leslie Hewitt & Bradford Young

Leslie Hewitt collaborates with Bradford Young for film project Untitled (Structures) at Lucien Terras.

"Untitled (Structures) 2012 will be installed at The Des Moines Art Center from September 21, 2012 through January 27, 2013; the Menil Collection, Houston from January 26 through May 5, 2013; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago from March 15 through September 7, 2014.

Untitled (Structures) is a collaborative project by artist Leslie Hewitt and cinematographer Bradford Young in response to the Adelaide de Menil Carpenter and Edmund Carpenter photography collection at the Menil Collection in Houston, Texas. The collection consists of photographs by Bob Adelman, Leonard Freed, Bruce Davidson, Danny Lyon, Dan Budnick and Elliott Erwitt, which document aspects of the CivilRights era. Inspired by the epic nature of the collection and critical of the gaps and silences in the collection regarding the history it represents, Hewitt in collaboration with Young worked on Untitled (Structures). This film-based project spanned two years of research addressing the perceivable limits of still photography and the photojournalistic forms associative of the era. The succession of non-linear silent film vignettes in Untitled (Structures) points to private spaces often unseen and explores landscape, interiority and notions of time. The film footage was shot on location in Memphis, TN, Chicago, IL and Delta Region in Arkansas."

Bradford Young is one of my favorite DP's he does incredible work. I worked with him once on a project directed by Kahlil Joseph. A short film for Brazilian singer and actor Seu Jorge.

Tuesday
Jan012013

ARTE: HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013!

Tuesday
Dec182012

ARTE: PHARRELL WILLIAMS

A BRILLIANT ARTIST, A GENIUS MUSICIAN & AN AVANT GARDE DESIGNER

 

 

 

 

 

Monday
Dec172012

ARTE: BHQFU FTW YEA!

BRUCE HIGH QUALITY FOUNDATION UNIVERSITY has just released their Spring 2013 curriculum. If your in NY go! Its free, high quality education in art! The schedule this semester is brillant! Open house January 13, 2013 from 2-4pm, meet the instructors and find out which each of the courses are about.

About BHQFU: Founded by former Cooper Union students they offer free classes about art, art practive and other world related topics in art.  They describe themselves like this "BHQFU is a learning experiment where artists work together to manifest creative, productive, resistant, useless, and demanding interactions between art and the world."

Sunday
Dec162012

ARTE: OLAF BREUNING

OLAF BREUNING

The Swiss artist clarifies the pronunciation of his name and describes the unique age artists are working in. More on theavantgardediaries.com

 

Saturday
Dec152012

ARTE: NICK CAVE FASHIONS

Tis the season! Who wouldn't want to recieve gifts wrapped up in Nick Cave paper. The sculptor and performance artist has wrapping paper, buttons, leggings, sequins scarfs, punching bags, tees and my favorite temp tattoos! Find it at all his shop


Friday
Dec142012

ARTE: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MISS NUMA

MISS NUMA GLOVES YOU AND WE ADORE THE ARTIST/ACTRESS/DESIGNER!

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Thursday
Dec062012

ARTE: THE BOOK OF POERTY & CUBA

So happy to announce CUBA: Life After The Revolution coffee table book is now on sale! Photographer Eric Berry had put together the entire catalog from the exhibition plus loads of other photos that were not on view at the gallery. Get your digital copy now on itunes!

We had the privlige of having Nnamdi I. Okafor perform in the gallery last year...he was incredible. He added publised author to his many titles with 30 Days 30 Poems. Tis the season and this seems like the perfect gift for those with an appreciation for language.

Purchase the book and use a special discount code "QUICKSIX" for additional savings.

Wednesday
Dec052012

ARTE: ROBERT RAIMON ROY IS THE GREATEST

NOBODY BUT NOBODY DOES IT LIKE RRR


Tuesday
Dec042012

ARTE: THURZ + 92CREW = THROWBACK

Was rewatching Part 1 of The Riot Starts Here which we premiered over a year ago at the gallery! I'm still fascinated by this project.

 

Monday
Dec032012

ARTE: Caitlin Cherry

FORE is the group exhibition up at the Studio Museum now, Caitlin Cherry a talented artist in her own right is the sister to one of our good friends and up & coming filmmaker Matthew Cherry.

Sunday
Dec022012

ARTE: THE SAPEURS

I had tea with one of my favorite persons the other night, the beautiful creative fashion writer Chioma Nnadi and we were discussing Afri-pop, Solange Knowles new video and the article that inspired it.

Chioma wrote an article a few years ago about The Sapeurs when she was the Style Editor at the Fader Magazine.  Solange read that blog post and tracked down those men in the congo.

 

Saturday
Dec012012

ARTE: Kermit Oliver x Hermes

Kermit Oliver the only American to design scarves for Hermes. His story was fascinating, read and listen to it here

  

Friday
Nov302012

ARTE: RETNA

Earlier this week I paid a visit to RETNA's studio. He has some amazing new paintings he's working on, different from what he showed at Michael Kohn Gallery. I am loving the new paintings with the diamond shine and glitter to them.  The black on black paintings in particular seem to take on a 3-D effect if you look at it for a while.  Peep the video below as he breaks down creative influence, inspiration and what feels good to him.

 

Thursday
Nov292012

ARTE: Wayne Thiebaud

Acquavella Galleries on the Upper Eastside is having a Wayne Thiebaud Retrospective and it ends tomorrow. If your in NY go check it out...looking at the ice cream paintings and ladies from the 60's in bathings suits will make you a little happier than when you walked in.

 

Wednesday
Nov282012

ARTE: #ATOM

DPROS is finally releasing his first mixtape #ATOM, I've heard it, its incredible! He released a teaser trailer and the album comes out 12.12.12