ARTE: ODDISEE

Ran into the very impressive musician/photographer Oddisee in the airport, how appropriate given one of my favorite records is Travelling Man!

ARTE: Olafur Eliasson

Olafur Eliasson has a great exhibition on view in Chelsea at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery the best parts were the installations upstairs, the water sculptures and the obsidian.

"Your disappearing garden" 2011

"Object defined by activity, now" 2009"Object defined by activity, then" 2009"Object defined by activity, soon" 2009

Olafur's TED Talk: Playing with space and light

ARTE: C-STUNNERS

I discovered Cyrus Kabiru's C STUNNERS on Maker Faire Africa 2010 and instantly fell in love!

From Maker Faire Africa's site:

Maker Faire Africa is a celebration of African ingenuity, innovation and creation. Here you will find the Makers who showed their work at the 2010 event in Nairobi Kenya. Work ranges from time saving devices for agriculture to alternative energy sources from design with recycled objects to social media applications for mobile phones. Per maker you will find a short synopsis of their work, their contacts details plus a possibliity to collaborate with them. Match your skills with one of the Makers.

Cyrus is a self taught painter and sculptor. This glasses series have no glass but are made with found objects. Each has its own story. The artistic series of once off pieces is inspired by his father who once broke his own glasses and refused to fix them.

Update on Monday, March 4, 2013 at 10:45AM by PAPILLION ART

Cyrus is a 2013 TED Fellow!!!

ARTE: Kilamanjaro Magazine

Olu Michael Odukoya of Kilamanjaro Magazine speaks about the creative process and explains why he choose to work with Ben Hillwood-Harris at Artwords Bookshop.

ARTE: Mabeo Designs

Peter Mabeo is the creator and owner of a brillant furniture company in Gaborone, Botswanna.  When you visit Mabeo Furniture's website you will find four basic principles that make the company; good design, use of sustainable materials, craftsmanship and people & community development.  Producing some of the highest quality and best furniture pieces in the world, Mabeo Furniture works with the top desingers and exports largely to clients in Europe and America.

mabeofurniture.com

Naledi Tables designed by Patricia Urquiola

Thuthu Stools designed by Patty Johnson

Kalahari Table designed by Claesson Koivisto Rune

ARTE: Christian Bordey

Christian Bordey is an amazing portrait photographer living and working in Paris, he sent this photo today! He is in Nantes, France shooting for a client and tested the lights with our logo! We LOVE <3

ARTE: Theaster Gates

Of all the amazing and interesting people I met this week none were more exciting than Chicago based artist Theaster Gates! I met Theaster at MOCA LA, he was there to check Glenn Ligon's artist talk. We discussed a number of things about his art, the Bank project in Chicago, my gallery and programming and this wonderful new exhibition that just opened in Miami at Locust Projects.

The most intriguing component to this exhibit are all the other things planned around it. The Soul Manufacturing Corporation creates relationships between the aesthitics of art, labor and race. He creates a factory like installation where skilled makers come in and produce things that are being made for commerce.  They have weekly programming where a DJ, a Yoga instructor and a Reader come in to provide relief and care for the makers and the audience.

Click the link below for a schedule of the programs and go be apart of this project!

THEASTER GATES SOUL MANUFACTURING CORPORATION NOVEMBER 10 - DECEMBER 21, 2012

ARTE: Barry McGee x Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair + Cadillac + MOCA LA got together to present ART IN THE STREETS: Brooklyn Style! SF native and street artist Barry McGee debuts an amazing, huge mural across the street from BAM.  They had the social media savvy photo booth in full effect at the party and everyone took advantage of it ;-)

MJPArtist Barry McGee & crewBarry's mural across the street from BAMSculptor Julie Schenkelberg & Larry Ossei-MensahAnt Demby & Singer Jenna AndrewsEVIAIR

ARTE: Mark Bradford in NY

Mark Bradford's show has re-opened at Sikkema & Jenkins.  The gallery opened this solo exhibit the night before Hurricane Sandy came and ravished the Chelsea arts district.  I was able to check it out and it is AMAZING! My favorite thing in NY at the moment. 

Click the thumbnails for better view of the paintings.

    

   

   

ARTE: Charles Ray

Charles Ray delivers at Matthew Marks Gallery in Chelsea

ARTE: Ai Weiwei x Gangnam Style

Chinese pop artist Ai Weiwei jumps into Gangnam style. The Daily Beast does a story about the censorship of his video by the Chinese government.

ARTE: Charley Ford

We didn't know him, but he looks like he was an incredibly gifted skater.  R.I.P.

PLEASE SHARE THIS VIDEO ON FACEBOOK 
FAVORITE IT & LIKE IT. ALL PROCEEDS I MAKE
OFF THIS VIDEO GO TO CHARLIES MOM TO FIGHT 
CANCER.

ARTE: FASHION WEEK WRAP UP

Instagram seems to be the way to keep track of all the photos being snapped at our events!  Check out what some instagrammers were posting about the AFRICA FASHION WEEK LA and ZALEZ STUDIO fashion show for the SS 13 collection Bloom Galaxy.

Video for both coming soon!

AFRICA FASHION WEEK LA

ZALEZ STUDIO

  

The designers and the host Kelly Love in the middle

ARTE: IDENTIFLY NAIL ART INSPIRATIONS!

We just got this email from Tyteana who interned for us during AFWLA

WE LOVE...

ARTE: La Melodia

DOPE.

ARTE: CoC

Our fav store on Melrose, Creatures of Comfort is Revolting...a pop up installation in there LA store featuring work by an artists we have blogged about in the past Ilana Kohn.

WE'RE REVOLTING: 
A pop-up installation by I'm Revolting at Creatures of Comfort [www.creaturesofcomfort.us]

WHEN: Oct. 20 - Nov. 10 (opens Oct. 20, 5-8 p.m.)

WHERE: Creatures of Comfort LA, 7971 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA

WHO: Curated by Su Wu of I'm Revolting [www.imrevolting.net]

Featuring experimental and thought-provoking new objects by:

- Doug Johnston // www.dougjohnston.net

- Morie Nishimura // ni-aa.com

- Mimi Jung // brookandlyn.com

- Julie Hung // jujumade.blogspot.com

- Joanna Williams // www.kneelandco.com

- Elyse Graham // www.elysegraham.com

- Kirsten Perry // www.kirstenperry.com

- David Neale // thegoldensmith.blogspot.com

- Jack Craig // www.jackpcraig.com

- Jonathan Cross // jcrosscactus.wordpress.com

- Brent Paul Pearson // www.palehouse.com

- Ilana Kohn // ilanakohn.com

- Haruhi Okubo // cresus-parupi.blogspot.com

ARTE: IDENTIFLY SOUNDTRACK

DJ Kaleem sent us his set from the opening...we like!

ARTE: The Edison Electrics

If you were lucky enough to see them play at the gallery a few months ago good for you! If you missed out, this should do...

ARTE: AFWLA

We're excited to be hosting Africa Fashion Week LA! Happening October 11-13 every night from 7-10pm.

Get your tickets HERE

Africa Fashion Week Los Angeles 2012 Schedule of Events:

• Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Welcome Mixer

Rooftop at the Standard Hotel

6pm-10pm

• Day 1 - Thursday, October 11, 2012 (Runway Shows)

David G

Royal Dynamite

Glamm Fashions

Taye Taylor

7pm-10pm

• Day 2 - Friday, October 12, 2012 (Runway Shows)

AfriChicDesigns

Seduction by Batani Khalfani

Nana O.

31 bits 

Rue114

7pm-10pm

• Day 3 - Saturday, October 13, 2012 (Runway Shows)

Batani-Khalfani

Tina Summers

Fulani Fashions by Omatu & Sandra

Maxhosa by Laduma + Della LA

Bishme Cromartie

7pm -10pm

http://www.afwla.org

Update on Friday, October 12, 2012 at 7:50AM by PAPILLION ART

Thursday night was a blast...great turn out and beautiful people & fashions! You don't want to miss Friday and Saturday!

ARTE: POP'AFRICANA ENDS

Yesterday Oroma Elewa founder of magazine Pop'Africana sent out the email today that she was shutting down shop...she than took to twitter (and later FB after exceeding a photo quota) and sent out a photo of the mag page by page.

And here it is, click the thumbnails for a bigger view...

Update on Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 9:36AM by PAPILLION ART

There seems to be some technical glitches with posting the rest of the magazine thumbnails...however this is most of the magazine.  To see the rest order your copy, literally only a few left!

I WANT MY POP'AFRICANA