PLUS and MINUS things

Above: Cover art by Roe Ethridge. Below: Photo by Inez Van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin. 

Above: Photo by Richard Burbridge.

Above: Painting by Richard Phillips.

Visionaire 56 Solar is the latest issue of Visionaire Magazine, one of the most amazing magazine collections in my opinion. They are always working with the senses in one way or another. Often using cutting edge technology or get together the most amazing artists from all over the world. Visionaire was the first magazine to laser cut instead of print an entire magazine. 

This Solar issue is again quite stunning, all images inside the magazine appear black and white, the white embroidered cover appears all white in normal indoor light. Once you take the magazine outside into the sunlight this black and white or white image turns into colour, just like magic! 

Participating artists are Yoko Ono, John Baldessari, Inez Van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, Richard Phillips, Richard Burbridge, M/M, Ryan McGinley, and more. Enjoy!

Thank you Refinery 29 pipeline.

birth of a chair’ by ron gilad
enameled sterling silver
all images courtesy wright20

birth of a chair’ by ron gilad

Meant to post this last week when we received an invite for Ron Gilad first solo exhibit, also known for his design studio: DesignFenzider at Wright in Chicago (Wright is the premier auction house specializing in modern and contemporary design). Spaces Etc./An Exercise in Utility encompasses (I believe 40) objects that question our relationship with the architectural environments that define our immediate surroundings. The pieces above really made me smile, especially the chairs, the pieces below that are objects/spaces that we’ve all doodled in our sketchbooks and thought about, or used to emphasize a space without drawing all the lines. This is why I like a lot of Ron’s work. It’s great to see all these minimal amounts of lines that create spaces and objects and you can still decide if it is about the space inside or outside of the lines or even both, that creates the object or triggers the usage that we understand when we see this object. (An Excersize in Utility)

coffee table

Face-off (detail), 2007
Bronze, Automotive Paint, Wood Plinth
Boy: 42 x 16 x 12 inches (106 x 40 x 30 cm)
Girl: 41 x 16 x 12 inches (104 x 40 x 30 cm)
Plinths: 36 x 12 x 12 inches (91 x 30 x 30 cm)
edition of four

Kevin Francis Gray Born 1972, in Northern Ireland. Lives and works in London. He is represented by the Goff + Rosenthal Gallery in New York. Kevin’s work was posted on booooooom.com a little while back. The work is amazing, at first glance it’s a traditional bronze + marble type of work, however the topics and detailed nuances like the Ghost Girl, 2007 (see below) has cuts in her arm. Ghost Girl is a cutter. Also the fashion, hair, etc are of now. However the way it’s put on a pedestal gives it a very different feel and empasizes the skill level of his pieces.

Thank you booooooom.com

Ghost Girl, 2007
Carrara Marble, Glass Crystal Beads
71 x 28 x 24 inches
180 x 70 x 60 cm
edition of four

Kids on a Tomb, 2008
fiberglass resin,  automotive paint, wood
65 x 43 x 39 inches (165 x 110 x 100 cm)

Staring at Cat Staring at Cat Staring (2007) – Air-dry clay,
fluorescent tubing, electronic balast, wires. 170 x 30 x18cm (w/out
wires)

Suspension of Disbelief (2007) – Taxidermied fox, fluorescent tubes,
electronic balllasts with wood + perspex housing, wires. 170 x 170 x
160 cm

These pieces are by Steve Bishop, they’re from different years and he keeps working on different iterations of these pieces with Fluorescent tubes. See below some more pieces. Steve has started working with color and and light in his most recent pieces as well. Steve Bishop was born in Canada but now resides in London.

Thank you NeuBlack

These photos were taken by a still-life Dutch photographer Wyne Veen for De Pers a Dutch daily paper. In this series you can see Collection Arnhem. These are only a couple of the images of the series. Wyne Veen definitely is a specialist in Still Life. Not all of the photos are as strong. However it is fun to go through her portolio of pieces. A lot of different kind of work.

See below here Perfume series from 2009.

Alison Berger glass vessels. I am not a huge fan of the most of the pieces featured on American Craft Magazine, but these had something interesting. Could probably be thought out a bit further.

Me Kissing Vinoodh (Passionately)  (1999?)

I have loved this photo by Inez van Lamsweerde since I saw it at the Whitney (I think), it’s such a strange, but fascinating photo. It’s very simple in a way which is why I like it so much.

Water carafe – production: Frans Ottink – distribution: t.e.
photography: Erik en Petra Hesmerg

Vinegar flask – production: Frans Ottink – distribution: t.e.
photography: Erik en Petra Hesmerg

A short post to share these beautiful new pieces by Aldo Bakker, now available through t.e., a label from The Netherlands. Some of the shapes Aldo had already made in Silver for t.e. but this porcelain set makes more sense to me. Also the Vinegar Flask, just has beautiful and “flowy” shapes that make the vinegar flowing out of it even better, it actually enhances the action of “pouring vinegar”.

I am not sure if these “carafes” really tell you what is supposed to be in it by the way they look, I am thinking if you own these you would maybe switch uses. But let’s get these in the house first and try em out!Or maybe just look at them. Also check out the t.e. label (named after the owner of the label Thomas Eyck) for more beautiful collections. I think it’s one of the most impressive lines of smaller products and small furniture around at the moment.

Milk can – production: Frans Ottink – distribution: t.e.
photography: Erik en Petra Hesmerg

A quick post for today. Greg White’s photography is simply amazing. The topics are sometimes pretty generic, however the way and also the colour in his photos is very compelling, sometimes cold and crisp, sometimes seemingly without colour, but yet there is an amazing amount of colour in each photo. 

Am posting a bunch more below, all part of his portfolio pieces. Enjoy!

Greg is represented by Webber represents in London and NYC.