Julia Chesky crept out into the night with us and documented the scene at Kim Cogan’s, Kristin Baker’s, and Paul McCarthy’s openings, plus a party at OAK.
Shred For Your Life! Tonight at Santos Party House
via, the blaaahg
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Will Barras “Darling, We’re Leaving!” A solo exhibition opens November 5 at
Fifty24SF in San Fransisco.
For more info on Will check out, DC.
Gallery info:
FIFTY24SF Gallery
248 Fillmore Street,
San Francisco, CA 94117
We had a chance to stop by the openings at Joshua Liner Gallery and Harley-Davidson’s Art of Rebellion Show, Julia Chesky documented the scene for us.
Well this is fantastic news. Check here to see when it is coming to you.
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For one night only, this Saturday October 17th is HARLEY-DAVIDSON’s The Art of Rebellion. Featuring rock poster artists Art Chantry, Brian Ewing, Derek Hess, Dirty Donny, Frank Kozik, Harpoon, John Van Hamersveld, Lindsey Kuhn, Tara McPherson and The Pizz, each customizing a Harley-Davidson Iron 883 gas tank. There will also be prints from each artist displayed for purchase.
via the release…
“These artists represent the rebellious spirit that we very much connect with-mixing old with new, defying boundaries and creating fresh individual perspectives,” said Susanne Dawursk, Harley-Davidson director of Outreach Marketing. “The Art Of Rebellion is a must-see event that showcases the artists and supports the art community at large.”
We were blessed with a signed print by Frank Kozik to give away to one lucky reader, so to make it interesting, we ask that you submit your favorite moment/image of Harley-Davidson history. To give you an idea, see after the jump.
send all images by 11:59 pm October 16th to giveaway (at) theworldsbestever.com with the subject ‘harley’ to enter
Coolest photo wins
Harley-Davidson presents The Art of Rebellion
Saturday October 17th at la.Venue (680 W. 28th Street) in New York City.
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Our homie Jason Douglas Griffin opens a new show tonight, 7 – 10pm at Leo Kesting in the Meatpacking District. Be there, we will.
“The raging 80’s- a time of sex, white lines and financial excess, gave way to a generation of twentysomethings worlds away from their baby boomer parents. With a title seemingly cribbed from a John Hughes’ film, “Getting to Know Someone: 80’s Babies” explores the intersection of self and city in a generation freshly bereft of their cultural icons.
80’s Babies continues Jason’s dialog with the 1980’s generation. “These works are elaborate profiles of the subject and the city in which they live,” states gallerist David Kesting, “With the incorporation of found materials, Griffin’s paintings capture the relationship between the city, the viewer and his subjects.”
This installation-heavy exhibition, a collection of figurative paintings and illustrations with strong influence from photography methods, marks the second solo endeavor by Griffin. “For me it represents a passion for people, collaborating with them to discover their story,“ Jason explains. “In this collection I am trying to discover the sitter’s narrative, the life they lead and where they lead it. It’s much more personal than any portrait.”
Personal narratives are a recurring theme in Griffin’s work. His recently celebrated book release “My Name is Jason : Mine Too” combines Griffin’s work with poet Jason Reynolds’ words, documenting their creative coming of age in New York City. The monograph released through HarperCollins publishing has received critical acclaim and has sold several thousand copies with write ups in the Washington Post and numerous other publications.
Jason Douglas Griffin’s sophomore solo exhibit “Getting to Know Someone : 80’s Babies” opens to the public with a reception for the artist at Leo Kesting Gallery on Thursday, October 8th from 7:00 until 10:00 pm.
Leo Kesting offers the art viewing public an opportunity to see forthcoming talents in an intimate setting where undiscovered, cutting-edge artists are presented to the contemporary art scene.
Leo Kesting Gallery is located at 812 Washington St at the corner of Gansevoort in Manhattan’s Meat Packing District. A, C, E, or L train to 8th Ave and 14th Street or 1,2,3 train to 14th Street. Gallery hours are Tuesday to Sunday from 11am until 7pm.”
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The best Kids Show in the World, Yo Gabba Gabba!, is set to go live with Yo Gabba Gabba!: There’s a Party in My City. Tickets are available for pre-sale now, and go on sale to the general public tomorrow, Friday October 9th for the shows in Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. No doubt this will trump the Ice Capades!
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Her paintings are so nasty (in a good way)
Opening tonight at Deitch on 76 Grand Street. She’ll hold a performance from 7:30 to 8:30.
October 01, 2009 — October 31, 2009
76 Grand Street, New York
Francine Spiegel presents seven new paintings and a suite of photographs from a secret performance piece for her debut solo exhibition at Deitch Projects. During the opening Francine will enact one of her messy, sloppy performances in the storefront gallery that visitors can view from the street, shielded form the flying fluids by the front window.
Francine is a young painter living in upstate New York whose overall oeuvre seeks what Barbara Creed terms the “monstrous feminine.” Stitched together porno-Frankenstein style, the fragmented females depicted in her paintings are half-alive and half-dead, half-confused and half-horny. Built up from imagery stolen from monster magazines, horror films, or fetish websites, Spiegel’s fantastically seductive hotties look like gory super-heroines. Their abject gazes attract and repel like soggy Medusas.
Francine Spiegel received her BFA from RISD in 1997 and has been featured in Mail Order Monsters, a traveling exhibition of monstrous figuration at Deitch Projects Summer 2008, and was included in Fractured Figure curated by Jeffrey Deitch for the DESTE Foundation, 2008. Her work is also featured in New York Minute at the MACRO FUTURE through November 2009.
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Get some…
In honor of the MoMA retrospective Spike Jonze: The First 80 Years, PopRally has invited producer and photographer Patrick O’Dell (of Epicly Later’d) to create a special compilation of seminal skateboard videos from the 1980s to today. Jonze, whose own contributions to the genre will be featured, notes that, “Skate videos have been a big influence and a big part of what I’ve done for a long time. They are how I got into film, actually.” This unique screening is followed by a conversation with legendary skateboarders and filmmakers, including Jonze, Lance Mountain, Greg Hunt, Jake Phelps, Ty Evans, and other surprise guests.
Afterward please join us upstairs for a special performance by NO AGE.
The program begins promptly at 7:30.
Special thanks to Nike SB, Altamont Apparel, LTD, and ACE HOTEL NEW YORK for their sponsorship of this event. Beer generously provided by Colt 45.
Guests of this event receive an exclusive limited-edition poster by Chris Johanson
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Our friend Marial is putting on this show this weekend in Williamsburg, and we’re a part of it so you should stop by. Saturday and Sunday.
All of the information is here.
This weekend and next, the Dutch invade Governers Island and NYC.
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My friend Annika put together this great Black Tie Ball celebrating the upcoming Point Suite Art Book. The book features forty talented emerging artists, and contains all-original essays discussing the artists, their art, and the current artistic climate.
These artists include:
Marta Abbott, Gabriela Alva, Claire Brassil, Annika Connor, Tom Costa, Jason Cuvelier, Steven Day, Kerry Dean, Teodor Dumitrescu, Mark Dye, Micah Ganske, Tracy Goodman, Chad Griffin, Palden Hamilton, Huber and Huber, Ariane Irle, Melanie Jelacic, Chris Jahncke, Jill Jeannides, Shay Kun, Daniela Mueller-Brunke, Zed Nelson, John Otter, Nicholas Papadakis, Joseph Paxton, Jason Peters, Colette Robbins, Woody Shepherd, Omar Thompson, Jennifer Tull Westberg, James Wolanin, Koichi Yamamoto, and Carolina Zorrilla de San Martin
If you have the chance, you should definitely consider attending the Ball, because Ball’s are fun and their full of hot chicks dressed really well. More information on tickets for the Ball can be found here
And More info on the Point Suite Art Book can be found here
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Artist Tristin Lowe created this 50-foot whale made out of industrial felt over an inflatable form. The piece is currently at the Fabric Workshop in Philly.
Via Supernaturale.
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