The-W-Project - Words Of Wisdom - Private View

For those who didn't know yesterday we celebrated International Women's Day, celebrated in over 80 countries its a unique opportunity for expression and dialogue about the social, cultural, economic and political issues that concern women today. Words of wisdom is the second annual Woman's Day exhibition W project, curated by the two extraordinaire women Loren Platt and Theo Connor.

I must say, yesterday night the fine ladies were all out in full force the woman to man ratio was like 8:1 something I wasn't complaining about.

Exhibition over view.
Participants have been asked to express their wise words on a postcard in the medium of their choice – anything from screenprinting and collage to pencil and biro. This collection of mini-artworks will then be displayed side-by-side to form a wall of knowledge, and give visitors to the show a unique snapshot of female creative insight in 2012. We hope that by completing their words of wisdom, contributors may inspire others and add something special to discussions about women in society, their working roles, lives and opportunities.

In total there was contribution from 85 females artists. All contributing a designed post card in various different art mediums, peep the flicks below.

Josephine Chime

T.S ABE

Clementine Girardeau

Tara Darby

Marielle Van Genderen

Thanks to the good folks over at 28Black for supplying the drinks.

Repping the team fully in my kicks wherever I go.

Until next year folks. Big shout out to all the females involved and too the two main ladies of the night Loren and Teo for putting on a fantastic show.

The exhibition continues on until Sunday the 12th of March over at the > > > KK OUTLET

Keep a look out for the various other W Project initiatives, to be taking place throughout the year which will include work shops for secondary school girls, special dinners and inspirational talks by some of the most revered women in the creative industry.

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B-side by Wale - Custom Cheetah Varsity

Shouts out to my main man designer Craig D over at B-side who put me on their soon to be released Cheetah Varsity jacket.
This will be one of their first quickstrike releases in between the regular seasonal collections.
Expect a release for the jacket on March 26th over on the B-side website (here)

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PRIVATE VIEW #2 - Photography

And the winner was… Juergen Teller. Basically the fashion photographer beat the war photographer, Simon Norfolk, and a woman who befriends people on the street, Jitka Hanzlov.

1998: Bertien van Manen @ Photographer's Gallery

1998: Juergan Teller: Bjork with Fur Head @ Photographer's Gallery

If Nan Goldin and Larry Clark had children they would probably have conceived some-one like Juegen Teller, maybe with Terry Richardson as the younger brother. I'm glad that they are not a real family though, because the thought of son Terry showing mum Nan some of his photographs is not okay, even if she is did make it cool to photograph yourself having sex.

Teller began photographing for ‘street style’ magazines, such as The Face and i-D, when they were pretty controversial and underground. His overexposed, full-flash snapshot aesthetic now dominates the Vice-style imagery that fill Tumblrs and overflow from magazines, and also characterise mainstream fashion and advertising photography.

He uses a Contax G2 camera with an onboard flash. CLICK CLICK CLICK FLASH FLASH FLASH.

Teller first gained recognition from a shoot he did with model, Kristen McMenamy. Even though it was a fashion shoot, McMenamy is mainly naked, wearing only the words ‘Versace’ scrawled across her breasts. Its pretty ‘fuck you’ to the system, but it’s a shame that now his style has been adopted for such commercial and mainstream means.

On the subject of nudity... Micheal Comte's a don.

1992: Michael Comte: Helena Christensen @ Hamiltons Gallery

The rest...

2003: Wim Wenders: Pictures from the Surface of the Earth @ Haunch of Venison

Director of Paris, Texas.

2002: Matthew Barny: The Cremaster Cycle @ Artangel at The Ritzy

2002: Andy Warhol: Polaroids @ Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art

2003: David Goldblatt: Fifty-One Years @ Modern Art Oxford

1979: David Goldblatt: On The Corner of Commissioner and Eloff Streets, Boksburg

This Week 

Gilbert & George / Thomas Ruff

 

 

It’s a busy week for private views this week, so I’m recommending you two.

Gilbert & George are opening at all three of White Cube’s spaces, Mason’s Yard, Hoxton Square, and Bermondsey. Once I saw George walk down the High street. He went into every newsagent and bought an Alcopop in each.

The second exhibition you should check out is Thomas Ruff at Gagosian gallery. He has NUDES at Davies street and ma.r.s. at Britannia street- take your pick. I would actually recommend NUDES, he lifts images from porn sites and then digitally manipulates them, they start to look like paintings, it questions the role of the artist and what constitutes art, etc. Gagosian don’t serve drinks so I recommend starting here and then to the beer tents pitched outside the White Cube.

Opening Soon: Gilbert and George, Thursday 8^th March 6 – 8pm @ White Cube Hoxton Square, Mason’s Yard and Bermondsey.

Thomas Ruff: NUDES, Thursday 8^th March 6 – 8pm @ Gagosian Gallery Davies Street.

Thomas Ruff: ma.r.s., Thursday 8^th March 6 – 8pm @ Gagosian Gallery Britannia Street.

Composed by Jayden & Ella

WEEK 1

Wilkinson gallery is situated at 50-58, Vyner Street, London, E2 9DQ. It's founder Anthony Wilkinson has collected private view cards since the mid 90s. New exhibitions opening this March 1st are Makiko Kudo and Harm van den Dorpel. Open wednesday to Sunday: 1100-1800. Sunday: 1200-1800. Follow on Twitter & check them out on Facebook.

http://www.wilkinsongallery.com/

Tune of the Day

BNTL DJ's

SLIMZEE

TIMZED

BOILERMAN

SMOKEY

ODESSA

MJE

RUGBY

Photos by Tom Spellman

YOU CAN CATCH THE FULL CREW @ THE ALIBI, TWO WEEKS TODAY

Nike+ 'Fuelstation' - Boxpark

Boxpark has been with us for a fair few months now, you've not doubt heard all the talk and hype surrounding 'the worlds first pop-up mall'. I've been down and checked it out and it's still overly disappointing, my opinion hasn't changed since I heard Boxpork was coming and wrote this post early last year. I think I expected brands to be a bit more creative with these 'temporary spaces'. It doesn't make sense to me to have standard limited stock in an inconvenient temporary retail space.

Anyway, a few weeks ago the guys at Nike informed me that they've got something special planned for their Boxpark units. When all the stores saw their competitors taking up space and rushed to get involved Nike simple added their name above their door and kept the doors firmly closed.

Fast forward a couple of months and to coincide with the launch of the 'Fuel Band' Nike now have full reason to open their doors and show some shit off. Check out the video below to see Nike's contribution to Boxpark. 'The world’s first ever Nike+ FuelStation'...

What you should expect to find in the Nike space...

• ‘Digital mannequins’ – motion sensitive intelligent mirrors that reveal film footage of local runners wearing key products from the store
• Interactive touch screens – providing consumers with information about Nike+ products, Nike+ Run Club sessions and products
• Weekly Nike+ Run Club – free running club open to all East London runners
• Physio and nutritionist services – free regular consultations with physios and nutritionists for Nike+ Run Club members
• Gait Analysis – in-store treadmill to allow consumers to purchase the right shoe for their running style
• Nike+ FuelBand interactive experience - a motion sensitive installation where consumers see a life-size, digitized reflection on an LCD wall that reacts to movement to create a stunning piece of digital art that can be shared with friends via social networks

MF Doom - Boiler Room Video

In the lead up to our exclusive Boiler Room interview dropping very soon here's some footage from the Boiler Room x Red Stripe x MF Doom night from a few weeks ago..

I am D'vo|| TheFactory

Anybody whose sleeping on my boy D'VO and his production talent, is just not WINNING right now. This guys production is insane! and is surely set to send him to bigger things in 2012.

Here is small insight into the amazing experimental producer D'vo. Capture a glimpse of his journey, atmosphere and vibe; including scenes of him with his music/art collective 'The Factory'. The documentary was shot after and during his new EP release, '2+2=22 vol.2' (released on February 22nd 2012) ;which is a follow up to his release last year '2+2=22 vol.1'

Clothing provided by Bukki
Download his mixtape (here)

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Retronaut

I came across Retronaut a while back and completely forgot to blog it...

The site is simply a visual history book and begins featuring images of jewellery and world maps from pre 1800. From there on, it has pockets of the world's; art, print media, film and photography, segmented by decade. It's a historians dream!

Some of the highlights include (click the images for the full set):

 

New York Panoramas 1902-1913

Street life in London, 1976

Paris at night 1920s-1930s

Billboards in Nashville 1940s

Afganistan, 1950s

London, 1957

Brooklyn Teen Gang, 1959

US Supermarkets 1950-1960

US Diners 1950-1960

Soviet Lithuania 1960s-1970s

Soho 1973

Sainsbury's own brand 1962-1978

Skateboarding in New York 1960s

Hells Angels  1965

New York Subway 1973

Carnaby Street 1968

New York 1969

Chicago Night Clubs, 1970s

Brooklyn Summer, 1974

New York Subway, 1980s

Taco Bell 1980s

Grunge in New York, 1990s

US Shopping Malls 1990s

Honestly, you can spend hours trawling through Retronaut!!

RETRONAUT

Tune of the Day

Action Bronson going in.

Nicki Minaj - Unreleased

Nicki Minaj before the fame and the plastic spitting the hardest. Definitely prefer her flow here and her look...