Candice Breitz
Posted by Fabio 20 April 2011
Candice Breitz South African artist Born in Johannesburg, 1972. Professor of Fine Art at the Braunschweig University of Art since 2007. Breitz has shown her work on the international art scene for many years and is best known for her video works and installations. She currently Lives and works in Berlin. read more
Zyklus
Posted by Fabio 20 April 2011
Gather your strength, protect yourself in armour and ignite the bomb. Move into combat with yourself and grow from it. “Zyklus”, a short and brisk arousal of icy bark and sharp branches. Animated by Benedikt Rugar, Sebastian Lörscher, Céline Van de Velde, Xaver Xylophon.
Mercedes Helnwein
Posted by Fabio 19 April 2011
Artist, novelist, filmmaker – Vienna born Mercedes Helnwein daughter of Austro-Irish renowned painter, and art provocateur Gottfried Helnwein – art is in her blood as well as on her mind. Prior to embracing drawing and filmmaking Mercedes Helnwein was working as a writer of fiction in the realm of short stories. read more
Bas Jan Ader
Posted by Fabio 19 April 2011
Dutch/Californian artist Bas Jan Ader was last seen in 1975 when he took off in what would have been the smallest sailboat ever to cross the Atlantic. He left behind a small oeuvre, often using gravity as a medium, which more than 30 years after his disappearance at sea is more influential than ever before. read more
Javier Piñón
Posted by Fabio 19 April 2011
Funny collage work by Miami born artist, Javier Piñón. Piñón currently Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
Tanyth Berkeley
Posted by Fabio 19 April 2011
Tanyth Berkeley’s photographs celebrate the beautiful and rare in their depictions of a cross-section of individuals. Representing the collective desires, struggles and physical manifestations of transgender women, street performers, albinos, nude models, and other standouts from the mainstream. read more
Spike Jonze Presents: Lil Buck and Yo-Yo Ma
Posted by Fabio 18 April 2011
The other day, I was lucky enough to be at an event to bring the arts back into schools and got to see an amazing collaboration between Yo-Yo Ma and a young dancer in LA, Lil Buck. Someone who knows Yo-Yo Ma had seen Lil Buck on YouTube and put them together. The dancing is Lil Buck’s own creation and unlike anything I’ve seen. Hope you enjoy. _Spike Jonze
The Record Contemporary Art & Vinyl at ICA Boston
Posted by Fabio 18 April 2011
The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl, organized by the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, is the first museum exhibition to explore the culture of vinyl records within the history of contemporary art. Bringing together artists from around the world who have worked with records as their subject or medium, this groundbreaking exhibition examines the record’s transformative power from the 1960s to the present. read more