October 4, 2011 | New Art | by Gina Adams |
Ellen Lesperance’s vision looks at activist film archives of Direct Sction campaigns, where women involved are seen wearing sweaters that could reflect their ideological intentions. Lesperance then recreates the knitting patterns of each sweater in a series of gouache paintings, and through the process, memorializes the glory of effective resistance of the original event. Read more
October 4, 2011 | New Art | 
by Gina Adams |
Fresh, fun and incredibly inventive. Kiel Johnson, a Los Angeles-based artist, confirms that making something artistic can be whatever one wants it to be. Read more
September 30, 2011 | New Art | by Gina Adams |
I met Jesse Small a year ago while at a dinner party in Kansas City. His ceramic work is rich with complexity and detail and makes one really consider the space that is shared between the viewer and the object. Read more
September 30, 2011 | Video | by Gina Adams |
I first heard about Drift Art Project from my friend Aaron Williams, who is one of the video artists featured this year. Drift Art Project is an annual group exhibition that was formed to highlight under-represented talented artists who emphasize how critical the role of experimentation and process is.
September 30, 2011 | New Art | by Gina Adams |
Upon viewing Patrick Duegaw’s paintings one feels as though they have been hit in the gut with how fresh and reactive his work is. His art is steeped in the past, with reflective moments of traditional painterly process of color, light and form mixed with basic rules of dramatic construction. Read more
Muscles is doing a remix of my single I Love Pop Music and I’m really excited to hear what he comes up with. He’s a new electronic artist from Australia and he’s full of piss and vinegar. He’s got that youthful Manchester-esque arrogance that makes rock n’ roll sound life-changing, all set to a surprisingly retro style. Check out his album Guns Babes Lemonade. It’s sort of like thug pop techno made for big teddy bears.
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Elizabeth Fox uses an original but retro-feeling style to contrast contemporary notions of gender, identity, and social positioning with those of the 1950s. Read more
The Hatton hotel epitomises Melbourne cool. Those who value design, location, and luxury will find The Hatton the perfect Melbourne base. Read more
Metal Heads Unite! And thanks to this map, it makes bridging the gap that much easier. Tread the lands of Death, Black, and every other kind of metal you can name.
Anyone who thinks black metal is too rigid and narrow a genre to have room for innovation would do well to check out Lifelover, a Swedish band that defies every convention of black metal while still remaining miraculously kvlt. The sextet wafts between languid, hallucinatory grooves that channel Iggy Pop and latter-day Cure to unhinged freak-outs that sound as if they’re emanating from the deepest, coldest forests of Norway.
Japanese designer Kazuki Kuraishi has come up with the Ian Brown ObyO KZK shoes for adidas Originals and the ex-Stone Roses frontman has his very own limited edition with a bit of his monkey magic tattooed all over it.
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Illustrator, sculptor, and mixed media artist Joseph Franz creates stunning and unexpected pieces centered on personal nostalgia and animals. His work is ever-changing, but the wildlife and reminiscent narrative seem to be ever-present. Read more
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